, 1916-07-05

laQe of Frise has fallen into our hands and also
the Mereaucourt Wood further east. The
number of unwounded prisoners captured
by the French soldiers during the two days
fighting, and who have been counted, Is
more than 5000 of which at least $50 were
officers. Some cannon and much other mate
rial has also fallen into our hands. Thanks
to the very complete and very eficacIous
artillery preparation aud thanks also to the
plan of our infantry our losse- have been
very small. Or the north of the Verdun front
there has been no infantry action. A very
vigorous bombardment has been maintained
in the region of Hill 304 and in the Fleury
and Duntoup sectors. We have set tire to
three captive balloons III the Verdnn eglon.
Sergeant Chainat has brought drown his
fifth German Aerop.0ne which crashed to
earth near Peronre on the night of the first.
One OF our souadrons dropped 38 shells on
the railway station at Longuyon and 6 on
the station at Thionyile. Another squadron
dropped 80 bomb on The station nj Brleul-
les. Our aviators bonbarded to-day the
railway stations at Anagne and LucquY III
the Ardennes. so bombs struck buildings
and railways and a train was destroyed, The
Germaus have dropped bombs of very large
size in the neighbourhood of Nancy and
others near Belfort. An enemy air squn-
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town of Luueville. This is noted in view
of reprisals.
Rome, July 2od-The text of the Italian
statement is as follows: "Between The
Adige and the Brentn, we are continuing
our offensive vigorously. La the Vail area
our infantry has begun an attack on the
lines strongly held by the enemy between
Zugna to 1ya and Foppiano. Our artillery
is SHILLING Fort Pozzachio. On the Pnsu-
ba the enemy is offering stubborn resistance
from his fortified positions between Monte
SegiI and CoanuYnon. Along the. Posina-
AstlcO Inc we nle completing the conquest
of Monte Maio aud have occupied the south
ern side of Monte SelNggio. In the trenches
north Of Piescala we attacked and drove
out the enemy who left behind his arms and
ammunition. On the Asiago plateau we
had sEirmishes with d~etachments of the
enemy on the northern side of the ASA
valley, There was nothing of Importance
on the remainder Of the front as far MS The
Caiso. La the sector between SEE and
Monfa!cone we brilliantly carried some
more trenches and took prisoners. A coun-
ter-nttnck was Itpu'sed WITH very heavy
losses. Enemy al craft dropped bombs on
Muovlcu ana on various place, in the lower
Isonzo region. No enc was killed and very
slight damage was done,
Pelrograd, July 2nd.-The text Of the
Russian Official statement is rs follow5;- On
the western front the enemy continues TO
deliver desperate attacks against some sectors
between the Styr and Stokhold and south
of the Stokhold. Yesterday afternoon the
enemy artillery produced gusts OF fire IN the
region of Kopotchi, Ghelenovka and Gubary
southwest of Sokul, an energetic attack then
followed but was repulsed. Northwest Of
Kisel n near the village Of Trys'enu 70
observed enemy troops mastering. The
fire of our artillery dispersed and put them
to flight. South east of Kiselin our fire
stopped al offensive by mass formations of
tue en- my. At the village of SeniaWa aud
in the same region near the village Of Subll-
no there was II warm engagement. South
of the village Of Znturaz near the village of
Koscheff we stopped an Austrian offensive
by a counter-attack. We repulsed hostile
attempts to cross the river Shara southwest
of Lipsk and south of Baranovichi. In the
Baltic Yesterday a detachment of several of
our cruisers and torpedoboats, searching for
enemy forces between the Iskano and Samia
coasts, discovered no large naval unit. At
daybreak our cruisers were attacked by a
fotilla of enemy t~orpedoboats which was
easily repulsed by the fire of our guns.
Attacks by the enemy submarines also were
unsuccessful. Our detachment regained its
base without loss and without being damag-
ed.
Berlin, July 2nd.-The great Anglo-French
offensive began yesterday along a front of
25 miles to north and south of the river
Somme. The German official statement
Issued to-day says: Western theatre: The
great British offensive in mass attack, which
has been extensively prepared for months
past, began yesterday after strong artillery
and gas preparation lasting six days over a
front of 25 miles on both sides of the river
Somme and likewi 9 the Ancre brook. From