Fighting continues on various sectors of the Somme and Ancre fronts in France. North and south of the Ancre, the London War Office reports the British have made additional gains in the former region north of Punleux-nu-Mont and in the latter northwest of the three. East of Bouchavesnes, in the Somme sector, the British report the raiding of a German trench and the scattering of German forces who were massing for a counterattack. Berlin, on the other hand, reports the repulse of a British attack east of Bouchavesnes, which was delivered after heavy artillery preparation. It is probable that the German official communication refers to an engagement on Monday, which the British communication specifically mentions early Tuesday morning as the time of the successful raid.

GERMANY IN ATTEMPT TO RECAPTURES POSITIONS
Near Verdun, between Les Giambrettes and Dézonvaux, violent artillery duels are in progress. Attempts by the Germans to evict the French from recaptured positions north of Curacao wood failed, according to Paris.
The Russians near Brzezany, in Galicia, and in the wooded Carpathians, near the Northern Roumanian front, have delivered attacks against the Austro-German forces, but in each met with repulse, says the German War Office.
In Roumania, clashes by reconnoitering.  In the future, the Russian situation remains tense. Further progress for the Russians in the Persian theater is recorded by Petrograd. The Villages of Hussenhund and Chorlak have been evacuated by the Turks, who are in retreat from Riga. Southwest of Hainan, the Consumers Ice Company, Richmond, Va., March 1st, 1917. 