New Britain herald., 1915-08-18
Allies Claim Advance.

Allies Claim Advance.
London, Aug. is, 11:35 a. MA
further advance of five hundred yards
by the allied troops OH Gallipoli Pen
insula is announced in report from
General Sir Ian Hamilton, the Brit
ish expeditionary commander in chief,
given out here today. The statement
follows:
Sir Ian Hamilton reports that in
the southern zone the situation was
unchanged during the 14th and 18th
end the Turks kept up the usual ar
t:llery fire without much affect.
TN the northern zone, the right
flank of the Australian and New
Zealand army corps position was
heavily attacked during the night of
the 14th-15th. but all attacks were
repulsed. At Suvla the troops on the
left flank made a snort advance on
the afternoon of the 18TH. with view
to Strengthening out the line. They
moved forward under considerable
SUN and rifle fire and gained about five
hundred yards, capturing Turkish
trench and taking two officers and
twenty other prisoners
Italians Continue to Advance
Rome, Aug. II, Via. Paris, Aug. IS,
12:45 a. m-Further Italian adj
vances through the passes of the Alps
and a brilliant baycnet charge which
Ca ptured a strong line Of Austrian en-
trenchments in the To1mIno region
are described in the official report
issued tonight at army headquarters.
The statement says: In the rugged
Ortler region between the upper val
leys of the AIDA and the Adige one
CT our detachments set out during the
night Of August 16 from Capanna,
Milano and divided into squads
joined by ropes crossed the Camossi
Pass (9,500 feet high) and Vedretta
Di Dampo climbed the snow capped
summit of Turckett Splits G0.5o0
fee) and surprised groups of the
enemy.
1t then proceeded to Hinter NADIA
tasch Splits (1O,4O0 feet) occupied by
g, detachment of the enemy, which it
attacked and dispersed, and then
solidly occupied the summit.
Advance i'm Upper Rienz.
"In upper Rienz further progress
by our infantry is reported. We occu-
pied Sattleberg west of Lange Alpe.
I'm the Monte Nero section we cap
tured several of the c1e1ny's trenches
in the neighborhood of the Visio
Feak. Later a counter attack by the
enemy ON our Visio positions was
vigorously repulsed. In the Tolmino
zone our brilliant offensive developed
against the hills of Santa Maria and
Santa Lucia commanding positions
situated to the right of the Isonzo.
After the customary preparatory
Smelling by artillery our infantry
dashed forward with the payonet and
stormed these heights. The enemy
suffered very heavy losses. We cap
tured seven officers and SAT men, four
machine guns and a great quantity of
ammunition"
French Official Report
Paris, Aug. IS, $50 y. m.-The
french war office this afternoon gave
cut statement on the progress of
hostilities reading as follows:
Last night passed IN relative
quiet along the greater part of the
front. There has been reported only
artillery engagements in the sectors to
the north Of Arras and between the
River Somme and the River Disc; in
the region of Roye, and in the vicinity
of Lassigny
Fight With Bombs.
There was fighting yesterday with
the bombs and hand grenades in the
Argonne at Hause- Chevauchee, at
Fcntaine -Aux-Charmes, and in the
Forest of Cheppy. Our bombardment
yesterday of the German positions
near the Lingo destroyed two heavy
batteries and caused the explosion of
several depots Of ammunition.
ION the crest of the. Sondernach
two fresh and violent counter attacks
during the night against the position
taken by us yesterday were complete
ly repulsed, and we made about fifty
prisoners" 7