South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-02
Slight Successes for TeutOnS
Are Admitted in Paris State
ment But Concentration
Move Has Been Checked.
ARTILLERY DUELS RAGE
ALL ALONG THE AISNE
Bombardment of French Posi-
ton at Rheims is Resumed
and KaiSer'S Men Gain
in Forest of lie GrurC.

PARIS. Jan. 2.-The destruction of
German trenches near Parvillers and
La Boisselle is reported in this after
Moons official war statement. slight
successes for the Germans are also
admitted The French have maintain
ed all their gains in West Flanders,
near Nieuport Artillery duels are in
progress around Arras, Albert and
Roye and along the Aisne, where the
French have gained the mastery. At
one point on the Aisne the French
artillery prevented a German concen-
tration movement The Germans are
again bombarding the French posi-
ton at Rheims. East of Rheims, the
Germans lost ground. In the Ar
gonne district, however. the kaiser's
forces made slight advances in the
forest of La Grurc. The Germans have
suffered very heavy losses at Stein
bach the statement says, where the
French have taken three more rows
of houses in hand-tO-hand fighting
i'm the streets. The official statement
follows:
During the night of Dec. 3l-Jan.
1 the enemy made difficult attacks
upOn several points of the front which
were easily repulsed.
"In the region to the north Of the
Lys during the day OF Jan. there
was a very violent artillery combat
which took place upon the sand dunes
at Nieuport and at Zonnebeke.
AT St. Georges the enemy has not
been able to continue his counter
attack and we have maintained all our
guns gains.
Blow up Artillery Wagons.
In the region of Arras, Albert and
Roye, some artillery duels have taken
place The enemy has blown up two
of our artillery wagons, between
Beaumetz and Archicourt. In retalia-
ton we have blown to pieces the Ger
man trenches at ParVillers and at La
Boiselle and silenced the fire of the
minnenwerfer German mine thrOwer)
which the Germans had established
before Fricourt.
Our artillery has also obtained
very good success in the region Of
the Aisne, where it has silenced the
enemy's artillery and dispersed the
German troops who attempted sew
eral concentrations.
upon the plateau Of Nouvron in the
excavations made by the explosion
of mines. The Germans have not
been able to advance and we have
not been able to pursue them after
their counter attacks had been re
pulsed.
1.-The region of Rheims has been
very violently bOmbarded by the en-
emy.
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captured and retained a forest located
two kiiometers northeast Of Mesnil-
Les Hurlus. The enemy has not made
any counter-attacks.
Regain Some Lost Ground.
In the ArgOnne in the forest Of
La Grurc. the small German advances
that were made yesterday have not
developed further. We have regained
some of the ground lost and we main
tain our positions strongly.
'On the heights Of the Meuse there
have been some artillery duels Of no
great intensity.
In the region of the Wcevre we
have maintained the positions captur-
ed by our troops on Dec. 80, and the
enemy has not attempted any coun-
ter-attacks.
''In the forest of Lepretre we have
made slight progress.
In the VOsges we have repulsed a
German attack at Bremenil, three
kilOmeters northeast Of Badonviller.
and inflicted severe losses on the en-
envy
The Germans have also exper-
fenced very heavy losses at Steinbach
where our infantry captured yester-
day three new rows of houses"
Artillery Duel Rages.
Artillery IS still playing the most
important part in the gigantic LATHE
in France, Belgium and Alsace-LOr-
raine. All the way from Lom bartzyde
on the North sea coast to Steinbach
in upper Alsace. the artillery duel. the
greatest in the history of warfare. is
raging with varying degrees Of in
tensity.
French airmen are becoming more
active at the eastern end Of line 10
meet the fresh attacks Of the German
airmen in northern France. large
section Of Dunkirk is reported 10 have
been damaged by German bombs.
some of which fell near the French
military hospitals. Dunkirk is the
seat of all the French base hospital
In the forest of la GTuerie in the
northern part of the Argonne district
the French have been delivering fierce
counter attacks 10 retake the trenches
lost 10 the Germans on Thursday.
At Steinbach the French have been
able 10 move their artillery forward
into more advantageous points. IL IS
reported from a Dutch source that
great mass OF German troops passed
through Cologne yesterday on their
way 10 the User front Thev were es-
timated al 10000 men. Thousands
OF wounded Germans are passing east
ward through Cologne from West
Flanders