THE WAR IN THE WESTERN THEATRE

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2531, 4 August 1915, Page 7

THE WAR IN THE WESTERN THEATRE

LIVELY ACTIONS ON THE FRENCH FRONT The High' Commissioner reports:— • London, August 2, 4.55 p.m. "At Artois, after repulsing several grenade attacks, tlie French captured portion of a trench, including the sunken road from Ablain-Angres, which is north of the main road from Bethune to Arras. . "111 the Oliampagne district, in tlnj region of Maris Therese-Saint Hubert, 'after lively _ fighting with bombs and petards, the Germans attempted several attacks, which wero repulsed. "On the heights of the Meuse, the enemy attacked three positions between the Calonne treiich and Les EJparges; the attacks were checked. "At Pont-a-Mousson, the villages of Mardresse and Manoncourt-sur-Seille, were bombarded by the Germans with incendiary shells." London, August 3, 2.50 a.m. "111 the Argomie there was a lively infantry action, the enemy carrying one trench, but the French partially recaptured it. "After using flame projectors, the Germans violently attacked our trenches in the region of Marie-Therese. Tlio French retook the greater part of tho ground. "In tho Vosges the French captured several German trenches, inflicting heavy losses."

GERMAN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. Amsterdam, 'August 2. A German communique states: "We occupied several French trenches in the Argonne by a surprise bayonet attack. "Our artillery shot down a captive balloon at' Ban do Sapt." ." " ' BURNING LIQUIDS IN THE AEGONNE. (Rec. August 3, 10 p.m.) Paris, August 8. A communique records the capture of a French trench in the Argonne by means of burning liquids. The French immediately counter-attacked, recovering most of the ground. 140,000 NEW GERMAN TROOPS GOING WEST. , x (Rec. August 3, 10 p.m.) London, August 3. Amsterdam learns that 140.000 Germans, mostly now troops, have passed through Luxemburg during the last ten days, going West.