The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-03
GERMANS RUSH
ARMY TO POUND
WESTERN LINE
Great Drive Now i'm Pros
pect as Troops Are Hur-
ricd From East.
FRENCH IN ARGONNE
MEET STIFF ATTACK
Spsciai CoJ,e Despa,ch 10 Tar ST.,

Special Ca6ie Despatch 10 Tnr srx.
LONDON. July 3--The Daily Motrs
correspondent at Rotterdam has received
Information that the Germans intend to
resume the offensive In the west shortly
on a gigantic scale.
They now are making thorough
preparations and are concentrating men
and guns in enormous force on the Allies
left wing" the correspondent says. The
tactics employed with success against tho
Russians will. it is said. be repeated.
The fehtlng Of the near future will
he a battle OF guns. and victory will
rest with the side that has the biggest
and the most guns. In addition to the
Is inch howitzers from Austria, the
Germans for some time have been maxi
ing huge guns at Essen. These Is inch
guns. it Is said. do not need concrete
emplacements.
To Concentrate Attacks.
From Austria and all over Germany
guns are being concentrated at various
points for the journey to the west.
Enormous quantities of ammunition have
been stored at Lille and other places,
and guns will be massed not in tens but
in hundreds. The fire, according to my
information, Will be concentrated at one
selected point and when. IL the plan
succeeds, the defence has been para
lyzed hordes of infantry Will dash
through the breach. These tactics will
be repeated until the enemy achieves
his object.
The menace of big guns has now to
be faced. The German military experts
have concluded that only guns will pre-
vail in trench warfare
Meanwhile the scene of activity
in the western theatre of war has
shifted from the Arras region to the
Argonne and the Vosges. where desper-
ate infantry and artillery fighting is re-
ported both in the French communiQues
issued to-day and the official report
given out by the German headquarters
stan.
! Conflicting statements appear in these
! reports While the Paris night COM
munique asserts that the Germans wers
routed in "a fierce battle in the Bnar-
/ Vile region. at the edge OF the Bois de
Ia Grurie. the Berlin statement, evidently
! referring 10 the same battle. says that
the Crown Prince led a large force OF
! Wuertt,rrOerg troops in a victorious as
sault on the French lines over a front
| OF about three miles.
Claims u Thousand Prisoners.
The Berlin report adds that moro
| than a thousand prisoners, as well as
| II large number of guns. were captured.
| The Berlin statement places the scene
OF this engagement northwest Of Le Four
/ de Paris, which il on the southeastern
| edge OF the Bois de la Grurie.
Regarding the fighting in the Nosges
which has been going on for several
! days. the German statement asserts
/ that the kaiser's troops captured French
works at lIilgenilrst and resisted a
counter attack of the French. The Pari
> statement, on the other hand, while ad-
mitting that the Germans In the third
| of a series Of strong attacks succeeded
| In gaining "A footing in the first limo
| OF trenches at Hilg-uiirst yesterday,
adds that the French delivered "A counter
attack this morning which placed the
| French again In full possession of the
| ground temporarily lost
The official communique issued this
evening in Paris was as follows:
On the entire front from the User
! TO tn" Argonne nothing has been re
| ported beyond artillery engagements
the QuenIevieres district.
In the Argonne the enemy after
very violeri bombardment attempted
thIs morning another general attack
! between the BuarvIlle road and Blan-
! lcuil. After "A desperate fight. which
! at several points of the battle line
! developed into a hand to hand strug-
gle, all our positions have been main
| taiued.
The Germans after one of the most
! intense artillery preparations at
| tempted series of attacks yesterday
evening on our positions at Hilgen-S
| first. The first and second attacks
were repulsed. In the third attack
| the enemy succeeded In gaining "A
| foothold In our works A counter at
/ tack delivered by us this morning en-
| abled us to retake all the positions
| The enemy continues to lombard
them with great violence.
The statement of the German head
quarters staif, referring to the fighting
| In France and received here by wire
! less, was as follows
German Stntemcnt.