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THE OPERATIONS IN FLANDERS.
ANOTHER ENEMY ATTACK ON NEW BRITISH POSITIONS.
Losnos. Aug. 12. 12.10 .. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas" Haig reporta: ----
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SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS BY THE FRENCH.
Lastos, Aug 12.
A. Freneli communiqué states— There have been artillery engage ments shorth of Bixschoots, but no infantry attacks.
We completely recovered the lements of trenches exptured by the Germans east of Payot on the 9th irist
The enemy again attacked, this morning, the new positions to the north of the Ypres-Menin road.
Two-nemy attacks, one of them offer y fighting the eneng very vinent, agnst the trenches we presed us back slightly at Glencore repulsed with serious enemy love. wol yesterday south of Alles werd
Woul.
We, goed ground on the right
We held all the positions and again.
ueroplanes were
hink of the Steenbeck, in the neigh-progressed at right time.
Two enemy bourhood of the Ypres-Vaden mit way, and took 124 prisoners.
brought down. Despite enemy aircraft crossing
A a reprisal for the enemy bom
our lines in any places; attacking intent of Muncy and the region | our bombing plines, a great dealef Burth of Paris two French aeroplanes neeessful work was carried out; I Bombed Frankfurt-on-the-Main.
large numbers of photographs were Roth returned unharmed. baken fund machine gun fire effec-
-tively, engaged many-targets on the
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very serious fighting, by large form tions, throughout the day We [brought down,tey" and, drorg down (six machines. Twelve of ours BES
missing,
WEATHER AGAIN WET AND STORMY."
Two French attacks at Cerny Broke down.
THE RUSSIAN. FRONT
RUSSIANS FIGHTING WELL.
PETLOGEAR, ADg. 12
A telegrain from Odessa states thut, the enemy's action on the Rumanidik. front is rapidly dirniniabing in inten- sity owing to his very heavy losses- and the desperate resistance of the Field-Marshal-"Sir Douglas Haig Russians, who only fall back un
report:-
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willingly and in obedience to strate gie necessity. The Russian High Fighting occurred for the posses Command records ease in which sion of a mine crater to the gust of orders to retire had to be repeated Givenchy tiz-Ta Bissee. We extub- lished ourselves on the lip of the eruter and drove off a counter-attack. The enemy artillery is active east- wand and northward of Ypres.
BITTER HAND-TO-HAND FIGHTING.
LONDON, Aug. 12.1
before.
the troops obeyed.
HEAVY FIGHTING IN RUMANIA.
LONDON, Aug. 4
A Russian official message, tran nitted by wireless, states-
Following upon stubborn attieks the Rumanians retired to Okos along Reuters Correspondent at "Heid. the Enilemo-Shoreli road, and to the quarters reports that bitter hand-to-west of Gorozesce. band fighting with give-and-take A superior enemy force, attacked results followed our attack yester the Focsani-Mereshiesci railway. We day morning against positions along center-attacked and took. 1207 the high ground between Frezenberg prisoners and later, we retiral to,
Merechesci Furceri and Inverness copse.
The Germans have been giving vigorms effect to their policy of swift. uttack, thus demonstrating the great tactical value they attach to the terrain thereabouts. They have been mainly fighting in the open directly unler all descriptions of fire, so their losses must have been prodigious,
The Lancashire Fusiliers, the Queen's West Surrey Regiment and the Bedfords have particularly dia tinguished themselves during the pust two days.
A
MONTH'S AIRCRAFT
OPERATIONS,
During July our airmën sent: 122 enemy machines crushing to the ground and drove down 120 out of control.
We captured the enemy positiqu at the mouth of the Buzen Biver.
THE GERMAN REPORT.
A wireless Gertumn official report States:
South of the Trotus Valley wit captured a dominating height ank the village of Gorzesco.
The Russians and Rumaniane fnu lessly attacked between the Beretir and the Adjudulnou railway
We took 6,780 prisoners, 18 esanon and 61 machine-guns,
GENERAL KORNILOFF'S"
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PARIS, Aug 12. General Korniloff, Conirmander-in- Chief of the Bussian Aries, has telegraphed to General Foch an follows
Artillery assisted by airmen I am convinced that after the destroyed over 300 gunpits and restoration of firm discipline our caused nearly 1,000 explosions on troops will very shortly bride fill the enemy front, many by the touch-support to the Allies, ing off of ammunition dumps
General Foch has replied paying
a tribute to General Kömilofa ardour and unconquerable energy,
ACTIVITY ON THE FRENCH FRONT, and anticipating powerful Russian -
A French communiqué states: The artillery
ry activity was rucht lively in Belgium.
A German attack, to the cast of Fayet, north of St.Quentin, stopped dead by our
The Artillery activity in Cham pagne has slackened
German attacks at Mont. Haus And Mont Blandast night, were roptilser
cffensive tories.
preluding decisive vic
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