ed to our rear. The German
counter-attack has been repulsed with heavy losses.

ALLIES IN CONCERTED ATTACK.

_Field Marshal French's report of June 18 indicates that a strong,
concerted attack was then being made by British and French troops upon
the German front from east of Ypres to south of Arras. This report
preceded the French announcement of victory in the battle of the
Labyrinth, an account of which appears elsewhere. It says:_

The fighting in the northern and southern portions of our front
continued throughout June 16 in co-operation with the attack of our
ally about Arras.

East of Ypres all the German first-line trenches which we captured
remain in our hands, in spite of two counter-attacks, which were
repulsed with heavy loss to the enemy. We were, however, unable to
retain those of the enemy's second-line trenches which we had occupied
in the morning.

East of Festubert, as a result of a further attack on the afternoon of
the 16th, we made a slight advance and, judging by the number of dead
Germans in the trenches entered by us, our artillery fire was very
effective.

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The Dardanelles Campaign

Progress of the Allies in June Slow and Difficult

In his speech at Dundee on June 5, from which the passage
concerning the Dardanelles is reproduced below, Winston
Spencer Churchill's reference to "losses of ships"
constituted the official comment on the sinking by submarine
attack on May 26 and 27 of the British battleships Triumph
in the Gulf of Saros, and Majestic off Sedd-el-Bahr. That
increased to six the sum of battleships lost to the Allies
in the Dardanelles operations. The review of the operations
from May 15 to June 17, shows a development of slow trench
warfare on land, which postpones the attainment of a few
miles to a victory confidently predicted by Mr. Churchill.

A FEW MILES FROM VICTORY.

_In the course of his speech at Dundee on June 5, 1915, Winston
Spencer Churchill said:_

The operations which are now proceeding at the Dardanelles will give
him (Mr. Balfour) the opportunity of using that quality of cool, calm
courage and inflexibility which fifteen years ago prevented Ladysmith
from being left to its fate and surrendered to the enemy. I have two
things to say to you about the Dardanelles.

First, you must expect losses both by land and sea. But the fleet you
are employing there is your surplus flee