Show HEWS SOLDIERS ARE BACK STRONG counterattacks COUNTER ATTACKS AT NIGHT BEATEN BACK WITH HEAVY LOSSES air battles result in destruction of seven senie n craft while french airmen bombard german depots in chauny region I 1 L bondon ondon The repulse of german counterattacks counter attacks and continued heavy bombardments formed the chief features of the fighting sunday on on the western front from the somme region between the french arid and british forces and the germans the attacks iby by the germans against the british took place lace north of ginchy finchy and against the french south of ber ny en san terre in addition to fo numerous air battles between french and german aviators in which seven german machines were forced down french aircraft have heavily bombarded german depots and establishments in the regions of chauny south of st quentin quenon ham ind and peronne lindoo claims for british airmen the destruction st of three german machines and the driving down of others in a damaged condition v continuing their I 1 advance in western dobruta Dob ruja the german and bulgarian forces have captured the old bulgarian garian fortress of Sill which lies on the eastern bank of the danube about twenty five miles northeast of ukal and sixty miles east of bucharest the capital of roumania Rou manla nania in ranat north of however the Roum anians are keeping up their advance against the lans having compelled the austrian right wing after it had pushed them back two and a halt half miles to withdraw to td its former position under a strong counterattacks counter attacks attempts by the russians to break through the austrian lines southeast of lemberg near hallez halacz tailed failed according to vienna with heavy losses the vienna statement mentions the gallantry of the turkish forces fighting with the austrians Aust lans rians in this region |