The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-28
While Nswly-Arrived Reserves
at Verdun Make Fruitless
Counter Thrusts Against the
French
GERMANS HAVE
LARGELY REINFORCED
ARMY ON RIGA FRONT
Have Sent Seven New Divi.
sions to Take Part in Attack
Which Ia About to Be
Launched

London. Aug. Goa year ago to-
day Ruulania entered the war.
week ago yesterday Italy ushered
in the greatest campaign of her
history. The French fell In line at
verdun. the Britain in F1nnders snd
at Lens. Within a week the leu.
toms leEfons that were plun&inE
headlong toward Jnssy and Bess-
arabia to snatch the ripening har.
vests from the sickles of Russian
and Rumanian peasants, have been
definitely halted. Division after
division of Mackensen's veterana
are hurryinG to the west. Every
BILE Austrian II hurried from
the Moldavian plains to the noun
tain front north of Gorilla
There, on the cliff -hedged plateau Of
BainsizEt. northeast of the Holy noun
tain from which 1utters the italian
Tri-Color. Rome and Hapshurg are to-
night fighting the supreme battle for
Italia Irredenta- Desperate" the Ital-
ian war office calls this battla- Front
correspondents. having used this term
In previous struggles for which mona
other seemed strong enough. ara It
the end of their wits They merely
report that nothing approaching it
has been seen in the war.
hdls TINS evening cNotIle was abe Co
report progress. Our troops" said
Cadorna, "are resolutely facing the new
resistance of the enemy and have over
come II at various points.
Austrian Admit Retirement.
From Vienna in a roundabout way
came the new that the Austrian high
command has admitted retirement be-
fore the Italian drive north of Gorilla
The replenishment OF Austrian can
H.. l. LII,
the Bainsizzi battle Greater forces"
are being thrown into the fray. But
the Italians are pounding on and on.
crushing and cutting UP the new mass
es with bullet. bomb and bayonet.
They have almost reached the eastern
extremity OF the plateau. 1t is pen.
dulunl drive" this italian offensive.
The momentum of the Roman on
slaughts swings from the Carso to tho
Gorizia front. For each of these posi-
tions tanks the other.
Too much Roadway from the nrst
may. endanger the lines opposing the
second Just at present II Is the turn
OF the northern front. No end Is yet
in sight Of the slaughter, but every
official word from Rome breathes con-
fdence in victory.
New additions to the $4,000 men and
500 officers taken prisoner and tho
seventy-hve guns are momentarily ex-
pected,
Counter-Thrusts mt vsrdun.
AT Verdur. too. the hurriedly sum.
moned Teuton reserves are proving
thei- ~rssence. The crown prince last
nsg~. 40 today launched a number
OF vici"ss counter-thrusts. All were
broken up By the French FIRE. Paris
reports. The poilus held their new
positions along the whole line. More
than 100 prisoners were taken In
yesterdays fighting
North of the Aisne the Germans at.
tackled with the same fury and with
the same result.
Berlin reported today the recapturs
of Beaumont village east of the Mouse.
after it had been wrested from them.
The adjoining wooded sectors also were
retaken. The German war office ass
serts. 1t is added that strong French
attacks near Hill 34+ were beaten of.
Baron Won Richthofen, Ace" Of tho
kaiser's flying corps, has shot down
his hfty-ninth opponent
In Flanders and at Lens there was
comparative calm. The British sue
cessfu,lv raided German trenches near
wytschaete and their flyers made an
effective raid on German works and
aerodromes in Belgium.
Illustrative OF the bitterness Of the
Lens fighting are the Canadian CASUAL
ty lists More than 1000 were killed
or wounded in one week BY noon to-
day 327 casualties had been reported.
Rumnnians RepuIse Attack.
The Rumanians celebrated the anni-
versary OF their entry into the conflict
by repulsing strong Teuton attacks
south OF Ocno and recovering a height
they had lost notheast OF Soveia-
Berlin announces today that the
Russians yielded some positions to the
Germans northwest Of Jacobstadt.
which lies half way between Riga and
Dwinsk. Petrograd reports only f,isf.
LADIES' and scouting operations on this
front. The German statement Speaks
of heavy artillery engagements
In the Caucasus Russian naval forces
cooperating with troops made m 81.
fectivs raid on the town Of Ordu, 100
miles west of Trebizond.
General Poyessky. commander Of :
Russian division was killed while LEAD.
ing his troops into action on the Sereth.
SEVEN FRESH TEUTON +,
DIVISIONS ON RIGA I1ONV
ra~S .