New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-14
GERMANS MAKE
FIERCE ATTACKS
ABOVE SOUCHEz
Pierce Givenchy Trenches
After Many Massed
Assaults.
FRENCH PRESS ON
SOUTH OF TAliURE
Push East Of "The Trapeze --
Kaiser Advances in
the VOsges.

fBy Cable to The Tribune
1ordon. Oct. l3.-The Givenchy wood,
rortbeast Of Souchez, has become once
more the scene of nerce fghting. In
this sector of the Artois front "hefe
the Allies objective is Lens, the Ter
mans are attacking constantly IN an
fart 10 weaken the French hold on
tho Vimy heights, dominating the ran
way. -. ,o-dav
the Kaiser's forces began desperate
assault against the French poslIiohs.
The fire of Joffre's guns threw PACK
the enemy's attacks, but the charse
was renewed again and again.
Through these resolute attacks con
tinued despite very heavy losses the
Germans penetrated parts OF tne
trenches in the Givenchy wood wnlch
had been shattered by their neavy hre'
Elsewhere, Paris says, the Zoe was re-
pulsed .
in the thrust to straighten the iront
between Tahure and the Maisons Ge
Champagne. While the French srtH'
lery held back the heavy fire OF the
enemy the infantry advancedby trench
to-trench fighting east Il the earth
work known as the Trapete. -
In the Vosges, where $n artlliery
duel has ragged for the last MONTH tne
Germans made a new Assault lasI
night and succeeded in gaining a foot-
ing in the first line ofA french
trenches. Along the rest Of the 'front.'
there has been heavy <rrhonading'
The fire has been particularly severe
between the Somme and 5he Oise, near
Andechy, and to the psi OF kheims'
French aeroplane6 have renewed
their attacks on the Nailroads oehina
the German lines. squadron Oh
nineteen planes droppef>&1S-shel on
the station at Bazancourt, and another
detachment of eighteen machlnes pom
barded a railroad junction near pa
paume. Other aviators shelled the line
near Warmeriville.
FRENCH OFFICIAL.
The communication issued at Parls
this afternoon said:
At the conclusion of the lombard
ment reported yesterday. the enemy
last evening delivered an infantry at
tack against our positions TO the
northeast of Souchez. These attacks,
like the preceding ones, were every
where completely repulsed.
Last night saw artillery actions OF
great intensity, in which both sides
took part. between the Somme and
the Disc; in the region Of Andechy
and 10 the east of Rheims, in the
direction of Moronvilers. Batteries
of the enemy have delivered vio-
lent cannonade in the region 70 the
south of Tahure and to the east OF
Butte de Menil. Our artillery held
this fire back effectively, and In the
meantime we were making further
progress from trench to trench at
point to the east of the earthwork
known as "the Trapeze."
There has been fairly intense fight
ing with trench machines in the
sector OF Flirey, and more violent
fighting, accompanied by artillery
exchanges, in which both sides took
part. in the suburbs of Reillon.
Trench Lost in the Vosges.
In the Vosges the enemy, after
complete check to his attack along
the front from the Linge to the
Schratzmannele, resumed his effort
yesterday evening. A second out
burst o. artillery fire along the en-
tire front. in preparation for an in
fantry advance, was followed by
fresh attack which. generally speak
ing, resulted in failure. The Ger
mans were able to gain a footing in
our first line trenches at only one
point. and this was TO the south of
the Linge hills. The trench they
took was between sixty and eighty
yards long. Our counter attacks
made II possible for US to reoccupy
portion of this trench immedi-
ately.
A squadron Of nineteen French
aeroplanes has thrown down 140
shells on the railroad station at Ba-
zancourt. whence movements Of the
enemy have been reported.
Another air squadron. composed Of
eighteen machines, has bombarded
the railroad junction at Achiet-le-
Grand. near Bapaume. Other ma
chimes have bombarded the railroad
tracks at a point near Warmeriville.
The statement issued tonight fol-
lows:
The enemy renewed to-day with
strong forces his attacks TO the
northeast of Souchez, against the
WOou lie DOls en- Hacne, 10 the east
of the road from Souchez to Angres,
against our positions on the APP
proaches to the five highways on the
crest Of Vimy, against the small fort
previously taken by US in the Gil
venchy wood and the neighboring
trenches
Despite the extreme violence of
the bombardment which preceded
these attacks, despite the desperate
rature of the renewed assaults, the
enemy was able to penetrate only
some parts Of the trenches in the
Givenchy wood, which had been COM
pletely shattered by shells of heavy
calibre. Everywhere else We con-
served all our positions and repulsed
the assault of the Germans, who suf-
fered very heavy losses.
Artillery actions of particular in
tensity are reported TO the south of
the Somme In the sector of Lihons;
in Champagne, TO the north OF
Souain and Massiges; in Argonne, to
the north of La Harazee, and be-
tween the Meuse and the Moselle, to
the north Of Flirey.
In the Vosges we dispersed by our
fire an enemy attack against our
positions in the Valley of La Lauche.
GERMAN OFFICIAL.
The statement issued by the War