, 1916-07-22

to the PIusk marsh. On the Stekhod there
was artillery fighting ut many places. We
repulsed Ivy our artillery fire an attempt on
the part Of the enemy to take the offensive
north of the Odzer marshes. Owing to the
the heavy rains the Dniester has risen
almost two and o half metres destroying
Austrian bridges, buttresses aud ferry boats.
On our left flank in the region of the rivers
Black and White Tc~horemosche southeast OF
Kuty our infantry is advancing toward. to-
ward the mountain defIes. tn the Caucasus,
on our right wing in The region OF DJ'vlziik
south of Tiibizond and Balburt and west Of
1}aiburt we made considerable advances dis
closing the Turkish rear guard. In recent
days our columns have captured IS Turkish
Officers, more than 200 men one heavy gun
and five machine-guns.
Paris, July 19,h.-The Official communica-
ton issued by the War Office 10 night le"ds:
South of the Somme, Il small operation south
of Estress enabled us to capture several
trenches and nuke about SO prisoners. On
Verdun front, q bombardnent of our first
and second lines in the region of hill 304
was carried out, There was intense artillery
activity in The Fleury sector but no infantry
action. AT Les Eperges an attack on a small
post was repu!sed. A German aeroplane was
brought down by the FIRE of our special can
non near Braine enst of scissors. The avia-
tors were taken prisoners. The Belgian
communication Our batteries OF all
calibres carried out today destructive
fires on the German works in the region of
Boesinghe aud Steeenstraete Reconnais-
sances have established the complete over
turning Of enemy works caused by our pre-
vious Smelling moth of Dixmude and i'll the
direction Of Het Sas.
Berlin, July 19th.-The Official statement
Sor,nI tO-1ou 10 oo foIlnuo. WoSfaTO front.
In the Somme district, the village of Lon
gueval and Deville wood adjoining were cup
tured last night from the British after fierce
fighting by the Magdeburg 68th. infantry
regiment. In addition to heavy %sanguinnry
losses the British lost s Officers and $50 men
in prisoners, and left a considerable Dup'ber
of machine-guns in our hands. Enemy at
tacks upon our positions north of Ovillers and
against the southern edge Of Puzieres were
dispersed by our curtain of fire and had not
the slightest success anywhere. South Of
the Somme, French local attacks failed to the
north of Barluw and near Belloy. At other
points they were checked at the outset. On
the right bank of the Meuse, the enemy con-
tinued his fruitless efforts against our Froi-de
Terre ridge. North of Ban-de-Spat a Ger
man patrol enterprise was successful. The
Official statement Of operations Oh the front
says: Army group of Field Marshsl Won
Hiudenburg: South aud south west of Riga
our brave regiments caused repeated attacks
by the Russians delivered with strenghthend
forces to break down with extraordinarily
heavy losses for the enemy. Army group OF
Prince Leopold: The situation is UNI
changed. Numerous bombs were drop
ped with good success by our aerop!ane
squadrons on railway stations at Porod-
zieja and PogorjIzy and on the Nin>k-
Baranovichi line which is filed with troop
transports. Army group Of General Won
Linsingen: In places the artillery of the
enemy was very active especially on the
Stokhod and to the west and southwest of
Lutsk. Army group of General Won Both
mer: There were no special incidents.
Balkan front: There is nothing to report.
Vienna, July 19th.-A Russian reverse in
Galicia in the foothills of the Carpathians
near the entrance to one OF the mountain
passes is reported in the Official announce
ment of to-day, which says: Southwest of
Delatyn our troops drove bnck across the
Pruth river Russian detachments which had
crossed TO the western bank. We took 300
prisoners.
London, July 19th.-Announcement was
made in the House of Commons to-day by