Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-19
CANADIANS HOLD d. 4 4
THEIR POSITIONS
IN LENS REGION
Force Teutens Out in Furis
Gus Hand-to-Hand 10
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ON THE BELGIAN FRoNT
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NEW ALLIED DRIVE PREsAGEH
Berlin War Office Now Admits Loss
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ON THE BELGIAN PRONE
NEW ALLIED DRIVE PREsAGHH
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rBy Associated Press. ]

Crown Prince Rupprecht Of Bavaria
continues TO hurl counterattacks
against the new positions captured by
the Canadians in their recent offensive
in the region Of Ions. Saturday norm
ing the Germans forced their way,tnto
tho Canadian trenches northwest Of
the French mining center. hut aftsf
furious hand-to-hand fighting they
were elected. leaving a considerable
number of dead on the battle ieldrrs.@
On the Belgian front, from the Nortk
Sea coast to the Ypres sector. where
the British and French, in theft 6ffen-
sive begun in the middle OF the week.
took $500 prisoners and twenty-fout
guns, the French again have pushed
forward. capturing a strong German
point of support east OF, the steenbeks
River. The British have organized
their newly conquered terrain, and. the
artillery bombardment on this front
again has assumed a degree Of dunn.
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 occupied
lines in front of the positions con.
quered by tho British. fiS'f
On the River Aisne front, the Ger.
man Crown Prince directed a mum Der
of attacks on the French trenches,
notably in the vicinity Of Froidmoht
farm, but all were repulsed. Prepara-
tions for a German assault in the Mar
siges sector of the Champagne region
were broken up by French fre. iOn
the Verdun front. spirited French
attack swept over the German rosi-
tons in Caurieres wood. enabling the
French to retalee all the trenches which
had been wrested from them by the
Germans on August Is and IT. -
ALL AvIATORS busy ---s4,ssY.
AT CLOSE OF WEEK
Aviators of all the belligerents on
the western front were partcularly4ac.
tive as the week closed. French ayis.
tors shot down seven German machines
and forced eight others to land ina
badly damaged condition. On the night
of August Ills. French aerial squad
rons dropped fourteen tons OF ex-
plosives on German aviation grounds.
railway stations and encampments.
British airmen destroyed twenty-threa
Teuton airplanes and forced thirteen
others to land. Eleven British planes
and two French machines, according
8,
not return. The Germans claim to
have accounted for twenty six entente
allied airplanes.
On the eastern front. military ae-
tivity was largely confined to the Rali-
manian front. South Of Grozechti, ia
Southwestern Moldavia, forces Of Arch.
duke Joseph of Austria attacked the
Roumanian and Russian troops taking
Ir, yr,1
month. according to the German senl
cral headquarters. the Austro- German
forces lighting in Gallcia, Bukowina
and Roumania captured $4,000 officers
and men. EST guns. 54S machine guns
$4,000 rifles and a large Quantity OF
other war material. tA9
recrudescence of fighting has
broken out in the Caucasian front, ybSth
the Russians and Turks taking tn
offensive in sectors 800 miles, apart
Russians in the region OF Kharpnt
west of Lake Van, attacking for the
first time since the revolution onetfs
Caucas sian front, occupied, series OF
Turkish villages. Further west the
Turks attacked the Russians at Baneh,
in the Mosul region, and forced the
defenders to retire to other positions.
British light naval forces on, August
Is engaged a German destroyer IN, the
North Sea. The Teuton varsity
though repeatedly hit, escaped through
the mine field In mist. Later tie
British warships attacked several Ger
man mine sweepers. and. according 10
British Admiralty report, Severely
damaged two OF them. A German &c.
count Of the naval clash says the Enf-
lish vessels withdrew from the engaES.
ment with all possible haste under q
well-placed German Arc. Ia Ys5ir