Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-06-14

600 men and captured 10 guns
and at the time this report i:
despatched prisoners are Still
coming i'll.
Southeast of Zales1zky by al
energetic coup we overthrew, Tho
eneny, who retreated.
"1he enemy blew up the Your
koutz Railway station. Turk
man cavalary charged the retreat
ing enemy and turned his retreat
into a disorderly rout.
''In attempts to save the stu
alton the enemy at many places
III a d furious counter attacks
Among others, at dawn Saturday
in the region of Semki east Of
Kolki, numerically superior enc
my forces attacked our advanced
elements, and under cover Of a
concentration of their fire forced
them back over the Styr. But
the same day we arrested all
utter Developments of this offence
The enemy is resisting with
especial desperation in the regior
of Torgovitsy, on the Styr south
of Lutsk, where he is fighting
with sanguinary fury.
1.-THE total results Of the vlo-
lent attacks of our troops, carried
out from the fourth to the tenth
without giving h eueny Z
moments respite place in strong
relief the fact that they have
forced h e euemy's organized
lines on the vast front from the
wooded region of southwest Rus
sia to tn Rum anlan frontier.
The Turks in the Caucasus
region repeated attacks on oul
positions in the Platdna region
but were repulsed with heavy
losses abandoning in front OF
our trenches hundreds of dead
In the direction of Gummeshan
we have occupied first line enc
my trenches. In the direction OF
CiarbeIr, we are advancing anG
have taken prisoners and -captur
ed boxes of ammunition"
FRENCH CHECK GERMANS
Paris, Jnne II. l.--Three German
nfantry attacks against t h {
French trenches on Hill 5o4 and
the positions east of that eleva-
ton in the Verdun sector, werc
completely checked last night by
the French troops, says the Off
cial statement issued by the War
Department here this afternoon.
The statement follows:
Between the Disc and .hs
Aisne our artillery destroyed al,
enemy work in the woods of ST.
Marden.
In the Argonne the mine
fighting continues to our advan
&c. At Haute ChevaucIlae
after we had exploded a small
mine which destroyed enemy sub
terranean works an explosion Of
two German mines produced q
sing lie crater 80 meters in diane
ter, the edge of which we occupied
on three sides
"On the front north Of Verdun
there Was intense artillery fight
ing Oh the banks of the Muese.
On the left bank two enemy as
sau]ts upon cur positions on Hill
3o4 and another east Of this hill
were completely c eCked. There
was no infantry action on the
right bank. In the forest Of
Apremont two S IN a enemy
detachnents which had pene-
trated elements of our advanced
trenches were elected with losses
after a hand to hand combat,
In the VCsges the enemy,
after violent bombardment
succeeded i'll e h i II g our
trenches south Of Col Sainte
Marie. "A hand grenade counter
attack launched by us inmed
| ately drove them back
A later statement issued tc
day says:
"'On the front north of Verdur
no infantry action was reported
during the course of the dav
/. Our artillery actively counte
: shelled t h German hatterie
: which bonbarded particularly il
the region south o f the Thi
: mont farm and west of For
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