CAMPAIGN IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2534, 7 August 1915, Page 5

CAMPAIGN IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS

FUTILE ENEMY EFFORTS FORMIDABLE LOSSES OF THE GERMANS ' - . I By I'elegraph-Preßß Aesociation-OopjTfelit (Rec. August 6, 7.35 p.m.) Amsterdam, August 0. Bad weather lias increased the difficulties of the Allies ill the North of France. Frequent German efforts between Ypres and Arras liavo been resultlcss, but tlxo Allies' trenches suffered from heavy artillery. The German losses arc formidable. For instance, out of COO Bavarians who wero in.the attack at Neuvillo 3*17 wero killed. The British guns on Wednesday dispersed an important forcc which was massing on tlio main road, preparatory to oil attack. HEAVY, BOMBARDMENT OF FRENCH TRENCHES. , London, 'August 5, 5.45 p.m. The High Commissioner reports:— "In tho Vosges_ there was a continuous heavy, bombardment of the French trenches at Lingckopf on Wednesday evening, with a violent German attack. Nevertheless, tho Allies held all positions except portions of the tronchcs on the crest of the ridge. DESPERATE FIGHTING IN THE .VOSGES, (Rcc. August 6, 9.20 p.m.) Paris, August 6. Official.—There have been desperate actions in tho Vosges on the heights dominating the River Fecht, especially at tho Scliratzmanuelo Pass, where the enemy captured a blockhouse, but wero driven out by an immediate counterattack. Our curtain of shrapnel inflicted very heavy losser STRIKE OF. MINERS 'AND RIOTING OF RESIDENTS* (Rec. August 6, 9 p.m.) Havre, August 6. There are rumours that Mons coalminers liave struck, and a collision took place with the troops, miners being wounded and two Germans killed. The residents of Charleroi rioted looting tho shops in conseqiienco of tho famine prices for food. Reinforcements of Landsturm aro hurrying to both towns.