The state herald., 1916-05-26
TEUTONS DRIVEN FROM TRENCH
IN FIERCE ATTACK ON
VERDUN.
RUSSIANS join BR|TISi
OVER 1900 ITALIANS TAKEN
PRISONERS SINCE AUSTRIAN
DRIVE BEGAN.
western Newspnper rnIon News seryIce

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by the Germans in the Verdun re
gion; French gain in the Cham
pagne; British success on the Nimy
ridge and further successful on
slaughts by the Austrians in the
southern Tyrol are chronicled in
the latest official communications.
After IA period of inactivity by the
infantry around Verdun, the German
foot soldiers have been hurled against
the entire French line in the lie Mort
Homme region. East of lie Mort
Homme the Germans penetrated the
first French lines. but we're driven
out with serious losses.
To the west and on the northern
slopes of lie Mort Homme the Ger
mans occupied portions of French ad-
yanced trenches.
Under a violent fire by French
guns the Germans are reported to
have retreated from the position in
disorder. Artillery continues active in
other sectors about Verdun
The French have cleared German
trench in Champagne by surprise
attack. All the occupants of the
trench are reported either to have
been killed or captured.
Further north the British have with
stood two German thrusts In the re-
| gion Of Loos and Wieltje and the loyal
North Lancashires have recaptured
crater on the Vimy ridge, the scene
of much hard fighting in the past
The crater was captured by the Ger
mans on May is.
The Italian forces have been eject
ed from Col Santo (southeast of Ro-
vereto). according to the Austrian Of
| fetal statement. Since the begin.
ming OF the Austrian attack" the
statement says. I'VE have captured
257 officers. $4,000 men. l07 guns.
I twelve 2S-centimeter howitzers and
I siNty-eight machine guns"
German aeroplanes drop bombs on
Cairo. Egypt. killing two persons and
/ wounding several.
A force of Russian cavalry broke
through Turkish lines and Joined the
British on Tigris river in Mesopo-
! tamia.
Six persons were killed and sixteen
wounded by bombs dropped in Ger
man air raid on Dunkirk.
! Stockholm.-The German steamers
/ Hebe and Pera were sunk by a sub.
marine off the southern coast OF Cape
GLAND In the Baltic.
] Inpdpp Nav -Tha fnnrth ...
sci sunk In the new submarine cam
paign -ainst German shipping was
the steamer Trave. The crew was
/ landed.
The Trave. formerly tho Shamrock,
was of 762 gross tons.
A dispatch from Hull to Lloyds
says that the motor fishing boat os.
prey has been sunk by the gunfire OF
German submarine. The crew was
| picked up.
None OF the passengers or crew OF
the French coasting steamer Mira
were saved when she was sunk Ms a
result OF n torpedo attack In the Med.
iterranean on May lG.
Replying to the German suggestion
that Great Britain In response to tho
change In German submarine cam.
paign should modify the food block.
ade. Lord Robert Cecil. minister OF
war trade. informed the Associated
Press there was not the remotest pos.
sibility that British economic pres.
sure on the central powers would be
relaxed.
British warships and aeroplancs
bombarded town OF III Ar.sk In Egypt.
which II held by Turks.
Italians forced to withdraw from
part OF their lines In region OF Trent
under three days bombardmcnt.
/ Washington, May Sinking OF
tho Dutch steamer Bataylcr V. In the
North Sea was reported In State De.
partment dispatches from Consul Gen.
eral skinner at London. Tho captain
and tweniy.four OF tho crew wcrs
landed Mt Great Yarmouth.
Seven passengers, including two
Americans, three Dutch aud two Bus.
hianH also were saved. Three Dutch
sailors and one American passenger.
Luigi Martini Mancini OF Roswell. N
NJ. were reported drowned. The con.
sul said first reports indicated tho
vessel was sunk by mine, Another
American on tho iiatayicr V. was John
Joseph kalcta OF brooklyn, n. Y. He