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THE BRITISH FRONT.

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spades, bringing several to the ground and scattering the others..

`FRENCH CAVALRY MOVEMENTS:

IN GREECE,

SALONIKA, June 28. French cavalry have occupied the A second counter-attack; by acalled Fawn of Amphisen, whieb is on the "Stormy troops, was an equally user (Full of Corinth, between Bralo and able failure. These troops are merely

Iten. youth of eighteen years of age. A new experiment în Germani attack is that they were commanded hefty by nou-commissioned officers. Their morale has been badly shaken by the abelling and night raids,

THE “DRAGON'S CAVE" FIGHT.

constant

LONDON, June 28.

It will be recalled thut, this route originally selected for the tmas- from Corfiz of the Herman Army to Saloniku, which operation wun finually effected by won, owing to the, opposition of the Skoutoudis, Cabines.

AEROPLANE ACTIVITY IN

MESOPOTAMIA...

LANDON, Jun 23

Reuters Correspondent at French Headquarters, amplifying the descrip tion of the fighting, at Dragon's Cave, An official message from Mesopotamia says that the cave stopped the French states: Our aeroplanes bombed and attack which began on April 16. Both directly hit a Turkish river stemmer. sides sicceeded in establishing them Hostile aeroplanes on Monday bom scle in the trenches traversing the banded our exps but no damage, rus roof of the stronghold, but its possessiane. We retaliated, pu Tuesday, by gave the advantage to the Boches, dropping 34 bombs on the enemy campai The natural and artificial channels of at Tekrit and secured seven direct bits communication enabled them to bring on the tents.

up reserves "from the shelter when required. The capture of the cave and the spur jutting out from the r

adjoining creat alled The

RUSSIAN OPERATIONS AGAINST TURES.."

LONDON, June 28.

Finger," and the Brighbouring A Russian official message, transmitted positions, whence the garrison might by wireless, raports:--

expect assistance began with a fire

We occupied Nania and Taliashob, to days" bombardment. The French theo to the north west of Errdesht, driving took possession of the southern entrance. baak the Turks to the mountains in the Their fire commanded the main

entrance pulifying its use, but it was

region of Bistana We continue to

LONDON, June 27.

impracticable to force a passage by the Crogress towards Fendjevan southern entrance, which the German ALLIED GOVERNMENTS DENOUN- postscommanded from within. An

CING COMMERCIAL TREATIES. attacking force, consisting of picked men attacked above the ground and rushed the Garman trench has above In the House of Commons, Me the cave, and aimost instantly stopped Benar Law stated that the Italian il exits. The Boche machine gun post Government had denounced, except- in the shaft running down to the ing two, all Commercial Treaties interior of the cave, between the under, which the Italian Tarif Duty opposing trenches, was put out of action is fixed. The French Government by liquid fire, and the French, througe has intimated its intention of taking

bote made in the roof, steadily poured in bombs. As their tenure became

similar action

exception.

impossible, the Germans, who numbered The British N Z com

317, surrendered..

THE FRENCH FRONT.

LONDON, June 28. A French communiqué reports: The artillery struggle is particu larly active in the regions of Hure- bise and Mony Cornillet."

A German attempt on the Watt- weiler alert, to the north-east of Thann, failed:

•Twa enemy Aeroplanes were

dow

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war

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UNSATISFACTORY JUD

arvest ught t The Bayu-

ZURICH, June 28 The crop reports in the German papers state that the unsatisfactory owing to destructive historias man Ministry of Agre ordered the fire brigude employed on irrigation

THE PRIME MINISTER.