, 1915-08-21

D'N
ern Zone tie situation has not changed.
Daring the l4tA and 18Th the Turks kep5
nm The usual artillery fire without much ef-
iact. In the Northern Zone the right flank
al he Australian and New Zealand Army
Corps position was heavily attacked during
Saturday night, bat all the attacks were re-
pulsed. at Suyia the troops on the left
A,nk made a short advance on the afternoon
of tine 18th, with "a view to Strengthening the
lime They moved forward under cousidera-
BILE Gun aud rifle fire, gaining about 800
wards. capturing the Turkish trenches and
mixing two officers and 20 other prisoners"
The Norwegian steamships "I&omulus'
and "Mineral', the Spanish steamship "Isl-
doro7 and the British steamship denny
and the trawler "George" have been sunk.
Dispatches from Copenhagen state that
the German trawler "Gudrun', belonging to
Altoona. has arrived at Esbjerg, her captain
renortino that when he was stopped in the
North Sea by a British squadron he prompt
" goe the bouts ready and distributed life
belt. aud when the British seuInen reached
the trnwler he begged for time to take to
the boats. The reply was: "You can tIke
the whole ship, we Will not harm you" The
contain dds that the British left amid
cheors from the Germans.
Advices frora Athens state that NJ. Venl-
zeIoa has accepted the commission to form
a Cabinet.
Reports from Roumania, Bulgaria and
Greece show thut military preparations Ia
those countries are proceeding with IN
tense activity, indicating that those States
are nearing o decision regarding their policy
III the war.
Dispatches from Fumes, Belgium state
that a bridgohead near DiXmude was thrice
lost and thlice retaken by the Belgiong, fin
ally remaining in then hands on Tuesday,
after u desperate assault by the Germans
had been ropulsed. The detachment occu-
pyiug the treuches evacuated them under
The protection Of the Belgian artillery and
machine-guns, and then the guuners awaited
the attack of the Germans, who were per
mitted to advance four deep without lnoIes-
tation until within range of the machine
guns supported by the three inches.
Most OF the attacking force fell before they
reached the bridgeheud, the Belgian guns
Ind the range so well that those who got IN
ia fine trenches were obliged to abandon
them.
A Vienna official bulletin announces: "Ibe
Austro-H Hungarian forces are sharply pur-
suing the enemy, who are continuously re-
treating. Our pursuing troops have odyanc-
ed to Dobrynka, and the Russian rear8uard
on taking up positions near Plsza8 were
thrown back by the Hungarian Landwehr.
The forces under the Archduke Ferdinand
ale advancing on Jnnow, and General Won
Koevess has beaten the enemy back across
the Bug IN the region OF Aonstanyow, north
of the lower Bne.
The French and German official communicates
chronicle minor local successes on the West
eru front, including the winning OF some
trenches from the Germans i'll the Vosges,
and the evacuation by the French of a trench
IN the Argonne.
There is increasing activity on the Austro-
Italian front, according to the official commu-
nou6s. Vienna reports q new artillery attack
by The Italiuns on the Doberdo plateau, while
Home claims continued progress in the Sex
tend region, in the Becherbach and Boden-
bach valleys and in the Montenoro zone.
Vienna also declares that the Italian attacks
on various points along the line have failed.
A. ou51antiuoplo official bulletin states that
Turkish troops have occupied Van, the Capt
tai of the Viiuyet of the same name, IN Turk
ish Armenia, which was evacuated 10y the
Russians on the eleventh, but q Petrograd
official despatch announces that Van has
been reoccupied by the Russian troops, who
drove out the Turks, and that south Of Kara
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