Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-09-29

DRIVE BACK PRINCE
Desperate Charges in ArgOnne Are
Repelled, Leaving Many Dead
Covering the Ground.

London, Sept. % I'VE are now
closely engaged with the enemy's thlr
line"
This report to the war office from
Field Marshal Sir John French con-
! cerning the British drive toward Lille
has created wild enthusiasm in Lon
don in spite of the counter claims fro
Berlin that the general offensive OF
the allies has been halted and some
territory regained.
Berlin admitting the evacuation OF
! Souchez, the loss of Loos to the Brit
.sh and the withdraw from the Per-
hes positions with the abandonment
of considerable material declares that
che danger of her lines being broken
! is over and that further advances are
bound to fail.
Paris. Sept. 29-The French troops
ighting on the western front, have
made further gains Of ground east
e Souchez and north of Massiges.
he prisoners taken including Ger
mans recently brought back from the
Russian front, according to the otli-
ial communication issued by the
French War Office.
a heavy artillery action is in prog
ress in the Argonne, where German
ccunter-attack is said to have beer
repu!sed The Germans left the ground
!efore the trenches covered wit;
de2d. Additional progress Is report
ed in the Champagne. where the Ger
mans are oering determined resis-
tance. The positions to which they
,avc rctreated are protected by a sys-
tenn of barbed wire entangIements.
The text of the statement follows:
During the day Of September %
our troops continued to gain ground
foot bv foot in the direction OF the
ridges to the east of SoucheZ. we
took about 100 prisoners. among wnom
we're men of the Guard Corps, brought
bacl; few days ago from Russian
front.
On Champagne likewise, new prog
ress has been realized, particularly
to the north of MassigeS where. we
have taken an additional 800 phi
soners.
"Thc enemy has directed against
our trenches in the Argonne vlo-
lent bombardment to which we have
efaciously replied, but he has at
tempted no infantry action.
engagements with grenades have
enabled us to regain some parts OF
cur first line, where the enemy had
maintained himself since yesterday.
There has been intermittent cam
ronading in the forest of lie Pretre
and in the region of the Ban de Sapt
the text of the afternoon statement
( follows:
! 'In the Arotis district we made ad-
vances and gained ground step by
step in the directions of the hill tops
to the east and to the southeast OF
SoucheZ.
! "In the Champagne district the
Germans are Offering resistance from
certain of their positions, where they
are protected by concealed barDet
wire entanglements.
I'VE have made further progress
in the direction of Hill No. 1S5
which is TO the west of the Navarln
farm. and in the direction of La JUS.
tice. which is to the north of Mas
Signes.
''In the Argonne the obstinate at.
tacks delivered yesterday by the enc
my Will sIH vi eiShI Ddtldtloi'
against our first-line trenches at La
File Morte and at Nolante resulted
in serious check The counter-at
tacks made by US in the course o.
the night made it possible for US t.
expel the German infantrymen from
almost all the positions thew haC
succeeded in penetrating. Th'
ground in front of our trenches i
covered with dead bodies of the enem,
"Ths night passed with RELATIVE
calm along the remainder of the from
British communication from Fielt