, 1915-10-23

large munitions depot. In The Nosges,
spirited cpmbuts have occurred with band
grenHdeS on the Crests of SchratzmrnneIe,
and there has been violent cannon"dlng on
both sides in the region of Hnrtmaun5wellcr-
kopf and the valley of the Vhur."
A German official statement says: "Ihe
trench work nwth-east of VrrmelIes, which
projects far into the enemy's positions, has
been repeatedly attacked by the English
with strong forces, but all their attacks failed,
with heavy losses, and the tr~encb-Work has
remained in our hands. Attempts by the
French to attack Mt Tahure have been sub
dned by our fire. A new enemy advance,
with the object Of capturing lost positions
south of L-intrey, has been unsuccessful
and cost the French, III addition t } sunguin-
ary losses, 3 officers, II non commissioned
officers and 70 Chasseurs tnken prisoners.
On Schral zmnnuele The enemy could not
recnpture u single foot Of ground by his at
tncks, Notwithstanding the use of Il consider
able quantity OF ammunition. A German
air squadron attacked the fortress of Bel
front and drove off the enemy aviators,
dropping 8 bombs on the fortress, aud u
number OF fires were observed to have been
caused by the explosions.
Fvom the Eastern theatre Berlin officially
reports Field Marshal Won Hindenburg
IN bis attack south Of Riga has made good
progress. West of IllukSt we have captured
the enemg's positions extending on a front
OF 3 kilometres. LII the region of Smorgou
repented Russian advances undertaken with
stlon9 forces have been repulsed with heavy
losses to The enemy. A Russian attack on
both sides of the Lykhoyltscbi BarHuovitchi
railway broke down under our first adyuuce
Of 400 yards before our positions"
An Austrian otficiul announcement says:
"On the Korminhlook and the lower Styr
the enemy has IN de several strong attacks
near Kuhkovitchi, NoyohIki and Rafuloyka and
the butte continues"
A Petrograd official communiqne states;
I'm The region of Riga, on the river An,
north of MItnu, enemy dement's which
advanced beyond HelzogshoI were thrown
back aci oss lhe river. On the Dyinsk front
after his attacks had been repuIsed
on Monday the enemy remained pas
siye throughout the dry and only near
Pochilins did he attempt to disludge
as from our trenches in the occupied sec
ton. We repulsed both his attnck~,
but artillery lighting continues. Bplw, en-
lakes Demmem aud Drisyiaty there has
been 30 cessation in the fighting. Suuh Of
The Pripet region and Oh The middle Slyr
we on Monday gained an important sue
cess, and during the occupation Of Sow
iechlch1zy we captured thirteen officers,
iucludiA two battalion comm tndel~. and
five hundred men. Our cavalry chlrgrl
HE enemy near Podchel eyitchi, west Of Ra-
fulovka, aud thus far thirty officers and over
1000 men, besides some machine-9uns,
huye fallen INTO our hands. We huye enter
ed KuIikoyirchi. above Novo SeIki. cnptur-
ing owe 1000 prisoners and taking also
many machine guns and bomb thro@ers.
The correspondent Of the Petit journal"
at Murseillee states TINT thirty-three mem
beers Of the crew OF the French steamsh.p
'Amirul Hnrnelin' have arrived there. The
vessel, whloh WAS under Government requis-
ition, was torpedoed hy IN Austrian SUNNI
rine without notice, and while the pn,sr'-
gers and crew we've entering me bonl7 'he
submaiine bombarded the steamer, wh'rh
was struck by 10 shells, seyen'y-One lives
being lost.