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VOL. XCV111-NO. 95
WILMINGTON, INT. C, MONDAY MOBNING, JUNE 26, 1916
WHOIiE NUMBER 39,624
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liiiiiiillllfe
MEXICAN
DEFINITE
OF ACTION
If Carranza Ordered the Attack
at Carroal, Then Force Will
he Met With Force.
CRISIS EXTREMELY ACUTE
Senator Stone, After Conference
With President, Believes War
is Virtually Here.
ONLY W
LelXj
CO RESPONSIBLE
World to Know Intervention Was !
Forced on United States.
Washington, June 25. A de
mand for the immediate release of
the American troops taken prison
er at Carrizal, coupled with a stern
notification that the United States
expects an early statement of the
purposes of the Carranza govern
ment, was. telegraphed to Mexico
City today hy Secretary Lansing.
The note discloses that the State
Department received .. yesterday a
communication stating that the
Carrizal fight was the direct result
of orders to attack American sol
diers moving otherwise . than to
ward the border, personally issued
bv General Carranza to General
Itmno and by the latter commu
nicated to General Pershing. , In
reply, Secretary Lansing requires
that the v de facto government
transmit a definite statement "as
to the course of action it has deter
mined upon," through the "usual
diplomatic channels,", and not
through subordinate military of-.
fleers.
Mexico Must Bear Brant.
The Mexican communication Is con
strued, Secretary Lansing states, as a
formal avowal of deliberately hostile
action against the forces of the Unit
ed States now in Mexico and of the
purpose to attack without provocation
whenever they move from their pres
ent position, despite the friendly mis
sion on which they are engaged and
which is reaffirmed in the American
rejoinder. General Carranza is re
quired to place himself on record for
mally and the plain intimation lies be
hind the restrained language- of Mr.
Laesing's communication that ' force
win be met with force. Apparently,
however, the Washington government
is determined that the defacto govern
ment shall not evade responsibility be
fore the world if war Is. forced on the
United States. - .;-. -.
The note and the military situation
of the United States were talked over
by the President with . Senator Stone,
w the Foreign Affairs committee, and
senator Lodge, ranking Republican
member, and Chairman Flood, of : the
House committee on Foreign Affairs
Representative Cooper, ranking minor
ity member of the House committee,
W5S out of the city. .'
Situation Exceedingly Aete
After the conference ; which lasted
ftore than an hour, Senator Stone .said
'e Situation was "ovixi1lnij'lv nmrte..
Fhe President had felt it necessary to
quaint Congres swith the state of
airs and the action taken, through
fte Foreign Affairs committee. It was
ffldicated that he might desire to ad-
ress a joint session of the House and
wnate in a dav or two. W would
B"t make this final step until the gov
ttriment of Mexico should be given
PPortunitv to rpnlv.
'4 The President told those at the con
ference tonight of the note from Gen-
crai Carranza-avowing the attack on
American troops at Carrizal, and of the
ftply that he had directed to be sent.
wnator Stone was very emphatic , af -
please of the prisoners.- "We must
nave those men," he said solemnly.
War Virt-mtlly Here. - .
The Rftn ft M n 1 r.rv- hfita
"ere. A final report from General
ejshin was necessary, he said, in
that a clear knowledge of what
"a-i happened at Carrizal should be at
nand. "But jf they are .going to at--th
Ur men without cause."' Ke said,
were is only one thing ta do. We will
!Ver have Peace down there unttl we
Trce enoush to compel It."
ihcre is reason to believe that the
iitary situation may be Vinfluenctng
ne administration's diplomatic course
wen as the desire to make It dear
the WnU J il 1 1 .
iftm -American nationsthat the Unit -
' scares is being forced into warlike
'easures by the hostility of General
v-arraza. ,v .;;-,;: v.
speed Up National Guard.
erv06 War Department is making ev
V effort to speed up the National
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bOmm MUST MAKE iRRNRRFRfi RFfiHY
a 1 W MIL N T
IT
HAS DECIDED UPON
American Demand
Is Made In Unmistakable Terms
Washington, June 25. The text' of the note to the Mexican de facto
government, transmitted to Jas. Linn Rodgers, special representative of
the American government in Mexico City, says:
3 . ."Mr. Arfedondo yesterday delivered' to this government the following
communication: '1,'am directed by my government to inform your excel
lency, with reference to the Carrizal incident, that the chief executive,
through the Mexican war department, gave orders to General Jacinto B.
