, 1916-08-05

6S IN Gne brave valley. In the upper D68RnO
valley the enemy artillery fred on Fornia
Veltri with incendiary shells. We retaIiated
by partially destroying Matuhorn in the Gail
valley. An enemy aircraft on July ~. attacked
Italian open towns on the lower Adriatic
without any military object, one of our
strong Caproni s%quadrons yesterday bomb
arded the Whitehead torpedo and submar-
inc works, three kilometres west of Fiume.
In spite of the heavy fire of anti aircraft ar
tillery and attacks by enemy aeroplanes, our
a~viators succeeded in dropping four tons of
high explosives which did much damage to
the works and set them on fire. During the
aerial engagements one enemy aeroplane was
brought down above Muggia. One of our
Caproni machines was observed landing near
Volivca. The others returned safely.
Berlin, Aug. 2nd-On the high road be.
tween Maricourt and Clery in the region of
the river Somme, French troops penetrated
to our completely demolished trenches, says
the official statement issued today. The
Germans captured a hill in the salient north
east of fort Souville in the region of Verdun.
In this gain of destroyed German trenches,
the statement said, the enemy lost heavily.
English patrols were particularly active in
the sector, the statement asserts they were
everywhere repulsed. In the Somme sector
around Maurepas, the enemy in the evening
vainly attacked our lines with strong forces
following their sanguinary defeat at Monacu
farm through our quick counter-attack.
Progress in German counter-attacks was also
reported in the War Office statement. On
the right of the Meuse we progressed north
of the Thiaumont work. We captured a hill
salient to the northeast of Souville fort,
pressing back the enemy considerably. We
took $40 wounded prisoners and IA machine
guns. South of the Somme, local fighting
was in progress near Villoy and Estrees.
Along the eastern front the statement de.
clared, strong Russian attacks had proved
f~ruitless. Southeast of Pinsk reinforced
Russian troops in repeated operations on
both sides of lake Nobel to the region of
Lubieszow we're repulsed. In the Stokhod
salient, the enemy attacks were broken down
in a curtain of fire. Repeated attacks be-
tween Wieteniez and Turya made with dis
regard of heavy losses, proved unsuccessful.
London, Aug. 3rd.-The Zeppelin airship
which raided the eastern and southern
counties of England this morning had a
very warm reception from anti-airship guns,
according to observers in the coast towns
near which the airships passed, one of them
apparently was hit, being seen in a badly
damaged condition and flying low over the
water. One Zeppelin which crossed Dutch
territory also was fred on by Dutch gunners,
but was not hit. -Four Zeppelins were OBJ
served from Texel, the largest of the Fries
ian islands off the mainland of north Hol-
land, returning homeward, but apparently
more than that number took part in the
raid. No details as to the casualties if any
or damage caused by the Zeppelin bombs,
have yet been reported.
Vienna, Aug. 3rd-The italian submar-
inc Gracinto Pullino has been captured
by the Austrians in the North Adriatic
and brought to Pola, according to an official
announcement. The submarine was almost
unchanged and her entire crew of 81 men
were taken prisoners. No details OF the cap
ture have been made public. The Gracinto
Pullino was built in 1914 and carries six
torpedo tubes. She was the largest and
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