The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-17
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Alsace, where quiet continues, and
puts special emphasis on another great
raid by British and French aeroplanes
and seaplanes on German strongholds
in Belgium.
The French section Of the aerial
feet directed its attention to the Ger
man aviation park at Ghistelles on the
railway between Ostend and Ypres
while the British showered bombs on
the German positions at Ostend- A
joint detachment of fiiers also went
further to the north and attacked Zee
brugge, which suffered severely In the
British expedition OF February 10.
The size of the raiding fleet is in
Gicated by the announcement from a
correspondent in DunkirI- that the
French airmen alone flung 24o bombs
on Ghistelies Like the previous al
;aoF, this aerial onslaught was carried
out without !oss or material damage.
II is said that the number of ma
chimes engaged was about thirty.
In the land operations the allies
were successful today and yesterday
at number of points. South of
Ypres. at st. Eloi, the British troops
won back trenches that had pre-
viously been taken from them by the
Germans and for Which they had
been fighting for two DAYS without
res
Make Progress Near Rheims.
Near Rheims the French troops
progressed at Louvre. They also had
considerable success on the line run
ming from northwest Of Perthes. in
Champagne, to north of the farm of
Bea ejour capturing German
trenches over front of nearly two
miles and taking number Of pris-
oners, including fyc officers, In the
Arrnnna fail tpF
are being carried out west Of Bon
RELIES and northwest of Pont-A~
Mousson in the hotly contested dis
/ trict of the a Petre wood, several
German hlockhouses have been seiZ-
ed. The night commnnique. which
also tells of an artil|erv combat ia
Belgium. follows:
Official Report.
Ion the entire front the opera
tons today have been favorab BILE to
us. In Belgium there was an ar
tillery combat, y French aviation
squadro bombarded a German avi-
alton park nj Ghistelles An English
aviation squadron bombarded os-
tend
| Sous Of ypres the British troops
are masters Of a certain number OF
trenches where rather lively en-
gagement has been in progress for
/ III" iHsA tW'' pHNS
/ "Between the Disc and the Aisne, near
1 Eailly, our artillery fire has been very
/ effective against tho groups of auto
mobile conveys and bomb throwing
guns
TN tho section of Rheime We have
made, progress near Louvre. In Cham
payne, on the front which extends
from the northwest of Perthes TO the
north of Beausejour We have taken
about three kilometres OF German
trenches, and have captured several
hundred prisoners, among whom are
five officers,
an the Arrone there have been in
fantry actions from IcFour do Paris as
far az a point west of Boureuilles. The
tghting is continuing under favorable
conditions.
Northwest Of Pont A NJ oussou, IN
the LePretre wood, we have captured
several of the enemy's blockhouses"
Capture 81. Eliot.
The afternoon war office statement
was very brief bat il indicated that
good news was to follow. II told of
the capture of ST. Eloi by the British.
and announced that the allied artillery
won important successes In the actions
, OF yesterday.