The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-28
FRENCH MAKE
FRESH GAINS
ATTHIAUM0NT
Progress Effected in Night
ADMINISTRATIONS Are
Halted at Ficury.
BRITISH PENETRATE
GERMAN TRENCH rs
,ps,,rl '1bi, Despa,ch 10 TnE su>.

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,,,,ou occupied by the British and the
,,n wing OF the French forces. ON
,,red to-day. No considerable infantry
,r..ks have yet been by
,.her side on this front and even the
,.pl heavy burst Of bombardment pre-
ding an attack is so far lacking. But
,oIloN ing the announcement yesterday
n, the British h~eadquarters of ten sue
..sn,l attacks acainst the German lines.
mo GERMAN statement to-day. coupled
eih the british announcement of con-
,nued patrol activity. Is attracting the
..,ertinn of military writers as possibly
eorrobora,!ng the prophecies OF an
cSensiye On this northern part OF the
S,s'eru front.
un the Ncrdun front the French made
f.rther gains last night In the Thlau-
mon, sector. and an attack by the Ger.
mans this afternoon on the part OF
Fleug. stu occupied by the french was
|r,pulsed. -.
The German official statement issued
To-day says that the French attacks last
nsht N the Th~iaumont-Fort Naux
Region were Ineffective.
rhe hombardment In the Nerdun
region. moderate to-day over most OF
mis- front. reached a greater intensity
In the sector NJ Eix. south Of Damloup.
u the foot Of the heights q, the Meuse.
Grenade Attack Fails.
n iis afternoon c~ommunipue the
erench War Office. which announces the
feh,!n= IN the Thiaumont and Fleury
sectors. says that "A grenade attack at
tempted by the Germans on the heights
n the M.use, near Mouilly, broke down
under the French FIRE.
The afternoon communicate follows:
ON the left bank OF the Meuse a
800. 49,. u.t,i -rA,ataS n gu trGs an
o. our trenches west of Hill 30i was
fe1ulsed easily.
on the right bank local operations
during the night enabi~u US to make
further progress in the region OF the
Thiaumont work. The fighting was
rather spirited In the region OF Fleury.
where the situation Is unchanged. ON
the heights OF the Meuse a grenade at
tack against our positions near Mouiily
broke dow under our fire.
In Belgium three of our aeroplanes
which were engaged in a reconnais-
sa1ce fred sixty-five bombs on Ger
man ships near the Belgian coast.
The German statement. which tells OF
the continued activity on the British
'front.' as we'll as OF the repulse Of tho
French attacks in the Thiaumont and
Fort vaux sectors. follows:
On the British front and :ac north
ern wing OF the French army patrol
fighting developed. Numerous gas and
smoke clouds hoated toward US. They
did no damage TO the Germans, and at
lone places f,oated a to the enemy
trenches. The enemy fire was directed
with especial intensity against us on
both sides OF the Somme.
As a result OF the bonba rdment OF
Nesle by the French. twenty-five of
their W countrymen were either
killed or wounded.
on the right bank OF the Meuse.
french attacks northwest and west OF
the arnored work OF Thiaumont and
southwest of Fort Vaux we're inef-
f~ect!ve. In Chapitre Wood an enemy
detachment of two officers and a few
dozen men was surprised and its MEM
eers made prisoners.
4 British biplane was shot down in
o. aerial engagement southeast or
A-rss, The occupants, who were
wounded, were made prisoners.
The official communique issued by thu
French War Office tonight follows
In the Argonne. in the egion Of Boz
lente, we occupied the southern edge
Of a crater caused by the explosion OF
. German mine.
ON both banks of the Mouse there
va a hombardment of moderate in
tensiiy during the day. There was a
more violent bombardment in the sec
tor Of Fix Cat the foot of the heights
OF the Mouse. south of Damloup).
On the right bank the Germans
made an attack at 2 o'clock this at
~'ernoon on the part of the village OF
Flenry which we are occupying. They
we're completely repulsed.
British Repulse Germans.
A German force attacked near the
fprcs-Menin Canal last night and was
repulsed. while British patrol ac-
tvlty continued on the whole British
front. Two mines were exploded by
ne British near Loos and British
aro'aft brought dow O German
machines in the course of yesterday.
The British report follows:
Last night. southeast Of the Ypres
hIent, a German attack was ~epulsed
near the Ypres-Menin Canal.
On all the front our patrols were
actve, entering the enemy's trenches
a. numerous points. inficting casual
Ues and capturing a few prisoners.
In the early morning we success
lllr exploded two mines near I.oos.
y connection with the explosions the
L'inster regiment inflicted many cas-
ualtieS on the enemy during a success
ful rad.
Yesterday numerous hostile air
~ were encountered on the enemy's
SIDE Of the line. Five of our ma
chimes engaged four Fokkers, two of
which were brought down and fell
out 81 control. Two more OF the
enemy's machines were brought down
IN The course OF the day. Our cas-
ualties were one machine missing.
Heavy artillery activity IL reporte
oN the Belgians in the sectors OF Nieu
nor', Dixmude and Steenstraete TIL
heIelan official statement issued |
havre to-day follows:
\ somewhat intense artillery action
occurred in the sector southeast of
Ni"uport and also in the direction of
DiNmude and SteenstraetG There was
p''nb fighting in the region OF Steen-
s'raote.
Semi-oficial advIces received her
nom Paris to-day say that nine Ger
man divisions used in the recent sue
cessful attack on the Thiaumont feel
work have been Identified. The sam
Information says that n total Of twenty
three German divisions. including 81
ana one-half Bavarian divisions. hav
heen identified on the verdun front bt
t"een Avocourt, at the extreme left, an
81. Mihiel.