The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14
WARRIORS ARE
EXHAUSTED And
BATTLE WATTS
Before Verdun Germans Need
More ReinfOrcementS.
Entire Division Shot to Pieces
in ThiaumOnt Fray.
MADE Il SEPARATE CHARGES
French Garry Small German
Post Near Venizel.
Rome Reports Austrian Air
Raid Damage Only Slight.

Paris. June 1.-THE fighting
around Verdun has once more died
down from sheer exhaustion of the
combatants.
Az entire division. half of whom
were Bavarians and half PomeranIan rs
was used up by the Germans IN t~eiVc
separate attempts Monday to storm
the French positions north of hlau-
mont From this position the Frerch
thanking fire prevents the enemy Iro IRON.
advancing on NauX plateau NO resui'
having been attained by nlghtIan'
fresh troops were brought up ana an
attempt made to turn the posluoH
from the southwest. After a despei-
ate struggle a footing was obtained IN
some of the trenches on Hill NO Szl'
hall a mile west of Thiaumont
No effort has been made TO increase
tins advantage vet owing probab bly, 20
the losses on Monday, which accoI ,II
ing to prisoners, were eXceptloil1!ilE
heavy A man belonging TO the tx TX
teenth Bavarian infantry stated f nus
REGIMENT had been held in reserve lCI
a big offensive against the last loL -.,s
Of Verdun but that it had been hIowt
in TO support the troops attaChillS
T-hiaunont and had lost nearly d lilliu
of its effectiVes.
Artillery Violent Near VauN.
Paris. June IA violent arnlleTy
,,,,ga cement took place last nlghl III
tbs I,icinitv of Vaux on the Nerdun
front There were no infantry actohs
before Verdun. The official statement
of today says.
..,rhe French carried a small Ger
man post near VenlzeI, east OF So '-l
sons A raid by Frentn troops at son
germ in the Vosges resulted IN the cap
ture of a number of Germans
Air Raiders Kill Woman.
Rome. June 14-via Paris.-It was
officially announced today that Aus
trian sea planes raided Venice on Mon
dav night The statement says one
woman was killed and four clVlhahs
injured and property damage was
slight.
An official report from Vienna yes
terdav said an Austrian air squadron
had successfully bombarded the Vene-
tian arsenal and the railroads ap-
preaching the city.
Rcpulse austrian Attack
Rome. June 14.-Austrian attacks
along the line of the Posina in the
Southern Tyrol made after intensive
artillery prepa ration on Monday night
were repulsed by the Italians, the war
office announced today.
The statement follows:
ION the Posina the enemy, after a
violent bombardment, attacked on the
night of June II. toward Form, Alta,
C'ampagnia Monte Glove and Monte
Brazon. but was repulsed everywhere
Yesterday the enemy confined nln1SelI
to bomba riding our positions along the
whole front. particularly in the Noveg-
no area, with batteries of all cali
bers. Our troops firmly withstood
this fire and prevented the develop
ment of an infantry attack
'.On the upper Boite attempts by
the enemy to recapture positions we
occupied north of Podestagno were
thwarted completely Small encoun-
tiers in the upper Fella and Seeoach
valleys resulted in our favor. There
were no important developments on
the IsOnzo 'front.'
Torpedoed Italian Transport.
Berlin June 1.-THE following
sta tc ment from the Austrian admir-
atty was received here today from
Vienna:
AN AustrO- Hungarian submarine
on June 8 torpedoed the large Italian
auxiliary cruiser. Principe Umherto,
which had troops on board Tho yes
sci, which was accompanied by several
destroyers. sank in a few minutes"
The loss of the Principe Umberto
was announced by the Italian admir-
atty on June 9. 1t was said probably
half the troops on board persisted.
British Into Persia.
London, June IA Reuter- dis
patch from Teheran says General
Skyes with British column On Mon
day entered Herman, the principal
town of southeastern Persia. The pur-
pose of this movement is not known
publicly here. but presumably it is in
tended TO maintain order in British
sphere of Persia. Minor disturbance
there have been attributed to German
and Turkish emissa ries.