, 1915-10-16

W. II 0iNuChS vi L OJNIGElA UIO COD
tinuing most favourably, while the Pojarevtz-
Gradiste road has been crossed in II south
erIy direction
A Vienna oficinl commun que states !;
'Our attacks are proceeding everywhere,
despite the severest resistance by the enc
my. On the lower Drina orr troops have
elected the enemy from several trenches,
and south of Belgrade we hav captured
stubbornly contested vantage points, while
the Serbian counter-attacks always failed
with heavy enemy losses"
A French official communicate states
'Arhllery actions of great intensity have
taken place, both sides participating. The
enemy delivered Il vigorous cauuonade IN the
region south Of Tahure and enst Of the Butte
de Meuil, but our artillery held this fire
back effectively, and we are meantime pro-
crossing from trench to trench east Of the
oarthworks Of LIE Irapeze. In the VoSges
the enemy, after a complete check III an
attack from LjD9e TO S~chratzmaunele,
resumed the effort, and a second oatburst Of
artillery fire occurred along our entire trout,
followed by u fresh attack. Generally speak
ing, it failed, but the Germans gained a foot
ing IN our first line of trenches at Il single
point, south Of the line Of hills. The trench
they took is between sixty and eighty yards
long, but by Our cOunter-0ttackS we re-
occupied a part of it Immediately. The enc
my with strong forces attacked northeast Of
Souchez, against LIE Bots Ell Hache, east OF
the road from Souchez TO Angres, against
our positions on the approaches to the five
highways, on the cIest Of Viny and against
IL small fort previously taktn by us IN the
Giyeuchy wood and II uei9hbouring trench.
Despite the extreme violence of the bonn
bardment TINT preceded these attacks, aud
despite the desperate nature of the renewed
assaults, the enemy penetrated only some
parts OF our trenches in the GIyenchy wood,
which were completely shattered by shells
of heavy calibre. Everywhere else we con-
served all our positions and repulsed the
enemy, who suffered very heavy losses"
A German of1iciol bulletin announces:
s'British attacks northeast Of Verneles have
been easily repulsed, and east Of Souchez the
French lost some parts OF trenches which
they had kept since the eleventh. LII the
Champagne a French attack failed soul Of
Tahure, aud repeated attacks Mt the same
place which followed W th several groups OF
troops, broke down completely. III the Vos-
ees the French have lost positions on the
western slope of Schratzmaunele."
The following official conmuuiqno has
been issued at Petrogrud an the Dyinak
region all the German attacks have been
ropuIsed. In the IIlukst region the Ger
mans attempted to recover some positions
lost, but fMled. They repeatedly attempted
to reestnblish their positions IN the region
of Gateki, south Of lake lemmen, but after
suffering several losses desisted. Notwlth-
standing Il violent German fire our troops
crossed the isthmus between the lakes south
of Drisyiaty. South of the Prepet, on the
left bank Of the Styr, north Of Rufolovka,th
Germaus have been dlslOdged from AIeXan-
dra farm and the villages of Roudhabel und
SEayolsko, and we captured five officers. two
hundred men and two quick tirers. In Cali
cin, in the region Of the Srripn, west of
YremboWla, our troops, developing their
success, seized the village of Vasniouylchi',
and there was a stubborn engagement here
and in the region of Huivorenka, captured
Oh Wednesday, aud The fighting continues
with the same intensity. Our cavalry sor-
tied from Haivorenka, deployed rapidly
along thel front, threw themselves on the
enemy's lines with self-sncriticin4 courage,
and CLOSED three lines Of the eutrenched
enemy, sabreing him, and after some irIe-
euIur fire the enemy fled.
A German otlicial statement says: "West
Of OWN k n Russian attack broke down
under our artillery fire, and their attempts
to take possession Of un island occupied by