New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-05

going on. All efforts made to dislodge
us from the position TO the southeast
Of this village were checked by the re-
sistance of our troops.
"The enemy attacked in like manner
during the night our new positions TO
the east of Nacherauville. They sue
ceeded only in suffering heavy losses.
In the vicinity of Vaux-le- Chapitre
and Chenois the artillery fighting has
been very spirited.
German Attack Repulsed.
ain the Vosges yesterday the enemy
delivered upon the salient at La Chape-
lotte an attack which was. however,
dispersed before our adversaries could
reach our lines.
"The night passed in relative quiet
on the remainder of the front.
During the night of August 3-4 one
of our air squadrons threw down
eighty shells of large calibre on the
railroad station at Noyon and on a
munitions factory. Fifty shells were
thrown down by another squadron upon
railroad stations and bivouacs of the
enemy in the region Of the Somme."
An official statement issued last
night reads:
"On the right bank of the Meuse
our infantry, continuing their offensive
action on the Thiaumont-Fleury front.
captured during the day by series of
successive attacks all the trenches
comprised between those two points
as far as a point southeast of Thiau-
mont Work and in the vicinity of
Hill 800.
Village Entirely Occupied.
"The village of Fleury was attacked
simultaneously on the northwest and
on the southeast and was entirely oc-
cupied by our troops after a brilliant
action. The number of prisoners taken
in the course of this action and so far
.ounted exceeds ESQ. This brings up
to / $50 the total number Of unwound-
ed prisoners taken by us on the right
bank of the Meuse since August !.
About the same time We delivered
IN the region of Chenois a sharp at
tack. which enabled US to recover the
greater part Of the ground lost by us
the day before yesterday.
"On the rest of the front there was
intermittent cannonsding.
Aviation: During the night of
August 90 our battle aeroplanes
dropped projectiles on the stations of
Hem and Noyen. This morning an
enemy aeroplane dropped a bomb on
Nancy. There were no victims"
Recsptured, Say Germans.
Berlin, Aug. IA statement IS
sued By the War Office to-day says !:
LAST night the French succeeded in
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the village of Fleury and south of
Thiaumont work. Our counter attack,
delivered early this morning, put us in
complete possession again of the viii
lage of Fleury and the trenches west
and northwest of this village.
Enemy attacks northwest of the
Thiaumont work and against our po-
sitions in Chapitre and the mountain
forests were repulsed last night, with
heavy losses to the enemy. The stu
alton is now again exactly the same as
before the French attack, which was
carried out with very strong forces.
Aeroplanes Brought Down.
Lieutenant Mulzer put his ninth
enemy machine out of action in an
aerial battle near Lens, and Lieutenant
Frank his sixth enemy machine near
Beaumetz on Wednesday. Furthermore,
one enemy biplane was brought down
by our sviators yesterday near Peronne
and, according to supplementary re-
ports, two additional machines were
brought down on August l southwest
of Arras and near Lihons. respectively.
Our anti-aircraft guns brought down
one enemy aeroplane near Berles-au
Bots. southwest of Arras, and another
near Namur, the latter being one Of a
squadron which attacked Namur, with
little material damage"