, 1916-08-19

WHICH gives Inc IollOWlng n8ures. Officers
captured 1857, men $50, 845, cannon 4O5,
machine-guns 1926, mine and bomb-throw.
ers 338, powder carts 292.
London, Aug. 16th.-Portugal is on the
verge of larger cooperation in the world war.
She is taking thorough stock of her available
military and naval resources with a view of
not only further Strengthening her ancient
Alliance with Britain but with the idea OF
throwing a considerable factor in the broad
er arrangements of the Entente. DR.. Ber-
nardino, President of the Republic of Portu-
gal, made the above announcement of Portu-
gals future war policy in Lisbon to.dav in
an interview. In accordance with the we'll I'm.
derstood convention between the two Gov
ernments, he said, the military participation
of Portugal in the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance
heretofore has been confined to oper-
atoms IN Anglo-PortuGuese East Africa
where at this monument ur splepdidIy equip.
ped troops are engaged along a thinly held
but long and difficult front. Our help now
is asked in the campaign on the western
European front. Portugal is ready to under
take whatever measures are necessary to
convince the Entente of our sincerity and
persistence. Our troops will take the field
at the precise moment the British. French
and Portuguese General Stats decide Por.
tuguese aid is necessary to exert the maxi.
mum pressure.
New York, August 16th.-A slight de-
crease IL deaths and new cases in the epide-
mic OF l%nfantile paralysis was noted today in
the Health Depts. Bulletin on the progress of
the scourge. During the "a hours preced-
ing IO u m. the plague killed "a children in
the b boroughs of New York City and l13
were stricken. This compares with yesterdays
h9nres OF 80 deaths and 1913 new cases.
Since the inception of the disease in June
o,o5o cases have been reported to the Health
Dept, l 498 Of which proved fatal.
Paris, Aug. 16tb.-The text of the official
statement is rs follows. On the Somme front
after an intense artillery preparation we
launched an offensive which brought us
important gains north OF Maurepas, assisted
by the British. We captured one entire line
of German trenches on a front of 1900
metres, reaching at certain points the Gull
lemont-Maurepas rond. South of Maurepas
on a trout of two kilometres and to a depth
OF $40 10 500 metres our infantry occupied
all enemy positions east of the Maurepas-
CIery road alter a sharp attack which cost
the enemy heavily. The two operations
brilliantly and rapidly conducted, resulted
III The capture of a considerable number OF
prisoners, whose numbers are not as yet
obtalnabIe. At the same time south of the
Somme our troops attacking with a rush
captured a powerfully organized system of
German trenches on a length of 1900
metres south OF Belloy-en-Santerre, capturing
50 prisoners. There was an intermittent
capnonade on the remainder of the front.
Pe'ro3rad, Aug. 16th.-The Russian offici-
al statement says. On the river Zlota L1pa
in the region south Of Brzebany our troops
occupied at some plnces the western bank
of ;he nver, the enemy having resumed his
counter attacks checking our further ad-
vance. L. the region between The ZIota
Lipn and the Dnirster our troops are fighting
their way forward. The enemy here is also
making a desperate resistance. On The river
Stllpa we bave occupied the little town of
Soioivina and the village of Griava to the
south west Of SoIotyina. Jn the region Of
Delatyn and Vorokhta the enemy owing 10
our pressure is retiring west. Our troops
have captured a series of heights to the
west OF Vorokhla and Ardzemoy.
Petrogfad, Aug, 16th.-The oficinl state.
ment issued this evening by the War De-
partment reads as follows. Western (Rus.
siap) front. The situation is unchanged
Caucasus front. An offensive by several
enemy detachments south of the region of
Kalupasvas in Persia southwest of Err was