, 1916-07-08

Official statement timed 100 p. m., which was
given out to-day. We made further pro-
gress at certain important points. German
artillery has been intensely active in certain
sections. In the neighbourhood of Thiepvai
two determined attacks on new trenches
were beaten off with loss to the enemy.
There were no important developments on
the rest of our front.
London,J aly 5th.--A Budapest despatch
to the Post says: Considerable numbers of
the population have been fleeing from Lem
berg in the last few days for Hungary
and Cracow. SO extensive has been Tie
exodus Ithat the Commander at Lem
berg issued the assuring statement that Lem
berg is III no danger yet. lie advised the
people "Not to leave the city,.
Washington, July 5th.-The reply of the
de facto Government of Mexico to the de-
mands of the United States conciliatory in
terms in giving assurances of a desire to
reach q friendly adjustment of the Difficult
ties between the two countries, was deliver
&c to The State Department to-day by q
Mexican Embassy Attache.
London, July 5th.-Bucharest dispatches
to Amsterdam, as forwarded by the Central
News, state that the parties Of Takeionescu,
former Minister of Interior, and NJ Fiilipocse,
former Minister of War and leader of the
Conservatives, have joined forces and in flu
ture will act together. Both the parties are
frankly in favour of Intervention in the War
by Rumania on the side of the Entente
Allies.
London, July 5th-Reuter's correspondent
at the Press Camp III France points out
that not merely 80 miles of the main opera
tions, but the whole 80 miles of the British
front are bearing their full share of the
G0hfipU CGO woll loog 4bo n,o,,v 1,oy
this says the correspondent, that he dare
not transfer a single man or gun fl. IN any
part o. the defensive between the User and
the Somme to try to stem the southern
push. From the day the British lombard
ment began, the knell of German initiative
was sounded" An order issued to the Ger
man troops and found by British soldiers,
continues the correspondent, proves that
it was known that the British intended to
deliver their attack on July 1st., and it was
thought that the attack would be directed
between Roye and Lille.
Press Camp in France, July 5th.-The
total number of prisoners taken thus far in
the A~nglo-French offensive probably has
reached $4,000. Judging from these figures
the German losses as a whole, it is estimated
here, have deem at least go, 600.
London, July 4th-The Royal Commits
blOuJ WHICH, IuHGSt1SdL6u TIC ltlSu T6D6IltOD,
in its report submitted to-day says that the
responsibility for the outbreak does not rest
with Lord Wimbourne, the Lord Lieutenant
since resigned, who is declared to have been
in no way answerable for the policy of the
Government. The Chief Secretary for Ire
land, Mr.. Augustine Birrell who resigned
shortly after the suppression of the outbreak,
was primarily responsible, says the report.
The importation OF large quantities of arms
into Ireland, the liberation of drilling 10y
large bodies of men first in Ulster and then
in other districts, the report says created CON
ditiops which rendered possible the recent
troubles in Dublin and elsewhere.
London, July 5th-An Official statement
timed at S p. m. says hand to hand fighting
and bombing continued between the Ancre
and the Sornme. Five hundred more prison
ers have been taken by us since the number
last reported.
London, July 5th.-The Official Statement
issued at ten o'clock tonight reads No
special incident of Importance occurred to-
day. Fighting was continuous all along The :
battle front, but has been mostly in the nature
OF local struggles for possession of certain
strong points, the result of the day being
that our troops advanced slightly in certain
sectors and lost no ground gained. The