, 1916-08-05

Thursday morning. Only the Officials of
the prison will be present ut the execu-
ton.
Rome, Aug. 1st.-Attacks by the Austrians
last night on Italian Positions on Monte CHM
one were repulsed, the War Office announced
today. The Official Statement follows: In
the Adige Valley the euemy's artillery conl.-
ued active and was replied to by ours. In
the Astico Valley duiing the evening of July
31st the enemy attacked orr positions on
Monte Cimone after intense artillery prepur-
alton, but was promptly repulsed. An equally
trultless attempt was made upon our positions
southwest of Castlletio on the Settle COMMIT
plateau. LII the TraVignoIa Wiley we occupied
the village eli Paneveggirz. Ip the Tofano area
during The night of the 30th the enemy hea-
Willy she)led our positions at the Force:la
Wood and delivered an attack in force, but
was rBpulsed and counter attacked suffering
heavy losses. Hostile Smelling Of villages IN
the Degano Valley caused some fires which
were speedily extinguished. On the Isonzo
front nothing of importance occurred.
Paris, Aug. 1st.-The Bulletin DIES Armes,
the official Journal of the soldiers Of the French
Army, will publish tomorrow copies of let
tiers written by NJ. Poincaree, Mr.. David
Lloyd George and General Sir Douglas Haig,
together with an Order of the Day issued by
General Jotfre 10 the French Army, on the
occasion OF the second anniversary of the out
break OF the war. The order of General Jof-
fire Is as follows Soldiers of the Republic,
your third year Of fl hting has begun. For
two years past you have been supporting With
unfnlling strength the weight of an implacu-
BILE conflict. You bave caused all the plans
of our enemies to fail. You vauouished
them on The Maine, you checked them On
the User and you beat them in The Artois
and III the Champagne al a time when they
were valnly seeking victory on the plains of
Russia. Then your victorious resistance
during a battle of five months Duration
broke the German effort in front of - eYduu.
Thanks to your stubborn courage, the armies
of our Allies have been able to manufacture
arms, tie weight of which our enemies to-
DAY are experiencing over their entire 1sont,
The moment is approaching when under
the strength Of our mutual advance the
military power of Germany will crumble.
Soldiers OF France you may be proud Of
the work you already have accomplished.
You have determined to see it through to
the end, victory is certain.
Berlin, Aug. lst--The text Of to-day's
statement by German Army Headquarters
reported the fighting in the region of the
Somme extremely fierce, the engagements
being the after throes of the great attack
OF Sunday. British forces which had pene-
trated on a narrow front west of Foureax
Wood were driven out again. An enemy
attack in the neighbourhood of Maurepas,
carried out in eight waves, was completely
repulsed. Due north of the Somme, French
troops advancing in the evening, were COM
pletely driven back after a bitter fight near
Monacu Farm. South of the Somme there
were lively artillery activities on both sides
as there was also on the right bank of the
Meuse (Verdun front), especially in and to
the south of the Thlaumont Fieury sector.
In this region advances by enemy hand-gren-
aiding parties early yesterday were repuIs-
ed. We destroyed a French position
north of FIeury by q great explosion
over an extent of about 200 metres. Our
patrols. following up he explosion, took n
few prisoners. Operations by enemy recon
noitering detachments fniled west Of
La Bossee, north of Hslluch, south of Loos
and southeast of Rheims. Unimportant
military damage was caused by the dropping
of bombs on Wetvicq and other places be-
bind our fronts. There were numerous
victims among the civilians. An enemy
aeroplane was brought down yesterday and
another on July 3Oth. by our anti aircraft
guns within our lines il the Somme
region. Another aeroplane was brought