Treyino not to permit American forces from General Pershing's column
to advance further south, nor to move either east or west from the points
where they are located and to oppose new incursions of American soldiers
into Mexican territory. These orders were brought by General Trevino to
the attention of General Pershing, who acknowledged the receipt of the com
munication thereto. On the 22nd, instant, as your excellency knows, an
American force moved eastward quite far from its base, notwithstanding
the above orders, and was engaged by Mexican troops at Carrizal, state
of Chihuahua. As a result of the encounter, several men on both sides
were killed and wounded and 17 American soldiers were made prisoners,
. "You are hereby instructed to hand to the minister of foreign re
lations of the de facto government the following:
"'The government of the United' States can put no other construc
tion upon the communication handed to the Secretary of - State of the
United States on the twenty-fourth of June, by Mr. Arredondo, under in
struction of your government $han that it is intended as a formal avow
al of deliberately hostile action against the forces of the United StaTes
now in Mexico and of the purpose to attack them with provocation when
ever they move from the present position in pursuance of the objects for
which they were sent there, notwithstanding the fact that those objects
not only involve no unfriendly intention towards the government and peo
ple of Mexico, but are-intended only "to assist that government in pro
tecting itself and the territory and the people of the United States
against irresponsible and insurgent bands of rebel marauders.
- " 'I am instructed, therefore, by my, government to demand the im
mediate release of the prisoners taken in the encounter at Carrizal, togeth
er with any property of the United States taken .with them, and to in
form you that the government of the United States expects an earry
statement from your government as to the course of action it wishes the
government; of the ; United to understand it had determined upon, and that
it . .also expects that this statement be made through the usual diplomatic
channels' and not through 'subordinate- military 'commanders.""
CAPT. MOREY AT HIS OWN
REQUEST WAS LEFT TO DIE
ON DESER T NEAR CARRIZAL
He Wrote a Letter, After Being Wounded, Saying That the Mexicans
Fired the First Shot After the Americans, Fearing Ambush,
Had Advanced in Battle Formation Three of His Men
Picked Up by Lieut. Meyers' Command.
San Antonio, Texas, June 25. Mex
ican troops fired the first shot on the
troopers of the Tenth United States
cavalry at Carrizal but not until the
American force, fearing an ambush,
had advanced in battle formation, ac
cording to a letter written on the day
of the: fight by Captain Lewis Morey.
commanding troop K of the' Tenth, and
forwarded to General Funston by Gen
eral Pershing tonight.
Captain Morey .wrote the letter at
9:15 a. m. June 21, while hiding in a
hole about 2,000 yards from the scene
of the battle. Captain Morey was
wounded and had another wounded man
and three unwounded troopers with
him. The three unwounded men were
picked up by a detachment under Lieu
tenant Henry A. Meyer, Jr.. of the
Tentn cavalry, and the letter brought
to General Pershing today.
Captain Morey was left to die upon
the, desert from thirst and his wounds.
The men abandoned him at his own or
ders. The three unwounded men ' had
carried him, according to their stories
to Lieutenant Meyer. . from the hole
where he had hidden and made their
way nealy two miles from the battle
field. They were forced to, stop and
Captain Morey, believing himself hope
lessly wounded, ordered them to leave
him. : They also thought him about to
die from loss of. blood and thirst, and
obeyed. - , ; ' . '
- The stories of the rescued men to
Lieutenant Meyer were very vague
about the details of the fight, accord
ing to , General Pershing's report
to
General Funston. - ; ,
Captain Mbrey's letter told of the
joining of troop C under Captain Cha.
