Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-10-31 | Page 11 | Enemy Repulsed by Rifle Fire on Northern Front

ENEMY REPULSED BY RIFLE FIRE ON NORTHERN FRONT PETROGRAD. Oct. 30. ( British ad-miraily ad-miraily per Wireless Press.) The following fol-lowing official communication was issued toda? by the war office: On the northern front, in the sea-coast sea-coast region, tile enemv. after violent vio-lent preparation with gas shells, attempted at-tempted on the Jannzcmc sector to commence an attack. He was received re-ceived by a strong fire from our rilles and machine guns, however, and retired to his own positions. In the Skull refrion. from dawn un-' un-' til 8 o'clock in the morning, the enemy en-emy bombarded our positions with his heavy artillery and endeavored to launch an Infantry attack, which was stopped by onr fire. On the remainder of the front there have been fusillades, which reached a degree of intensity at Kokenhuzen castle and Stockmannshof manor. On the Rumanian front there have been fusillades and scouting operations. opera-tions. On tile Caucasus front, there is nothing to report. On the BaJtlc sea the situation is unchanged.