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1845

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THE WAR.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

1 Reuter's Service to the Chino Mail.)

FIGHTING AT MANY POINTS

THE WESTERN FRONT.

SUCCESSFUL OPERATION BY

BRITISH

VILLAGE OF HAMEL RECAPTURED.

Loxios, Julg.” Fickl-Moshal "Sir Doughs Haig

Suports

AMERICANS REPULSE HEAVY ATTACKS.

GROUND PILED WITH ENEMY DEAE.

Lospos, July 3.5 Reuter's Correspondent at Ameri- van Headquarter, "telegraphing to: dug, stuter:-

The enemy in the morning | counter-attacked with museed groups> of fresh atommasiruppen against the American new positions at Vaux and Border Hoche. The entire attack was bicken my by the intense American artillery and machine-gun

We carried out a successful opera. tion. this morning, between Vifesfire without the loss of a foot of Bretonneux and the Some, and ground. captured the village Banei. We!

Parts of the ground were piled up- advanced our line to an average)

with enemy drust. depth of 2,000 yuries."

Subsequently the violent artillery fire contime for a long time and quemy batteries were silenced. Further German attacks are butici [prod.

The hostile artillery was active on the Robeeg and St. Janscapwil

sectors.

ÎN AWKWARD POSITION REMEDIED.

Losnos, July 4. Reuter's Correspondent at British Headquarters, telegraphing today.

-RAYS --

This morning's operation at Vil Jere Bretonneux was carried out by Australians. assisted by Finks, the object being to remedy an awkward indentation in the line north-east of Villers Bretonneux, resulting from

The Articur, flying squadrons have been very active and several German aeroplanes have been brought dawn. The aimur Roose President, is fighting on this sector. velt, the youngest son of the cx

A FRENCHMAN'S SONS.

THREE KILLED IN TWO WOUNDED IN ACTION.

Loxios, July 4.

Three sons of M. Dounter, on ex-

the German drivogn Marel Rest, and Governor of Indo-Chin, have now the filling up of which will carry our been killed, in action and his two Funt in a direct lige through Hamel remaining sons have both been? to the Scene.

severely wounded.

TWO SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS.

Losos, July 4. The latest information geceived in London, shows that the advance to Humel, ruentioned by Sir Douglas Haig's communiqué, was on a three. ale trait Bois de Vaire was also captured.

Further south, the French cap. tared a farm, north of Moulin-sous Touvent, taking prisoners seven

THE ITALIAN FRONT.

REMARKABLE ITALIAN ACHIEVE="

MENTS

LONDOS, July 5. Reuters Correspondeat at Itabun Headquarters, telegraphing today,

state

The region of the lower Pave, between Santa Dona and the sea.. few mised causeways..are the orily is hardly good ground for Fighting.

officers and 450 men. This guin was possible means of advance sergie the subsequently extended by a very arshes and lagoons. The Italian successful but small operation in the success yesterday, in which”1,900

ghbourhood of: Autreches, on a

prisoners were taken, is therefore a 2000 yards front, un advance he remarkable achievement. Both sides tween half-mile and a mile being have plenty of artillery in the dia- mule, and 380 prisoners were taken, trict, and both sides are keen. Com- THE ADVANTAGES GAINED, Moreover, the possibilities of an munication are under heavy fire. The effect of the two operations advance are being restricted to a par will advance our line on the plateau row space in which it is easy to post over which the Roman road runs machine-guns for defence from Noyon Chausbebrine to the

over

Chatean Thiefry and will also in OPERATIONS IN ITALY SLOW prove French observation

The operations in Italy are pro- country offering the enemy mobil saeeding rather slowly between the old- tion advantages.

unt the new Piave, owing to the powerful entrenchment of strong Austrian forces with machine-gubl The Austrians still have a footing in this area five miles wide to a muximum depth of 2,000 yards. M

The Austrian prisoners taken total 2,000,0

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1,000 PRISONERS TAKEN.

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Loxoox, July 1 A French communiqué states Between the Oise and the Aisne 7.30 last evening we attacked! west of Autreches on a front of two kilometres and advanced about 800 metres.

A new attack was launched uta

The Italians slightly advanced in the mountains east of Brento end repulsed heavy counter-attacke

SULTAN OF TURKEY DEAD.

ANSTERDAM, July 4

A message from Constantinople,

iti the same cgion between via Vienna, tates that the Sultan

Autreches and Mouli-Touvent of Turkey de dead.

it a moment when the enemy was preparing counter-attack. This enabled us to gain still further! ground

Our total adrafice extends over. front of five kilometres to a depth of 1.200

it one points We tock 1,000 unwounded prison-

Juding

JFFICE.

over 800 prisoners.

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