The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-27

miles IN Wldtll ana ABOUT 4uUU ydTuS
! in depth we're taken at this point.
Their push forward gives the Brit
| ish possession of the road from Lens
| to La Bassee which was used by the
| Germans for moving troops and sup
| plies north and south and threatens
| to outfiank the German troops which
| hold the town of Lens.
North of the canal the British, al
| though they fought all day yesterday,
were unable to hold the ground gain
! ed and had to fall back to the tren-
ches which they had left in the morn
ing. The attack, however, accomplish
ed one purpose, as, according to Field
Marshal French, German reserves
were sent to check this move, thus
giving the British south of the canal
an opportunity to consolidate their
| new positions unmolested.
A somewhat similar maneuver took
place to the north and sought of the
Menin road east of Ypres and the re-
suits were the same. North of the
road the British were unable to hold
the ground taken while to the south
they gained about coo yards of the
German trenches and consolidated
the ground won. So far as is reported
the British took 1900 prisoners with
eight guns and several machine guns.
Some of the fiercest fighting of the
campaign is in progress on the Rus
cia Tho Pnptinnp
their furious attacks in an effort to
drive the Russians out of Dvinsk,
while in Volhynia and Galicia the
Russians continue to harrass the Aus
troGermans who had designs on
Kiev from which town they are now
further away than they were a few
weeks ago.
Gen. lvanoff apparently is determin
ed to hold back the Austro-Germans
and his efforts are meeting with
considerable measure Of success.
The fortress triangle which includes
Dubno, Rovno and Lutsk is almost
entirely in the possession of the Rus
slams.
In Galicia the Austrians have been
driven back across the rivers which
run parallel to the border.
The Italians like the rest of the
allies report a number of successes
in taking fortified mountains from
tho Ausnians
Berlin, Sept 26.-The war depart
ment today issued the following state
ment:--
The battles in the continuation
of the British and French offensive
which had been prepared for months
have progressed without bringing our
assailants considerably to their aim.
"On the coast also British war
ships have attempted to interfere by
their fire, especially on zeebrugge,
but without result. ...,r.
In the sector of Ypres the enemy
suffered heavy losses and had no sue
cess. Southwest of Lille the enemy
succeeded in repulsing one of our
divisions near Loos from its advance
line of defense to its second line.
Naturally we had considerable losses
including material of all kinds en-
closed between the two positions. A
counter attack is progressing favorab
ly.
1--WE voluntarily evacuated the
ruins of the village of Souchez
Other attacks on this front were
easily repulsed, at several points
with the heaviest of losses for the
enemy. In the struggles between
Rheims and the Argonne, north of
Perthes, one German division was
obliged to evacuate its advanced
position by bombardment for 20
hours and retire to its second posi-
ton situated from two to three kilo-
meters (1.24 to 1856 miles) behind
the first. However, all attempts to
break through failed
Paris, Sept 27.--In spite Of counter
attacks by the Germans the Anglo
French continue to hold their newly
won positions in the Champagne reg
ion. They have repulsed attacks on
SOuchez and have made progress in