Arizona republican., 1916-04-18
FRENCH REPULS[ GERMANS IN NEW INF FANTRY MOVE
Teutons Launch Powerful Attack Against French Positions and Are Again Swept Back Except In Chauffeur Wood
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Agaln the GermanS nave launched powerful infantry attack against the French positions extending from the river Mouse, to Douaumont, and again they have been swept back. except where they obtained a footing in a small portion of the Chauffeur wood, l by the guns of the French Heavy casualties were inflicted on the at lacking forces along the two and a half miles battle front.
 The Germans have kept up their heavy shelling of hill BOA. northwest of Verdun, and the second lines of | the French in this region, probably with the intention of again throwing l their infantry forward in an endeavor to capture these important points, | keys to the Verdun position on the west.
 Elsewhere along the lines held by | the French there have been only | bombardnents and mining operations. | Numerous German positions have 1 been bombed by French aircraft. On the British front in Belgium and l France the heavy bombardments by
 the British and Germans continue un- 1 abated The artillery activity in the ] sector between St Eloi and the Ypres- 1 Commines has been especially marked 1 The Germans have poured shells on i the Russian positions along the Dvina | river at the Ikskull bridgehead and | about Dvinsk. and vigorous artillery
 duels have been in progress in the | lake region south of Dvinsk | In Galicia. along the river Stripa, 1 the Teutons have made several at tempts against Russian trenches. but all of tlem were repulsed according ! to Petrograd.
 The big guns on both sides are in action at most of the Austro- Italian l fronts. In the Sugana valley the Aus trians delivered attacks against the Italians from the LarganZa torrent to | Mont Colo, but they were everywhere
 repulsed.
 in Asiatic Turkey the Russians on
 inc Black Sea coast have captured the town of Burmeneh and pushed farther
 westward against the retreating Turks
 Of Arsene Kelessi. less than F miles from the important fortified town of Trebizond
 The Russians are anticipating no
 easy conquest of Trebinzond. accord ing to unofficial advices from Petro-
 grad, the town having been heavily
 fortified and reinforced with three complete divisions of troops. The
 Turks are declared to be resisting fe-
 rociously the onward press of the Rus
 siars against Basitut, northwest of 1 Erzerum in the attainment of which
 the Russians hope to join hands witl
 their men fighting in the Black seq literal.
 The British government hereafter 1 will regulate shipments of American packing houses to all neutral European 1 countries for the period of the war l according to an agreement reached
 between the government and the pack.
 CTS in the settlement of the case: | arising from the seizure by Great Br1- tain of cargoes of packers products. Riotous demonstrations occurred 1T , Athens when an attempt was made tt break up a meeting of adherents O , former Premier Venizelos. supporter of the Entente cause. One repor . | says several shots were fired and tha
 a number of the former premier followers were arrested.
 The Norwegian ship Glendoon 0
 1918 tons, and the British steame
 Harrovlan of 4.339 tons have beel sunk, the former by gunfire.