, 1916-08-09

stated that fighting is raging from the con-
fuence of the Stokhod and Pripet rivers to
20 or 80 miles north west of I arnopol, and
the districts specified in the official bulletins
are merely those where fighting is hottest.
Austru-G German counter- attacks become more
and more frequent, but they are not more
successful and the appointment of Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg as supreme COM
mander has so far introduced no novel fea-
tute. Austrian prisoners say that their army
has suffered terrible losses at brodv. For
example the Oath Infan ry lost 8, 100 men in
killed, wounded and prisoners. This is merely
typical of several regiments. A captured Aus
trian officer admitted that apart from prisoners
the Austrians had ~ 900 casualties. The
posi- ions from which the Teutons have been
driven were of extraordinary strength and
since last autumn the Russians had made
more than Que unsuccessful attack to take
them. The Austrians seem to have believed
them impregnable.
London, Aug. 4th-Oficers' casualty lists
for two weeks rom July list. to 18th. show
the severity of fighting since the great
offensive began on the Western front, the
British Army in the fortnight tossing $50
officers killed 1,764 wounded and 900 miss
ing q total of 1854. This makes a total
loss of British officers since the beginning
of the War 9,577 killed, 90 20 wounded,
2,261 missing q total of 32,058. The per-
centage of killed to wounded is smaller
during the fortnight at one to three against
one to two previously. Here are the regi.
ments which have suffered heavily during
the two weeks. Yorkshires 40 killed, 100
wounded, IL missing. Northumberland "a
killed, 1875 wounded, ID missing. Londons
81 killed, 70 wounded, 80 missing. Lam
cashires % killed, SO wounded, 21 miss!
.- Tsl II q - Il IL OF -O,..7A OK
missing. Field artillery % killed, 7S
wounded, 4 missing. Warwickshire "a
killed, 81 wounded, IL missing. Cana
dams "a killed, 40 wounded. Manches-
ters "a killed, As wounded and Stafford
sbjres IL killed, At wounded, Is missing.
Several other units lost over 80 officers.
Among the officers of high rank, B~rigadier
General Prowse died, two other Brigadier
Generals were wounded and one Colonel and
IL Lieutenants were killed. In the last two
weeks of July the British Army lost 4,45O
officers in killed founded and missing this
brought the total for the month up to 1904
and the grand total since the outbreak of the
war to SO, sos.
Paris, August 7th-The repulse of German
attacks at Thiaumont and III the Vaux and
Chapitre woods in the Verdun sector is
announced in The { ficial statement issued by
the French War Office this afternoon. The
statement records a vigorous artillery duel
north of the Somme and in the region of
Chaulnes. The French screen of fire checked
the Germans at I%hianmont. In the Vaux-
Chapitre woods the Germans preceded their
attack by a heavy bombardment, but their
efforts to advance were frustrated by the
machine gun and rifle fire of the French.
Three German aeroplanes are said to have
been brought dow on the Somme trout, and
two captive balloons destroyed.
Petrograd Aug. 7th.-Further successes
for the Russians along the SeretL and Grab
erka rivers in northern Galicia south of Brody
we're announced by the War Office today
The Russians captured strongly fortified
positions in the region of the villages of
Seyyiin Kostinicj and Reniuv.
Cairo, Egypt. Aug. 7th.-Sixteen hundred
prisoners have arrived here. They are part
of the army which attacked the British pos
ilions at Romani and which was defeated
with heavy losses, a total of 3, 500 prisoners
beng taken. The number of unwounded
Turks captured by the British at the battle
of Romani was BIAS according to an official
statement issued by the War Office to-day.
The statement says that the Turks were
repulsed for 18 miles. The pursuit contin-