New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-23

with the purpose Of dropping bombs
overlook il and brought il down.
an Alsace two enemy aeroplanes
we're brought down IN an aerial combat.
Haudromont Quarries Held.
"On the right bank Of the Mouse the
Germans have delivered repeated coun-
ter attacks upon the positions at the
Haudromont quarries captured by the
French yesterday. Each OF these ad-
vance movements was checked by our
fire, and cost the Germans heavy losses
In the outskirts Of the village of Naux
a small operation executed this morn
ing put us in possession Of German
trench. At Eparges several German
mines have been exploded. but without
causing damage TO tn. French position.
an the region Of Nerdun French
aviators have attacked q number OF
captive German balloons. Six Of these
balloons were sent down on IRE. In the
course of an aerial engagement one OF
our pilots brought down a German
aeroplane In the vicinity OF Eparges
two other air machines Of the enemy,
attacked by French aeroplanes, were
brought 10 earth, one behind the enemy
lines at a point near Liancourt and the
other behind our lines at Fontenoy.
Aerial Activities.
"On the nights of May 90 81 and %
several operations were conducted by
groups of French 8vlatOrS. Shells were
successfully thrown down upon the
railroad station at Metz-Sablons, Avri-
court and Rove; upon munitions de-
pots at Biaches and Chappelotte; on
bivouacs in the vicinity Of Azannes, and
on the village Of Jimietz, where theirs
had been installed the headquarters OF
the commandant of an important d.
vision. Furthermore, two OF our diri-
gibles have lained down bombs on the
railroad stations and the railroad lines
at Brieulles and Dun"
The German statement follows:
East Of Newport q German marine
patrol entered French trenches. de-
stroyed the enemy's defences and re-
turned with one officer and thirty-two
men as prisoners.
Southwest Of Givenchy-en-G
several lines of British positions over
q front Of about two kilometres were
captured. During the night several
counter attacks were made and were
REFUSED. We captured eight officers,
900 soldiers, four machine guns and
three mine throwers Moreover, the
enemy suffered exceedingly heavy
losses.
On the district OF Berry Bac the
French early in the morning attempted
q gas attack. without success.
invest of the Meuse (Nerdun 'front.'
snak q 9
ON the eastern spurs of Hill 3O4 anc
maintained them against repeated at
tacks of the enemy. In addition to inc
great losses Of the enemy In killed or
wounded, we captured 9 officers, 6l8
men and machine guns. The booty
taken on the southern spurs OF DEAD
Man Hill has been increased 10 IL can
non and 81 machine guns. south oI
Dead Man Hill and in the vicinity Of
Chattancourt the enemy made futile
attempts to recapture lost ground.
"The French made several attacks
without success on our lines in the re-
gion Of the quarry south of Haudre-
mont and on the NauN ridge tNerdun
'front.'. In the third attack the fEench
succeeded in obtaining a foot ~ IN
the quarry.
extraordinarily active on both slhe IN
the whole sector.
New Attack on Dunkirk.
"Our air squsdrons yesterday after
noon repeated their attacks, with Wis
iblv great success, on the harbor at
Dunkirk. A biplane OF the enemy fell
into the sea after a fight. -Four other
aeroplanes we're disabled in aerial
combats and fell within our lines one
in the vicinity of Werique, another
near Noyon, the third near Maucourt,
cast of the Meuse, and the fourth
northeast OF Chateau Salins. The last
named was shot down by Lieutenant
Wintgens, who thus disabled mis- fourth
aeroplane In addition TO those men
toned, First Lieutenant Boelke has
brought down his seventeenth and
eighteenth hostile aeroplanes, one
south Of Avocourt and the other south
of Dead Man Hill. This brilliant avn
ator has been promoted by the En-
peror TO the rank OF captain in &C
acknowledgement Of his achievements.
The British official statement reads:
after a heavy bombardment all
Yesterday Sunday, becoming most IN
tense In the afternoon, the enemy at
tackled our position on the north end
of Vimy ridge, and succeeded IN pene-
trating our front line OF trenches on
front of about 1900 yards. The depth
of penetration varies from 100 TO 3OO
yards.
"To-day our artillery subjected the
German positions to a heavy lombard
ment. On the remainder of the front
we sprang mines near Roclincourt, the
Hohenzolern redoubt and the quar-