, 1916-08-05

London, Aug. 1st-An Of1clal account QI
last nights Zeppelin raid was issued this after
noon as follows: Last night between 10 PM.
and midnight our eastern and south eas' ern
counties were attacked by several hostile
airships. The raiders flew at a great height
and owing to this and to patches of mist, the
ai,ship movements gave rise TO much uncer-
tainiy and their uumber WINS difficult to de-
te,mine. AT least six ships could be reckon
ed By independent observers and it is prOba-
bic that one more few over The country with
out dloppin; bombs. The number OF bombs
was at first greatly exaggerated owing to q
majority of them falling i'll thinly Inhabited
districts and having been beard at great dis
tances. The actual number to date is about
SO One raider was engaged by our aircraft
and anti-aircraft guns. She was seen to drop
to a low altitude and then disappeared in the
mist.
Paris, Aug. 1st-Tbe official communica-
ton issued by the War Office tonight reads:
South of the Somme we captured in the
course of a small operation q German trench
between Estrees and Belloy-en-San' ere,
about 60 prisoners remained III our bands.
On the right bank of the Meuse, after a yio-
lent bombardment, which lasted part Of the
night, the Germans carried ont this morning
nn attack ugains, our positions to the west
and south of the IAiaumont work. Our
barrage fire and the fire of our machine guns
broke down all the attempts OF the adver-
sary. Some enemy groups which had reach
ell as far as our trenches were thrown back
by spirited counter-attacks. At the end Of
the day a grenade attack launched by US
enabled us TO make progress south OF The
Thiaumont work. About the same time the
Germans attacked Oh the Chopitre Chenois
front. On this latter point only they gained
a footing in some of our advanced ell ments
from which shortly afterwards they were dri-
vep out. Everywhere else THEN attacks were
stopped and cost th.m heavy losses. There
was intermittent cannoDadiDg on the rest
of the front. Operations of the army of
the East from July 18Th to 31st The
advanced Serbian posts repulsed on July
Oath Bulgarian datnchments which held
the heights of Jouvil in the basin of the
upper Meglenica and on the 25th occupied
the village of Sborsko, where they installed
themselves Notwithstanding the enemy bonn
bardment. On the 26th they advanced
north of Polar and Strupino after an engage
meHt in which the Bulgafiens were com
PEELED to retreat abandoning ten dead. The
Serbian losses were two killed and three
wounded. On the rest of the front there
was an intermittent cannonade at times,
violent on both sides of the valley. Belgian
communication The artillery struggle con-
tlnued at various points especially north
Of Dixmude.
London, August 1st-North of Bazentin-
le-petit>in the L, gion of the river Somme
the GeImaus last night attacked the British
positions but were repulsed, it was aDnoun-
ced to-day by the War Office. Tbe~text of the
communication is as follows: There is 30
change in the general situation to-day
North of 'Bazentin-le Petit a hostile attack
on our line was successfully r%epulsed. There
was heavy artillery fire on both sides during
the night. Elsewhere on the British front
there is nothing to report.
London, Aug. lst.-1he official statement
issued at 10 o'clock this evening says: Be-
tw een the Ancre and the Somme the situa-
ton is unchanged. Elsewhere on the British
front there has been no important incident.
Berlin, Aug. 1st.-An official statement
issued to day by ,be Admiralty Staff an
nouhces that during Monday night several
naval airship squadroDs successfully attacked
London and the east coast of England.
Abundance of bombs were dropped ON coast
VOL ks, nnti-aircraft batteries and industrial
establishments, important flom a military
view point. Despite heavy firing which was
begun as soon as the naval forces approached,
all the airships returned uDdamaged.