New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-11
GERMANS DRIVEN
FROM TRENCHES
WON BY GASES
French Retake Positions in
the Vosges After a
Fierce Fight.
KAISER'S AIRMEN
SHELL HOSPITALS
Compiegne Bombarded - leu
tons Capture Trench West
of SoucheZ.

of SOucheZ.
London, Sept. l0.-Fierce fighting
has been resumed in the Vosges.
Using asphyxiating shells and fam
ing liquids. the Germans attacked the
French positions from Lingekopf to
Barrenkopf. Berlin claims the capture
Of trenches near Schratzmannele and
Hartmans- Welerkopf, where sever"
battling was staged last winter.
Paris admits that trench OF the
first line at Schratzmannele had to be
evacuated, but declares that counter
attack won back the greater part OF the
lost ground The attack on the sum-
nit of Hartmans- Weilerkopf gained a
foothold for the Germans, but, Paris
claims, in counter attack the French
recaptured the lost ground.
Violent canonading is reported in
Belgium, near Nieuport and Steen-
straete, around Arras, Roye and in
Champagne. In answer to the German
It DOTnDAT0TNenL
Belgians tell of shelling heavily the
enemy's trenches along the bank OF the
User Canal.
West of Souchez, Berlin says, an ad-
vanced French trench was taken with
the bayonet In the Argonne, where
the Crown Prince began a new drive
yesterday, the fighting has been con-
fined mainly to combat with hand gren-
AIDES and bombs. The Germans bonn
barded the gully of FOntaine-aux-
Charmes and attempted an attack on
the road from La Harazee to 81. HUI
bert, but were repulsed.
Ayiators Active on Front.
The aviators, too, have been active
on the western front Two German
aeroplanes shelled Compiegne and "a
tackled the hospitals, Paris says, with
out doing material damage. Six aeros
/ attempted to fly over st. MenehoulG,
but we're driven back by the French
batteries. A German biplane was
/ forced to land near Hangesten-San-
terre. French airmen bombarded Ger
man mines and batteries in the forest
/ of Nonnenbruck and the railroad sta
/ ton a. Luttebach.
FRENCH OFFICIAL.
The French War Office this after
noon gave out this report:
There was continued artillery
lighting last night in the vicinity g.
Arras, in front of noye and on the
front in Champagne.
In the Argonne, in the sector 81
La Harazee, there was fighting with
/ hand grenades and bombs, as well
as rifle exchanges from trench ,
trench. together with effective in
| tervention on several different o.
/ casions by cur batteries.
In the Vosges the enemy yeste--
/ day attacked our positions between
the Lingekopf as far as the Barren
/ kopf. making use Of asphyxiatinE
shells. At Schratzmannele a trench
/ of the first line had to be evacu-
ated following the throwing by the
enemy Of flaming liquids. A coun-
ter attack made it possible for I,
| TO recapture the greater portion OF
the lost ground ard TO secure
position about thirty feet from that
portion of the trench which W;
could not reoccupy. Along the rest
of this front our positions were
virtually maintained.
Germans Fail to Hold Ground.
Yesterday evening the Germans
delivered an attack against our
! trenches on the summit OF Hart
mans Weilerkopf, which resulted n
their winning a foolhold during thu
7 / oil a
counter attack, recaptured the lost
trenches and drove the enemy back
! to his line.
our aviators thi, morning bonn
barded the German mines AM bat
teries in the Forest of Nonnen-
bruck. as well as he railroad sta
ton at LLttebach. Furthermore,
about thirty bombJ were ''IrowL
down on the railroad station d.
Grand Pre-.
Tn. communication issued this even
ing says:
A very violent cannonade is re-
ported in Belgium, in the region OF
Nieuport and Steenstraete, around
Arras, in front of Roye and in Cham
payne from Auberive to Soualn.
In the Argonne the enemy bonn
, bardeQ with very NcaNy Sncll5 II"
gully Of the Fontaine-auX Charmes
and directed on the road from La
Harazee to ST. Hubert a tentative at
/ tack. which was stopped promptly.
To the north of Fiirey and in the
/ region of ST. Die some artillery &C
/ tions are reported.
/ The Germans launched a very vio-
lent attack sgains, Hartman5-Wei-
/ lerkopf but it was completely re-
/ pulsed.
/ Aeros Shell Compiegne.
Two German aeroplanes have
/ dropped a few bombs on Compiegne,
especially on the hospitals. There
| were no victims, and only some I'M
important damage is reported TO have
/ be.n done.
4 German biplane has been forced
to land within our lines near Han
/ gest-en-Santerre. The aviators are
prisoners.
Six German aeroplanes attempted
I this morning to fly over st. Meme
/ hould. They were obliged to turn tail
owing TO the fire from our batteries.
GERMAN OFFICIAL.
The text of to-day's statement by
German army headquarters follows;
West Of Souchez an advanced
French trench was taken. The occu-
pants, with the exception Of few
prisoners, fell at the point Of the
bayonet.
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