Show VIOLENT FIGHTING OF SOUN HAND encounters RE PORTED WITH ADVANTAGE ON SIDE OF THE GERMANS russians cla m that attempted of fens ve of was repulsed while beri berl n says russian at i tacks broke down tendon london the violent bombardment northwest of 0 verdun in the region of Ma lancourt continues while to the north of the fortress and in the region in the east intermit tent cannonading is still in progress no infantry attacks have been launch ed by the germane germans except to the southeast of fort Dou amont where berlin reports a hand to hand ter with the advantage on the side of the germans the french in the argonne forest are keeping up their bombardment of german verman positions considerable ar tillery activity on the part of the french also has been shown in the the explosion of a french mine in this region inflicted heavy losses on the french according to berlin the german position was not impaired by the explosion on oni the russian front the germans attempted offensives in the region of Jacob Jacub stadt but were repulsed while the russians captured a german trench in the region of evinsk heavy fighting Is still going on in the lake region southeast of evinsk here berlin says the russian attacks broke down storms in the austro italian lines have impeded operations but bom bard ments are axe continuing on the isonzo isonio front in the coastal region of the russo t turkish war theatre the russ ans are making good progress against the turks and also farther south in the f lake van region have thrown their lines still further forward A conference of the entente allies of far reaching importance will vill begin at pans paris monday the premiers van vari ous other high government officials including the british foreign se detary and secretary for war and the corn com mending generals of prance france great britain and italy will take part in this conference which will give the closest consideration to the military and political situation situ aton on brought about by the war the dutch ministry of marine says that examination of a piece of bronze metal found in a lifeboat of the dutch steamer Tub antia recently sunk in duces the belief that it belonged to the air chamber of a torpedo |