South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-29
Advances by Allies in ArgOnne
District as Well as RepulSe
of German Counter Assaults
Reported in Paris Statement.
FIGHT GROWS FIERCER
DESPITE GREAT STORM
Gen. JOffre Tells His Men He
Has Proof That Germans
Have Begun to Kill All PriS-
OnerS Whether Armed or Not

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] PARIS. Dec. 2e.The occupation %
|St. Georges. between two and three
miles south OF Nieuport by tho
/ French; further advances by the al
. lies in the Argonne district and the
repulse of severe German counter at
tacks upon the heights of the AIeuse
were announced i'm an official state
ment issued by the war office this aft
! ernOOn.
In the vicinity of Troyor (south OF
Nerdun) French counter attacks
were reckless i'm ousting the Germans
from trenches they had previously
taken from the French
The French lines are being drawn
! i'm closer around Steinbach I'm upper
Alsace The official communiq1e fol-
; lows.
In Belgium the villages OF ST
Georges was captured 10y our troops
1 who have established themselves
there.
From the Lys to the Somme the
enemy has very violently bombarded
( our positions.
I'm the region OF EcheHe-St. An
hin-LeQuesnOy POuchair northwest of
Rove, calm prevails
Upon the front between the
Somme and the Argonne we made
some advances. In the Argonne. in
the forest of lie Gruerie. in the forest
Of Bolante and i'm the forest of Cour-
|techausse we made some progress.
Upon the heights of the Meuse
/ several counter attacks Of the GEL
mans have been repulsed.
In the forest of Lebouchot % the
northeast of Troyon. the enemy. who
/ had captured our trenches near the
redout of the forest of Bsule to the
! vest OF ApremOnt. have been forced
to give mp the captured positions aft
er three reckless counter attacks
made 10y our troops.
I'm upper Alsace. after q very viO-
/ lent battle. we are investing stein
bach and va have captured the ruins
Of the chauteau TO the northwest ~
: the Village
Fight in Heavy STORM
Although "A severe storm has been
. raging over the sretaer part OF the
battle front since Sunday night fight
ing is suH I'm progress at some points.
The Germans utilized The stormy
weather i'm an effort to- deliver surprise
attacks I'M West Flanders, east 90
/ Amiens and ON The heights Of the
AIeuse but all were repelled
The French war office has issued
French artillery is everywhere prov
ing superior 10 that of thc German
farmies The statement follows
"m the report sent from German
general headquarters 10 the Berlin
newspapers 10 WaS stated that The
French would end difuculty I'm prov
ing hat their artillery could gain The
upper hand against the German
! guns Have The Germans forgotten
the staff order published Iu The
ankfurter ZeitGng ou Dec. IN
which the German communicable
chief of the South German army
congratulated the German troops up-
on the gallanUy they displayed uHdc-
the most violent lire of the French
ARTILLERY which they had been unable
to- oppose with equal effectiveness
Shell Works at Muclhau>cn.
French artillery. working ln a snow
storm. is Smelling the works defend
+ ng Muelhausen lin AlSacel upon The
west
A hard struggle is iu progress
among the sand dunes of the North
seq coast. northeast OF Lombartzyde.
where the French are trying to ey-
tend their lines in the direction -
/ Wsstende- II II reported from
Furnace that tWo German aerOplancs
have arrived at Heyst "for use iu the
German aerial invasion against Eng
land
The Beleians have crossed .he
User i'm considerable numbers north
of Dixmude and have strengthened
their positions ON the right bank
SAY PRISONERS ARR KILLED.
LONDON. Dec. Z9.-The following
general order by Gen. Joffre was i~-
sued To- French armies in the field on
Dec Il.