The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-31

German mines. demolished machine guns. concealed shelters and captured rifle am intuition and other material. On Decem- Der 2i We repulsed five attacks.
 From the west Of tho Argonne to the heights of the Mouse. inclus.ve. we showed an activity from December 16 10 December 24 often crowned with sue cess. and that in spite of the condition ot the terrain more suitable to the de- fensive than, the offensive. Our artii lery inflicted notable damage upon the artillery of the enemy. On Decemblr i7 two D eces were destroyed: two batteries demolished on December 1a. and one re- duced to silence. a machine gun shelter destroyed on December % and one blown up; battery damaged on Decem- Der 22 to the northeast Of St. Miheil, ani two destroyed near Bethncourt.
 Infantry attacks developed especially in the region of Boureuines and Vauqois. near onisy, and the woods of forges and
 r tho woods of Consenyoye At Boureau- illes the terrain has been warmly dis puted We entered the village. were oe- liged to abandon 1t and then retook it. On the outskirts of vauauios we pro- gressed at first 100 metres then 800. We advanced likewise into the woods of Nal aucourt December %. and made progress December 2l in the region of Bethincourt and in the woods of Forges December I. 22. 2D with a gain of from POO to 300 me- tres III lueSt tnItt OdAE. we kdlneU lou metres on December 2l in the woods of Consenvoye. where in spite of a violent bomhardment and of counter attacks We ioaintained the conquered portion.
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 In tho woods of Chevaliers We gained 100 metres and took some prisoners re- markahle for their sordid dirtiness. They vera from head to foot a mass of ver- min.
 Between the Mouse and the MoselIa the action has been less keen than upon | the rest of the front. It has permitted us to register progress slowly, but this Irogress continues in the forest of Apre- mont and in the woods of Le PTetre We succeeded in destroying or silencing sew eral batteries of artillery in the Woevre district and in the forest of Apremont on December 70. We demolished trenches in the same region on December 9 and 24 We effectively bombarded the rail- road station of Arnevlle on December IS and 22
 Tn the vosges we gained 25o metres in Ie Ban De Sapt, and maintained at every other point our gains of the pre- ooding week. Near sirey our advance posts have been established within 15o0 metres of the city.
 Aerial warfare: In spite of tho OK | treme difficulty resulting from rain, wind and fog, our squadrons of aeroplanes ana OUT ulflkiDieS nave uOne excellent work One Of the latter on the night of December IT dropped i5 bombs upon | the railroad station of Sarreburg six | upon that of Potiteich five shells and 1000 arrows upon a train in the railroad station of Heiming. The damage done was important. and was acknowledged | by German newspapers. On December | IS. %. 2l and % our aviators gave chase | to some German machines and obliged | them to descend. On December 10 one | of our aviators shot and killed a Ger ran pilot whose machine crashed to earth. On another occasion one of our officers was pursued by an 'Albatross,
 which succeeded in crossing our lines The Germans aeroplane was badly dam aged by fusillade of shells. Some | of our aviators on December Is sue cessfully dropped bomos and arrows upon | the enemy's trenches. upon n concentra- | tion of troops on December le and 2s. l III on railroad stations and trains Decem-
 Der 20 and 22, upon captive ballon De- cember 2i. upon the port of Strassburg on the Rhine and the railroad depot | of Dieuze on December 22.
 | Prince Alexander of recki has ex- pressed warm thanks to the chief of the mir squadron who has operated upon the Belgian coast with the English aviators This squadron has in fact effectively as- | sisted toward the regulation of the fire on the batteships and in surveying the sea for the enemy's submarines.'