, 1916-07-05

ANA AAO hAO ~ WOL
captured by us. East of the village Of
Grinov about 800 prisoners were taken.
According to supplementary reports the army
of General Letchitzky captured in the
course of engagements near Pecheniznyn
west Of kolomea seven cannon and four ar
liIIery limbers. On our right wing in the
region of Riga, our land and sea artil-
lety bombarded the enemy's lines. An
enemy aeroplane dropped twenty bombs in
an effort to damage our ships but without
result, 1t disappeared when attacked by
one of our seaplHnes. On General Evert's
front on Saturday night the Germans carried
out a gas attack III the sector south of
Smorgon and captured part of our trenches
but were subsequently d~islodged. Caucasus
front: West of Platana the Turks attacked
ut dawn on Saturday positions which we had
captured from them the day previous but were
repu'sed by our fire and counter-attack and
left numerous dead on the field. A Turkish
attempt to attack our troops III the region OF
DllVlzlyk was repuised by the concentrated
fire of our batteries, In the direction of
Gumish Khaues the Turks delivered during
the day and night n series of attacks on our
positions all Of which were Tepulsed. In the
region of the upper Choruk we captured on a
wide front several lines of organized Turkish
positions taking guas, machiue-guns, bomb
throwers and many prisoners. We repulsed
in this directions all Turkish counter-attacks
iuhicting severe losses on the enemy.
London, July 3rd-A further advance
has been made by the British forces to the
east of the Ancre river. 10 the north of
the town of Fricourt the British have pushed
f,rward and have gained ground ut q higher
elevation. Progress on other parts of the
battlefield al 0 IS reported IN the Official
statement. Heavy fighting continues, but
it is proceeding salts actorily in the vicinity
of Lp Boisselle, where the remnants of the
garrison have now surrendered. The COM
muuication is as follows: The battle south
of the Aucre continues TO be holly contested
Al positions gal! ed by us yesterday have
been maintained. The fighting about La
Boisselle and Ovillers was particularly
severe. Yesterday evening we penetrated
the village Of La Boisselle in which fighting
is still going on. About Ovillers the fight
ing met with varying success. One attack
early this morning secured n portion OF the
hostile defences. Four hundi ell more pris-
oners passed through our collecting stations,
A very large amount Of work was done by
our aircraft yesterday. In the early part
of the day several attempts ut offensive
action in our side of the line were made
by hostile aircraft in large parties. All were
driven back and subsequently the enemy's
aircraft was held far behind the German
linee. AS "a result of our arsillery our mach
ines were able to work without interrup-
ton from hostile aircraft. During the day
Il very large number of aerial combat took
place over the enemy's lines. Six hostile
machines are known to have been brought
down and 5 others were driven down severe
ly damaged. Seven of our machines are
missing.
Berlin, July 3rd.-The War Office report
of to-day SAYS the continuation of the Brit
ish and French attacks on both sides of the
Somme did not win any advantage generally
speaking. North of he river the enemy
suffered extraordinarily heavy losses in this
region. South of the river we withdrew
into the second line positions during the
night the division which was called from the
first line to the intermediary line position.
There was the same degree OF activity on
the fronts which nave not been attacked.
West of the Meuse (Verdun trontG attempts
of the French to retake captured trench
sections of Hill 504 led to minor infantry
engagements. East of the Mouse, the enemy
again exhausted himself in ~fruItless attacks
on the village of T%hiaumont and Oh Frol-de-
terre ridge. In one of these attacks the
enemy temporarily penetrated our foremost
trenches about 600 metres southwest Of the
village, but be was driven ont again imme-
diately. The hill battery OF Daraloup, south
east of vaux Fort, nas been in our posses
sion since Saturday night. We took one
hundred prisoners aud several machine-guns.
French detachments advancing against Ger
man positions in the wood OF LIE Pretre
to the northwest of Pont-a-Mousson were
repulsed easily. Numerous engagements
were fought yesterday and six enemy
aviators we, Q brought down. -Four fell With
in our lines. An enemy bipiane was brought
down over Douai and another on Saturday