, 1915-06-05
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London, june 4tn-A BritIsh official bull
letin concerning the Dardanelles states:
During Tuesday close hand to hand fight
ing occurred on our northern front. At the
northern section of our position two slp5 of
the enemy were rushed by our msu with
the intention Of filling them in, but heavy
bombing checked the work of one party
and it had to fall back. The other party
still holds its position between our firing
line aud the enemy. This action nacessita-
ted heavy artillery support, to which the
enemy replied vigorously, regardless Of
expense. throughout this lighting the enc
my again lost heavily. On the southern sec
tor the Turks made repeated attacks during
Tuesday night against the French right,
and twice re-occupied Il fort captured on the
29th ultimO. Ga both occasions the enemy
was driven out and the new French trout
remains intact. On the British front all was
quiet"
Success by the German, British and
French troops is reportel from the north
ern part of the Western battlefield. Ber-
lin reports the recapture of the Sill agar re-
fnery at S)uchez, which was twice talk
en- by the French yesterday. Paris
reports the c~qrrying by u British bAyonet
charge Of the Chateau Hooge, in the region
of Ypres, and French progress North OF
Arras. Rheims has been bombnrded again,
the Cathedral being a special objs set OF the
German attack.
Despatches from Rome state that fog m |
rain aud rivers like torrents hinder operations
across the frontier in Friuli. The troops
under General Count Cadorna, Chief Of the
General Staff, have succeeded in establishing
themselves firmly on the Montenero ridge,
across the IsOnzO river, and its OccupltlOu
in iicates the continuation Of the Italian plan
to press on the Au4trlons north Of Goritz
and threaten them in the roar. The Au4tri-
ans understood their danger, a. they did
nil possible to repuise the Ita'ians, but we're
compelled to retire after suffering heavy
losses.
The battle for the possession of Permysl is
proving among the most stubborn and sah-
guinAly of the war and continues with una-
bated fury, both sides having poured rein
f|orcements into the field. The attacks and
cOGnter-attack create losses in men and
material to an unprecedented extent. Ger
man and Austrian reports say that some It
the Qualifications on the northern front have
already fallen, and that on the south eastern
front the Teutonic troops are progressing
towards the railway that joins the fortress
with Lemberg. Dispatches from Potrograd
say that the Germans who got into one of
the forts were driven out. but no mention is
made of the capture Of Stry, OF tue other
successes claimed by the Austro-G ermans.
simultaneously the Germans are making uu-
other effort to break through the Bzura
lines towards Warsaw, but it is doubtful
whether this is a serious attempt to capture
the Polish capital, or only a diversion TO
prevent the Russians from sending more
endorsements into Galicia. The Austro-
Germans assert that they captured upward
of 800, 600 Russians aud an immense amount
of material during the month of May, but
despite this the Russians have not sluckened
their resistance.
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