Show G EMA MANS 13 AR 1 i 0 AC K n. n 1 y I 7 4 k fe fo A Ait Attack iri h i In Ir V Avo Avo- u VO- VO is 5 court r Wood o Driven r 6 Off With i Big ts Losses 9 British h Cabinet Change By Associated Press PARIS Aug 7 Three Three infantry attacks launched last night by y troops of the German Gennan crown prince against French positions in inthe inthe inthe f the Champagne region were were reI repulsed repulsed re re- re- re pulsed says the official statement I I issued today by the French war warI department A German Gennan attack between between between be be- I tween A Avocourt wood and hill in the Verdun sector was driven off with heavy losses to the There was a violent artillery action action action ac ac- ac- ac I tion in the sector of the Belgian front and another between between between be be- tween and Craonne north of the river Aisne By Associated Press L LONDON ONDON Mon Monday ay Aug Ang 6 G Delayed De De- Official laye Official announcement announcement announce announce- ment was made at the admiralty t tonight light that Admiral iral Sir Cecil j u n second sea lord 1010 had been c ch h jd by tl b Vice Admiral Sir Sir Roselyn W 1 F Alan Garrett Anderson hitherto hith- hith eltice eito erto vice ice lee chairman of the wheat commission commission commission com com- mission succeeds Sir Eric Campbell Ge Geddes 1 es the new first lord of ot the admiralty ad admiralty ad- ad as all controller of naval con con- The changes In the British admiralty are attracting much attention and are interpreted as the first step in a reorganization reorganization re- re organization which it Is supposed Is-supposed Sir Eric Campbell Geddes first lord of t the e admiralty was appointed to carry out opt In quarters wh where re the existing admIralty admiralty admiralty ad ad- methods are aro regarded as as unsatisfactory unsatisfactory un un- satisfactory the present present step Is denounced de dg- as a procrastinator half measure and is Is declared the change ought to have been so complete asto as 4 to give the country a resolute and ener- ener gentle admiralty permeated by an of offensive of of- c spirit There is no implication of incapacity against Admiral Sir Cecil Burney Durney whose services as Admiral Jellicoe's second in command of the grand fleet are recognised and an official an announcement announcement announcement an- an states that he will wm be employed employed em em- on special duty It Is assumed that as his record was made in ac- ac Continued on page 8 8 I 1 GERMANS GERi 3 TIMES TIMES I Continued t 1 from pa page paa E 1 nue live tive command he may welcome the I change An official statement contains the tho I announcement that an opportunity is isto isto I I to be taken of the appointment of or Vice Admiral Sir Roselyn Wemyss emyss to rearrange rearrange rearrange rear rear- I range the duties of the second sea flea lord of the admiralty who will be relieved of II detailed administrative work connected with the personnel of the fleet This Is interpreted interpret d as meaning that tha the second second sec sec- I I ond sea lord will not be trammeled by details which subordinates subordinate can handle I but will be he associated more closely I than his bis predecessor with the preparation tion of war plans Another change in the admiralty is the removal of ot Sir William Graham Greeno from the permanent secretary secretary- ship at the admiralty to a secretary secretary- ship In the ministry of munitions under I Winston Spencer Churchill Sir Wil Wll- Hams liam's departure from the admiralty is regarded as Of t considerable Importance importance tance as the post of permanent secretary secre secre- tary which he has held since 1911 al always always always al- al ways has been largely responsible for tor the continuing of admiralty tradition I and policy It is this continuity which i is regarded by many as a most dangerous danger danger- I ous factor in that it hinders initiative and adaptability to current needs I I |