, 1916-07-12

peared over the English coast to-day but was
driven off and dropped no bombs. HE OH
cial Press Bureau gave oui The following nc
count of the incident: An ne oplane crossed
the Kentish coast this morning. Anti-oircrnft
guns fired on it and it turned stewards
chased by British machines. L was not over
taken. No bombs were dropped.
Paris, July 9th.-rhe situation on the
Somme front is unchanged The War Office
announced TO day. On the Verdun front
the Germans carried on n heavy lombard
ment of the Chattancou,t, FIJI ury and Damlcup
sectors. The statement is as follows On
both sides of the Summe the night passed
quietly. The total number of prisoners which
we captured yesterday during The attack Oh
Hardtcourt i 633 Of whom ten are officer.
70 the north Of Verdnn, the enemy main
tanned u rather violent bomburdment Of the
sectors of ChattancOurl, FIeury and the
Dnmloup battery. West Of The foI est of
Apremout, the Germans undertook two sur
D Use attacks against our positions at Croix
ST Jean. The detachment which was able
TO penetrate one Of our trenches was expelled
immediately by our gFeuadicrs. The other
detachment was dispersed before 1t was able
to reach our lines. In he Vus9es, after %
lively Eombardmcnt the enemy yesterday
attacked one Of onr positions south Of The
pass Oh hObIill tfI Nv "''"Nh ""' OAN
up by our fte. During the night we carried
out successfully MINOR operations at Sude
and brought buck prisoners and machlne-
guns.
Paris, July 9th.-The Official statement
issued by the War Office to-nlghF is as fol-
bws North Of the SomMe nothing OF I'M
por!auce occurred. South Of the Somme we
took the offensive during the day east Of
Flaucourt on a front of about foul kilometres
from he river TO the north Of BelIoy-en-San-
tarre. On the whole line attacked our troops
carried enemy positions to a depth OF from
one to two kilometres. We carried the viii
lage Of Biaches by assault and have establish
Ell our position on Il line from this village to
the environments of Barleux. In the course
of these actions we took 800 prisoners. On
both bank OF tie Meuse, there was spirited
action notably in the sectors Of Fieury ADD
the Fumin wood. The operations on the
Somme front from July 1st to Tn resulted
in the capture by as of more thon $500
prisoners. Among the important war mate
rial that we took we have counted up to uate
rs cannon and several hundred macIIne-guns.
The Balgian communication is aa follows;
There were very lively artillery duels III
different sectors in the region OF Dlxmude.
In several places the German batteries
were reduced to sle ce. We success
fully resumed q destructive bomLardment
against the enemy works of SteenSlrnete.
The Germans made desperate. efforts to
silence our guns and provoked a strug-
gle with bombs which ended to our adj
vantage,
Potrograd. July 8tb.-To days Official
announcement reads: Our offensive on the
lower Stokhold continues. The enemy is
retiring in great disorder. Sou'h Of The Sar-
nynurovel railway the villages of Goulevitch
aud Kachova have been occupied after fight,
lug. In southern Galicia, G neral Le'chitzky
occupied DeInyn yesterday after very violent
lighting. There is a railway Junction at this
place of great importance. Depots OF war
material, steel shields, grenades, cartridges,
iron and wire abandoned by the enemy have
been captured at many points. In the sec
tors east and north east Of Baranovichi very
lively fighting continues. The enemy is off
ering desperate resistance. In the Caucasus,
on the night of July 6th-7th in the regions
of the town of Plataua the Turks made at.
tacks which were repulsed by our fire. West
of Eizerum, we captured an entire line of
fortified positions, taking prisoners 81 Off
GERS, two of whom were battery comman-
ders. We also captured 799 men, several
machine guns aud 95 cannon.
palrnorod Julv 9th The Official statn-