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AMERICAN FLYERS WIN NEW
SUCCESSES IN BOUTS WITH FOE
Railroad Yards, Tracks and Surrounding
Warehouses Are Also Damaged or
Destroyed by Bombers.

Of Bettendorf. Iowa, which went down
IN steep dive through the clouds
over Flirey after 375 shots had been
nred at 1t. and a bfplane attacked by
Lieut.. Edgar c. Tobin of San An
tonic in the vicinity of Evvezen. Con-
firmation is being sought for both
these victories.
Wednesday was the most active day
in the air for some time along the
American battle, front. One of the
American planes attacked a German
rumpler machine and fired 100 shots
under its tail. The German disappear
ed. but apparently was under control.
Another American machine forced a
German to run" for his life.
American aviatofs successfully bonn
barded the railroad yard at Dommary-
Baroncourt in the verdun-Metz area
this morning. Longuyon. north Of
Verdun. and Thiaucourt were attack
ed Wednesday.
Several bursts were observed in the
central and southern parts Of the yard
at Domnary-Baroncour and the in
stallations there are believed to have
been wiped out.
Three direct hits were made on the
track in front of the station at Lon
guyon and twenty-three bombs fell on
surrounding warehouses. Certain mil
itary detectives were bombed at
Thiaucourt
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QUICK RAILWAY BUILDING
\. BEHIND FRENCH FRONT
1f,. ~ Over 13O Miles Constructed
: in Less Than 100 Days and
= Opened for Traffic.

PARIS. August 1s CHavas Agency
A. railway more than 1so miles In
,snxth behind the French front has
bsen built in less than 100 days ana
yssterday was opened for traffic Its
nrruose is to improve the communica-
+Cn hetvee. the northern and south
een parts Of the northern railway
eystsm. Tho construction Involved
To building of two important bridges
ana q tunnel 375 yards in length.
Premaer Clemenceau and Albert ca
vStne, the minister OF public wofks'
wAre present at the ceremony OF put
tiSe the new road into operation.
Fan France" exclaimed the premier
IN working until the day when VIC
toty shall come day OF which the
dawn Is breaking.
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FRENCH.AMERICAN PRESSURE
EFFECTIVE ON YESLE FRONT

preciably less prompt and the fall
ing off in the enemy's aerial activi-
ties has been especially noticeable.
There was some bombing and some
observation work last night. but
nothing to compart with the previous
night. when enemy planes were over
the greater part of the allied line
and far into the back areas. French
and American airplanes continue
their observation work and are
doing some bombing. Additional
artillery has been brought up.
The German position still is of mo-
bile character. consisting almost
wholly of machine guns at short in
tervals. The line offers an excellent
defense and at the same time can be
quickly evacuated. There were COM
paratively unimportant patrol actions
today, but no attacks
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DISPUTE OVER OWNERSHIP.
Controversy Leads to Charge Of
Theft of Art Treasure

THEFT OF q silver art treasure valued
at 5000 is charged in a warrant
sworn out for George Haidiarakas,
forty-eight years old. a native Of
Greece. who was arrested in Scran-
ton Pa, and brought here by Detec-
tiyes Sanders and Evans. Thomas
Iripontts. also q Creek. resident OF
Chicago. obtained the warrant.
It Is claimed by the defendant that
the treasure belongs to his wife and
that II has been in her family since
1872. The complainant also claims
ownership Of It. The art treasure 10
in custody Of the police. and the ques-
tfon Of ownership will be discussed
when the case is called in Police Court
August 80.
A postponement of the hearing was
made necessary because the prosecu-
ton wants to summon witnesses from
New York.
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Call on Home Defense
League for 500 to Aid
Draft Registration

Five hundred Home Defense League
members arc wanted by the Commits
sioners to volunteer their services to
help conduct the Districts next regis
tration. This fact is communicated
in . circular letter to-aehe league sent
out today BY Harry Almond. sscre-
txry.
Don't overlook tho fact that this Is
. war measure Of extreme importance
and Uncle Sam Is depending on You
for support to help lick the Hum"
says Mr.. Almonds letter. 'tOn the
COB. everybody. and accept this COM
mission. no matter what sacrifice 1t
may entail"
c. w. Camalier, chairman Of the ad-
visory committee on the assignment
Of chief registrars and registrars ap-
pointed by the Commissioners. stated
today that the services of about 400
employees In the District building will
be utilized on registration day. The
National Guard, he said. is counted on
to furnish 200 asstetantA These, with
the volunteers TO be obtained from
the public schools and the Home De-
fense League, viii make mp q regis-
trattoH force OF wen
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No Room for Optimism in the
West Siberian Situation, Is
Czech-Siovak Leaders View

