The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-09
FRENCH PIERCE
GERMAN LINES
RSOISSONS
Official Report Tells of Cap
turc of Rcdoubt and
Trenches.
KEEP Up OFFENSIVE
IN UPPER ALSACE
...---- l,hL. n,spe,ec 70 rns srx.

.,ire1It Wings, ~ ! lh'"''o "''N ~ ''''
-. artillery duets at many points and
,"g.r,r, a.,i .-s oi the s.rcrest kind near
-. lnd u the Arsonnc are the
oil features Of tine operations at the
~. ,s,,.-day and to-day, as described
r, ,ei.gu COMMUNICATES of The French
a.. Office issued this afternoon and to-
rsh,, -
ing IN, line with the exception OF the
,,.r,,.r, between b1e Meuse and the
,t,.,ue enabled she Allies - move for
I'll i'm Flanders. particularly IN the
,, 81 Georges, where progress can
'..,sc only 1T tho expense OF the
.rtu,vs effort Nm advance In that
"',.,i,r /. virtually digging operation.
H'T,e ,d,aucc mad, by the Allies at
..I-.,r- on the Asne, Is perhaps the
-.. Important fact recorded In many
dave IN, attempt to penetrate the Ger
limos which are located on the
sI,bt. above the river. has been carried
ur-,rI,'in.ly for several weeks. but
,,, ,,.d,, n, impression was made. Not
.r atl ,n. Mites drive tho enemy away
..,-, r. f--, line trenches but they
,,,,, OH through the second line and up
:, IA, third. where they were halted but
hurled back three successive counter at
a'Ns.
Tic rouuualque tonight gives no
p,e, @. the Aslting In Alsacc. This does
al Isi,,ttc nat there has been none
,ss,,. pyt merely that at the time the re-
M, ,,ys forwarded from the field head
,,,.r,,-s "a WAS impossible 20 tell the re-
NH o. tie action. The statement does.
tovc,c: tel of 4 temporary German sue
80. In tine Nrgonno. nhtrc the invaders
ar5,r the French troops back on trout
a. one N.lJuat,r, but we're themselves
,bgsed 'o retire from III captured
Ieu.4 Tive night communlquc follows;
No-h % Sossous wc have captured
t,.-,u4u rcdodbt and two successive
lns- ~ trenches, and we have
reached the third line. Three counter
attacks hy the Germans have failed.
/ n, Aggouuc a very violent Ger
mat attack Oh the heights overlook
mr Ia Hautc Chevauchee obliged us
a, tine outset to fail back on front
Q. one lilomctcr. but wc delivered
counter attack and rcoccupicd our
positions.
Tie unusual length Of the afternoon
r1plrt SHOWS that January : was day
81, great activity at the front. fighting
ems announced even at districts where
tele has been comparative quiet for some
tine The German artillery showed great
activity At Arrss. and in Belgium, In
tie valley OF the Aisne. in the Argonne
sad near Thuun, in upper Alsace.
Mn 4.5 Occupied.
TIE Important fesuHo OF yesterday 3
Ggltue 10 uppv. .A;sase was the final
occupation by t..o French Of every part
" I'm 20. As ~ is called b. both
faa Ii a1
.fsns, cs on flank OF Lats elevation
sad we're driven out only by tic greatest
fort Further south the French cap
ucd Buluhaupt-le .lIadt and advanced
toward Kaalbcrg ana Pont dAspdch,
.0u,a o! upper and lower Aspach. which
atre captured some time ago. The fight
lag IN Asscs is described as desperate.
AOou' 10000 men arc engaged and fire.
qutn; hand 10 hand encounters occur.
lltavy artillery has been drought up and
de devastation wrought Is said TO equal
'aai o. the bnt;le torn fields Of Belgium
To casualties have been very heavy. The
afternoon gommunque says:
TIE artillery Of the enemy showed
DUNG all the day o. January 1 great
activity in Belgium and in the vicinity
O. Arras The French artillery re-
sl'niei spiritcdly and elhcaciously.
our Infantry made some progress
n,ag LouhdyrtZyde. We occupied, at
spoli ifty yards IN advance OF our
teu,ass. a hillo'h wA.Ch had been
held 10y the cncmy. 10 t4y east of st.
GcorR g Ne ga'acd s.ou"d and we IN
t'yiee serious damage oH he trenches
0. tn enemy in me vicinity OF Steen-
sdt'o.
IN tine scety- OF Alas. at the forest
Of l,crhouval. Ni;hOU. being at
lacked, ne we're compelled to evacuato
certain trenches Were our men we're
w 20 their shoulders u. sand and
water To the left OF Id boisselle our
line OF trenches has been moved
forward, and We occupied the road
from Ll Bo'ssclle to Aveluy.
,u tie valley of the Aisne the artil-
isty exchanges yesterday were quite
s'r,eI Gu. heavy ARTILLERY secured
.,ol results nea; Blanc Saoion. A.
ls p3.It the mine :hrowets of the
t"e.y H.l.cted losses on US, but ~
=, afternoon ", checncd this hrc
from 40 Germans.
10 no sector Of Rheims. TO the west
o. - l'oret des Zouaves. we blew
up o.ocGouse and occupied a new
D-"'a 700 ytrus In advance OF our
i.es
..,v o.ulcry engagement between
b.. s1. o.d Prunay was conducted
l's.e.e,y S.th great ferceness. The
'.''.s.s .r., many dead on the neld.
"a; los Neie not heavy.
S=;Teeh JvaChery- Suippc and
'GaA.H 30 me and again reduced to
's"cs ne ,r::re!y Of the enemy, de-
hlEsaet rs trenches and destroyed
hh tteas:wVrls
Trenches Blown u.
T, '1 'H' ArGonne, TO the west of LA
hH4'- Ihcvauchec. the enemy. by
'iHs ui mine. blew up some OF our
'' line trenches. which were COM
pe''iN demolished \ violent attack
N'I-,'lhc1 az once by the enemy on
our pos upus was rcpuisCd with the
'a. ".'I We tOk some PRISONERS,
1tt 100 maintained our front. except
."r distance Of eighty yards. Here
''' N'nulIt'on OF the trenches obliged
vs. 10 establish our line twenty yards
IN .or back.
uii'us.ve continued yesterday
1920 region OF Thann and near
''. taf brought important re-
N4'' We occupied the trenches or
,'' t'-i"ru flank Of HI 425--a posi-
Oh 'h're the enemy two days ago
,,e.'oiod 10 rocst, blshing himself
W. 'N gained some ground to the
''' 4" tar trenches. Further TO TIE
'''. a. coupled Bulnhaupt- le-H Haul.
'.I " the same time We made prog
ss the direction OF Font d. Aspach
slI .is k.LbcrG.
.' a'"'Gy Of the enemy, which
""a o"dDVorcd without success to
''.n oi batteries. gave over shoot
"S "a, our artillery In FAVOR Of the
'h'. I've bomhsrdment Of the hos
' AZ TnaNn which has been