New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-05
Berlin Claims Capture of
1856 Men in Fight in
the Argonne.
SUFFER REPULSE
ON ABLAIN ROAD
KaiSer's Troops Lose Heavily in
Attacks Above ArraS,
Paris Reports.

LoNQoO. July f.-N lEoIOub htIiHah
attacks in the Argonnc and north of
Arras continue. In their effort to cut
through the French salient around Yer
dun the Germans claim they have capt
u-ed 1855 officers and men and have
taken twenty-five machine guns and
seventy-two mine throwers. The French
commuriQu6 reports incessant infantry
fire and cannonading and engagements
with hand grenades and torpedoes, but
declares the Germans were repulsed
with heavy losses. and makes no ad-
mission Of any loss Of ground.
forth Of Arrss. where the Kaiser's
troops are striving TO dislodge the
wedge driven toward Lille. the French
.cport the repulse with heavy losses
Of an attack along the Angres-Ablain
road.
A German battalion also attempted
10 storm the village Of Fey, FIVE miles
west Of Pont-a-Mousson and the Moselle
River. but was forced TO retire after
reaching the French wire entangle-
ments. The Germans announce the
capture Of part Of the forest north of
Fey-en-Haye.
German Airmen Active.
Berlin also announces activity with
Ter air feet. Aeroplanes bombarded a
fort near Harwich. England. and de-
rtroyer fculla. and attacked Nancy and
he railroad station at Dombasle. The
Germans also tell Of duel between
German airman and Frenchman, in
which the latter was forced TO land.
The German official statement says;
"In the Argonne the Germans con-
unuo their offensive. Our booty has
increased considerably and amounted
on July ! and . 10 1855 prisoners,
among them thirty-seven officers,
twenty-five machine guns, seventy-tYo
mine throwers and one -zevolver gun.
"On the Meuse heights ~tbe enemy.
despite all failures, renewed~~touf
times his attempts to win back thc-
positions he had lost near Les Eparges.
The attacks were easily repulsed.
Take Forest at Fey-en-Haye.
Northwest OF heRuleNllle lne GtA-
mans stormed French positions along
8 front Of 800 feet and took from the
enemy part of the forest to the north
Of Fay-en-Haye.
"Avistors yesterday were very &C
tive. German aeroplanes bombsrded
q fort near Harwich, Eng, and a Brit
ish torpedo boat destroyer fiotilla, and
attacked the fortified town of Nancy
and the railroad station at Dombasle
(eleven miles southeast of Nancy
thereby severing railway communica-
tion with the fort at Remiremont.
IAN English aeroplane came down
burning at 8 point north Of Client, on
the Dutch frontier. A German fight
ing aeroplane forced a French aviator
TO land near Schlucht.
"The enemy dropped bombs on
Bruges Capital Of the Belgian province
of West Flanders) without doing any
military damage"
The official communication issued by
the War Office in Paris tonight says:
"There have been quite spirited ar
tillery actions in Belgium, in the re-
gion Of Nieuwport and on the Steen-
straete-Hatsas front, as well as in the
sector 10 the north of Arras. On the
right bank Of the Aisne, in the neigh
borhood of Palsy, mining operations
continue
Repulse Drive Above Arras.
an the region 70 the north Of Arras
the enemy last night attacked in close
formation our positions along the bol-
low road from Aneres TO Ablain, which
is 10 the north of the highway running
between AK Roulette and Souchez.
Our assailants were dispersed and
driven back by the fire from the French
barricade and from our machine guns,
and they suffered heavy losses.
an the Argonne infantry fire and
cannonadinR did not cease at all dur
ing the night. Engagements with hand
grenades and torpedces occurred.
Along the road between Binarville and
Nienne lie Chateau, as far as lie Four
de-Paris, the only activity consisted IN
some local infantry engagements.
"On the heights Of the Meuse and IN
the Nosges there has been merely can
nonading.
an the region Of La Fontaine there
has been no change in the lines, either
German or French.
"On the front at La Haye the Ger
mans, following a very violent bonn
bardment, endeavored TO attack our
trenches at about midnight
ITO the north OF Regnievlle the fire
from our barbados prevented the
forces of the enemy from spreading
out.
"In front Of Fey a battalion Of the
enemy which came as far as our wire
entanglements was compelled TO retire.
A second attack at this place by half
battalion Of German troops was no
more successful"