, 1916-06-24

violently bombarded the region of Ikokull
bridgehpad and the northern sector of The
Jacob4tadt positions. On Tuesday night The
GeI after an intense bombardment OF
our lines to the southwark of Smoreon, SUE
ceeded in penetrating our trenches, but were
soon dislodgcd by our artillery and driven
back 10 their own lines by a counter-attack.
In Other sections in this region all enemy at
Temps to attack were repulsed either by our
fire or by the bayonet. Enemy aeropianes
dropped about 40 bombs on th~V,leika s :
tlou. On the Oginski canal there were $50
lated encounters and violent nrtillery due s
at d fferent points. Caucasus front: Ne,r
Diarbekr out scouts ambushed and shot
down q strong enemy detachment winch
were on the way to relieve outposts. In
the direction Of Mosul i'll the region Of
Revarduzo, our detachments including
Georgian tribsmen put to fight d strong
band OF Kurds, who left a large number OF
dend''.
London, June 21st-Alliod forces which
are invading German East Africa are con.
tinuing the advance successfully. 1t was
announced Officially TODAY that the column
moving from British East Africa iJto the
north eastern section of the German colony
has occupied Handin. Ano her column adj
yaucing from the south has taken Lnuge-
burg near the head of Lake Nyassa.
London, June Dist The following com
munication was issued by the War Office
Tonight: The dry has been devoid Of any
important incident. 1t passed very quietly
on most parts of the front. ntermltten
Smelling occurred near Hebuterne, the
Souchez valley and Frelinghien, while min
ing continued briakIy near Melville ST. Vast
and the Loos salient. Near La Bassee yes
terday evening five of the enemy mmuni-
A;n,l ,.,s, nnr,, r,1,c tho HCa of ,I1r nctll-
lery. One of them was hit and all Of them
exploded.
Puris, June 21st-The oficinl communi-
cation issued by the War Office TO night
says: On the left bank of the Meuse, q
German attack against new trenches con-
quered by us on June 18Th, on the slopes
south of LIE Mort Homme, WAS completely
arr ested by our fire. On the right bank,
after a violent bombardluent with big shells
which lasted all day III the region Of Hill
32O, the Oh0pilre wood and Fumlu ie-
Clonols, The Germans attacked orr positions
west and south of Fort Vaux. Our curtain
OF fire and the fire Of our mnchine-guhs
twice broke the assaults of the enemy who
suffered heavy losses. There was an inter-
mlttent cannonudiug on the rest Of the
front. Belgian communication Artillery
dueIs occurred at divers points especially
north of Dixmude. There was bomb fight
ing in the direction of Steenstraete, Avia-
ton: On the night of June 2OOh.-21st. one
of our bombing groups dropped 21O shells
on the station of Arnaville and 276 on The
military establishments and the Metz sta
ton.
Paris, June 21st.-A violent attack on the
French positions northwest of Rheims was
made by the Germans last night at Hill No.
108 and in the direction OF Berry-au Bac,
according to an Official statement issued by
the War Office to-day. The attack was re-
pulsed by the French artillery fire. the
text of the statement is as follows: South
of the Somme before Hnucourt, a detacb-
ment of the enemy which attempted to
approach our lines WAS dispersed with rife
fire. Northwest of Rheims the Germans,
after exploding two mines, delivered an
attack against the trenches at Hill 108,
south of BerIy-au-Bac. Checked by our
curtain of fire, this attack was defeated COM
pletely. On both banks of the Meuse (Ver-
dun front), our artillery and that Of the eue-
my were rather active during the night.
The Germans exploded two mines before
launching an attack against the French
trenches. Their repulse was due to the ef-
fectiveLess of the French screen Of fire. In The