By the Associated Press.
vLADIvoSToK, Tuesday. August
13.-The situation in western Siberia
leaves no room for optimism. in the
opinion of the vice president of the
Russian section OF the Cxecho-sloSak
national coupcil. In statement re-
Gently he said that bolshevik mobilfxa-
tion Of Austro-German prisoners Of
war had added 100000 men to the
enemy forces. He said 1t would be i'm
possible to reach Irkutsk. even under
the most favorable circumstances. in
less than q month, and that perhaps
two months would be necessary.
In the hi1ly. waterless and sandy
country beyond Irkutsk the movement
Of troops would be easier. but the
positio .nof tho Cxecho-Slovaks may
become precarious IL assistance IL not
speedily forthcoming. Their numbers
are diminishing owing to sickness and
impossibility Of renewing supplies.
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By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. August 16.-Capt. Charles
J. Biddle of Andalusia, Pa. Is one
of the latest American aviators
to bring down a German airplane.
While out with a ystrot this morning
Capt. Biddle met three monoplanes
north of Flirey. z..
The Americans attacked and one OF
the German machines fell. apparently
out of control 1t vanished in the
mist, so that Capt Riddles victory
has not yet been confirmed.
Lieut. Vaughn H. Mccormick of
Columbus. Ohio, got his second oficial
German airplane yesterday when he
engaged the enemy in tho air north of
St Mihiel. French observers have
confirmed the destruction, Of tho Ger
man.
Another enemy machine was shot
August 10 by Capt. Ray c. Bridge
man Of Lake Forest. Ill. near Xivray.
in the destruction of which Lieut.. Nc
Cormick also shares ofncially.
Additional American victories in the
air include a monoplane. apparently
shot down by Lieut.. Hermann Schultz
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BOY TAKES MP ON THE CURB.
Fred Harrison, Charles Town, W
Va, Held Awaiting Parents Word

While doing duty near Pennsylva-
mia avenue and 18th street last night
about 11:30 O'Clock Policeman Nc
Kmmie's attention was attracted to
q boy seated on the curb enjoying .
nap.
my name is Fred HARRISON" said
the boy, In answer to the policeman's
query. I'm from Charles Town, w.
Va. but have no relatives and am
without a home.
The boy, who gave his age as thir-
teen years, was taken to the house
Of detention. where, it is stated. he
told conflicting stories about himself.
Finally he said his parents are living
and that his mother resides at 419H
KAnAWha street, Charles Town. He
said he came here looking for work.
Police have with the
GnxfMTUWD.Anthoeif6oae
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~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
J WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, Thursday. August 15.-Ger-
many has acknowledged that her
man power. once so freely wasted.
low is dwindling in proportions great
enough. apparently. to cause consid-
Srable anxiety to the high command
The toll taken, particularly in recent
lighting, by the allied armies. and
the prospect of being confronted oy
ever-srowing American forces, has
caused Gen. Ludendorff to issue most
imperative orders for q vigorous. I'M
mediate comb-out in the German
Army in order to recover from aux
tliary units all men capable Of enter
ing the trenches.
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Bt the Associae ted Press.

6y the Aooocmteu ftesSs
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE vESLE. August 15.-The sus-
tanned pressure by the French and
the Americans on the line between
S6issons and Rheims appeared today
to be having the expected result In
formation from behind the German
front, obtained by observers, indi-
Gated the withdrawal Of one or two
enemy divisions. In addition the
counter actions of the Germans have
been notably reduced of late.
Moreover. the enemy's reply to the
American guns. which never have
ceased their punishment. has been ap-
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northward is: Do the Germans IN
tend making another strategic with
drawal"
pounding the enemy from his front
line to the back waters of the Somme.
and intense aerial bombing is being
continued day and night Chaulnes
and other rear targets have been re-
peatedly bombed. A direct hit was
secured on a train at q station De-
hind the lines and many fires have
been caused by bombs. So vigorous
their operations that the German
commanders are reported to be wor-
ried over the situation.
One Of the commanders has just
issued an order to his troops IN
which he says that recently "bloody
raiding billets and camps. He orders
that immediate protective steps be
taken, such as complete alarm sig
nails and the building of underground
shelters of sufficient size to accom-
modate troops in large numbers
Fouquescourt Attack Broken Up
By the Associated Press.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, August 15.-Asfde from pa
troll activities, the enemy's infantry
has been contenting itself with dig
ging some shelter for itself and in
making another small attack in the
Fouauescourt region. This was
speedily broken up by the British fire.
The enemy guns, which are quite
active at several points, seem 70 De
firing from a considerable. distance.
They are also active in the region
Of Albert, which Is strongly held. But
the advanced posts to the north have
been withdrawn and the batteries
moved SLIGHTLY back.
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FRENCH.

