New Britain herald., 1915-07-13
GERMANS ADVANCE
600 YARDS near
SOUCHEz, FRANCE
Kaiser's Forces Capture Cabaret
Rouge on Road to Arras
From the French
ALLIES REPEL VIOLENT
ATTACK In LABYRINTH

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Teutons Resume Drive at vcrdun-
Thirty-five French Aeroplancs Drop
( III Bombs Over Railroad Station
Serving CaIonne Trench Region,
starting Several FIres--AIIies Gain
600 Yards on GallipoIi Peninsula.
Further German advances in the
vicinity of Souchez, where the ceme-
terry was captured from the French
early on Monday, are reported in the
official statement from Berlin, The
Germans claim to have pushed their
positions forward across the cemetery
along a width Of 800 yards and cap
tured the Cabaret Rouge. on the road
to Arras. The French declare vio-
lent attack by German troops in the
Labyrinth was beaten OF.
Hard lighting continued in the
Woevre region, where the Germans
are believed in Paris to have resumed
the drive at verdun. The French re-
port hand grenade combats and cam
nonading at Apremont, Regnieville
and in lie Pretre Forest. The Ger
mans claim to have broken UP with
J heavy losses four French attacks. on
lie Pretre Forest positions.
French Drop III Dombs.
Thirty-five French aeroplanes swept
over the railroad station serving the
Calonne trench region and that Of the
Y Agreement Forest. dropping I'll
! bombs and starting several fires All
the airmen returned.
Subscriptions to the British war
loan have reached total of $4,000
100000. the government announced.
or this sum $75,000,000 came from
547,000 persons through the post Of
hce, and these subscriptions have not
vet closed.
war Munitions Act.
It WAS announced in the house Of
4 con1naons that the British government
h had decided TO apply the war mum
.ytkons act to the South wales coal
strike
There are signs Of renewed activity
+ Nv the Teutonic forces along the
eastern fighting front. Petrograd
{ officially. reports lively engagements
Along the east Prussian front, In the
Bobr and Narew regions and further
to the southwest between the Pissa
q and Rosoga rivers There also has
teen fighting in the Przasnysz region
along the line north OF Warsaw.
& South OF Warsaw only sporadic ac-
]. lions have occurred. but from eastern
4 Galicia, where quiet has prevailed for
some time. Teutonic attacks along the
Y zlota Lipa and the Dniester are re-
Z ported. The upper Bug River, near
u - ~ -
newed lighting.
{ NfacIxensen to Resume Activity
Coincident with this news come re-
ports through Petrograd that Field
Marshal Won Mackenscn's army,
strongly reinforced, soon will resume
active operations.
Resumption Of heavy assaults by the
Germans In the, Woevre region In
France is interpreted by Paris mill
tnry observers to mean that the
failure OF recent attempts to break
-a through to verdun by way OF
the Argonne is being followed by a
Y similar effort In this new direction
Allies Gain 200 Yards.
Through Mytilene and Athens, Paris
has received a treport that as the re-
kIlt Of another battle on the CALI
poll Peninsula the forces OF the en-
tente allies have advanced 200 yards
According to an Athens despatch to
London newspaper, the kings Of
Z Greece Rumania and Bulgaria are
soon to meet in conference at Athens
fa The attitude of Rumania towards
the two groups of belligerents is
again widely under discussion. Accor-
ing to statements made by correspon-
dents on the side of the entente al
lies. she has been given month to
Except or reject Austria's offer Of ter
q litorial compensation for active mill
4 tary assistance or friendly neutral
4 ity. Z ss
German Oficial Report.
Berlin, July IS, Via. London, $40
p rn.-The German army headquar-
tcrs staff today gave out the following
, official statement
I'm the western theater: Al French
land grenade attack al the sugar re-
finery Of Souchez was repulsed. In
connection with the storm attack on
the cemetery our positions were
pushed forward across the cemetery
Srvers q width of 500 yards and the
Eaberat Rouge, situated on the road
~ Arras. also was captured.
U Counter Attacks Prevented.
THE number Of prisoners has in
creased to three officers and $50 men.
Several attempted enemy counter at
tacks were subjected to our fire and
their execution thereby was prevented