Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-14
French.

PARIS. May lathe French War
Office statement this afternoon fol-
lows:
I'VE won brilliant successes We'd
ncsday evening and Wednesday
night north Of Arras
AT Notre Dame de Lorette we
are masters Of the fort, az we'll as
Of the chapel
In the vast quadrilatcral Of
trenches and earthworks south OF
the chapel Of Notre Dame de Lorette
we have been subjected to very
violent counterattack. a ferocious
combat which lasted all nigh, long
developed in the quadrilateral In
the morning we were complete
masters OF the situation. having in
nicted very heavy losses on the
enemy.
During Wednesday night We also
took by assault all of the village OF
carenCy as we'll as the forest 10 tho
north of IT, hill No. l25. The Ger
man garrison stationed in this viii
laee and in this forest wood was
composed OF one battalion of the
One Hundred and Ninth Regiment
of Infantry, one battalion of the
one Hundred and Thirty sixth Regi-
ment of Infantry, one battalion OF
Hawaiian chasseurs and six COM
panies of pioneers, 500 men to
company. These forces had made
or Carency and of hill No. l25 in
the forest position OF great
strength. In spite of the fact that
their numbers had been very much
reduced by their losses on previous
days. these forces during the entire
night put up a desperate resistance
TO our attack, delivered aeains,
maze of trenches, blockhouses 'and
narrow passages.
we broke down this resistance
OF the enemy, and at break OF day
we were in complete mastery OF
the situation. Our troops killed
hundreds of Germans at the point
of the bayonet. We made 1850
prisoners. OF whom about thirty are
officers. Included in these latter is
colonel and the commandant OF
the battalion of chasseurs.
AT the southern exit of Souchez
our positions were subjected yester-
day to violent attacks Never,he
less, we retained them
AT Melville our attacks on tho
village Itself and north of the viii
lage made perceptible progress. To
the north of Melville we took nos
session of trenches several hundred
yards long, and we occupied tho
road called the Highway des Car
rieres, which runs from Melville to
GiVenchy. In the village itself we
occupied Yesterday morning only
the southern portion, the enemy still
holding the center ana the northern
part An attack delivered late in
the afternoon resulted in our occu-
pyinS house by house all the CEN
trail portion of this village. The
Germans We're driven back to the
extreme northern part, where we
ar" outaanking them. our troops in
inns hghtins gave admirable evil
denccs of courage and tenacity.
In the forest of lie Pretre we
occupied Yesterday "A new line of
German trenches"
The following official communica
ton was issued tonight;
The Belgian army, bv ncw ~,
tack last night on the right bank
of the User, ropulsed the enemy
who left, in retiring. several hun
dred dead on the ground To the
hor'n Oh Arras VIC have obtained
some new and important results.
HN the capture of Carency, there
has fallen into our hands much war
material which il has no, yet been
possible 10 enunerate completoly
IL includes two cannon. one howit
%er two mortars n dozen bomb
throwers. large number Of ma.
chine guns, 1000 rifles and largo
SUPPLIES OF shells and cartridges.
In tho wood OF hill 1875 We found
the bodies ot three companies OF
Germans, who had been ann!hilated
by our ARTILLERY.
Inc enemy bombarded Carencv
this afternoon, but without results
Ns masters OF Carcncy, We haya
progressed toward the north. where
W. have established ourselves In
A!bain St Nazaire. which we hold
with the exception of some hous.s
along the river. Around these Tho
struggle continues. We made sew
crai nun6red prisoners. During his
retirement. the enemy set fire to
hhif the village.
AT Melville 81. Vast we occu
pi"d new groups OF houses in the
northern part Of the village. The
numbcr of cannon and howitzers Of
large calihcr was seventeen.
In the Areonne. 4, Bagatelle
"" repulsrd two German attacks
one AT night. the other In the dav