, 1916-06-21

day. III the vicinity OF 0ulhen"Je, OellHau
aeroplsnes bomharded the Allies POSITIONS
French aviators bombarded the Bulgarian
encampent near Negorci, Strumnitza and
pAtrich The bombardment of Strumnitza
occurred ut he railway station while supply
trains were arriving to r~evictual Bulgarian
troops.
London. June 10th Outlining the effects
of the Russian victories of the past fortnight
the .sTimes'' says: The Russian triumphs
have greatly reduced the strength OF the
Austrian armies III the East, have shattered
ali dreams of an advance toward klev, have
compelled the Austrian offensive III Ireutlno
to falter and hesitate and have placed the
German Field Marshal Won Hipdenhure IN
an awkward and difficult position. Rus
sia's captures of material and men have been
enormous. She las won back ground, she
has heartened her armies and people and has
brilliantly avenged her reverses of last SUM
,ner. What further fruits she NAV gather
remains the subject f agreeable speculation,
but the catalogue of fruits as already gath
cred is long aud gratifying.
Petrograd, June 17th-Details OF the re-
ported evacuation of CZeIuowltz 10y the Aus
TRANS are given III q despatch from Buko-
wilma, by way of Bucharest, received BY the
semi Official Petrograd News Agency. Inc
despatch says that before abandoning the
city the Austrian authorities arrested d num-
her of persons who were forced to accompany
the retreating troops. The railway iol'lne
stock was sem to Iikani aud the tracks about
the city were destroyed. Trainloads Of
wounded were despatched to Dornavatra ~
miles southwest Of Czernowitz.
London. June l6th-The Official statement
issued by the War Office tonight is as iol-
lows: Last night we successfully exploded
mines in the neighbourhood OF the SonchtZ
quarries and Guinchy. An enemy nine was
exploded near Givenchy but did no damage.
To-day the hostile artillery was unusually
active Immediately north OF the L." Bassee
c. nal and i'll The Loos salient. Our trenches
east of Zillebeke were shelled heavily for a
short period this afternoon. The REMAINDER
of the front was quiet.
Paris, June 10th The following Official
communication WIS issued by the War Office
this evening: On both banks of the Meuse,
the activity of the artillery was intermit-
tent during the course of the day. There
Was no infantry action. 1t has been confirm
ed that the attack we made yesterday on
the slopes of Dead Mans Hill gave us a
position of enemy trenches GU a front OF
about one kilom 9tre. All the attempts made
by the enemy 10 drive us back from there
have completely failed, the number of pris-
oneIs exceeds 200 including six officers.
There has Deen no 1mpOflanC event Oh the O'n-
er parts of the front. The Belgian commu-
nicatiou: The usual artillery actions have
occurred on the Belgian front. The region
oEDlxmude has been The theatre of a rather
violent reciprocal bombardmenr. Operations
OF the army of the Orient from the LIST.
to the 18th. Of June: In the region of the
Vardar river and of Lake Dorian both artil-
leries have been active during the Whole
fortnight. The bombardment was violent
on the 4th. 9th. 10th. aud 18th. of June.
There has been no infantry actions of inpor-
tance. A few patrol encounters have taken
place in the mountainous region west of the
Vardar. On the Struma the Bulgarians
fortified themselves hastily i'll the region of
fort Rupel without penetrating any farther
into Greek territory. Aviation: The enc
my's aeroplanes have shown little activity
during the last fortnight. Our machines
bombarded the enemy camps and organiza-
tions at Petrich on the LIST. of June at Pet
rich, Gievgeli, Ishtip and RahoVitza on the
7lh., at fort Rupei 90 the 18th. and at Pet
nch and Strumnitsa on the .14th. Martial
law was proclaimed in Salonika on June
Ord. It's application did not cause any Incl
dents.
london Jnne l4th-Tbe Official Press