New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-11
THRILLING VICTORIES
REPORTED BY FRENCH
Fighting from Nov II to Dec. } Ofhclaly Descrloeo-
Germans in That Time Have Met with Many NePuSes
Suffer Heavy Losses in Men and Material

, IN November 81 one of our batteries
seventv-fve milometre guns demon
ished a piece of German artillery OF
1O5 milometres at point west OF
presles. while at the same time our
heavy artillery silenced the fire OF the
enemy in the region of Rouge Mason.
ut is interesting to record that the
increasing activity of our artillery
along this part of the front has mad
the effect Of reducing our daily losses
among the infantrymen from an aver
age of 100 TO about twenty men Day
"November 20 we destroyed caisson,
six machine guns and battery OF ar
tilery belonging TO the enemy anu on
the same dav we silenced MS artiIiery
at Blanc Chateau. Furthermore. on
November 60 we silenced the hre OF tne
German artillery which was shelllng
Toissy.
On December we destroyed bat
terv of German artillery on the plateau
Of Craonne, an on the following day
we demolished shelter and some
machine guns in the vicinity OF Nau-
clerc. December and the day follow
ing we caused the explosion OF several
derots of ANN milton, and on ID ,em-
Der 4 anC we reduced 70 silence the
artillery Of the enemy which was
firing Oh r. inns.
at is in the sector stretching from
the Argonne to the heights OF the
Meuse that the enemy has shown the
greatest activity. Here is a list OF MS
attacks: November 81, three attacks TO
the north of Four de Paris; November
%. four attacks at the same place;
December |, one attack at fontaine
Madame; December 2, two attacks at
the forest of La Grurie and one n
Fontaine Madame; December 3, two
attacks at the forest OF La Grurle;
December A. two attacks at this same
forest. one at Fontaine Madame and
two in the forest Of Bollante, and De
cember 5, one attack at Fontalne
Madame and three attacks, accompanied
bv the beating Of drums and the play
ing of flies, at a point to the north
of Four de Paris.
ain the meantime our infantry had
No. been content with defensive &C
tions. In the region Of the forest OF
la Grurie. near the forest of Bollante,
and in the vicinity of Fontaine Madame
infantry forces have delivered daily at
tacks and made daily progress. On
december /. near st. Hubert, the IN
fantry blew up and then occupied a
German field position. On December
our infantrymen occupied severai
trenches. captured a number OF pris-
oners and advanced $50 yards.
"The German General stan mas
claimed that on December l 1t realized
a very considerable success at the lot
est OF La Grurie. As matter OF TACT,
this success consisted in the blowing
up of a French trench, which had been
mined by the Germans. The com
many of soldiers which occupied TINS
trench at the time of the explosion was
almost annihilated, bit the companies
nearby retained their positions IN their
trenches. thanks to the successful out
come of a hand-to-hand fight, and we
succeeded in re-establishing our line IN
a new trench at exactly twenty-six
wards further back from the trench
destroyed by the enemy. 49,,
I'm the Vosges and in Upper Alsace
our offensive activity made US master
of several important positions, Inc
capture of Aspach-le-Haut and Haupt'
in Upper Alsace, was reported on De-
cember 3. Furthermore, we nave re-
pulsed all the German attacks IN the
forest of Hirtzrach.
con December 2 we took possession
at a noint TO the south Of the Col du
Bonhomme Of Mount Tete de Vaux, on
the crest Of which the enemy had es-
tablished an artillery observation
point from which ne dominated the up
per valley of the Muerthe. Our caval-
rvmen were successful IN taking pos
session Of the crest in two hours, but
they suffered very serious losses. The
spirit with which they entered this
fight was magnificent. The trumpets
sounded the charge, and our men went
forward singing the 'Marseillaise.' One
OF them carried a flag, and he planted
t on the summit OF the mountain.
"To the south of Mount Tete de
Vaux we made progress in the direc-
ton of Grimaud.
"The spirit of our troops in the Vos-
yes is admirable"