Show GERMANS REPULSE I FRENCH ASSAULT AT AI VAUX I I BERLIN July 6 Via London Lon Lon- don don Attempts Attempts made by the French yesterday to advance in inthe inthe inthe the wood lood southwest of Fort Vaux in the Verdun sector were were repulsed says the official statement issued today at German army head head- quarters Similar efforts made by bv head I the I I French to recapture Damloup hill bill battery battery battery bat bat- tery the statement adds were un un- un I I successful French rench troops yesterday made an I attack front in inthe the along a narrow I t I Als Aisne e district to the south of Ville- Ville BoIs aux northwest of Rheims the tile official statement says The attack was not successful and cost the I French rench serious losses Between the brook and the River Somme and In the region south of the river says today's German of official official official of- of statement fl fighting continues Minor progress made by the British troops near Thiepval It is added was wasI balanced b by counter attacks Further I to the south the British succeeded in obtaining a firm foothold In an advanced advanced advanced ad ad- trench salient The headquarters staff announced that the small village of Hem in the I Somme valley has been evacuated by bythe bythe bythe the Germans en Belloy southwest of Terrone has been captured captured captured cap cap- by the French The fighting around It Is added has come cometo cometo cometo to a standstill |