South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-22
DIARY Of SIEGE
WARFARE ISSUED
BY PARIS OFFICE

PARIS. Jan. 21.-The war Office
Thursday issued statement showing
in detail the French gains and losses
as compared with the German gains
and losses in the siege warfare which
has prevailed since Nov. ]. The state
ment follows.
From the sea TO the Lys: French
gains-Recapture of the left bank of
User; advance on the right bank be
tween the sea and St Georges; estab-
lishment of a four-kilometre bridge
head in this region; also another
head south OF Dixmude: capture Of
st. Georges, the ferryman's house and
Korleker; general extension of the.
front around Pyres; cessation Of Ger
man infantry attacks.
German gains-DestructiOn Of the
markets. cathedral and hospital at
Ypres: destruction of Newport and
Newport Bains.
From the Lys 10 the Disc: French
gaihs-Capture Of Vermelles chateau
and village; capture of RutOire. La
BCiselle and QuesnOy- -Santerre;
partial recapture OF St Laurent and
Blangy: capture Of trenches at LihOns;
also OF others between AK Roulette
and Carency; general extension and
consolidation ot the front
German Bombardment Of
Armentieres, Bethune and Arras.
Captured Trenches.
From the Disc to Rheims: French
gains-Capture OF trenches at Nam
pOel and Nouvron plain: capture of
Spur 1872 and Dent De Crouy which
was subsequently, lost; destruction Of
numerous German guns; dimunition
OF our infantry losses by fOurffths,
thanks 10 the success Of our artillery.
German gains-BOmbardme or
SOupir and scissors: recapture of
spur 1872 and Dent De Group: advance
OF one mile 10 the north of Sois-
sons.
From Rheims 10 the Meuse:
French gains-Advance of one kilo-
metre in the region of Prunay and of
two kilOmetre in the Argonne: in the
Grurie and BolantO woods; numer-
Gus attacks repulsed: extension of our
front around Verdun; destruction OF
numerous enemy batteries.
German gainS-AdVance of 300
yards in the 4NrgOnne near MeurisOnS
brook along a front OF 500 yards
From the Meuse TO the Swiss from
tier: French gains-ImpOrtant ad-
Vances In COnsenvoye, ApremOnt,
ALLY. MOrtmOre and lie Pretre woods
and check Of all enemy attacks: ad-
vance northeast of Nancy also north
and south of SenOnes and throughout
Ban de Spat: capture of the summit
commanding st. Marie and the sum-
init of Faux; complete check of "a
counter-attacks: capture of AspaCh
and Steinbach and an advance towards
Munster and Cernay at Altkirch.
German gains--BOmbardm Of
the church at Nancy and of the Thanh
hospital"
The statement continues:
Losses Exaggerated.
Recent German official announce
ments regarding French losses during
the past few weeks are wholly in
exact. Our losses in this period are
less than half the figures invented by
the German general staff. The French
commandant is able TO state by the
number OF dead found upon the field,
that in all the actions of the last two
months the German losses have been
greater than the French losses"
The statement concludes with the
following numbered observations:
THE German offensive in Po-
land was destroyed q month ago.
The Russian offensive is con-
tinuing in Galicia and the Carpath-
ians.
''3-The Turkish army in the
Caucasus has been largely annihilated.
Germany has exhausted her re-
sources in officers. the average being
L officers per regiment, and she can
not heEcefOrth develop her resources
effectively except to TIE detriment of
existing units.
On the contrary the allied
armies are in a position to draw upon
reint0rcements to q notable degree
To obtain total success therefore il
sufiCes that France and her allies
should wait and prepare for it with
unshakable appearance. The German
Offensive is broke; the German de-
fensive viii also be broken in its
turn"