's army is advancing toward the Lublin-Chelm Railroad, has
about reached a climax. Here, according to the German official
communication issued this afternoon, the Germans have succeeded in
breaking the obstinate resistance of the Russians at several points
and forced them to retreat.

Naval Losses During the War

The following diagram, compiled mainly from information given in a
June number of the Naval and Military Record and appearing in the
London Morning Post of July 8, 1915, shows the different causes of
loss to each side in tonnage of capital ships, gunboats, destroyers,
submarines, torpedo-boats, and armed merchantmen to the end of May.
The diagram being drawn to scale the true proportion of each loss from
each cause can be accurately gauged at a glance. It will be seen that
the Triple Entente and Japan have had no loss from capture or
internment, that the Entente's characteristic of fighting has been
"above board," _i.e._, by gunfire, while that of the enemy has been by
submarines and mines.

[Illustration: [diagram]]

Battles in the West

Sir John French's Own Story

France's "Eyewitness" Reports and Germany's Offensive in the Argonne

Since June 15, 1915, the British army, reinforced by
divisions of the "new" army now in France, has held
practically the same position on the front to the north and
south of Ypres. The subjoined report by Sir John French,
Commanding-in-Chief the British forces in France, published
July 12, covers the operations from April 5 down to June 15,
and deals particularly with the great poison-gas attacks by
the enemy, the capture and loss of Hill 60, the second
battle of Ypres, and the battle of Festubert. It embodies
the story by Sir Herbert Plumer of the terrible fighting
that began May 5. France's official reports, following, tell
of the battle of Hilgenfirst in the Vosges, the week's
battle in the Fecht valley, the 120 days' struggle between
Betlaine and Arras, and the battle of Fontenelle. The Crown
Prince's "drive" in the Argonne resulting in German
advantages is also dealt with.

FROM THE FIELD-MARSHAL COMMANDING-IN-CHIEF THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE

To the Secretary of State for War, War Office, London, S.W.

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS,
June 15, 1915.

My Lord,

I have the honor to report that since the date of my last dispatch
(April 5, 1915) the Army in France under my com