New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-26
FLAMES WIN MEUSE
POST FOR GERMANS
Burning Liquid Drives Out
French, Who Recapture
Lost Trench.

London. June 25.-The heights OF the
Meuse now appear to be the scene OF
the fiercest fighting in the western oa''
tie front. The Calonne trench here Is
the object of assault and counter as
sault
The Germans, the Paris official re-
port says, forced their way to the goai
by the use Of asphyxiating bombs ana
flaming liouids. only to be driven out
within a short time. The Berlin claim
is that the operations here were begun
bv the French and that trench was re-
taken By the Germans.
Now that the Russian armies nave
mot with such reverses from the stand
noint of the Allies the western theatre
seems TO be the only quarter which
holds out the possibility Of decisive
action during the summer
Believe Lille Is Goal.
Tho French and German claims rela-
tive to the fghting on the western
front are widely at variance. Military
observers here believe thar me rencn
still hav their eyes on Lille, WIN lts
factories and railroad lines, ana ad.
vance the theory that the recurrehs,
and persistent attacks, week IN ana
week out, along the Arras section OIL
the German front proves this.
The text of the french war o"'eo
statement follows;
an Tho region TO the north of Arras
| today there was violent cannonadinB
70 the north Of SOuchez and OF Neu-
lille, and an engagement with gren-
! AIDES east of the Labyrinth. French
| troops last night delivered An attack
! between Angres and Souchez, and made
/ further progress. In the Labyrinth
! German counter attack was repuiaed.
Between the Disc and the Alsne
there has been artillery firing, particu-
larly in the region Of Quenvierres.
an the Champagne district, near
Rheims, as well as in the region. OF
perthes. the enemy yesterday and dur
ing last night exploded two groups Of
mines, but did not deliver any infantry
attack. They were not even able TO oc-
cupy the excavations made by ehese
mine explosions. To the west OF the
Argonne few engagements with
grenades enabled us to make some
slight progress.
ain the Argonne and at Nauquois the
fighting with mines continues. and there
occurred several local engagements IN
which the throwing of bombs and of
hand grcnades was feature.
Attack on Long Front.
"On the heights of the Meuse, at the
Calonne trench, the Germans last even
/ ing delivered a very violent attack
/ along our entire front, accompanied by
the hurting of asphyxiating bombs and
flaming liquids. After having sue.
/ ceeded in penetrating that portion of
their former second line of defences
which we occupied, they were thrown
+ out of these positions by an energetic
counter-attack on our part. Al mid
night the enemy attempted a further
offensive return. The assailants found
themselves under a fire from our bar
riers, and they were dispersed with
heavy losses.
"In Lorraine the enemy yesterday on
two different occasions endeavored 10
retake the positions he had lost near
Leintrey. He was completely repulsed.
Germans Repulsed in Vosges.
ain the Vosges two German infantry
attacks against our trenches at Reich
Ackerkopf failed. A German attack at
the Hilgenfrst was repulsed. In the
course of the counter-sttack which we