, 1916-07-15
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London, July 10tb-Announcement was
made in the House of Commons to-day by
Mr. Asquith that the Bill for the establish
ment of a Government for Ireland on the
lines agreed by the Nationalist and Unionists
would be submitted to Parliament and the
Coalition Cabinet would stand sponsor Tor
the measure. The Bill will follow the lines
which have been generally known, the provi-
sion for the exclusion Of sig Ulster Counties.
The inclusion of these Counties could be
accomplished only by the free will and assent
of those Counties. It was proposed that the
Bill should remain in force during the War
and II months thereafter, and if Parliament
had not made further provision by that time
for a Government of Ireland, the period
could be extended.
New York, July 11th-Despite prodigious
efforts to curb the epidemic of infantile
paralysis gripping New York, reports to the
Health Department to-day showed ar in
crease of 1907 in the number of deaths and
new cases since yesterday.
Paris, July 1lth-The situation renamed
unchanged on the Somme front last night.
The War Office to-day say it has been as
certained that south nf the Somme, tue
French in the last two days have taken more
than I,130 prisoners. On the Verdun front,
the Germans launched an attack at 4 o'clock
this morning on the French positions
from Fleury to a point east of Che
nois. They succeeded in penetrating advan-
ced French positions at some points, but
were expelled by a counter attack. West OF
the Meuse, there was active artillery fighting
in the neighbourhood of Avocourt and Chat
tancourt. North. east Of Veho, the Germans
exploded four mines, the craters of which
eventually were occupied by the French.
London, July 10th-The British captured
Contamination OH he Somme front last night,
the War Office announced to-day. The
statement is as follows: "Lhst night aft'r
a brisk bombardment our infantry attack
carried CONTAMINATION by assault taking l09
unwounded prisoners, Including a battalion
commander and four other officers. A
strong couuter-attack delivered by the
Germans during the night was beaten
back with heavy losses to the enemy, and
the whole village is now in our hands.
Further east we stormed several lines OF
trenches in the Bois-de-Mametz, and the
greater part of this large wood is now in our
possession. Here we captured one heavy
howitze1, three feld-guns and 296 unwound-
ed prisoners including three officers. Heavy
fighting continues in Trones wood. In con-
tinuation of the report Of aerial combats on
July 9th. one Of our aeroplanes was shot
down by a direct hit from an anti-aircraft
gun and three other machines have not
retained to our lines"
Berlin, July 11th-The Austrian Admir-
atty announced to-day. "Our cruiser Nov
ara met a group Of four, or according to
declarations OF prisoners, five armoured
British patrol boats off Otranto road lat the
lower end of the Adriatic( All the patrol
boats were destroyed by artillery fire. The
Novara was able to rescue only 8 members
of the British crews. s'The "Novara" is a
scout cruiser OF 1884 tons. She has figured
in several engagements in the Adriatic. The
Strait of Otranto is between the heel of
Italy and the Albanian Coast connecting
the Adriatic and Ionian Seas.
Constantinople, July 11th-The cruisers
Sultan Selim and Midullu formerly the
German cruisers Goeben and Bresiau) at
tackled a squadron OF hostile transports off
the Caucasus coast, sank four ships and seve-
raj sailing vessels and bombarded the new