The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-06-08
INFANTRY BATTLE
NEAR IN BELGIUM
Artillery Duel at WytsChaete
Between British and Ger
mans Still Continues.
NOW QUIET ON FRENCH FRONT
Ma Resumption of Recent Intense
Fighting in That sectlon-Aus-
trlans on the offensive. I

Washington, June 6.-The British
and Germans near Wytschaete in Bel
GUM are still engaged in a violent ar
tillery duel, which probably is the fore
runner of a great infantry action at
an early date, reports received here
today indicate. Already, according to
Berlin, the British, after having hurl-
ed great quantities of steel against the
German %defenses. advanced to see the
result of the work of their guns but
were forced by the German fire to re-
turn to their positions, w%hereupon the
rain Of British shells again was re.
stunned.
There has been no resumption on
the part of the line where the French
are facing the Germans of the intense
battles of Saturday and Sunday, and
the artillery duels there have died
down in volume.
During Tuesday eighteen, German
airplanes were accounted for by Brit.
ish aviators on the western battle
front, twelve of them having been
brought down in air fighting. The
British themselves lost five machines.
Apparently the Austrians on the
front from Gorilla to the sea are still
the %aggressors against the Italians, but
according to the Rome war office their
attacks have all been repulsed, except
south of Jamiano, where assaults com
PEELED the Italians to give way.
A British squadron has heavily bonn
barded the German naval base at Os,
tend, Belgium, and also has sunk a
German torpedo boat destroyer and
put to flight five other German yes.
sells of this class in the North Sea. An
Austrian destroyer has been sunk in
the Adriatic by a submarine.
Big Gains Again Active.
Washington, June 5.-The violent
infantry engagements of Saturday and
Sunday on various sectors of the front
in France, gave way on Monday to in.
%tensiye artillery duels, according to or
ficial adyices from Europe. The in.
iantry remained inactive. except on
several positions Of the British line,
where Field Marshall Sir Douglas
Haig's men carried out minor opera.
tions.
Before the lull the British had fin
jshed the task Of clearing out the Ger
mans from the single post they held as
a result of their attack of Sunday near
CheFisy, southeast of Arras, but the
Germans were still holding the footing
they had obtained late Sunday in an
attack on French front line positions
northwest Of the Froidmont farm.
To the south of Ypres. around Wyt
schaete and on the famous Vimy ridge
sector, between Lens and Arras. Al
tillery battles of the most extreme
violence are in progress between the
British and Germans, while the French
and the Germans are engaged in
spirited duels with the big guns west
of BrayeEn.Laonnois and on the
Craonne-C heyreux sector.
From the region of Gorilla to the
head of the Gulf Of Triest. the Aus
trians on Sunday forced the Italians e
accept battle at various points, espe
cially OH the western slopes Of SaT
Marco, near Gorilla, where they in
vaded Italian positions. they hat
previously levelled by their gun fire
Their tenure Of these however, werI
short lived, for the Italians reinforced
in a counter attack, drove out the in
vaders, inflicting heavy losses. Heavl
offensives were put down in their in
%cipiency by the Italian artillery.
The usual quietude on the eastern
front was broken by the Russians Of
the Kovna and in the Carpathians
near Pnevi. In what apparently wer'
MlHOl dllhChS the RuooAaho ~ Dot'
places cut the wire entanglements 0
the Teutonic allies and forced them 4
give ground.
Battle for Lens Renewed.
London, June 4-The British off
cial statement tonight, announcing
strong attack south of the Souche
river, was heralded IN many quarter
as the end Of the prolonged lull o
the Arras front. It still is doubtful
however, whetherlthi is not a som'
} what hasty assumption, As the Asst
clated Press correspondent at BIRTHS
headquarters reports that most Of III
fighting was south OF the river, a
though an advanced post was estal
lished north Of the stream.
Killed In Door Of Home,
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