, 1915-07-21

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the French hold on Verdun. A German
official statement claims as one result of
this offensive the capture Of seven hundred
French in three weeks, while the French
claim to have r8gaine2 most Of the ground
which they had been forced to give up. Brit
ish critics describe the effort of the Grown
Prince as a costly and only partly success
full advance, followed by a count8r-oten-
sive which definitely checked his progress.
Fighting is now progressing on the Lor-
rRine frontier and in Artois, whore the
French continue their attempt to capture
Souchez. Bomb and hand grenade fighting
is now taking the place of artillery action
in France, indicating that the lines are
closely gripped in the kind Of struggle which
so often has led to IA virtual draw along the
Western front.
Dispatches from Athens state that the
British have dislodged the Turks from four
more trenches near Buka Tepe and that
the French have gained an important sue
cess near Krithia. Further north on the
Gulf of Saros, the British have landed rein
forcements within three hours march Of the
town of Gallipoli, behind large Turkish for
ces opposing the advance Of the Allies up
the Peninsula.
Rumania has refused q demand by Ger
many and Austria to permit munitions to
flow through her territory for the relief of
Constantinople. 1t is believed that the NUM-
tons of the defenders have been reduced to
q point when the end is visible, unless means
are found to replenish them. The feet now
has been enabled to double its participation
in the struggle and is raking the Turkish
positions with artillery. The Turkish losses
during the last six days are estimated at
rs, 900 men,
Austria and Germany are threatening re-
prisals against Rumania aud this situation is
likely to hasten Rumania's Intervention on
the side of the Entente Powers, especially
since the Allies are determined not to tole-
rate any uniustifable delay. Important de-
velopments in the Balkans are expected soon
and the desperate situation in Yul key should
hasten q solution.
The Italians are fortifying all the
positions captured from the Austrians,
trenches are being excavated aud plat
forms constructed OH which to mount
heavy guns, and many places along the
frontier are being transformed into en-
trenched camps strongly garrisoned and with
immense supplies of munitions. Signor
Salandrs. the Premier, has returned from
the front to participate in a Council of War
presided over by the King,
Russian warships have sunk the German
submarine U 81 in the Black Sea, according
to advices from Varna, q Bulgarian port. The
U 81 passed through the Straits of Gibraltar
and sank the British battleship "Maiestic"
off the entrance to the Dardanelles on May
28th.
A Petrograd official despatch Announces:
"In the Black Sea our torpedo boats fred
against the newly installed batteries at Zun-
galdak and destroyed two steamships and
several sailing GOLFERS, while the submarine
"Merj" sank a loaded steamship ut the en-
trance to the Bosphorus and destroyed seve-
raj sailing ships"
A British official statement regarding the
British merchantmen sunk during the week
ending Wednesday. says the oversee arrivals
and sailings at the ports of the United King
dom numbered 1880, and that one British