Evening star., 1915-07-03
GERMAN STATEMENT.

BERLIN, July 8.
Western theater Of war:
A night attack on our positions west
Of souchez was beaten off.
In the western portion Of the Argonnes
a part Of the army. under the crown
prince, stormed a point of support.
Northwest Of LIE Four de Paris we
advanced by storm over front five
kilometers (three miles) long and
was carried out by the Wurttem-
burglar troops.
Twenty-Five officers and LILO men were
made prisoners. Eighteen machine
guns. forty mine throwers and ono
revolver cannon were captured. The
French losses were important
In the Vosges on Hilgenflrst we took
an enemy work. Attempts made by
the enemy to recapture it were re-
pulsed. Three officers and 149 men
fell into our hands
In the eastern theater:
Southwest of Ka1warya, after stub
born fighting, we took a mine position
from the enemy and made 500 Rus
sian prisoners.
In the southeastern theater:
After storming the heights southeast Of
Bukaszowice. north Of Haliz, the
Russians along the whole front. from
the district of Maryampol to just
to retreat. Troops under Gen. Won
Linsingen are pursuing the defeated
taken 7.7ss prisoners. Of whom eleven
are officers. We also captured eight
The army of Field Marshal Won Mack
ensen has driven back the enemy
west of Zamosc after continuous
f1ghting over the Labunka and Por-
sector and has crossed these rivers in
part.
Further to the west the enenv position
on the line of Turobin- Krasnik- -Joze-
fow, the latter place on the Vistula,
has been reached. (Jozefow is a town
onrtt on the vistula, ss uha twenty7fiye miles lies
twelve miles east of Jozefow and
Turobin is twenty-five miles still
further to the east) The forward
positions at Stronza and Krasnik and
these places themselves were occu-
To the west Of the vistula river the
Russians under pressure Of our at
tack, evacuated their bridgehead
positions near Tarlow. Both banks Of
the Kaoienna are clear of the enemy.
The troops under Gen. Won woyrsch,
after successful fighting, have driven
the Russians out Of their positions
southeast of Lienno and liza, where
they took 700 prisoners Of the gren-
adler corps.
BRITISH STATEMENT,
LONDON, July 3:
Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton reports that on
the afternoon of June % hostile COL
umns moving west from North Achi
Baba and south from Kilid Bahr
toward the Turkish right flank indi-
Gated that the enemy was preparing
for counter attack against a posi-
ton we captured on the previous day
RES In front OF our right center were
blown In, after which the enemy sub
Jected the trenches to a heavy rife
and machine gune fire for two hours
fire determined attack was made
against the left of our position with
the bayonet. This attack was re-
pulsed. with a heavy loss to the en-
emy.
On the southern front the Turks made
a concerted attack along the coast.
whore H. M. 8. Wolverine, destroy
er, got searchlights and guns on the
main body and caused heavy loss.
To the east the attack was pressed
closer under a heavy artillery nre,
but finally was checked about forty
yards from our parapet Bomb at
tacks and intermittent shelling con-
tinued. but no further general at
French moved out. and by 7:2O am
had taken a strong system of In
trenchments Immediately in front of
the left center of the line called by
them the quadrilateral
A number Of Turks were driven out of
the trenches by the French bonn
bardment. and much execution was
done during their retreat. Subse
quently trenches adjacent to the
quadrilateral to the south were cap
tured after more serious fighting,
thus completing the capture of ali
of that part of the enemy's line re-
quired to round off the gains made
by the French June 21. The enemy's
losses everywhere were considerab BILE
The captured positions are being
consolidated.