Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-02-02
Surprise Attack Against
French Fails, Attackers
Abandoning Explosives.
TWO TRENCHES OF
FRENCH BLOWN UP
Paris Says They Had Been Evacuated
and \Cne Was Killed --GermanI
t.GSt Sunday Fight Near ipreS.
Battles in trgOnne Continue.

Paris. Feb. 1.-Tonight's official
cCmrlnnique says:
During the night Of January 81
February II WIS very quiet On Feb
rlary | in the morning the enemy vi
olently attacked our trenches north
of the read between Bethuhe and I.e-
Bassce They We're repulsed and left
many dead on the field.
AT Beaumont-H amel (ncrth of Al
borD the German infantry attempted
a surprise attack on one Of our
trenches. They were compelled to
flee, abandoning on the field the eX-
plosves with which they were sup
piled. ~
"In the Argonne there is great activ-
ity in the region of Fontaine Madame
and in the woods of LaGrlrie. A.
German attack toward Bagatellle has
been reDnlsed. One of our trenches,
destroyed by two mined chambers,
has been evacuated without loss.
ain the Vosges and Alsace no action
is reported. There is very abundant
fall of snow
London, Feb 1.---Violent German al
lacks on three parts OF the line in
France were repulsed today. according
to the official statement received from
Parls tonight.
| The statement from Berlin regarding
| operations in the western theatre sim
ply says there is nothing to report.
| Last night was calm all along the
front, but this morning the kaiser's
land sturm violently renewed the at
tack on the British and Fernch posi-
ton north of the road between Beth
une and LeBassee. in an effort to re-
capture the trenches they lost after
the fighting Of last Monday and Tues
day.
Several attacks were directed
against the earthworks, which have
been taken and retaken half a dozen
times. Each attack was broken by
the fire of the allies artillery and
musketry, and the Germans left many
dead on the field.
simultaneously the Germans at
tempted surprise attack with bombs
and grenades against the French
stronghold at Beaumont-H amel, to the
north Of ALERT. The full force of the
assault was directed against one Of
the advanced trenches, but the fire
they net was so terrific that they
were compelled to flee. Their retreat
was SO precipitate that they left on
the field the explosives which had
been destined to blow up the French
| trench.
RattlinD In Arp0nnn
Fontan Madame and the forest OF
LaGrurie, in the Argonne region
were scenes Of great activity. The
fighting continues at both these places
without definite results to report, but
at Bagatelle. also in this neighborhood
a single effort of the Germans ended
in repulse CT the attack. German
sappers succeeded in burrowing under
one fthe French trenches at two
places and planted explosives, which
later wrecked the trenches with
fearful detonations. Fortunately, tho
Fernch had been warned in time and
all escaped.
Quiet has been enforced in the Vos-
ges and in Alsace, due to the neavy
fall of snow which has made opera
tions impossible.
Reports of the fighting on Sunday
published in statement from Paris
this afternoon, chonicled the defeat
Of the Germans to the south of Ypres
where they attacked the allies po-
sitions to the north of the canal. Ter
rifle artillery fire, supporting a
! fusillade Of musketry effectually
checked the attackers and they were
forced to fall back.
Or the remainder of the front ar
til,erv conflicts were waged. These
were particularly violent in the north
while along the Aisne from the Disc
to Bery-au-Bac the French gunners
continued to hold their supremacy
over the German batteries. many OIL
which were silenced.
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