Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-01-22
French Claim Gains at
Three Points, and Resist
ance of Counter Attacks.
BERLIN REPORTS
REPULSE OF SLAVS
Russian Statement announces Little
Fighting at Any Point. Claiming
Capture Of Two Towns French
Silent as to German Successes.

London, Jan. 2l.-~Gains on the
left, right and center, each followed
by successful resistance of violent
counter attacks by the Germans, were
reported tonight by the paris war Of
flee.
With the passing OF the terrific
storm which has held the hostile
armies in leash for several days,
fighting of the most determined
character has been resumed on all
parts of the battle front.
In the furious battle for tho COM
manding position to the north or
Notre Dame de Loretie, where the
Germans have been attempting TO
break through in what was judged
generally to be a new drive Oh the
French coast, the troops of Genera.
Jcffre have come off victorious.
After violently bombarding for
greater part of the night the plateau
| position which the French regained
| for the second time after the Ger
mans by their own official admission
had evacuated them on Wednesday,
the kaiser's troops directed an eS-
tremely violent counter attack just
before day break. The attack was
not carried through, though, for the
fire which met the vast hordes OF the
/ invaders withered the front ranks
and broke the force of the assault,
i They withdrew and did not again at
| tempt the offensive.
French Occupy woods.
Two woods to the north OF
Beausejour farm were occupied by
the French today. Here also the
Germans attempted to retrieve their
losses, but the attempt failed. 1t was
in this region yesterday that the
French demoralized a German earth
work to the east of Rheims, drove
the Germons from their trenches in
the vicinity of Prosnos les Marqulse,
and blew up an ammunition depot by
dropping a shell from the Creso;
"seventy-five" into it.
Northeast of Beausejour, according
to the afternoon statement from
Paris, the French yesterday surprls-
ed and captured three German posts
and occupied the positions for future
aggressive operations.
On the allies right in the Argonne
region the Germans directed fur
ious attack against the French salt
ent thrown out from St. Hubert.
They opened with bombardment OF
the French trenches and followed
with an infantry attack, which
broke against the fury of the French
fire.
To the east, where the French are
exercising determined pressure
4, Jrn
ing the invaders communication in
it's drive on Metz, this drive was par
ticularly energetic. They captured
more than 150-yards of German
trenches in the neighborhood OF
Aprechmont, southeast of st. Mihiel,
and the subsequent rGpulse of the
German counter attack was reported
to the general headquarters Of the
allies. 81 u u
Germans Make Gain.
Meanwhile, in the forest OF lie
Pretre. to the northwest of Pont-au-
Mousson, the Germans gained par
tial success by recapturing about 20
yards OF the 100 yards of trenches OF
which the French gained control
; yesterday.
The French claims here are dis
puted by the German statement
which asserts the French attacks to
the south Of st. Mihiel were repulsed,
while in LePretre woods the Ger
, mans state they captured four
French cannon and some prisoners.
"Fighting continues for the re-
mainder of the trenches" says Ber-
, lin.
General Pau is again violently at
grips with the invaders at Hartmann
Wilerkopf, near Thanh. The SHOWS
, still are deep in the cuts. and the
mountain passes, and the ground is
extremely difficult to travel over.