New Britain herald., 1915-04-08
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We maintained all our advance in spite of counter attacks of eXtraor- dinary violence.
 At Les Eparges especially the last German counter attack and carried out by a regiment and half and was , completely repulsed. The enemy sustained enormous losses. Corpes Of their men covered the field. Three hundred men who momentarily were able to advance from the German position were moved down by our ma chine guns. Not one Of them es- capped"
 German Official Statement.
 Berlin, April 8. by Wireless to headquarters today gave out a re- port on the progress of hostilities, Which reads as follows:
 "The fighting between the Mouse and the Moselles continued yesterday. French attacks resulted in failure in the Woevre district, on the heights Of Sonlbres. near the Forest of Sel- cuse, north of St. Mihiel, in the Ally Forest. near the Forest of Apremont, to the north of Fiirey and in the | VI CSI M AAO | CtA
 E'rcnci, Losses Enormous.
 ."farench losses on the entire front again were enormous, without obtain ing the slightest success. -...
 "A French aviator from Paris, compelled to land, said nothing was known in the. French capital about the French losses in the Champagne tlghtng.
 ,"On the eastern front there have heen no developments. Tho weather continues bad and the roads are ins- pa.ssable." St .~.. .-.
 French Attacks Fail.
 London, April s, s:10 p. m.--The German official report of today on the progress of hostilities, as received from Berlin, is as follows:
 '"The fighting between the Mouse and the Moselle continued yesterday. In the plain of the Woevre, east and southeast of Verdun. all French at tacks failed. In the Combres Hills forces of the enemy which have at certain places penetrated into our outer trenches were driven back by a counter attack. Batallions of the en- emy which advanced against our po- sitions from the Wood of Selouse, north of St. Mihiel, were driven back into the forest with very heavy losses.
 Bitter fighting at short range is again going on in the forest of Ally. Iu the forest to the west of Apremont cur troops are in pursuit of the enc lnS. who made an unsuccessful at tack. Their attacks on positions north of Flirey as we'll as two evening at- tacks to the west of the Le Pretre Forest broke down under our fire and they sustained heavy losses. Three French advances during the night in the LePretre Forest failed. E
 French Losses Heavy.
 ''The total of French losses along the entire front again has been ex- tra ordinarily heavy, without their gaining even the slightest success.
 s''An aeroplane of the enemy com ing from Paris was forced to descend in the vicinity of Rethel. The pilot declared that no news concerning the French losses in the Champagne fighting yet had been given out in Paris.
 The fighting at Hartmanns-Weil- crkopf continues.
 There have been no developm ents in the eastern arena of the war. The weather is bad, and the roads on the Russisn frontier are for the time be- ing i'm passable."
 Women and Children Killed.
 Paris, April 8, S:20 a. m.-Twelve women and children were killed and forty-eignt others injured by bombs dropped by Austrian aviators in the market place at Podgoritza, Monte negro, yesterday afternoon, accord ing to a Cettinje despatch to the \ Havas Agency. Many buildings were destroyed by the missiles, seven of which were dropped from the aero plane
 Freed of Germans.
 London, April 8, 12:05 D. m.--The Belgian legation here has received a telegram from the Belgian minister of war dated yesterday, which read; as follows:
 '',The western side of the Yser Ca nal, in the direction of Drei Gracher has been completely freed of tho ersmy by Belgian troops. The Ger mans lied in disorder, leaving behind them machine guns and ammunition
 Today passed off quietly. The hostile artillery showed very little ac- .ivity."
 British Losses 1,10S Men. London, April s. 4:i5 p. m.-ThC big list of casualties of the rank and file lof the British army issued yester- day of the recent fighting at Neuve Chapelle was increased today by the giving. out of another list which con- talns the names of HOS men. Ot these 346 were killed and the re- inainder wounded.
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