T Boyd and troop K under his own
command at Ojo Santo . Domingo, June
20 and the advance together -toward
Carrizal June 21. Jt '--
He arrived in an open field a mile
from Carrizal at 7:20 in, the-morning.
There they halted - and Captain Boyu
sent a courier into Carrizal asking per
mission of General Felix Gomez to en
ter the town, saying he was: goings to
Villa Ahumada. Gomez replied that
he would not be alloWftd to enter Tthe
town, -but might make a detdur around
""Fearing that they were about to be
trapped by the Mexicans, which had
sallied but from the town during the
parley, the American troops deployed in
battle formation, mounted And moved
a The Mexicans - then t: opened
Ore. Captain Boyd ordered bis men- to J
OF COURSE
Upon M?xiQ
dismount and return the fire, the en
gagement lasting about an hour.
Following is the text of Captain Mo
rels letter:
"Carrizal, Mex., June 21, 1915, 3:15 a. m.
"To Commanding officer at Ojo Fred
erico: "My troop reached Ojo San Domingo
at 5:30 p. m. June 20. Met troops un
der Captain Boyd. I ' came under Cap
tain Boyd's command and marched my
troops in rear for Carrizal at 4:15 a. m.
Reaching open field to southeast of
town at 6:30 a. m.
"Captain 'Boyd sent in a note request
for permission to pass through the
town. This was - refused. . Stated we
could - go to the north, but not east.
Captain- Boyd said he was going to
Ahmuda at this time.
"He was talking with Carranza com
mander. ' General Gomez sent written
message that Captain Boyd was bring
ing force into town . and have a con
ference. Captain Boyd feared an am
bush. -He was under . the impression
that the Mexicans would run as soon
as we fired.
"We formed for attack, his intention
being to move up to the line of about
120 Mexicans on the edge of the town.
We formed C troop on the left in, line
with skirmishers, one. platoon of K
troop on- right of line and another
K troop platoon on extreme right,
echeloned a little to the rear.
'."When we were within 300 yards the
Mexicans opened fire and a strong one
before we fired a shot; then we opened
up They did not run. To make a long
story . short, . after about an hour's fire
iri.whibh both 'troops had advanced, C
troop to position of; Mexican - machine
gun and K troop closing in slightly
to the left. ' r. We were very, busy on
the right, keeping off a flank attack. A
group- of - Mexicans - left town, went
around our rear and led our horses off
at a -gallop. v;:
"At-about 9 o'clock one platoon of K
troop, which was on. our right fell back.
Sergeant said he could ' not stay there.
Both platoons fell back about i;000
yards to the west a nd ; then together
With some" men of C . troop who were
where thse man scattered. " ' ,
"I -was slightly wounded. "Captain
Boyd,- a man told e-was killed.- Noth
ing was seen of Lieutenant Adair af
ter fight started, so a man I saw stated.
"1 i am hiding ; in 'a bole 2,000 yards
from field and have one other wound
ed man and' three men with me. -
(Signed) "MORET. ;
, t . "Captain." -
Pershing's Statement.-i" --.
In transmitting Captain MGrejTs let
ter - General Pershing said: v.v - t:i i -, '
"The three men referred to-by-Morey
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FOR ANY ACTION
IN MEXICAN CRISIS
Will Respond With Any Legisla
tion Developments May 'De
mand, the Leaders Declare.
HOUSE ALREADY PLANNING
Despite Tension Over Mexico, the
Work on Other Bills is Being
Pushed Steadily Ahead.
