New Britain herald., 1915-04-10
HEAVY DEFEAT FOX
 FRENCH REPORTED Between River Arne and Heights
 Of the Mouse.
ATTACKS OF ALLIES REFUSED

Towns of Fromezcy and Cussain-
 vile Were Captured By Them
 Russian Onslauslts Rcpelled.
 Berlin. April 10, via London, s:o5 D. m.-Tile official war office state :ncnt of today follows:
 '"T;c booty taken at Drei Grachtcn Gin Belsiuln) was increased to five officers, l22 men and five machine guns. F4 Ne
 'In Champagne, north of Beause- jour, our troops evacuated trenches taken on April {, which were de- stroyed yesterday by French heavy artillery. French attacks in this dis> trfct. we're -cpulsed.
 Deny Ciahn of French.
 Battles between tho Mouse and tho Mosellc continued with tho samo fieTce- ness. Near tho villages of Tromezey and Gassainviile, east of Verdun, which tho French reported had been taken hy them. no lighting has taken plnce up to the present. These viii laSes are situated far :n front Of our positions.
 
 of tho Mouse the French suffered q heavy defeat yesterday. All their at- taclss broke down under our fire. In the Comores Hills they obtained a temporary foothoId in a certain sec ton of our outer line trenches, but were partly driven back again by Q night attack. These battles continue.
 Minor Advances RepuIsed.
 
 Attacks against our positions north of St. Mihiel also were entirely without success. Minor advances on the front at Ally and Apremont were repulsed. Engagements at Flirey were of a less lively character, prob ably on account of the heavy losses suffered by the enemy on April 8. Two machine guns were captured Dy Us. .4-.s 7.
 "On the front at | kRemenuville and ir: the Forest of LePretre all F'rench attacks were repulsed. On the west ern border of LaPretre Forest the enemy finally lost that part of our positions which they penetrated at the end Of March. -.~ z. ,.
 "A repeated attempt to wrest from us the village of Bezangela-Grande southwest of Chateau Salines, was paid for by the French with the loss of a company, which was completely routed, while two officers and 1o1 men remained prisoners in our hands. Unchanged in Vosges. "The situation in the vosges was unchanged.
 Tn the eastern theater: The Rus sians had no luck with their attacks to the east and to the south of Kal- warya. They everywhere were re- pulsed with heavy losses. Otherwise the situation in the eastern arena was 1 unchanged" Report by Wireless. Berlin, April 10, by wireless to Say vile, N. Y.--The German war office, l under date of April 10, has given out l a report on the progress of hostilities which reads as follows: Engagements between the Mouse and the Moselle continued yesterday with undiminished violence. NO engagement yet has taken place near the towns of Fromezey and Gus l sainville, which the French report as having been taken by them. Both 1 these places are situated far in front of the German lines.
 French Severely Defeated. Between the River Orne and the l heights of the Mouse the French were severely defeated. All the French | attacks from the heights of Combres, north of St. Mihiel, and on the Ally 1 Apremont front near Flirey have been | repulsed. Near Flirey, In consequence of former heavy French losses the fighting yesterday was less violent. l Further attacks on the Remehau- 1 vile front and in the Forest of Le- l Prctre, and the attempt to conquer Bezange- la -Grande, southwest of Cha
 teau Salines, resulted in failure. 230 Prisoners Captured. | "Eive Belgian officers and 122 sol 1 diers: two French officers and 101 sol diers were taken prisoner by us, to- l gether with seven machine guns. In the Vosges there has been no change.
 1 Russian attacks to tho cast and south of kalvarya, have been repuls"d l with heavy losses to the Russians , Otherwise the situation on tlie east l ern front shows no change" 1
 l JUDGE BAKER DEAD. |