August 16.-On the Avre front
FSench troops have made progress ,n
the region Of villers-les-Roye ana 81.
Anrin. East of Armancourt our
trpops have occupied the old first
lines.
In Champagne we took prisoners IN
tho sector of Perthes-les-Hurlus ana
repulsed an enemy raid east OF Mai
sons-Champagne. Elsewhere on the
front there was no activity.
August Is (night).-During tne
hsve enabled US to make progress in
the wooded and hill region between
the Matz and the Disc. We have cap.
~ Atf;che farm and the Monoithe
farm. which were energetically de-
tended by the enemy. We made pras-
oders- . ~
Army Of the east-On August ~
>h>ra ~as noderate artillery activity
od the whole front To the west OF
Posocanu tho enemy attempted a new
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us. TROOPS LAND
ON SIBERIAN SOIL
Will Cooperate With British,
French and Japanese to Aid
czecho- -SIovaks.
TO SUPPLY MEN AND FOOD

American troops are now on eastern
Siberian soil. the vanguard Of a larger
force to come. The 27th Regular
United States Infantry. from Manila.
commanded by Col. Henry D. Styer.
has landed at Vladivostok.
The 27th Infantry has not been re-
cruited to war strength. but is
thought to comprise 1900 to 1900
men. The entire force Of the Ameri-
can expedition to eastern Siberia will
be under command of Maj. Gen.
Graves.
Debarkation of the American in
fantrymen at the Siberian port of
Vladivostok signalizes the commence
ment of operations of the American
contingent, in conjunction with the
British. French and japanese troops.
for the support and relief of the
Czecho-Slovaks in the eastern section
Of Siberia in their struggle with the
bolsheviki and armed German and
Austrian prisoners.
British and French Already There.
British and French troops in small
numbers were already on the scene
when the Americans arrived. There
is reason to believe that considerable
ously arrived. The scene of opera
tions for the immediate future will
be between Vladivostok and Lake
BaikaL
From Lake Baikal to Moscow the
territory is controlled by the Cxecho-
and Siberians. The allies control the
road from Vladivostok to eNikolsk.
which is the junction of the Man
churian eastern line and the Siberian
road. The Manchurian road has been
under guard of the Japanese. through
arrangement with the government of
China.
1t is expected. in view of all these
considerations. that the first forward
movement of consequence from Vlad-
ivostok will be to strike a blow at
Lake Baikal, where there is a con-
force.
OF Advantage to Czecho- -Slovaks.
Not alone will the advance of the
allied troops into this region be of
immense advantage to the Czecho-
Slovaks. but the supplies they will
carry will be of absolutely essential
value, and without which, indeed, the
Czecho-Slovaks must perish or sur
render. 1t is not so much a question
of furnishing additional man power.
but of equipping and sustaining the
available Cxecho-Slovak man power.
The allies have been informed that
the approach of a Siberian winter
finds the resident Czecho-Slovaks
lacking in warm clothing. in concen-
trated food supplies and even in arms
and ammunition.
The supply trains Of the advancing
allied troops will therefore be out Of
all proportion to the actual number Of
men under transport. They will have
to take enough for themselves and for
many times their number who are
awaiting them.
1t will be a race between. the on
rushing winter and the moving sup
ply trains, upon the outcome of which
will depend the very life Of the brave
Czecho-Slovaks and the ultimate sue
cess Of the movement. Fortunately.
there already are immense supplies of
material of all kinds at vladivostok
and the only question will be one of
speedy transportation in adequate
quantities.
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GERMANS, WORRIED, ATTEMPT
/: TO INCREASE DWINDLING ARMY

In tho comb-out. says the order
issued by Gen. Ludendorff, first con-
sideration will be given to men more
than forty-three who have served In
the front lines longer than six
months. He announces that commits
sions have been appointed to invest-
gate the entire situation, inciuding
men of every rank All men available
for the infantry must be sent to
depots in Belgium, the special pur-
pose of the high command being to
get more infantry reserves.
Appended to the order are special
instructions to Field Marshal Won
Mackensen and Gen. Won Schlotz to
make "a greater demand upon the
local personnel" instead of using
Germans in the auxiliary service as
reinfnrcementS.
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JoHN EspuTA, Il, MISSING.
Police Asked by Mother to Look for
Rockville, Md, Lad.

