Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-07-14
Berlin Reports Advance
of Nearly Mile in
the Argonne.
HILL NO. 2S5 TAKEN BY
STORM BY THE GERMANS
British Forces RepuIse Attack
on Their Positions at
Pilken.
REPORT ITALIANS CAPTURE
TWO MILES OF TRENCHES
Almost Complete Silence Wells
Situation in the Eastern
War Theater.

0'.udl'on IN the Eastern
War Theater.
me German thrust at verdun has
resulted In an important gain NJ
ground, according to the current ~
hcial statement from Berlin In tbs
Afeohne the Germans report hayinv
captured French positions alon.
front OF mile and four fiffbs fbs
sa'h extending to a depth of three-
llths oil mile. The hill. known az
NO, 2S6, also was taken. the state-
ment says.
The latest French official stateman,
Claims that German attacks in the
Arsonne were definitely stopped.
British Repulse Attack.
After heavy bombardment fhe
uermans attempted the recapture of
the trenches near Pilken, taken by
the British on July ). but were easily
repulsed, according to The par,.
statement
reports of an Italian victory in the
carnic Alps with two miles of Aus
trlan trenches captured have been
received by Geneva newspaper.
Figures given out in Berlin show
the sinking of forty-three merchant
vessels by German submarines dur
ing me month of June, the tonnage
oi destroyed shipping including FISH
lns craft, totaling 125 600 tons.
Almost complete silence wells the
! situation In the eastern war theafer
Petrograd reports no engagements N
Southern Poland or Eastern Galicla.
and both Vienna and Berlin declare
conditions in this TERRITORY are nm
changed
Rome reports raid by Italian air
men on large Austrian camp In the
heighborhood of Goritz, which IL de-
clared to have been successful The
latest Austrian statement saws there
nave been several artillery engage
ments and that an infantry attack
was repulsed near Redpuglia.
German engineers are strengthen
lns the defenses of ConstantinopIe on
q huge scale. according to advices
don.
-.
BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, July II. via London Ara
p. m-The German official statement
ISSUED To-Day announces that German
Iorces yesterday captured French no.
sitlons In the forest of the Argonne
Tor a width of three lSilometers f1s
miles,, and for depth of one ki1o-
meter and that they also storn,ed
Hill go. The Germans claim thRv
mace 2,oSl prisoners, took two field
1-tr'~
useless.
BY the Associated Press
PARIS, July IA, 2:4e d. m.-rbe
French war department today eave
out the following official statement.
I'm Belgium after the bombardment
reported in the official statement last
night the Germans attacked the
trenches captured by the British
troops on the east bank of the cane,
to the southwest of Pilken on ths
night OF July 6. They were easily
| repulsed
In the region to the north of Arras
north OF the Chateau de Carleul and
at the Labyrinth there occurred dur
| ing the night trench-to trench com
| bats with hand grenades
Arras and soissons shelIed.
"Arras and scissors were bombard
| ed by shells of large calibre In the
region Of the Somme, at Frise. and a.
Fay fwest of Peronne), as we'll as N
| the Champagne district, near Perthgs
| mine battles occurred
In the Argonne German attacks
| which were concentrated In the region
included between Marie Therese ana
the Chevauchee Heights, We're den-
| ntely stopped.
Between the Meuse and Moselle
| in the forest of Apremont. there was
artillery cannonading, but no infan.
try action
'On the rest of the front there 10
nothing to report"
by the Associated Press.
GENEVA, Switzerland, July IA. viz
Paris, 3:45 p. m.-Tbe Italians have
captured two miles of Austrian
trenches in the Carnic Alps, accord.
ing to dispatch received today by
the Tribune from Villach, an AUS
| trian town on the River Drave, fifty
two miles northwest of Laibach
The Alpine troops, these advices
say. dragged their artillery to the
heights near Roskofel. which is sit
uated at an altitude of $500 feet
The Italians also are said to bafs
captured two important ports sduth
of Gorilla.
BY the United Press.
ROME, July IA squadron Of
Italian aeroplanes bombarded an AVS
! trian camp near Goritz with great
effectiveness on Monday, GeneiaI
Cadorna reported to the war once
today. The raid was made just befcre
daybreak, making it difficult for tile
enemy's artillerymen to locate the
aviators, who flew low over the ranm
| Bombardment of the Goritz bridge
head is continuing for several aours
each day. North of Goritz the refis
forced Austrian army Is stubobrnN
resisting the Italian attempt 10 ads
vance. There has been msrof