Show ALLIES GIVE UP SOMME ATTACK Great French Anglo Offensive Offensive Of Of- Offensive Abandoned in inThis inThis inThis This Sector Claimed by the German Report USE EYE IRRITANTS Are Employing Tear Producing Projectiles Projectiles Pro Pro- and Gas S Shells Is Report of the Allies BERLIN July 22 Via London London London- The German army headquarters staff staffin in the official statement Issued today claims claim that the great uniform Anglo Anglo- French attack on the Somme sector In France has been abandoned BERLIN July 2 22 By Wireless Wireless Wire Wire- less to Sayville British British cavalry was employed in the offensive thrust along the Somme front on Thursday according to yester yeste yesterdays yesterday's yesterdays yesterday's days day's German army headquarters b bul bulletin l letin It was futile however according accordIng accordIng accord- accord Ing to the statement which said British cavalry mounted on horseback horseback horseback horse horse- back ent entered red the combat This new feature of ot tren h was as unable to change change tho final res result t. t The foregoing paragraph was not contained in the cabled version of ot yesterdays yesterday's yesterdays yesterday's yesterdays yes German official statement LONDON July 22 A A spirited artillery artillery ar tillery duel along the British front in northern France during which the British front line and supporting trenches were bombarded with gas shells and projectiles containing eye irritants Is recorded in today's war office of ot fice report No developments I Aside from front these heavy bombardments bombard bombard- 1 ments at several points on the front frontin in the past twelve hours there have been no important developments PARIS July 22 A A strong German attack northwest of St St. Die in the was repulsed last night by the French the war office report of ot today I says On the Verdun front the Ger Germans Germans mans bombarded bO violently French poI po- po I in tho the sectors of Fleury and wood In the region of ot Moulin Moulin- Sous a strong German was dispersed The statement says Between the Oise and the Aisne we dispersed a strong g reconnoitering party of ot the enemy In ia the region of Sous In the ArI Argonne Ar Ar- I gonne we exploded a mine with good results at Bolante A surprise atta attack k I of the enemy against a small position tion at Fille Morte Monte was repulsed Germans Repulsed On the right bank of the Meuse there was a violent bombardment of the sectors of I Floury Fleury leur and An attack by the enemy on a trench south of Damloup was beaten back bour by our fire In the after a spirited bombardment the Germans delivered an attack at 11 o'clock last night nigh against our positions northwest of ot St St. Die It was repulsed with heavy losses One of our aeroplane squadrons bombarded three times tho the railway station at Sablons Metz-Sablons throwing throw throw- ing ll bombs bombs of great size on the I railway buildings and tracks The bombardment must have caused great i damage In tho the course of ot one of ot these I explosions a German aviator who was pursuing our squadron in was brought down clown One of our m machines chines was compelled com to land after aCter an accident and has not returned This morning a n German aviator dropped bombs on Belfort causing neither casualties nor damage |