Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-17
Capture of First and Second
Trenches in the Vosges
Vicinity Is Told.
FIGHT NEAR VERDUN
LIE Mort Homme and Avo-
court Again Scene of
Fierce Struggles.

Paris. June f7-In the course of
last night German troops attacked the
French positions at Avocourt with
grenades. says the official statement
issued today by the French war de-
partment. In the region of lie Mort
Homme there was an intense bonn
bardment-
In the Vosges, after a violent bonn
bardment of Hill No 425, to the east
Of Thanh. French infantry, the state
ment adds, penetrated the first and
second lines and brought back num-
Der of German prisoners.
The text of the communication fol-
lows:
in Belgium last night there was a
fairly intense artillery duel II the
sector of Lombaertzyke.
ION the left bank of the river Meuse
German attacks with hand grenades
Oh the redoubt at Avocourt and on
our advanced post west Of Hill No.
304 were easily repulsed. There has
been an intense bombardment OF our
positions at Dead Mans Hill, but with
out any infantry action.
ION the right bank of the river there
has been violent artillery fighting IN
the sector north Of FleuTy.
In the Vosges, following a violent
bombardment on the part OF our az
tillery directed against the German
works at Hill No. 425, east Of Thanh,
a detachment Of our infantry pene-
trated TO the first and to the second
German lines. which were cleaned up.
The French detachment withdrew
without having suffered loss and
brought with them some prisoners.
During the night of June 1917
three aeroplanes of the enemy bonn
barded the region of Dunkirk. There
were no victims and the material dam
ages were slight At about 8 o'clock
this same night Bar Due was hOm-
barded by enemy aerOplanes. Four
persons were killed among the popu-
lation and about fifteen were wound
ed. Later in the evening some bombs
were thrown down on POnt-a-M ousson
by German ayiators, but they did no
damage
During the night of June 1911
French bombarding air squadron
threw down % shells Of y kilos each
and four 155 kilOs each upon the rail-
road station at LOnguyOn, Mont NEEDY
and Audun lie Roman"
Defeat Russ Attack. Claim.
Berlin, June II, Thy wireless TO Say
Observation-Disclosures troops south
Of the Dniester river in Galicia, de-
feated a Russian cavalry force Oh
Thursday, according to an Official
statement given out by the Austro-
Hungarian army headquarters under
date OF June IS.
The statement also announces that
new battles have been started on the
whole front in Volhynia.
The text Of the Austrian statement
follows:
South Of the Dniester our troops
repuised the enemy's cavalry. Earth
er to the east there were only small
engagements in this district
West Of Visvovczyk Russian at
tacks against our positions are in pro
gress. Two officers and 400 Russians
remained in the hands Of our troops
Near Tarnopol there were no especia
events.
"On the whole Voihynian front new
combats have been started. On thu
Stokh0d and the Styr several enem!
attempts to cross the river failed. Tit
enemy as usual suffered heavy losses.
Italian front: Enemy attacks on thu
southern part of the Doberdo plateau
were repu.sed. Repeated Italian at
tacks against several of our positions
On the DolCmites likewise failed.
On the Asiago plateau there wer,
spirited artillery duels.
In the Ortler district our troop
conquered the top Of Takat and thu
summit Of the hindmost Madatsh."