The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-30
FRENCH DRIVE BACK
GERMANS FROM AISNE
Hold Northern Bank Against
Two Attacks East of
Scissors.
GREAT DUNE CAPTURED
Spec,a, Cable De,pa,ch 10 TUT suy

PARIS, Jan 2s.--The Germans attempted
Today to begin a new drive toward Paris
from that portion Of their line which is
! nearest the capitalize region OF Sois-
sons, slxty-dve miles distant East 81
, Scissors the invaders delivered two attacks
designed TO drive the French from the
right bank OF the Aisne and TO enable the
| invaders to seize the left bank. Both at
lacks were repulsed.
At the position OF lie Moulin des
Roches. the French in control Of the
right bank we're on the alert and held firm
under severe onslaughts. II rs probable
that their defence was greatly aided by
artillery posted on the left bank OF the
Asne. Turned back from lie Moulin des
Roches the Germans struck again At the
Venizeli bridge head on the north bank
} They were again defeated. The Govern
ment announcement issued tonight em-
phaSlzcs tho successful defence OF the
/ Asne.
| Apparently there were no operations
! elsewhere OF sufficient importance TO be
+ mentioned by the Government IL v
| stated that German avators bombsrded
1 Dunkirk again on Thursday night, but
! that their bombs did little damage, al
/ though several persons were Killed or
| wounded On Thursday morning French
2 az
/ OF the Aisne and bomoarded troops posted
near Laon, Scissors and La Fere. This
morning German Otcer ana non
commissioned officer who were recon-
NOTHING French positions In the region
| Of C;erbeyiller were compelled TO descend
and were made prisoners. The text OF the
! Government report. issued AT 1850
o'clock tonight, was as follows;
| East OF Scissors the Germans have
Aisne, one at the Moulin des IRoches
J and the other at the bridgehead,
| which our troops are holding north
of the Venizeli Bridge These two
attacks have been repulsed.
| Yesterday, January IS the city OF
| Dunkirk was bombarded In the mid
die Of the night by several aviators
| who caused material damage of little
| Importance, but killed or wounded
| several persons.
Between IL o'clock on the night OF
! January IS ana 2 o'clock In the morn
| ing OF January 80 our aVators
dropped numerous bombs on the
enemys encampments In the regions
| OF Laon, La Fere and Scissors.
| This morning. January 90. a Ger
| man aoroplane was compelled to
mako a landing east OF Gerbe-
vilier Its passengers an officer and
on-commissioned officer. were
made prisoners.
Except for some hard fighting in
| Flanders to the northeast of Newport,
| there were no infantry movements OF par
| tlcular interest yesterday. on the greater
part OF the front field guns and mortars
| exchanged compliments. the artillery COM
bats being particularly violent around
4 HpreS, Lens and Arras. and in the
| Nosgcs, far to the east.
Progress made by the Allies In Flanders
| IN nf INN
as the campaign develops. For the first
time the defenders were able 10 occupy
part OF the Great Dune, near the sea In
the course of the action a German iying
! machine. an seroplane presumably. was
shot down by artillery. The text OF the
afternoon report was as follows:
The day OF January IS saw moth
| Ing more than iv.dl engagements,
/ which resulted favorabiy to US In
Belgium I'm tho vicinity Of Nieu-
port, our Infantry secured o footing
on Grand Dune, a locality which
vas mentioned In the communication
of January II. A German aero
plane was brought down by our ar
| tllsry fire.
In the sectors Of Ypres, Lens
and Arrls there were yesterday ar
tillery engagements which at times
became fairly violent Several in
fantry attacks were undertaken,
but at once driven back by our FIRE.
In the sectors Of scissors. Craonne
and Rheims there is nothing to re
port. Between Rheims and the Ar
come yesterday saw artillery en-
GagemeEts. but not OF great in
tensily
II ms been confirmed that the
German attack repulsed by US tho
night OF January 27-2S az Fon-
taine Madame cost the Germans
dear.
On tho heights OF the Mouse and
In the Woevrc yesterday II was quiet
In the Nosges there were artillery
engagements, our cannon at several
points sloncing the fire OF German
batteries and machine gun detach-
ments.
We have everywhere consolidated
tho positions occupied by us Janu-
airy 81.
II is reported from Alsace that the |
French are occupied for the present in |
strengthening new positions taken at
lIartmansweiler Eopf and Cernay, in pre- |
araton for renewing the offensive move |
ment toward Muelhausen. II Is obvious |
| from the official reports that the German
attempts to ropel the invaders have failed |
and that the French have held all the
ground conquered in the past month.