Show follit ALLIES HI I 1 ICO FIERCE L V Y FIERCE NIGHT ATTACK RESULTS IN GERMANS BEING DRIVEN FROM THEIR POSITIONS battle line has been narrowed down to ninety miles rival armies annie drawing closer together for the more massive compact the battle between the tha invading germans ns and tho the french and british 1 troops on french toll soil continues and from tie tho most reliable news obtainable it would seem that tho germans are slowly yielding ground the losses on both sides are heavy beavy the he lighting fighting being almost incessant in a aercke night atta attack guelck ck opened by the allies simultaneously along the whole line between tho the ainne aisne and tho the olse oise at 2 tuesday morning the germans were surprised in their trenches tren chea and driven out at several points on the german right both sides eides suffering very heavy losses soon after tho the attack opened tile the germans directed an attack against tho the allies lines further to the east but were wera driven back in a hand to hand encounter in which line after line clashed I 1 in terrific bayonet charges in the dark during monday severe fighting had occurred along the entire en tiro battle line which has narrowed to about ninety miles because of the rival armies drawing closer together tor for the more massive compact about 5 in the afternoon a lull was perceptible the germans being exhausted from tho the repented repeated counter attacks directed against the british and french who invariably repulsed them generally with gains to the allies during the early part cart of the night the engagement had bad narrowed to activity on the heavy beavy guna and the fire was desultory but at 2 in the morning a attack by the allies opened with unprecedented fury artillery rapid fire guns guna and small arms crashed forth as it if at a given signal and tho the alro was overwhelming on the allies left the onslaught was conducted with the greatest vigor tor for hero here the attacking french and british had made the tha greatest advances and the tha troops were buoyed up by the full enthus enthusiasm lasin ot of their triumphs tho the french gunners had the range and raked the german trenches with a galling 11 alre re under cover of this and the rapid flers which swept tho the top of tho line of trenches the british sh and french cavalry and infantry advanced and stormed them tho energy of the attack took the germans by surprise and after a fienco struggle at tho the trenches the germans were driven back the german resistance was desperate it was waa not until they were overwhelmed by numerically stronger forces that they were swept from their position but tho the lighting fighting on land has given I 1 way tor for the moment as a news factor to the daring raid in the north sea by live german submarine boats which torpedoed and sank three british armored cruisers the Abou aboukir kir try cressy cresay and the hugue and in turn lost loat two ot of their own number under the fire of british guns in its daring as reported by tho the british admiralty the attack of the little plungers surpassed sect any naval maneuver of the present war of tho aggregate normal personnel of 2205 men carried by the cruisers it is estimated that were saved caved the russians are reported to have taken the fortified town ot of jaroslau on the san river northwest of larzo masl from the austrians Aust lans rians and a rome dispatch credits the tha Montene gilna and serviano ians with having capt captured ared from the austrians Aust lans rians Saraj evo capital of basala bosnia in africa the british repulsed a german attack in their eastern territory the germans retreating with losses general louis louia botha the famous boer general and now premier of the union of south africa has taken over command of the british operations against Gerni german ali souta west africa it la in reported that the french are ara again bombarding the important austrian seaport cattaro in dalmatia Dal matla lord kitchener tho the DrI british tish wat wa I 1 minister has approved the proposition for the formation of a welsh army corps another british casualty list shows a largo large proportion of officers among the killed wounded or missing the hamburg american line steamer armed as an auxiliary cruiser and two german colliers havo have been captured cap tired by the british cruiser berwick in the north AtI atlantic antle ocean it Is reported that a vessel of tona has been sunk by bp a mine in tho the north sea |