Washington, June 25. Congress
stolidly faces the Mexican emergency
ready for ' any legislative action, its
leaders declare, which, developments
may demand. The House already is
planning increased appropriations to
meet extra expenditures through mo
bilization equipment and transportation
of the National Guard and to provide
more munitions. To meet the situa
tion at hand it is contemplated adding
$2,000,000 to the army appropriation bill
and an urgent deficiency : bill for $6,
000,000 is in the course of preparation.
These measures, it is expected, will be
rushed through without regard to what
may result from the diplomatic negoti
ations with General Carranza. . Y
Tomorrow the Senate will receive the
House resolution authorizing the pres
ident to draft National Guardsmen as
federal soldiers. It will come from the
Senate Military committee shorn of the
House provision for an 111,000,000 ap
propriation to relieve dependent fami
lies of militiamen, and of .tp.e stipula
tioh limiting to three-ytatSf the -period
for which- the - state troops may be
drafted.
Despite tension over Mexico. Congress
is working hard to dispose of the mass
of routine legislative proposals before
it. The House is clear-ng up the special
program and appropriation bills rapid
ly, but the -Senate is far behind. Legis
lation to be disposed of by the upper
house before adjournment includes the
government shipping bill, the child la
bor law, ratification of the House
amendments, to ' the credit legislation.
The immigration bill and conservation
measures.
The Senate is also behind with ap
propriations. The post office bill prob
ably will be passed tomorrow or Tues
day, and awaiting consideration are the
agriculture, fortifications, diplomatic,
sundry civil, pensions, . District, of Co
lumbia and naval appropriation bills.
The house will resume, discussion of
the army appropriation measure tomor
row. Besides this it still has the mili
tary academy appropriation bill to com
plete. The naval bill,1 as reconstructed
by the Senate Naval Sub-Committee,
will be ordered reported to the Senate
before the end of the week.v Changes
so radical have been made in the House
bill that a: prolonged conference is as
sured. The Senate is expected to ac
cept with little change the building pro
gram,
which calls for eight capital
ships during the coming year, in place
of five provided in the House Din.
The Administration's general reve
nue bill, on. which the Ways and Means
committee has been at work for weeks,
may be ready for introduction in the
House within another week. Present
plans contemplate a change in the
income tax that would produce $100.
000.000 additional tax on net receipts
or profits of munitions plants, expected
to raise $50,000,000.
SIGNS POINT TO A LIVELY
FIGHT AT CHICAGO TODAY
Over Endorsement by the Progressive
of Hughes' Candidacy,
Chicago, June 25. Every . prelimin
ary sign tonight indicated there would
be a lively fight at the meeting of the
National Committee of the Progressives
tomorrow over the question of endors
ing Charles E. Hughes for President if
Colonel Roosevelt declines to run.
A majority of the committeemen ar
rived today, and a number declare, they
were opposed to any endorsement of
Hughes and would, fight "to have, the
Progressive -party put a national ticket
in the. field. - ;x
George , W. Perkins, of New York,
and Wm. . Flihn, , of . Pennsylvania, are
to lead the fight for an endorsement
of Hughes, and urge that the Progres
sives party as a .national political union
be disbanded. . v . -.
John M : f Parker, of. Louisiana., the
nominee for vice president,: and Mat
thew Hale,? of " Massachusetts,- vigor
ously oppose the move- to dissolve .the
party and endorse Hughes, The .expect-
to be supported ,in their position
b ythe. vote of. the committeemen from
nearly all 'the ' Southern and manyi qf
the - Eastern - and 'Western states. , ;
j. H. Wylie; of :Iowa; J. M. Inger
soll, Of Idaho; O. .L.. Engen, of North
Dakota, and vDr.' Edw. M. " Harris, . of
Rhode Island,;: were among; those, who
said thevywould vote for putting a
third party: in th field and against any
endorsement, of Hughes. - i v - ,
Field Headdnarters, Mexico, - June; 25.
Thiry-eight-. stragglers from - .the
Carrizal engagement had .reached camp
here tonight sand. ta$l number, of mjsa
Jng was estimated fficiaUy t 15, .
