Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-03
FierceIy Attack British In Ar
ras Region and French :
on the Aisne Front.
HAIG'S REACTION NULLS
SUCCESS NEAR MONCHY
Petain's Forces Hold Firm-Kaiser
Plainly Nervous Over Situation in
the Western Battle Regions. !

The Flanders front, where the great
offensive launched by the entente on
Tuesday is still being held up by un.
favorable weather, remains the center
of military interest. Along other sec4
tions of the line in the west, however,
there is notable activity suggesting at
tempts to defect the course of the main
entente effort
Todays British official report re.
vealed that. the Germans last night
delivered an attack on the Afras
battle front, biting into the British line
on Infantry hill. an important eminence
east of Monchy lie Preux. There was
a swift reaction by Gen. Haigs forces
and by this morning part of the lost
ground had already been regained.
Fail Under French Fire.
Likewise on the French front in tho
Aisne region there have been violent Ger.
man attacks. The French were ready
for these. however The stroke was de.
livered on front of about half a mile in
the vicinity Of Cerny. 1t failed under the
French fire. the crown princes troops
suffering heavy losses.
Crown Prince Rupprecht evidently con-
siders the British gain northeast of
fpres the most important made in Tues
days battle, for upon this territory he
has concentrated the strongest of his
counter offensive operations in an at
tempt TO regain the lost ground The
British artillery and infantry fire has
raked the advancing forces mercilessly,
checking attacks and adding materially
to the already heavy casualties the Ger
mans have suffered.
Place of Push in Doubt.
There is no indication in either the
British or French official communications
just when their combined push again viii
be started. but it is possible that at least
day OF warm sunshine will be necessary
to dissipate the quagmire SO that the big
allied guns may be realigned and to per-
init the airmen to relocate the positions
the enemy is holding.
Although the Teutonic allies are still
advancing against the Russians in east
Ga1icia, Bukowina and along the Mol
davia frontier. the allied offensive on
the western front apparently is on the
nerves of the German emperor. whose
troops have had to face. and with great
losses of men and terrain, gigantic at
tacks by the British and French, COW
cred by countless pieces of modern ar
tillery of all calibers and ranges.
British Drive Foe Back.
BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. August 3.-British troops.
according to the official statement is
sued today by the British war depart
ment, already have regained part OF
the ground lost when the Germans
penetrated the British front line
trenches on Infantry hill to the east
MOnChV
British Official Report.
THE weather continues stormy" says
the official statement.
EARLY last night the enemy renewed
his attempt to drive us from our po-
sittons on Infantry Hill, east of Monchy
lie Preux. After a heavy preliminary
bombardment his troops, attacking on
a front of about half mile, succeeded
in obtaining temporary possession of
Our counter attacks, in which we Sc
cured few prisoners. have already re-
gained part of the lost ground.
During the night the enemy also en-
east of Queant and attacked one Of our
newly established posts northwest Of
Warenton. He was repulsed in both
cases"
Germans in Repeated Attacks.
The text of the official statement OF
last night follows:
"In the course of the morning and
again this afternoon the enemy made a
series of violent but unsuccessful at
tempts to recover the ground lost by
him northeast of Ypres.
Regardless of the increasing se-
verify of his losses, strong bodies Of
his troops repeatedly attacked our posi-
ton from the Ypres- -Roulers railway
TO st. Julien. In every case his ad-
persed by our artillery barrage or re-
pelled by the steady fire of our in
fantry
Parties of our troops raided enemy
trenches last night northeast OF
iouzea ucourt and inflicted many cas-
ualtieS."
Germans Are Repulsed.
PARIS. August 3.-The official state
nent of today follows:
bad weather persists along the en-
tire front in Belgium.
East and south of Cerny after
of extreme violence Ger
man forces delivered on a front of
bout 1880 yards violent attacks. but
they all were repulsed by our fire
In the course of the fighting we in
iicted heavy losses on the enemy
ARTILLERY fighting on both banks of
he river MeuSe lin the Eerdun sector)
was particularly spirited in the re-
,ion of Avocourt wood and Hill 304."
The official statement issued by the
war office last night reads:
"In Belgium our artillery, dominat-
ng the German artillery. whose activ-
ty was manifested markedly east and
lorth of Bixschoote, has prevented
very attempt of the enemy to attack
Two German attacks east of Cerny
we're stopped by our fire.
I'm Champagne in patrol encounters
re took prisoners. There was recipro-
al artillery action on the left bank of
he Meuse. >.
Aeros Are Successful.
"Ayiation-From July 81 to 81
wenty enemy airplanes and two
Ira chen were brought down. In the
anne period twenty-one enemy air.
lanes were seriously damaged, de-
cending in their own lines. About ten
( our escadrilles carried out numerous
aids. bombarding notably the railway
tations of Roulers. Metz. Thionvilie.
lontmedy and Bethenville, factories at
cantonments and bivouacs
! the forest of Houthulst and Spin
ourt, and ammunition depots in the
egion of Laon. Forty thousand kilos
t projectiles were dropped in the
purse of these. expeditions. which