, 1916-06-28

tons of trenches west of ThiaumOnt redoubt
were taken and handgrenade fighting result
ted in some progress beng made in the
village of Fleury. A German attack in the
Dead Mans Hill region was repulsed. The
Official statement is as follows: On the
left Bank of tile Meusa a German attack
upon our trenches on the southern slopes
of Dead Mans Hill was stopped by our fire.
On the right bank of the river, the fighting
continued during the course of the night
in the sector of the Thiaumont works wnere
our counter attacks enabled us to take u
few elements of trenches to the west of
the works. We have made some progress
with hand grenade fighting in The village of
Fleury. The bombardment has continued
violent III the other sectors of the right
bank 1.-THE river, but there has been no in-
tantry action. LII Lorraine, to the north.
east OF Pont.a-mouson a strong enemy
reconnoIirlng party was dispersed in the
Chiminot wood. In the Vosges, an attempt
ed attack upon our positions in La Fave
valley completely failed. During the night
of June 24lh and 25th., German aeroplanes
threw BOUNDS on Luueville, Baccarat and
st, Die, The material damage was unim-
portnnt. Some children were wounded at
st. DIE. This has been noted with q view
to reprisals.
Paris, June 25th-The Official communica-
ton issued tonight by the War Office reads;
On the two banks of the Mouse, no infantry
action was reported during the course of
the day. On the left bank, there was in
tense artillery activity in the region of Hill
BOA, Dead Mans Hill and Chattancourt. On
the right bank he bombardment redou-
bled IN violence from five O'clock ia the
afternoon i'll the sectors of Froi-de-Terre and
EIAnrV TH6r6 was no oUont of ironortonoo
on the rest of the front with the exception
OF the usual cannonading. belgian COM
munlcatlon: In the northern part of the
front in the region of Dixmude, there were
reciprocal artillery actions. In the sector
OF Steenstraete, the action with artillery and
trench motars was Violent
Vienna, June 24tb.-An Austro- Hungarian
encircling advance has pressed the Russians
ont of kuty (Galicia), according to the
Austrian Official statement, issued to-day.
In Volhynia the Austro-G German forces are
dlsputing the ground foot by foot north of
the Llpa river, north east of Gorochow and
west and northeast of Torchyn, where all
the Russian cOunter-attacks have been
frus>r rated.
Rome, June notwithstanding activity bv
the Austrian artillery in the Trentino is
reported Ill to-day's Official statement.
Italian success IN infantry engagements in
the PosIna sector and south of Arslero are
announced. lie statement is us follows:
Yesterday between the Adiee and the
Brenla the enemy artillery inc,e ased it's
activity. We carried out q successful
barrage fire IN the Arsa and Posina valleys,
and destroyed some hostile positions south
west OF AsIago between Monte Genglo and
Monte %Camplello on the southern side {. the
A q Uollav onl IoAa~.
Tresuna. Infantry encounters occurred in
the Camplglia area west of Posina near
M~oneghetti and south of Arsiero, in which
we attacked and drove back the enemy.
In the Upper Cordevole and Boite valleys
there were violent artillery dueIs. The
railway stations at Inichen and SiIlian in the
Puster Thai were again bombarded by our
heavy artillery. At the head of the But
valley and III the upper Falla valley our
infantry and artillery were active. We set
ire to l1eopoldskichen. On the Isonzo,
further raids by our detachments resulted in
our capturing some prisoners, arms and
AMMUNITION. Hostile aircraft dropped bombs
on Teimezzo, Porto Guraro, Ponte Plave
and the Grade Lagoon causing no causual-
ties and slight damage. Our Caproni
aeroplanes bombed enemy e~ncampmeuts on
the Aslago plateau and returned safely,
Fetrograd, June 25th.-The Russian Off
cial statement to-day reads German arti!-
lery violently bombarded numerous sectors
of our Riga positions. A strong party of
Germans attempted to approach our trenches
near the western extremity of Lake Babit
but without result. On the Dvina between
Jacobstadt and Dvinsk the enemy artillery
was also violently active. Enemy aeroplanes
dropped 20 bombs on the station at Polot-
chany. Southwest of Molodaruno one of
our airmen during a flight over the enemy's
lines was hit by enemy artillery. Aviators
Captain Bankeiff and Lieut.. Paynoff although