New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-09
CORPSES
LOAD BARRIERS
AFTER ASSAULT
Hundreds Counted on the
Vosges Wire Entangle-
ments by French.
KAISER PIERCES
ARGONNE TRENCHES
But Paris Asserts Recapture OF
All Except Thirty Yards
of Front.

London, Aug. S.-After weeks Of cost
ly effort the German Crown Prince has
at last succeeded in discovering minor
weaknesses in the Verdun line pene-
trating French trenches in the Argonne
forest in two places, according to the
official statement from Staff Headquar-
tiers, issued in Berlin last night.
Even these weaknesses were so
trivial that, except in one instance. the
French claim to have reoccupied the
trenches without difficulty. Thirty
yards of the first line still remain in
German hands, Paris admits.
The salient in the forest of Fontaine
Honyette was the scene of the first as
sault, where the Germans succeeded in
maintaining themselves only until the
French counter attack. The second at
tempt was made during the night at La
File Morti, and here they succeeded in
maintaining only thirty-yard gain.
Very sanguinary fighting is still TAX
ing place in the Vosges. the Germans
hurting attack after attack on the
French defending the crests and the
passes. Except for the slope of the
Lingekopf, the French claim success so
far. although the Germans allow them
little rest and are constantly throwing
fresh troops into the attack lhelr
losses are very heavy, and in instances
Paris claims the corpses o. more than
enc hundred Germans were counted IN
the entanglements in front of single
trench.
FRENCH OFFICIAL.
The French War Office to-day issued
the following statement:
In the region of Artois there we're
continual combats with hand gre
nades around SOuchez.
In the Argonne late yesterday the
Germans succeeded in penetrating
one of our positions in salient IN
the western part of the forest OF
Fontaine Houyette. They were
driven back by a counter attack, ana
could maintain themselves only IN
a lookout post in advance OF our
first line. During the night the
Germans attacked our positions IN
the sector of La File Morte. They
obtained a footing in one OF our
trenches, but were elected lmmedl-
ately, except on front OF thirty
yards. ,.,
In the Vosges an attack delivered
by the Germans at the end OF the
afternoon attained a character OIL
extreme violence. 1t was directed
against our positions at Lingekopt
and Schratmannele and the neck OF
land which separates these two
heights. Our assailants were re-
pulsed completely and suffered
heavy losses. Before the portion
of the front held by only one OF our
companies the corpses Of more than
100 Germans remained IN the net
work of our entanglements.
The night bulletin is as follows:
On the western part of the front
some artillery actions are reported
in Belgium, near SteensTaete and
Het Sass; in Artois, on the line OF
Santerre and in the valley OF the
Aisne. where scissors was again
bombarded.
In the Argonne only bomb and
grenade fighting between the men IN
the opposing trenches has been re-
ported 80,
In the Woevre the artillery showed
marked activity, especially in the re-
gion of Flirey and in the forest OF
lie Pretre.
In the Vosges the Germans in the
evening again attacked our positions
at Linge and were completely beaten
back.