, 1916-08-23

Scavenlus are impossible ID an eventual new
cabinet. The Radicals and Socialists de-
clare that the sale must be ratified before an
election, which cannot take place till Novcm-
Der. All parties hold caucuses to-day and
thereafter perhaps more can be said.
Maior-General Castenschiold has been
accused of libel against the Minister of De-
fence. The former expressed ia a newspa-
per doubt that the Minister bad given t he
Rigsdag exact declarations about national
defence.
Censored at Jamaica.
Petrograd, August 17th.-The Russian
advance is still being held up in the face of
counter attacks. These assaults, the War
Office reported today, have been repulsed.
Artillery and rifle duels are proceeding along
the front. The official statemen says: The
enemy at some places resumed his counter
attacks, these were frustrated by our fire.
A Zeppelin dropped bombs in the region of
Kemmern, directly west of Riga. Supple
mentary reports show that General Rezebra-
zoff in the most recent operation cap,ur'd
1913 officers, 1908 men, 20 light field pieces,
II heavy guns, 70 machine guns, 20 bomb
throwers and more than IA, 900 shells. These
are i'll addition to those reported yesterday.
London, Aug. 18th.-In a despatch from
Petrograd the Daily Telegraph's correspon"
dent says: 1t is expected that the Russian
Government shortly will make a definite
procurement on it's policy as to the future
OF Poland, and thus anticipating al expected
proclamation of Polish Germany.
Havre, Aug. 18th.-A brigade of Belgian
troops has captured and occupied the port
of Karema on the eastern bank of lake Tan
ganyka, German East Africa, says an official
Belgian announcement. Karema is about
1876 miles south of Ujiji.
Petrograd, Aug. 18th.-The Austro- Ger
man effort to throw back the Russians in
Galicia has resulted in great losses and met
with no success, the War Office announced
today. The Russians have pressed forward
in several sectors.
London, August 17th.-In the House of
Commons to-day the Government accepted
an Amendment whereby the life of the pre-
sent Parliament will be prolonged until the
end of April instead of the end of May as in
the original Bill. The Bill, thus amended,
passed its third reading.
Paris, August ~1Sth.-Heavy attacks were
made by the French last night on the VerdHn
'front.'. After violent fighting at Fleury, east
of the Mouse, they expelled the Germans
from part of the town which had been cap
tured, says the official statement of today.
Several German counter-attacks on the Somme
front northeast of Maurepas were repulsed.
Inc L renCh also made cOnSlueraDl6 progress
III the region of Thiaumont in the Verdun sec
tor, fifty Germans were captured there.
London, August 16th.-Announcement
was made in the House of Common today
that the Government is in receipt of infor-
nation from the United States Embassy in
Berlin that Patrick Morgan, an Irish prisoner
of war who was shot, had refused to join the
battalion which Sir Roger Easement tried to
form.
London, August 17th.-The military critic
of the "Vossische Zeitung" writing about the
Somme battles makes the following remarka-
BILE admission today We can admit without
hesitation that certain regiments came ont of
this fighting with a total of losses hitherto
unknown in the history of the war.
Paris, August 18th.-The French forces
made further progress in the village of Maui
repas and also on the road from Maurepas to
Clery according to the official communication
issued this evening. The communication
says: North of the Somme our attack di-
rected on a part of Maurepas, occupied by
the Germans, enabled us in the course of a
brilliant assault to carry a notable portion of
the village together with Cavalry Hill
situated to tho southeast. In this opera
ton we took 200 unwounded prisoners.