ENEMY REPORTS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14046, 17 July 1916, Page 5

ENEMY REPORTS.

(AusttallaCn'^hd^ N.Z^.:Cabie • ! An, official message says: T\vo jJussian attacks oil Bjirzabz Vrefe, be'dteh 1 off,' but a third";"dU&clf^ guqceede.d m piercing our lines.. The enemy were completely ilrive.n\ou€ loiV1 oiV the left bank ofi the^ S^okhod; \ •'? ■ .>'^v"^ i:v; '' . TTiere isl'intens^oj f 'acifcivity -lifewefeii Brenta, and the;'A"df^i and'ieh Italian attacks -betweeA J^VtiKdiece and O^iita' Rasto were l^u^sed-w-^lvlos^' t?ti* positions being rnam£aih'od. \!^ ,J; L" » 1 •'-''■■■'■ '■ Siily 16/ V A Germain * cpWaxo&qi^ s^ya: 'The ißritish, m" sptfe bfi i^e'tfvy-losses'.''tye-fween Pozieres apH • tvated our lijies. a'^ qcciipicld'. Trolls Wood. The; a^tabW; htfs !be:gi^f%temmed: %c repulse^' jKu^ian.-'attempts ',4.0 cross the'-'-'D'<w'na'neai'' l !.laeiine_tjttdeh. ■[ J Prince Leopold ha« CecoveVe'd^i'hrt of the; ground lost on Jiily^S. A- • ;i , (ReceLVeaViJiUy 17, 11,20 a.m.) "'■ . July 16. !' A Gei-man connmmique" States : There - is strong artillery activity, ou^ botlv.sides oi -the Somme. Foxfr British ; attacks at Ovillers. a«d Baaentin-le-Petit m the afternoon were bvpken down m front of oiu* .lines, also, a,Wvatt,a,(jlv. which, commenced m the morning' eastward ot Bazentine. Lively fighting developed on Saturday eveniug "southward-.^ nthe Somme, southward of BiacflteSi'u We reoccupied a portion of Bjacbes, in-jspnev-ind over 100 and .repulsed with heaviest losses French attack^ -iiear Barl^ix- ancl Estrees. v ' : '.■■/: ; . French'"were nnsuccepstul eastv&tA of the Meuse, despite the bringing up of strong forces v against Frpideturre Hill Flenvy. The■•■Fueiich Repeatedly afefeaitlteavSotith-wii&t; 'of Thiaumont m the evening and penetrated small sectors of our first lines, where fighting continues. .Infantry five dow.neW enemy aeroplane westward of Loos. A damaged biplane landed .m; our lines at Nekle. '■. "' ■'■• '■■" * ] r The Rijssi^ 118 unsuccessfully counteratiaacked^ agkinst" our- line in' the:M&dn of %robowat, which Prince Leopold .ana geiier^lqLinsing# are couT>ter-at*ackihg, soiitM#e^w.ar4 iof Lutsk,: ' .:\ „-/ .