The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-01-14
|EUMANSDUSY DOMDARDING
lace PALACE AT SCISSORS
FALLS A PREY TO GERMAN
FIRE, WHILE THE CITY is BE-
iNG SHELLED BY THE ENEMY.

Paris. Jan. Fighting in the vi
entity Of Amiens indicates the Ger.
mans are maintaining their efforts 10
break through the allies and cut lines
al communications frCIu Flanders AMI
Iarls. IL is Offi tally ;rnounced this
nfternoon there ha'c bech n"tillery du-
eli in the Amlrns rcgicn and the vi
cohity of Arrds. Around Soupier 'oe
french captured hill Ia three attacks
and repulsed all efforts of the Ger
irals to recapture it. The French took
fhfpe trenches of six hundred yards
ii this region. The Germans lombard
SO Soissons. burning the palace of jus
Ilce there. South OF Hpres the French
Managed the trenches and silenced the
tnine throwers The Germans, heavily
trflnforced, recaptured Burnhausptle-
naut, at an enormous cost OF lives.
Onsetting the capture Of this town
b. the Germans. the French captured
ttf town of Perthes, held by the Ger
mans several weeks.
The following official communities
fi1b was issued yesterday:
NTo the south of SOiSSOns we have
ceutured a German redoubt. taking two
t1efeSsive lines of trenches, and com
1ff to the third line. Three counter
tIiacks by the Germans failed.
D. the Argonne very violent Ger
man attack on the summit of the
htI4hts of Chevauches, was made. We
Weff at first forced to retire one kllO-
nelfe at the front here, but later
icade counter attacks and recovered
our positions.
The artillery of the enemy showed.
norlng all the day Of January I. great
ostiSity in Belgium and In the vicinity
W Arras. The French artillery re-
a|nnded spiritedly and efficaciOusly.
fDur infantry made some progress
scar Lombaertzyde. We occupied Il
,c'rt fifty yards I'm advance Of our
1t|iehes. a hillock, which had been
e1|d by the enemy. To the east of st.
1rofges we gnined ground. and we
4ieted serious damage on the trench
DE enemy in the vicinity of Steen-
aast.
IN the section OF Arras Mt the for.
HI pr Rerthonval. without being at
ecfed, we were compelled to evacu.
NJ certain trenches where our men
Ie" up to their shoulders In sand and
f0Isr. To the left of Boisselle our line
Trenches has been moved forward.
I'D we occupied the road from Bots
H|'f to Aveluy.
10 the valley Of the Aisne the ar.
Ley exchanges were quite spirited.
lI heavy artillery secured good re
an near Blanc Sablen. At this point
be mine throwers of the enemy infiict-
|psses on us, but in the afternoon
~ checked this fire from the Ger
nans.
40 the section OF Rheims. to the
N0| of the forest Des Zouaves, we
Ned up a. block house and occupied
h 1fw trench 200 yards in advance of
bar lines.
De artillery engagement between
HI|teny and Prumay vas conducted
tt||rday with great fierceness. The
5tI'hans left many dead on the held
t'tH losses were not heavy. Between
N10|hery-Sur-Sulpp and SOuain we
f|<lt and again reduced to silence the
H.||Nery Of the enemy, demolished his
NtI|hes and destroyed his breast
#oIks.
ID the Argonne to the west OF
tI&|fe Chevauchee. the enemy, by
AI||hs OF a mine, blew up some OF our
|<f| line Of trenches, which were com
I'|||ly demolished. A violent attacb
1utHrtaken at once by the enemy nr
t0r positions was re!'uised with ths
I|,nnet. We took SONS prisoners. and
N| maintained our fiuut except for O
f'<|tnce Of eighty yDrds. Here The
3||.olition Of the rIcnctes obliged us
tablish our line twenty yards fur
||| In the back.
On the heights Of the Meuse ard
||Eeen tAe Mouse and the MOsellt
f1|te is nothing TO report. Here the
|'td blew a tempest all day long.
Dur offensive continued yesterday
|A Die region Of Ti.ann and near Alt
ID. and brought important results,
~ reoccupied the treches on III.
'||ern flank Of Hir 4::5. position
|tre the enemy two days ngo cue
led In establishing himself. W,
I1.H gained some ground to the cas-
Il these trenches. Further to tn,
I. We occupied Burnhaupt- Haul