The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-29

today made an advance OF half a mile
along a mile front east of Margicourt
(north of St. Quentin,) storming and
capturing strong points at Cologne
End Malakof farms, according to the
official report from British ~headquar-
tiers in France tonight.
Berlin, Aug. &c. (via London.)-
Strong French forces made an attack
yesterday on the Verdun front east
Of the Mouse, near Hill 304. The
German war Office that
they were repulsed in hand to hand
fighting.
With the dominating height of
Monte Santo secretly in their posses
sion, the Italians are continuing their
drive of the Austrians eastward over
the Bainsizza plateau, notwithstand-
ing the violent resistance the enemy
is Offering with infantry, machine
gun and light artillery. Here, and
also on the Carso front in proximity
to the sea, where the battle again
has assumed terrific proportions af-
ter Saturdays slight lull, the Italian
airmen are still lending wonderful
aid to General Cadorna's forces,
dropping bombs or using their ma
chine guns with telling effect on
troop concentrations behind the lines.
$4,000 Prisoners.
The daily number of prisoners ia
ken by the Italians is mounting, the
latest report showing that 600 officers
and $4,000 men have definitely been
rendered noncombatants for the re-
mainder of the war. In addition the
capture of val stores by the Italians
has been enormous, including guns of
all calibers and arms, ammunition,
horses and motor tractors. From the
supply depots abandoned by the ene-
my in his fight the Italians now are
enabled to replenish their troops
fighting in the difficult country.
On both sides of the River Meuse
in the Verdun sector the French
troops continue their gains against
the forces of the German crown
prince, on the right bank having
captured positions over a front of
two and a half miles to a depth of
two-thirds of a mile, taking the Foss-
es and Beaumont wood, and reaching
the environs of the village of Beau-i
mont, and on the left bank having
driven their advanced posts to the
outskirts of Bethincourt and along
the banks of the FORCES rivulet.
The Germans in c~ounterattacks
twice have endeavored to retrieve
lost ground on the heights of the
Meuse, but each time met with re-
pulses and heavy losses.
Aside from artillery duels, which
have been especially severe east of
Ypres and in the neighborhood of
Lombaertzyde, there have been little
activities on that part of the line in
France and Belgium held by he Brit
ish.
Trench Raids Successful.
Field Marshal Haig's men, however
have carried out small trench raiding
enterprises with success and repulsed
German counterattacks.
Evidently the German advance to-
ward Riga, Russia's big port and ma
val base on the Baltic, has ceased,
for neither the German nor Russian
official communications mention OPP
~erations in this region. To the south
the Russian and Russo-Roumanian
armies, respectively, around Vladi-
mir-Volynski and in the Roumanian
theatre are keeping up their strong
resistance against the Germans and
the Austrians. Near Vladimir Volyn-
ski German attacks have been repul-
sed while on the Roumanian front
attempts by the Teutonic allies to
advance have again been frustrated.
An interesting report of the Ger
man chancellor's recent visit to
grand headquarters, where he re-
!ceived permission to form a sub
committee of the Reichstag main
committee to confer with the govern
ment on peace and foreign affairs,
is that the chancellor also was given
the power to transfarm A1sace-Lor-
T&ire into an independent federal
state.