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Show GERMANS REPORT LESS ACTIVITY ON PART OF BRITISH, BRRLTX, Aus. 16, via London. 5 p. m. The battle of Posslercs has died down, afler a lone series of British attacks, which, the war office says, gullied them nothing. The British Infantrymen remained re-mained in their trenches all clay yesterday. yester-day. A night attack near Ovillers failed. "There was lively lighting asaln yesterday yes-terday southeast of Armenlieres and in the Artois." savs the official' statement today. "In the region of T'o.ieres the British continued their fruitless attacks until yesterday morning. Throughout the riav their infantry did nothing. A nocturnal noc-turnal attack north of Ovillers failed. "At Moulin-Sous-Toulvent. in the Alsne district, artillery lighting was asaln revived re-vived temporarily on holh sides, in con-iunelion con-iunelion with a fruitless French gas attack. at-tack. East of Rheims strong reeonnoit-ering reeonnoit-ering detachments of the enemy were repulsed." re-pulsed." . |