South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-05
Advance at Various Points Neal
St. Georges Results in Cap|
ture of Several German
Trenches, Paris Statement.
BATTLE LINE EXTENDS
TO SWISS FRONTIER
French Mount Artillery on Re
Gently Captured Heights al
SteinbaCh and BOmbard Ger
man Lines at Cernay.

PARIS. Jan. 5.-French infantrl
attacks have been resumed in Bel
gium and have resulted successfuIll
m the sand dunes before Nieupo-t Il
the vicinity Of st. Georges the FrencH
nave gained az various points fror1
zoo 10 300 yards. capturing part Il
the German trenches.
This information was officially o d,
nounced in statement issued herd
! this afternoon. IL also stated thai
the Germans had blown up a French
/ trench near the Lille highway and
had captured it. but that later ii wa
recaptured
In Alsace the French have fortified
the ground gained on the road fronI
Ihann TO Cernay and have maintained
their progress.
The statement follows:
In Belgium. despite the conditio1
or the Terrain and the difficulties rel
sulting therefrom. our infantry hal
made progress in the dunes beford
Nleuport I'm the region of St Georges
II has gained at various points 20Ol
300 and 500 yards capturing houses
and parts of trenches at numerous
points.
silence German Guns.
The Belgian artillery has silenced
that Of the Germans.
From the Lys 10 the Disc. i'm Ind
region of Notre Dame De LOrette.
west of Lens, we have thanks 20 our
mortars and our grenades completed \
stopped the sappers Of the enemy Iu
the vicinity OF the Lille highway the
Germans blew up one Of our trenche4
with a mine and captured g. but ai
immediate counter attack made u4
again master of the position.
From the Oise 20 the Nosges therd
is nothing 10 report concerning ann
infantry action.
"In the region of the Cracow and
Rheims there were artillery combats
Our batteries effectuauy bombarded
the enemy's positions I'm the town "a
Suippe and also IN the region e.
Perthes and of Beausejour II waj
the same i'm the Argonne and on the
heights of the Aleuse.
"In Alsace. 10 the southeast of Bonl
HOmme pass. we have entered thal
hamlet of CreuX D'Argent. two kil01
meters west OF Ordey. where we ard
fortifying our positions The gains
made on the road from Thanh 20 Ger
nay has been maintained as far "a 1
one Silometer east of old Thanh and
our heavy artillery has silenced thai
OF the enemy an "a point two miles cas-
Of Upper Burnhaupt.'
Battle Line Extends
The great battle line- in the west 4
ern theater of wir has extended un- 1
til the lower end OF it now touches I
the Swiss frontier near Zpt while th5
northern extremity lying on the North|
Sea east of Nleup0rt. lS $40 miles
away. Official dispatches state thaq
the Germans lying east of Cerna2I
(Sepnheiml in upper Alsace. haVe
been delivering counter attacks in au|
EFFORT 10 rccapture i0st ground. but ai
we're repulsed Steinbach has beeHl
destroyed by artillery fire and the
French are now bending their en-
ersies 90 take Sennheim. which hesl
upon the railway leading into Muel-
hansen.
Frorca artillery has been mounted
upon the recently captured heights
northeast OF Steiubach. and the Ger-
man lines at CeTnay are being Eig-
orously bombarded-
The French line has now been es
tended south from Altkirch 20 pre-
vent the Germans from trying "a fank
ing operation
From the southern foothills OF thcl
Fosgcs ihe uattle front lines east II
Thanh. through SteiDbach southwardl
throush Aspach and Eglineen. nearl
Altkirch 10 a point near Zpt
Mountains Trcmble
A dispatch from Basle Switzerland.
says.
"A motorist who has just arrived
here from the vicinity of Steinbach nj
upper Alsace. says The d-hun- II
that part of Germany has been Cor
midable for the past three DAYS. Tbe|
mountains have been trembling witnl
the roar Of big guns. and the hull
sides are running red with blood. TIE
valleys are filled with ruined cot
tages and the carnage of war. Thel
Germans had AN extensive system Il
trenches cut through the rocks anGl
the French victory produced a prO-l
found impression everywhere in NJ
per Alsace.
British warships are aeain bonn
harding the German lines ON thel
North Sea coast OF Belgium Thcl
water tower at Zeebruege. the neV
German base, has been demolished
Heavy volumes OF smoke can he seen
on the Holland frontier arising from
Duinbergen between HcvSf anfi
knocke. and b is believed thar the
village Is burning