Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-22
FRENCH REVIEW TWO
MONTHS FIGHTS
Allies Gain Ground at Every Point
Along Western Line Ex'
cept One.
GERMANS WIN AT so1ssoNs

PARIS. Jan. g.--C2:57 p. m)-Thero was
given out this afternoon an official state
ment under the caption, The war from.
November 10 20 January IS" reading as
follows;
since November Is. in other words
since the conclusion of the battle OF
Ypres and up TO the complete resump-
ton OF the great German offensive move,
ment against our left wing, the war has
taken the character OF a siege. In such
warfare IL eenerallysis expected that
the advantages obtained by one side or
the other virtually offset each other
But in this case II can be said that. with
one exception. we alone have gained
ground. with this one exception the
Germans everywhere have gone back.
Gains and Losses.
The following recital Of points gained
makes IL possible TO get an idea or the
progress on either side
by the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of the
market. Of the cathedral and of the hos
pitsl at Ypres: destruction OF the town
of Newport and OF the Newport baths
and the bombardment OF Armentieres
Bethune and Arras; bombardment OF
souplr and OF scissors; recapture OF HnI
|
and a gain OF from 1000 TO l,sOo yards 20
the north OF Scissors: advance OF 800
metres in the Argonne along front OF
500 metres at point near tho Brock deS
Murissons. bombardment OF a church at
Nancy and OF the hospital At Thanh.
Freneh Gains and Losses.
Results Obtained by rAe French
From the SEQ to the Lys. Recapture OF
all the left bank OF the User between
Knocke and Hetsas, and an opening on
the right bank between the sea and St
Georges: installation OF bridge head lour
Kilometres 1.-TWO miles and halo into
this region. and the installation OF a
bridge head 10 the south OF Dixmude
capture Of 81. Georges and OF the house
OF the ferryman and OF Korteker; gem
} eral extension OF our front around Ypres;
the success Of wybendrert, and the ces-
sation OF the attacks OF the enerny's in
fantry.
From the Lys to the Disc; The cap
ture OF the chateau and OF the village OF
. verrnelles and Of Ruterre; capture OF
numerous German trenches between AK
Noulotte and Carenoy; partial reeapture
, OF Saint Laurent and of Blangy, near
. Arras; the capture OF I.aBoisselle. the
capture OF GerInsn trenches at IAhons.
the capture OF Quesnoy-en-Santerre the
end OF October. and progress TO the cast,
followed by general extension and con
Z solidation OF our front
! "Frm the Disc TO Rheims The cap
Z ture of the German trenches at Nam
pei and of the plateau OF Noubron, the
2 taking OF Spur No. la and Of the emf
: hence of Crouy, both of which. however.
z we lost again. the destruction of npmer
, Gus pieces OF German artillery; the re-
duction OF four-fifths OF our previous
4 percentage OF infantry losses. thanks tc
4 the greater efficiency of our artillery
y and the consolidation Of our defensive
system.
From Rheims to the Meuse; Advance
I OF one kilometro (two-thirds Of a mile
u In the region Of Prunay; advance of more
( than two kilometres in the region OF
Perthes and the stopping Of seventeen
German counter attacks; advance OF
nearly one kilometre in the Argonne; IN
the forest OF I.aGuire and Violsfits and
: the repelllng OF numerous counter at
= lacks; tho extension of our front In the
neighborhood OF Verdun and the destruc.
ton OF numerous batteries
: From the Mouse to the Swiss frontier
= Important advances in the forest OF Con
|; senvoye. In the forest OF Apremont, IL
the forest Of ALLY. In the forest OF Mort
J mare and in the forest OF LePretre; thu
checking OF all the German attacks here
progress to the northeast Of Nancy. IL
r, a locality called the forest of Parroy
progress to the north and TO the south o.
"a senones. and In the entire neighborhoor
Iaf a.. ~ aaft af ka nef x
' Vionu, which commands sainto Maris
x and of the Tete dc Faux; tho complies
!, checking of forty-thrce attacks deliN
Y cred by the enemy; the capture of A.
4 paoh and OF steinbach. and Of the height
\ to the east OF the last mentioned place
4 and progress In tho direction OF Nun
ster. cernay and Altkirch.
y Ten French Advances.
q Summing up, We get ten general ad
Il vanoes on the part OF our troops which
4 were distinctly pereeptible at certaii
X places as compared 10 twenty senera
* Withdrawals on the part OF the enemy
y with the exception OF the situation t
q the northeast OF scissors.
"a This Is a comparison OF the last tw,
months. To complete Il II should b
added that, first the German offenslv
in Poland has been restrained for
" month past: second the Russian often
d sive continues in oailcia and in the Car
1 pathisn mountains; third, the Turks
: army In the Caucasus has been in lars
measure annihilated; fourth. German
has exhausted its resources i'm officer
Ian average OF twelve officers to a resi
ment). and will not in the future be abb
10 develop it's resources IN effective me
except at the expense OF the existin
units; fifth, the armies OF the allies, o
the contrary. are finding It possible I
Is further strengthen themselves 70 meas
urable degree
~ 1T can consequently be affirmed tina
to obtain final victory It Is sutfieien
y that France and its allies know how I
rs wait for Il, and at the same time pre-
pare for It with inexhaustibie patience,
THE German offensive has bee
broken; the German offensive has bee
broken in its turn"
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