New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-24

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Fren-b push forward a little at Verdun.
PAR, reports "a cannon, 200 machine guns
and 1859 prisoners taken.
Italians increase successes on Julian front.
Rome places number Of oaptves at 3oO OF
hcers and over 10000 men.
Russians retire FIVE miles on Riga 'front.'
burning villages. Germans feeling out Rus
sian positions along whole line and increasing
bombardment.
LONDON, Aug 22.-The only point
on the West front at which heavy, night
ing was reported to-day was in the
Lens area, where the Canadians moved
forward into the city from the south
west in an attempt to close the lower
law of the vice which is slowly crush
ing the Germans out of the coal centre.
Manitoba troops swept over the Green
Crassier, a huge heap of Stag which
formed an enemy bulwark on the north
bank Of the Souchez River, and the st.
Louis trench, bombing and bayoneting
their way forward against tenacious
German resistance for about three hun
bred yards and meeting several counter
attacks. Possession of the Green Cras-
sier is still being fercely disputed.
On the Verdun front the French
after a slight advance last night along
the Vacherauville Beaumont road
which runs down the ravine to the east
of the Talou Ridge, paused to-day, ap-
parently with the intention of renewing
tie battle rs soon as their artillery
which has proved far superior to the
German defence, batters down the
rearward hostile redoubts.
The magnitude of Petain's two-day
victory may be judged from the state
ment of the number Of prisoners
which now has risen to 1889, lncluu-
ing 1876 officers and 900 wounded cap
tives. Twenty-four cannon OF all call-
bres and 200 machine guns were
csptured and nine of the enemy's Dig
guns were found to have been de-
stroyed.
The French artillery concentration
is believed to have been the greatest
thus far achieved in the war. Accord
ing TO observers at the front, German
prisoners express envious admiration
for the French supporting lombard
ment. which rendered the German
counter thrusts nothing but sangul-
nary sacrifices. "No troops could nave
got through your bsrrsge,' declared
one.
British Maintain Gains
In Flanders, where the weather has
tbickened somewhat, the British main
tanned all their gains of yesterday, re-
nulsinp commensurate against one
If the newly-won fortified farms north
NJ the Ypres- Rouers railway. In ad-
dition. Haigs battle line was forced
forward slightly to the northeast OF
Lsngemarck.
Berlin admits the British gains in
tho Ypres salient Yesterday, but grudg-
inglv and sets them down as only small
local successes won after stubborn
PUSHES, which in places were repeated
six times. The German War ONCE
declares that the advanced trenches
were held against the British attack
on a front of ten miles, with the eX-
ception o. two places east OF 81. Ju-
lien, and on the YpresMenin road,
It ia exactly at the latter point, how
ever, that ths Germans hold high
ground which is vital to their defence,
into which the British have slowly
eaten ever since the first sweep or
July 81. Apparently the British in
fantry was assisted by considerable
number of tanks yesterday, for Berlin
H. to M
monsters were put out of action by
well-placed gun-fire.
Berlin Admits verdun Loss
Berlin also admits the latest French
gain at Verdun, but confines it to a
narrow footing in a foremost trench.
But the French line dipped just at the
point attacked and now Petain's
trenches run on a fairly straight front
from which a new drive may be
launched. Since August II the Ger
mans have paid unwilling tributes to
the volume of the French artillery,
and the German war statement to-day
speaks of an extended gun duel which
developed last night.
Elsewhere on the west front the
operations were only feeling out en-
terprises. The Germans are exhibit
ing some anxiety over the Belgian
coast strip. British posts near Lomb-
aertzyde were raided last night, and a
large number Of gas projectiles have
been dropped upon Newport, nearby.
Also along the Chemin-des-Dames the
Crown Prince has been attempting TO
relieve the pressure at Verdun. The
hostile batteries have been most &C
tive there and FIVE attacks were
launched last night, all Of which, Paris
reports, were promptly repealed.