GERMAN ATTACK ON FORT VAUX

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2792, 9 June 1916, Page 5

GERMAN ATTACK ON FORT VAUX

BROKEN BY MACHINE-GUN FIRE ENEMY ACTIVE IN THE VOSGES Tli9 High Commissioner reports;— , , London, June 7, 3.55 p.m. "West of Soissons, two German patrols wluch attempted to cross the Aisiw were dispersed by fire near iontenoy. "branch artillery destroyed several enemy observation posts east of Nouvron. "in tho Argonno.tho French successfully exploded two mines at La Fille Morte. "Left of the Mouse artillery fighting occurred in the sectors of Hill 301 and Caureltes "Wood. "On the right bank a powerful Gorman attack yesterday evening at eight o'clock on Fort Vaux was broken b.v machine-gun fire. The enemy retired, leaving n number of dead on the ground. Tho Gorman artillery was energetically replied to by ours without causing cessation of bombardmont of tho fort and the neighbouring region. "In the Vosgns there is an intense bombardment of our first lines at Hart-mamis-weilor-lvopf." INCREASING ACTIVITY ON THE BRITISH FRONT SHARP FIGHTING. AT HOOGE. The High Commissioner reports: London, June 8, 1.30 a,m. A British official report states! "On.Tuesday night and Wednesday there were heavy artillery bombardments on both sides, east of Tpres. In the fighting yesterday the enemy captured our front-lina trenches running through the ruins of tho village of Hooge. Attacks against other portions of tho line failed. A further infantry attack against the treuchcs west of llooge was repulsed.

. .''During the night tho Australian troops entered the Crerman trenches cast of •liois Gronier, inflicting Joss and capturing prisoners. Our troops made a • successful trench, raid cast of Gmncliy. Hostile artillery and trench, mortars were active against our artillery, which shelled the enemy's batteries" t London, Juno 8,1.15 a.m. l .P, 1 °ffi c ial message states: "On tho left bank of the Mens© tKere was great artillery, activity in tho region of Hill 30A. ft -l bank the bombardment continues to be very violent on our second lines from the region of Douaumont to Damloup.The Germans announced that they had captured Fort Vaux on Tuesday evening. At four o'clock on Wednesday mora ing it was still in our hands. Since then, owing to the violence of the bombardment, no communication could be effected with the fort.' ■"la the Yosges .German reconnaissances wero repulsed." GERMAN CLAIM TWO SUCCESSES By, Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. June 8, 10.30 p.m.) . r , Amsterdam, June 8. A berman official communique states s—"Our Upper Silesian and , Wurtemj>urg regiments attaoked tho British near Hooge, and captured portion of tho village and the western and southern portions of the adjoining trenches. Thus the entire plateau south-east and south of Ypres, to the extent of about thrcu Kilometres (1 4-5 miles) is in our.possession. Tho British losses were very Fort \"aux is now in our hands. We actually captured it on June 2, but the news was delayed because tho remainder of the garrison held out in the subterranean 'rooms. They have now snrrendered-geven hundred prisoners, with a great number of guns and machine-guns. -We have repulsed all'the enemy's efforts to recapture the fort." A NEW CRISIS IN THE BALKANS • PROBABLE ABDICATION OF KING . CONSTANTINE TIME HAS COME TO EXERT PRESSURE ON GREECE By Telegraph—Press l Association—Copyright bo-jAi ® e ® a ß a l rom Rome announces that uncensored-dispatches fromAthens'assert that there is a probably of the abdication of King Constance CnS . ograd m es?ago states that the Itussian Press is urging: pressure on her attitude. Tie articles havo caused lif t 6^ atlo S' Pfnonlarly one in the "Bourse Gazette," which gives his helff to Atheist 16 take a TeSt " 80,116 ? kce better fiuited to Aii- ot!le L. pa SS' s d « n o unce whait they call political felony in Greece townrd thn hSSifirSi? .°l VOe l 7 Vremya '^ Co^6i^ er ? tllat ;he meas Sen at Salonika So Athens Mid' Piraeus! tlw neoessar y st eps« "Sard to I' • ~~