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filed. Whatever happened, the pre-Revolution regine yas in- possible. The problem hr the moment was to eleck the "retreat, to end economic disorders, and to restore the finances. The situation at the Front demanded hernig ten sures and the Government would deal most sternly with"traitors."

THE GERMAN PRESSURE ON THE RUSSIANS. ·

** BITTER FIGHTS" "ALONG THE

WHOLE FRONT...

1

Laxnox, July 24,

A. Gernati official message, trans- mitted by wireless, states:-

There were bitter fights, resalting in our favour, on the whole of the East Front from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sen.

The Russians twice vainly attack. ed, on a wide front, near Jacobstadt. Six 'Russian Divisions five times attached to the south-west of Difnsk. After tough hand-to-hand fighting, the Russiang withdrew with terrible lasses,

Russian attacks failed on a wide front at Krevo, which we again hola.

Eight Russian Divisions attacked at Satorgon, but only" remunts retarned.

THE WESTERN FRONT.

CHEMINS-DES-DAMES

LANG SUCCESSION OF BATTLES »

ON A LARGE SCALE.

Lospos, July 23, Reuters Correspondent at French Headquarters, describing the fresh attack nt Chemins-des-Dames on July 22nd, says the enemy hus given". battle on large-scale practically every second day since April 20th, when the French cuplared the posi tfm.

The attack on July 22nd was the most powerful "since that of July Bul, and opened with ari amazingly violent berbindent from a tre

elous accumulation

of guns which luster for an hour: over a ten miles front.. The infantry attack which covered two miles of front, was directed against the Casemates and the California Plateau. The attemnit at the Casetantes foiled, but the stonalrup- pen gained a foothold in our first Fine In

a part of the California Plateau front, after

tremendous struggle. The fight was progressing

until the evening.

1.

FURTHER ENEMY ATTEMPTS.

Logpos, July 24.

A French communiqué reporta:--- There have been violent bombard- [ments in nightstime in the region to the north-west of Brayern-Laonnais. Two enemy attempts to reach our lines were repulsed,

". Our fire compelled an assaulting detachment, to the north of Nancy, to fall back to its own trenches, with serious losses.

An enemy attack between Cerny ant Ailles proved without result.

The artillery struggle continued to be violent on the sector before

Crionne, votably ut. Californi

Pluteus.

THE BRITISH FRONT:

LoxDos, July 2 Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:

We successfully carried out a raid to the west of Havrincourt, to the east of Vermelles and to the west of Hollbeke.

LATEX Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig

reports

The strategical effect of our opera-

We carried out four successful. tions in East Galicia is becoming as to the east and north-east of

powerful. The enemy is retreating

from the Northem Carpathian front. Ypres. Enety railers entered our We are pressing forward on a front treaches to the east of Laventie, Another party of 250 kilometres from the Sereth but were driven out...

succeeded in raiding a "sup to the We Carpathians.

to the wooded Car uit hereth te eset of Givenchy-In Basses.

Our aeroplanes continued success the south of Turnopol and repulsed desperate Russian mass-attacks nearfully to co-operate with our artillery, Trembowls.. We have advanced Raiding squadrons dropped four tong beyond Halicz, Bystrzyca and of borabs on enemy aeroiromes, depots atid railway junctions. They Solotwinska

The booty is not yet known but encountered fewer Gernu nero several Divisions report that they planes. We brought down three enemy machines and drove dowD have taken 8.000 prisoners each. We captured many heavy guns and three. None of ours is missing also railway trucks filled wish food-b

ARTILLERY DUEL IN FLANDERS. stuffs, proving the enemy's pre-T

The Archduke UNPRECEDENTED INTENSITY cipitate retreat. Joseph's north wing joined in the

LONDON, July 21.

movement.

The Russo-Rumanins. attempted to advance on a wide sector between the Trotus and Putna Valleys, were driven back Frish fights have developed

General Mackensen broke down Russo-Rumanian attacke along the Putna and the fereth.

MR. HENDERSON'S RETURN TO

LONDON.

LONDON, July 34

·Henderson has returned to Lon

Patro

A German official message, trans mitted by wireless statesD

The artillery duet in Flanders continued throughout the dry and night and was of unprecedented intensity, The enemy's thruster are also increasing.

The French again attacked of Chemins-des-Dames but were nap cessful. We have repused 21 French attacks during the past few days. We penetrated the enemy lines at Courem Wood and indicted heavy losses

(Continued on Pago