On the German side of the northern front, the Russians near Baranovichi captured German trenches, but later were forced to give them up. Infantry attacks by the Germans along the Pina River and in the lake region south of Dvinsk were repulsed, according to Petrograd. The French on the slopes south of Le Mort Homme, northwest of Verdun, have attacked and captured a German trench. The Germans are still violently bombarding the sectors of Thaumont and Fort Souville, north of Verdun, probably preparatory to another infantry attack. Only artillery activity is in progress on the remainder of the front in France and Belgium. The Canadians still hold the positions recaptured from the Germans in the vicinity of Zellebeeke, where there is intermittent shelling by both sides. On the Austro-Italian line in the Tyrol only artillery bombardments and small infantry engagements have been reported. To the east of Monfalcone, a short distance from the Gulf of Trieste, the Italians have captured Austrian positions and taken prisoners 48 officers and men. Near Felahie, on the Tigris River, the Turks have repulsed a British advance, according to Constantinople. The annihilation of 400 British troops on the Euphrates sector also is reported by the Turkish War Office. Persian volunteers are declared to be attacking the enemy.  Russians near the Persian border, indicting heavy losses.
ACCIDENT FOR CZAR NOW IN RUSSIA
PETROGRAD, June 16 (via London).—The Austrians have evacuated Czarowitz, according to dispatches to the semi-official Petrograd news agency, from Bukowina by way of Bukovina. 