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Show VIOLENT FIGHTING NORTH OF VERDUN frAND-TO-HAND ENCOUNTERS REPORTED RE-PORTED WITH ADVANTAGE ON ! SIDE OF THE GERMANS. Russians Claim That Attempted Of-1 fensive of Teutons Was Repulsed, While Berlin Says Russian Attacks At-tacks Broke Down. London. The violent bombardment,, northwest of Verdun, in the region of Malancourt, continues, while to the north of the fortress and in the Woevre region in the east intermittent intermit-tent cannonading is still In progress. No infantry attacks have been launched launch-ed by the Germans except to the southeast of Fort Douamont, where Berlin reports a hand-to-hand encounter encoun-ter with the advantage on the side of the Germans. The French in the Argonne forest are keeping up their bombardment of German positions. Considerable ar-. tillery activity on the part of the French also has been shown in the Vosges. The explosion of a French mine in this region inflicted heavy losses on the French, according to Berlin. The German position was not Impaired by the explosion. On the Russian front the Germans attempted offensives in the region of Jacobstadt, but were repulsed, while the Russians captured a German, trench in the region of Dvinsk. Heavy, fighting is still going on In the lake; region southeast of Dvinsk. Here, Berlin says, the Russian attacks broke down. Storms in the Austro-Italian lines have impeded operations but 'bombardments 'bom-bardments are continuing on the Isonzo front. In the coastal region of the Russo-Turkish Russo-Turkish war theatre the Russians are making good progress against the Turks and also farther south in the Lake Van region have thrown their lines still further forward. A conference of the entente allies, of far-reaching importance, will begin at Paris Monday. The premiers, various vari-ous other high government officials, including the British foreign secretary and secretary for war and the commanding com-manding generals of France, Great Britain and Italy will take part in this conference, which will give the closest consideration to the military and political situation brought about by the war. The Dutch ministry of marine says that examination of a piece of bronze metal found in a lifeboat of the Dutch steamer Tubantia recently sunk induces in-duces the belief that it belonged to the air chamber of a torpedo. |