yshn Esputa, fourteen years old.
non Of Mra Rhoda welsh. Rockville,
Md, disappeared from his homo
week ago. and Montgomery county.
Nd, authorities and police Of this
ely have been asked to md him His
n;ether suggested that he probably
h&d gone to Cumberland on q canal
beat, the boy having been seen near
tie canal In this city.
Before leaving home. police were
tod. John said he expected to go to
work in the mail room at Union sta
ton. He il not working there. When
LAST seen John wore q gray suit, knee
trousers and tan shoes.
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ALL MUST MAKE RETURNS.
Revenue Bureau Extends Time for
Corporation Filing to Sept. 30.

Extension to September so OF the
date by which corporations must file
with internal revenue collectors re-
turns showing capital stock was an
nounced today by the revenue bureau
Tax IS imposed at the rate Of 80 cents
per thousand dollars OF outstanding
stock in excess OF $ss. 600. but all corr
less Of the amount Of their stock. must
mako returns or face . 50 per cent
penalty.
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RELEASES MANY MECHANICS.
Restriction on Non-War Production
Relieves Skilled Labor Shortage.

Shortage Of skilled labor in war in
dustries is being considerably re-
lieved by restrictions upon non-war
production, the Department OF Labor
today announced Curtailment Of au-
tomobfle production alone has re-
leased many mechanics and other
workers for war industries.
There still is. however. . serious
shortage OF skilled labor IN many
war Industrial centers. tho depart
ment says, which can be relieved only
by the transfer Of labor from nom
war industries.
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n front Of the Canadians. These ~
'he 18th and the 118th.
Tanks Play Important Part.

LONDON, August 15.-The impor-
{ant part played by the tanks. both
large and small, In the offensive that
Atarted August 8 hardly can be ex-
4ggerated. Their presence In battle
line made possible the economfxtnE OF
the infantry arm, and thus the allies
f@ere enabled to attack on broader
4ront and with fewer soldiers afoot
than ever before.
The rapid successes in the offensive
Sre attributed by military observers
70 the combined attacks by the tanks.
4ircraft and infantry. In illustration
4f this act. when the Germans at one
ioint scattered in the corn and wheat
Helds, where they hid and tried to
hold up the advance, allied airmen
Immediately reported the situation TO
the tanks. These armored machines
soon cleared the grain fields.
= Air, Forces Bomb Enemy.
By the Associated Press.
, WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, August 15.-There have
Been no further striking develop
n,ents today In the situation on the
new Somme battle 'front.' or immedi-
Ately north of 1t, where the Germans
lave been evacuating advanced posts
IN a manner somewhat similar to that
preceding their withdrawal last year
d the Hindenburg line.
The enemy seems to be In some
force along the new front south of the
Somme, where he has been driven by
the allied armies. His principal force
seems to be between Chaulnes and
foye-
the new battle front and the region
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BRITISH

August 1S-During the night we ad-
vanced our line slightly northeast OF
Morlancourt. A hostile attack upon
one of our posts in this vicinity was
repulsed after sharp fighting.
local fightinx took place on the
northeastern outskirts of Thiepval
wood, where our patrols have crossed
to the left bank of the Ancre.
Further north our patrols progressed
between Beaucourt-Sur-Ancre ana
P1sieux-au-Mont
Tho hostile artillery has shown In
creased activity south of tho Somme
and between La Basse canal and
YpreA -..-...
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ITALIAN.

! August 15.-In tho Tonale region
the fighting was normal. In the
Lagarina valley a hostile patrol was
repulsed.
On the Piave one of our detachments
crossed the western branch of the
river and made a surprise landing on
an islet west of Grave di Papadopoli
and occupied it.
Thirty-six prisoners and four ma
chimes were captured and a hostile
balloon was downed.
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Germans Conscript Russia
Germans at Disadvantage.

News Of the success OF the Don
Cossacks ON the river Don, coming
Through Amsterdam today, was an
ticipated here. The Germans have
been unablo to present a force in that
section of Russia that could stop
these fierce fighters Of the steppes.
me Cossacks have persistently re-
fused to recognize the Brest-Litovsk
treaty and have been implacable in
their hostility to the Teutons and the
bolshevikk >..>-,.,
II was suggested by officials here
that the conduct OF the Cossacks ts
significant of the support the small
interallied army and the Cxecho-
Slovaks will receive from various
factions in their effort to aid. the
Russians in the re-establishing Of the
eastern front
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AUSTRIA YIELDS TO MAGYARs.
VIII Take Severe Measures to Re
press Jugo-Slav Movement.

