, 1915-08-04

CCSSeS 10 nOJ ulL6CJ the hUSBluD pan OF VIII
dmwal to II shorter and stronger front,
Field Mur>hal Sir John French reports Ms
follows: "On Friday morning the enemy
began the bombnrdmeut of our trenches
north and south of Hooge, east of Ypres,
and followed this by an attack with flame
protectors, delivered chiefly against the
trenches recently captured by us at
HODGE. The enemy succeeded in pene-
trating oar first line of trenches on u front
OF about five hundred yards. The fighting
IS progressing.
French official ~communique states ;"In the
western part of the Argonne an engagement
took place between bomb thr0wers accom-
panied by Il vigorous caunouode on both
sides, especially in the region of st. Hubert.
Between the Mcuse and the Moselle artillery
activity is concentrated in the region of the
Mortmarc wood and the forest of t.. Prt6re.
On Thursday our ayiHtOrA bombarded, firstly,
the railroad between Ypres and Roulers.
near Paschendele, secondly, the German
biyouacs in the region Of LonGuevnl,
west of Combles, thirdly, the Gerunu
organization on the Brim0nt Hill, neur
Rheims, Fourthly, the military station at
Ch0teIiu the Argonue aud the railway Sta
tIon Of Burthecourt, in Lorraine. Duling
Thursday night one Of orr a|yiutors bonn
- % ANNANlD W AlINhlIS U9DuO AIUtAhR
gnsses Mt Dornach, in Alsace. The aviation
squadron bombnrded on Friday the railway
station at triburg and another squadron of
ten aeropInues from Paris dropped forty four
bombs on the railway station Mt Chnuny,
forty-hye aeropIanes started on Friduy morn
ing having for their objective the gasoline
tnctorea Of Pcchelblonn, between HnguenAu
and Wisembourg. j cloudy sky and fire.
qnent fOga prevented many Of the ueroplanes
from reaching heir objective but the 9th
on aeropIanes dropped 1913 bombs on
the PechelbIoun factories and adjoining
buildings, SIX bombs were dropped on the
railway station at Detwoiler near PhaIsbouIg
md six boSlhs on the n|yintion sheds ut
Phnlsbourg. All the airmou returned safely.
An Italian official bulletin announces: "Ou
"Wednesday the enemy attempted to regain
their position on the island OF P4lagOs, TWO
light cruisers and 6 destroyers bombarding
the land, while IL detachment OF snIlors
was disemborkel. Our asaullants were re-
pulsed with losses, some being forced to
swim to their ships. Our casualties We're 2
wounded
An Austrian official despatch states: Gre
Gently the Itnllaus erected q wireless station
on the island of Pelngos, which was unoc-
cupied by our troops. On "Wednesday cur
torpedo boats destroyed tAo STA ion, and IL
accommodating detachment landed by us
advanced despite heavy resistance. The
enemy's trenches were strengthened by con
crete and We're strongly manned, but sup
ported by the guns Of our ships we inflicted
heavy losses on the Italians and our detach-
ment returned without great loss"
A despatch from Lu>bnch to the Geneva
Tribune" states that on Wednesday night
the Austrans attacked the Italians ut 0ori-
2n with 10000 men, including thirty
thousand Bavarians, with disastrous results,
the Austrian losses being 10000, and on
Thursday II fierce Austrian attack on the
Calso plateau was also repulsed. The TIA
lians hold all the positions captured IN the
Inst Is days, except the advanced trenches
before GoliziA which were evacuated.
The Copenhagen correspondent of the
"Dally Mn T. states that the PrussIan lists of
casualties from numbers 2G4 to 283 containing
the names of l12, 528 officers amt men killed
and missing, bringing the number of the
Prussinu losses to l GIG, 761. The published
German casualties exceed two and a hlf
million and with those unpublished the total
exceeds $500, 900.
A Vienna official cOmmuniqn6 states that
the Austrian cavalry have entered Lublin.
The Lpylaud Lluer 'Iberiun" has been
torpedoed and sunk, seven lives being lost
bV shell fire IT. ia rppOrted TINT This include4