FRENCH ATTACKED AT BOIS LE PRETRE

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2507, 7 July 1915, Page 7

FRENCH ATTACKED AT BOIS LE PRETRE

ENEMY SCORES A MINOR POINT ■ , MAIN ATTACK FAILS, WITH HEAVY LOSS v The High Commissioner reports:— London, July 5, 5.35 p.m. "Two German attacks at Souchez and the Labyrinth were checked at 10' o'clock oil Sunday night-. .. ' .. . - , "Tho euemv took the offensive on a irontof five kilometres (3 miles), between Fey-en-Hayo. and the Moselle, and regained a footing in a. kilometre of trenches at Bois leTretro. Tlie remainder of the attack' failed with heavy losses." , ' KAISER SWEARS THERE WILL BE NO WINTER CAMPAIGN ; . SUPREME EFFORT EXPECTED IN THE 'AUTUMN, By Teiejraph—Press Association—Comrright . . London, July 5. 'A'Berlin message states that tho Kaiser addressed the troops ill Berlin last week, and swore that there would bo ho winter campaign. .The war would be ended, by October. A diplomatist has added that Germany, nevertheless, is preparing for a; winter, campaign, .which all chunea, droo.fi... CJefteuLny will ifmks it. supwrna effort in the autuarn, probably, ma & echotl liyipus etasiya on the msi> , jtu-.,,- ' i ' ~ ' N

GERMANS CLOSING THE BELGIAN FRONTIER AGAIN"... . Amsterdam, My 5. Germany has closed tlie Belgian frontier and ordered tho inhabitpmts to' placo pails of water on the roadways, preparatory to tbo passage of cavalry, GERMAN CRITIC PRAISES FRANCO-BRITISH TROOPS. "Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services, London, SPuly 5. The military correspondent of the "Berliner Tageblatt" praises the. fighting qualities of the Franco-British troops. He says that during tho wa<T of 3 §70 tho French avoided liand-to-hand fighting with the German infantry ;• mow they impetuously seek it.. He asserts that the Anglo-French spring offensive has failed. N '-•i PRISONERS AND BOOTY-' CLAIMED BY THE GERMANS, London*, July 3. 'A statement from Berlin reports that in estimating tho extent of tho Aus-tro-German victories during tho two months' operations preceding ,Jmne 27 it is calculated that 520)000 prisoners, 300 field guns, and 7ro macmra-guns were taken. . . / :