Information from Swiss sources
transmitted in an on1cial Rome dis
patch today. says tho Austrian gov
ernment ytelding to Magyar pres
sure. .hassdse5dsd 70 take most,0svsrs
measures In m effort 60 repreao the
Jueo.alay+ +moHamnAt.
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lieut. Coe Dismissed From Army.
N the direction Of the President.
EAve L1sut Lsonard q Co4 tn In
n1hkry, hao been droppsd from IA
] nyrSosz.-6s0Ze3sQA
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John Moore, Colored, Suicides.

John Moore. colofed, forty years OLD.
z30 p street. this morning ended his
life In tho bxthroom ut his homo by
inlsaling illuminating gas. Coronee
Noxt1f- f-RxVo-a~caEttAcate ~
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CANADIAN OFFICERS IN BATTLE
WILDLY RACE TO SETTLE BET

ROAD this battalion was attacked nv
eisnteen German airplanes, flying low
ana a, sweepins the road with machine
gun nre. The order was given for
them to scatter. and not one was hit,
Evening star., 1918-08-16

Mechanic veryl Nichols of Winter
haven, Fla. WIS killed and Lieut.. C
an airplane accident ak Calstrom
FfsA Arcadia Fla, wednesday.
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AMERICAN.

August 15.-section A-There Is
nothing of importance to report from
\ the sectors occupied by our troops.
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Expeditionary Force Welcomed.

LONDON. August 16.-The popula-
tion of the Murmanak region received
with joy the British force that landed
there recently. according to an allied
diplomat who has arrived in London
from Petrograd.
II was in Murman when the British
troops arrived" he said. "and am
quite unable to describe the pleasure
that the arrival caused. Old men and
women wept with tears of joy, cry
ing: AT last Russia will be saved!
The peasants, workmen and aristoc-
racy know that Germany is their
enemy.
Never has the situation been so
favorable as today for the presence of
the allies in Russia Many men IN
Petrograd who held high positions in
the old Russian army say their worst
enemy Is Germany. They have told
me that they know now that the only
real friends of Russia are the allies.
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Not Known at Camp.

Halls statement, made at the time
of his arrest, included a claim that he
had made arrangements to go to work
at Camp Humphreys. It was part of
an explanation as to his reason for
sending his wife and children to her
fathers house the day Eva Roy was
killed. Detective George Sullivan vis-
tied the military camp yesterday and
reported that persons there knew
nothing of Hall having arranged to
work there.
Sheriff Allison visited Camp Hum
phreys yesterday to interview the SOL
der with the SCARED face whose ar
rest at Charlottesville was reported.
No such soldier had been brought to
told On his way home the sheriff
viewed a number of persons. 1t was
stated this morning that he obtained
no direct testimony as to the muir
derer.
A statement attributed to Mrs Hall.
wife of the suspect. which is re-
garded by persons conducting the in
vestigation as an important link in
the chain of circumstances. was that
her husband recently told her:
IF old man Roy don't keep his girl
away from the woods somebody is
going to hurt her"
Hall, behind the bars in the county
Jail, takes but little interest in his
surroundings. He continues to an
swer II don't know" to questions
asked by the sheriff and others in
vestigating the murder, and repeats
his declaration OF innocence.
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ALLIES PUSH SOUTH !
FROM ARCHANGEL
BoIsheviki, Retiring, Report
ed to Have Committed
Gross Atrocities.
DON CossACKs PROGRESS

LONDON. August 1.-THE allied
Archangel expeditionary force has
reached Pebereshskaia. 100 miles
south of Archangel. on the railroad
toward vologda. it is announced here.
Bolshevik forces on retiring are de-
clared to. have committed every form
of atrocity upon the civilian popula-
ton.
Fairly determined resistance to the
allied advance was offered by the
bolsheviki and the progress OF the
expeditionary force was delayed.
Allied forces have been landed along
the shore of Omega bay. 100 miles
southwest of Archangel, for the pur-
pose of intercepting bolshevik forces
retiring from Archangel. it is learned
here.
Another allied detachment is push
ing toward Kotlass. $50 miles south
of Archangel. on the Dvina river
South of the Volga river Gems. Alext-
eff and Denikine apparently are en-
deavoring to amalgamate their anti
bolshevik forces with the army OF the
CZecho-Slovaks.
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OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS.

attack. which was repulsed. British
aviators have bombarded enemy
bivouacs to the north of Gievgefi.