FIFTEEN THOUSAND
MILITIAMEN START
B
They Will Go FromStates;af .Ifew
York, Massachusetts, New Jer
sey and- Connecticut.
OTHERS
SOON TO FOLLOW
Number of State Troops Now in
Mobilization Camps in East
ern Dapartment is 48,000.
- New York, June 25. Fifteen thous
and National Guardsmen from .the
states of New York, Massachusetts,
New Jersey and Connecticut, will start
for the Mexican border- tomorrow, Gen
eral Wood .announced tonight. The
guard commaijders' in the different
states. General Wood specified in his
order only the number of troops to
move and : thi . classification. Trans
portation details also will be arranged
by' "the quartermasters department in
each state.
The crack commands of Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Delaware, Penn
sylvania, Maryland, Virginia and Flori
da will be started for the border Tues
day or Wednesday. In all there will
be eleven regiments of infantry, one
complete regiment of cavalry, one com
plete regiment of field artillery with
hospital and ambulance units.
General Wood said -he had tele
graphed General Funston advising him
of the intended departure of the troops
and asking instructions as to where
they are to be sent.
Statisticians with General W,ood's
staff were engaged tonight in tabulat
ing the number ofmen, their equipment
and supplies. Railroad officials have
been consulted and it is expected that
by sundown tomorrow the entire con
tingent from New York state will be
on its way.
The infantry regiments win average
950 and 1,000 men. The other units are
believed to be recruited almost to war
strength."' - ':.' , ..-
- Information from the Adjutant gen
eral of the District of Columbia in
clined General Wood to send one regi
ment of infantry and one battalion to
the south Tuesday night.
Number of National Guards troops
of i the Department or the East , in the
mobilization camps grew today to' 48,
000, according to Major General Wood's
report to the War Department.
The day's large increase was due to
the concentration of nine regiments of
Pennsylvania infantry, three regiments
of Marylad ifantry and two regiments
of Maryland infantry and 2 regiments
Camp Whitman, Beexman, New York,
also were strengthened today.
SECRETARY BAKER SENDS
URGENT APPEAL. TO WOOD '
New-YorK, June 25. Major General
Leonard Wood, commander of; the De
partment of the Bast, received tonight
from Sechretary of War Baker an ur
gent appeal to. start for the border at
once some of the militia organizations
u.nder his jurisdiction. The emergency
was considered so important, it was
said at Governors' Island, that medi
cal examination of the men would be
waived. I was intimated that some of
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ITS WAV TO AMERICA?
Said to be Bringing Message from
Emperor to President.
Craft Was Due to Reach New York
Yesterday, . According to a Dis
patch Prom Madrid -Message
Delivered to Alfonso,
f PariSr" June 25. A Madrid dispatch
to the Temps quotes the Imparcial as
reporting that President Wilson will
receive a message from the . German
emperor in the same manner as did
King Alfonso. This statement is in
cluded fh an interview with the rep
resentatives of the Imparcial had with
the'German Naval. Attache Von Krohn,
who' declared that the bringing of let
ters 'to the king of Spain by 'a Ger
tnan submarine could hot' affect Span
ish : neutrality, which the Germans re
spect.. , . ' ' 1
; The Spanish newspapers,: the dispatch
adds, demand that the- government
take measures -to prevent a repetition
of the submarine incident. : ; '
SUBMARINE REPORTED . ndE
AT NEW YORK. YESTERDAY
i-Iiondon, . June 25. A -.delayed dis
patch from 'Madrid, to the. Daily Tele
graph says, that a German submarine
is due to arrive at New York, on .'Sun
day, June? 2 5,. with a message- for Presi -ctntWllspn,;-
"thereby i surpassing the
feat of the U-35, which carried a letter
toKing-Alfoiiso-;: -,M:: :- u
0
ORDER TODAY
Hi SHAR E 0
RUSSIANS COMPLETE
THEIR CONQUEST OF
BUKOWINA PROVINCE
MEXICAN FORCE AT
CARRIZAL WAS 100
They Also Used a Machine Gun
Against the American Force of
Only Eighty-Four Men.
