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Show i oIeSeofaiistro-germans I THROW SOOTH POLAND HALTED K Grand Duke Nicholas' Forces Holding Ground All Along Ex-S Ex-S tended Front Teutonic Rush Toward Warsaw Stopped S and Armies Put on Defensive Deliberate Thrust at Ire Austrians Planned by JRussians Army of III Francis Joseph in Difficulty. I BIG MOVEMENT OF GERMAN TROOPS WEST JK Drive Toward Calais Has Not Begun Germans Violently At-m At-m tacking French at Several Points French Admit Some Si Losses Trenches in Belgium Retaken Frpm Brit- B ish Turks Heavy Losers Lull in Furious m Fighting Along Austro-Italian Front. London, July 8, 12:25 p. m. Giving judgment in the K board of trade inquiry into the sinking of the African liner m Falaba in St. George's channel March 28 with the loss of 1 1 1 lives, Lord Mersey today found that the ship had been sunk K by a torpedo from a German submarine; that the measures I for saving life had been promptly carried out and that proper I discipline had been maintained. I . Paris, July S, 2:35 p m The I French war office today made the fol- lowing statement ' "To the north of Arras last night '. there were several Infantry actions of considerable violence. Between ft lAngros and Souchez to the north of K 'the road running from Betbune to Arts Ar-ts ras. a German attack preceded by a m very heavy bombardment, was com-w com-w pletely repulsed. At a point to the iff north of the railroad station of Sou- m chez we delivered an attack which M enabled us to draw nearer to the yll- v 'lage. We took possession of a line of German trenches after having put W an. end to all the defenders by hand M grenades and bombB After this we X advanced beyond these trenches. We S made some prisoners and captured a m cannon. m "The town of Soissons has been m bombarded. it Fighting Continues In Argonne. W "In the Argonne infantry fighting B, ,and cannonading lasted all night At K dybreak in the region of 'Marie The- jXr rese' the Germans tried to come out W from their trenches but they were M driven back. R' "Between the Mouse and the Mo- 'selle last night there was much fight- m ing. In the forest of Aprcmont and S in the foreBt of Le Pretre there was K cannonading, rifle fire and the throw- w ing of bombs, but only two infantry K engagements. These were between S Fey-en-Haye and the forest of Le Pre- B tre, where two attacks on the part V of the enemy were checked by us." iK Review of War Situation. ML London, July 8, 12 20 p. m. So great has been the weight of rein- M forcements brought up by Russia jm along the stretch of territory between ; the rivers Vistula and Bug, notably" in the vicinity of Krasnlk. that the Austro-Hungarians 'for the moment have been forced to assume the de- j, fensivo and to pause In their rush 1 toward Lublin and the rallwavs run- ; nlng from that city to Warsaw. The sector on the eastern front, where the Russians are making a 1 stand is held almost exclusively by Austrians and observers here see in the Russian attack not only a desire ; to keep their line Intact in this Im- ; portant part but a deliberate blow at t the AustTianB who, according to the official reports, seem to be finding themselves in some difficulty. . German Drive Not Be'gun. I The much discussed German offen sive in the weBt has not yet developed, though reports of a big movement of troops to that front are persistent. These forces must be new formations unless the great offensive in the east Is to cease. For to withdraw troops from Poland and Galtcia now would be to leave unfinished what Field Marshal Mar-shal von Mackensen act out to accom-p accom-p Ish, unless the clearing of Galicia ?i SjnB ?aB the E0le and this is considered hardly probable. Tho ni3iC,a,,n? Not Confirmed. i,To m?,i 1,n C,alm that the Germans Hum JSS.lWnchos near YP"8' Bel-' Bel-' S iSt 2llj J8elzed bv -he British, At sevS ?? from Blsh sources, mans Sl1?1 In pance tbe Ger' Sit the onfvneeu stacking violently, by the al!Preclable !bs conceded district S?clJ8 in the St. Mihiel los strfw F11 admit they have yardt If lnch measuring 700 ar(lB- Thc Gorman official state ment more than doubles this distance. Turks Not Eager to Attack. Letting the Turks attack, with resultant re-sultant heavy loss and exhaustion, has been the recent role of the British operating against the Dardanelles. Official Of-ficial dispatches heretofore Bpoke of the fearlessness and valor of the Turks, but General Sir Ian Hamilton's report, received yesterday, said for the first time that the Turks were showing no disposition to attack. Teutons Are Halted. At the moment when the Teutonic march through southern Poland was beginning to threaten first Lublin and then Warsaw, It has been brought to a halt It now appears that Grand Duke Nicholas forces are holding their ground all along the extended front. Determined attacks by the Austro-German Austro-German forces to drive the Russians out of what remains to them of Galicia Gali-cia are continuing. Apparently there is a lull in the furious fighting along the Austro-Italian front no . |
