The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-19
Furious Efforts to Regain Positions Lost in Recent Offensive Are With
 out Success
THERE IS NO LET-UP IN BATTLE NORTH OF
 YPRES IN FLANDERS
French Make Further Gains in This Sector-Entente Aviators Win Great
 Victory
By Associated Press

Grown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria continues to hurl counter attacks against the new positions captured by the Canadians in their re- cent offensive in the region of Lens. Saturday morning the Germans forced their way into the Canadian trenches northwest of the French mining center, but after furious hand-to-hand fighting they were elected, leaving a considerable num- Der of dead.
 On the Belgian front from the North sea to the Ypres' sector, where the British and French in their offensive begun in the middle of the week took 1900 prisoners and "A guns, the French again have pushed forward, capturing strong German point of support east of the Steenbeke river.
 "a cI ofx ot~ newly conquered terrain and the ar tillery bombardment on this front again has assumed & degree of drum fire intensity. presaging another vicious blow at the German lines. The Berlin war office now admits the loss after severe fighting of the Belgian village of Langemarck. northeast of Ypres. and says the German troops have oc- cupied lines in front of the positions by the British.
 GERMANS REFUSED ON AISNE
 On the river Aisne front the German crown prince directed number of at- tacks on the French trenches, notably in the vicinity of Froidmont farm. but all were repulsed Preparations for a German assault in the Massiges sector of the Champagne region were broken up by French fire. On the verdun front a spirited French attack swept over the German positions in Caurieres wood. enabling the French to retake all the trenches which had been wrested from them by the Germans on August 1s and IT.
 AvIATORS ACTIVE
 Aviators of all the belligerents on the western front were partially active as the week closed French aviators shot down seven German machines and forced eight others to land in badly condition. On the night of Au- gust 17-1s French aerial squadrons dropped IA tons of explosives on Ger man aviation grounds, railway stations and encampments. British airmen de- stroyed 23 Teuton airplanes and forced 13 others to land. Eleven British planes and two French machines. according to the British and French reports. did not return. The Germans claim to have ac- counted for 26 entente airplanes.
 EASTERN FRONT
 On the eastern front military activity was largely confined to the Rumanian front. South of Grozecti in southwest ern Moldavia forces of Archduke Joseph of Austria attacked the Rumanian and Russian troops taking more than 1900 prisoners. In the last month, according to the German general headquarters, the Austro-Germans lighting in Galicia. Bukowina and Rumania captured 42,000 officers and men, 257 guns, 54s machine guns, 50,000 rifles and a large quantity of other war material
 CAUCASIAN FRONT
 A recrudescence of fighting has broken out in the Caucasian front. both the Russians and Turks taking the offensive in sectors 300 miles apart. Russians in the region of Kharput4 west of Lake Van. attacking for the first time since the revolution on the Cau- casian front. occupied a series of Turk ish villages Father west the Turks attacked the Russians at Baneh. in the Mosul region, and forced the defenders to retire to other positions.
 SEA BATTLE
 British light naval forces on August 16 engaged German destroyer in the North sea The Teuton warships though repeatedly hit escaped through the
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