TOOK TROOPS BY SURPRISE
Private Harris, in Telling of the Fight,
Say He Escaped by Riding
His Mount Right Through
the Mexican Line.,
Columbus, N. M., June 25. Sam
H. Harris, a private in C troop, of the
Tenth cavalry, was brought to the bor
der late today with bullet wounds in
the left shoulder and arm, received in
the engagement at Carrizal. He said
that there were fully 700 Mexicans
against the 84 men of the American de
tachment.
"To top it off," Harris said, "they had
a machine gun, and they surprised us.
We approached them in a peaceful way
and never had an idea that they would
try to massacre us. Had we known
they wanted to fight we could have
given it tQ them. I guess they got
enough, "at that."
Harris troop was sourrounded by the
Carranzistas, he - said. He escaped,
wounded, from the cordon the Mexicans
had' drawn 'around the Americans by
riding straight through their line on
his charger, which also had been
wounded., Herode thisJhorse until, it
feir'from loss of bloo&, arid then caught
another fleeing ahimai with which ho
eventually caught up with other sur
vivors, whom he accompanied to field
headquarters.
"Our troops, Captain Boyd command
ing, had pulled up before Carrizal. The
captain ordered everyone to dismount.
I took charge of some animals while
their riders stood at attention while
Captain Boyd went forward- Soon
thereafter the shooting - started and
Captain Boyd went down. There were
easily 700 Mexicans around us. Seem
ingly, they had come up out of the
ground, forming a half circle. Our men
kept on falling. The first shots came
from a machine gun. , It was trained
right on us. -
"It wasn't more than two minutes
before the Mexicans- had surrounded
us. Our troops fought effectively, but
we didn't have a show, and I saw it. I
was hit in the shoulder, and I cut. the
horses loose and climbing on my ani
mal spurred- him ' toward the thinnest
part of the circle. V
"1 went right "through the Mexicans.
My horse ran ten miles before he set
tled down to a walk.? '-Five miles fur
ther on his legs gave out, and he went
down. I knelt down and pouired a lit
tle water from my canteen on his ton
gue, and I guess-he understood, for he
got that look in his eyes that animals
have when they are grateful. -
"I walked until I found one of our
animals. I mounted him and rode on
toward Colonia Dublan. Before I got
there I ran into some other survivors,
and we went on together."
WILL PRESENT OFFER
FOR MEDIATIOII TODAY
'Secretary Lansing Will Likely Re
fuse Any Such Proposal.
Latin-American Governments Desire to
Prevent Hostilities and Also, if
Possible, Arrange for Peace
. in the, Future.
Washington, June 25. Ignacio Cal
deron, minister from Bloivia, acting on
behalf of several South and Central
American republics, will' present to
Secretary Lansing tomorrow an offer,
already accepted in principle by Gen
eral Carranza, to mediate in the crisis
with .' Mexico.' Mr '. Lansing . declined to
Say tonight what his reply ; would be,
but the administration-' has indicated
repeatedly - that' it considers there is
i nothing in its" differences with the Car
ranza government .which . will admit of
mediation.' : -?J, .' . ;
The Mexican ambassador designate
today notified Minister CaMeron and
Dr. Rafael Zaldivar, the minister from
Salvador, that awhile lie - hid not re
ceived a final ' reply to. the. injuiry re
garding the attitude of Mexico, which
they. submitted - to ' the; der facto gov,
eminent through- him yesterday, a pre
liminary expresstonshad' come from his
government accepting ; fin principle"
the offer of mediation.: tje aid Gener
al Carranza m reply to. simUar .. in-
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': i : . ' - ' '.:
Occupation in the Entirety Finish
ed by the Capture of 'the
Town of Kimpolung.
