New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-09
German Batteries Are Con.
centrated to Oppose
Expected Drives
British Raid Trenches
Berlin Declares Attack Of
Considerable Force Was
Repulsed
DAYS DEVELOPMENTS

Russian Seventh Army on Be"arablan
border turn, and reconquers two villages
from Teu,on,, capturing 300 prisoners and
several machine guns. German, penetrate
Russian line, near Brody. in northeastern
Galicia. bu, are expelled in counter attacks.
Perosrad admit, continued advance Of
Macken,en in southern Moldavia.
Artillery IRE on West from, increases.
British make successful raid near Lombaert-
ryde, on Belgian coast Berlin describes
heavy fighting there and on sx-mile from,
northeast Of Ipres.
French smother enemy ,hrusn at both
end. Of Chemin -de,- Danes. Germans claim
success in minor assault north Of Verdun.
LONDON, Aug. S.-There has been
no fighting Of major Importance any
where on the West front within the
last twenty-four hours, but during the
night British pressure was exerted
against the German lines in Flanders
with considerable strength. What Cen
eral Haig calls raid near Lombaert-
zyde, which resulted in the capture
of number of prisoners and ma
chine gun, Berlin describes as an at
tack in force along the coastal strip
north and east of Newport, delivered
after drum fire and repulsed only after
brisk man-to-man fighting. The Ger
al
Gus and repeated English local assaults
dung against the defending Lines north
east Of Ypres on the siX-mile front
from Draibank, near Bixschoote, TO
Frczenberg.
Throughout the Flanders sector the
duel of the big guns is gradually in
creasing as it did previous to the re-
cent Anglo-French drive, with the vol
the nocturnal hours, when the bitter
est combats are likely 70 occur. The
British War Office to-day mentions the
concentration of the German artillery
east and north of Ypres, where the
most dangerous dent was made in the
enemy's defence zone, and the German
communicate emphasizes the lombard
ment near the Channel coast. A Brit
ish attack in the sand dunes has been
expected for some time. In order for
Hays men TO advance in this area il
will be necessary for them to wipe
out the German gains Of last month,
when the British were driven back
across the User River on more than a
mile of frontage. In Artois, too from
La Bassee Canal to the River Scarpe.
the batteries have been lively, with
nightly raids into the enemy lines.
Both the French and German official
reports remark upon the increase of
the gunfre along the Chemin-des-
Danes, and there were hostile feeling
out thrusts last night at either end Of
this now famous roadway. German de-
tGchments endeavored 70 enter the
French trenches at Vauxaillon, south
west of Laon. as we'll as near the Cali
fornie Plateau, at the eastern extreme
of the Aisne crest, but in both cases
they were caught in the defensive bar
rage and failed to reach Petain's lines.
During the day the battery duel was
strongest near the middle of the
Chemin- des-Dames, at the Pantheon
and La Royere farm.
There was also some fighting in the
Verdun region. This time the Ger
mans transferred their attack from the
left bank Of the Meuse TO the Caurieres
Wood, near Fort Louvemont, on the
right bank. They claim to have taken
some prisoners, but Paris speaks only
of artillery activity on this front.
Minor German advances north Of st.
Mihiel, east of Verdun, and in upper
Alsace were broken up.