CAPTURE 2,0007 PRISONERS
Austro-Hunganaris . Are Making
iTheir Way. towards '.the Pass-;
es in the Carpathians,
FRENCH RETAKE POSITIONS
Heavy Artillery Activity Between
British and Germans.
The Russians have captured the
whole of y Bukowina and the Aust-ro-Hungarians
are making their
way toward the Carpathian passes.
Kimpolung, in the southern part
I of Bukowina, has been -occupied by
the . Russians 1 and the Austria.cs
have . fallen back between that
town and Jokobeny .and to the
northwest "have evacuated the
heights south of Betrometti and
Wisenic. .
Along the river Prath, in their
drive toward Kolomea, the Russ
ians have captured Wilischoff and ;
Toulounoff. The Austrians lost
heavily in. men taken, prisoner, and
in war stores left behind in the rer
treat. - - .
In Volhynia Petrograd recounts
the capture of a redoubt, the re
pulse of attacks - southwest of
Lutsk and an advance north of
Radzivilof , 'while Berlin reporta
the putting down of Russian at
tacks to the east of Vladimir-Vol-ynski
and west of Dubno. Heavys
fighting continues 'throughout tlie
entire region. - - .
French Claim Gains.
The French, during, attacks Saturday
night, recaptured from the Germans
trenches west jof Thiaumont, and alco
made some . progress in . the . village -of,
Pleury, according to the war offif
communication.- - Sunday saw no infan
try activityiin .the Verdun region, but
the bombardment on both sides of the
Meuse" continued without interruption.
There also was pronounced artillery ac
tivity between the British and Germats
on the German, portion of the French
Belgian line. ..... . r
In the Posina region and south: Of.
Arsiero, -" in ' the Austro-Italian theatre
the Italians have 'attacked and driven,
back the Austrians at several points. In
the Adige ahd Brenta sectors the Aust
rians "again 'have "increased in volum
their artillery .fire. .There have been
mutual air raids on towns and positions
behind their " respective" lines, by foe
Austrians. and Italians.
In fighting between Turks and Russ
ians the Ottoman forces drove out the
Russians from , a convent, but later
were compelled under a violent counter
attack to withdraw '
A Teutonic . allied submarine hr.s
sunk the Italian auxiliary cruiser Citta
de Messina, and the French torpedo
boat destroyer,- Fourche, in the Strait,
of Otranto, off , the southeastern coast
of Italy.
FRENCH REGAIN SOME OF
GROUND TAKEN B YGERM AJ?S
Paris, r'June 25. The counter attacks
by , the' " French last night north of
Verdun resulted in their regaining
some lost- ground,-the war office . an
nounced today. Portions of trenches
west of the Thiaumont redoubt were
taken ' and hand grenade fighting re
sulted.; in , some progress being made
in the village Fleury. A German attack
in" the' Dead Man hill - region was re-"
pulsed.; The . official statement fel
lows: "
"On the' left ' bank of the Meuse a
German attack, on our trenches in the
Southern slopes of Dead Man hill was
stopped by our-fire. "
'."On.. the right bank. of. the river the
fighting continued during the course of
the night in the- sector of Thiaumont
work where 'our counter attacks en
abled :us. to . take , a ' few elements of
trenches to the, west of the work. T7e
have made some progress : with hand
grenade fighting in the villae of Fleury,
sfTn the bombardment to the north
east -of Pont-Ao-Mousson a strong en---'my
reconnoiterlng; party was dispersed
in the Cheminot wood. .
"In the Vosages an attempted attack
on our. . positions - in La , Fave valley
completely - failed. :.:
"During the night of June 24-25 aero
planes threw bombs on Luneville, Bac
carat ; and St.- Die. The material dam
age was. unimportant. Some children :
were .wounded at.:St.- Die. j This .has
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