New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-11
TEUTONS RESUME
THRUSTS IN WEST
Attack in Champagne ana
in Artois-Checked by
French Guns.
IN Chile 10 The T-ibune.i

London. Nov. 10.-Despite the heaVs
losses with which previous counter oi
fensives on the western 'front.' no"
been carried out, the Germans nave az
tempted new thrusts on the Ar'0'S anu
the Champagne fronts.
Along the western boundary OF inc
Forest of Givenchy, northeast OF
Souche1, the Kaiser's troops attacked
Yesterday. The French guns set up
barrier OF fire which the enemy couio
not penetrate. d.
In Champagne, where the centre OF
the fighting is still the Butte DE
Tahure. the German assaults were
more violent. Twice, says Paris, the
enemy attempted two furious attacks
against the French positions on tne
slopes of the hill
The Arst the French claim to have
checked by the immediate action oil
/ their artillery. The second, however
was more successful, and the Germans
nenotrated at one point. A counter at.
tock. Paris declares, threw them out OF
the positions they had gained.
East of the Argonne lively hghtlns
with bombs and hand grenades has oc-
I cured. Between the Meuse ana the
| Wo-elle and in Belgium the heaVy gum
! have been active. On the British 'front.'
/ Sir John French reports, the hghtihg
/ has been confined 70 small pompihs
/ duels. r,c,.,
The communication issued TINS altei
noon at Paris says:
In .he Artois district the Germans
Yesterday made an attack over I'm
/ TOD area against the French posi-
! lions along the western boundary OF
the Forest of Givcnchy. This move
] ment was easily checked by the
French curtain or hre.
In the Champagne district French
batteries yesterday replied erect
/ ively to a fresh and violent bonn
bardment directed against our posi-
tions TO the northeast OF Tahure.
To the east of the Argonne, at
Vauduois and in the Forest OF Mai
ancourt, last night saw the continu
ance of lively lighting with bombs
and hand grenades.
The statement given out tonight
says:
In Belgium our artillery has car
ried out against the German organl-
cations in the region of the Dunes
! and in the sector OF Boeslnghe
systematic bombardment. which was
J noticcably very effective.
/ In Champagne, following the bonn
berdment reported this morning. the
enemy attempted two successive Vlo-
lent assaults against our positions
d e ha ptrtt 70 do "a
The first. checked by our barrier
fires. was not able to reach the
trenches: the second. after having
penetrated at one point. was thrown
hack by an immediate counter at
/ tack.
Between :he Meuse and the Mo-
selle our batteries energetically re-
piled TO the cannonade of the en-
envy and completely dispersed col
/ umn Of infantry in transit on the
! road from St. Maurice TO Woel
The official Belgian communication
reads:
/ The night was calm. The day was
| marked BY some activity on the part
of the enemy artillery.
BRITISH OFFICIAL.
4 report received from Sir John
/ French says:
On the 7th our aeroplancs bombed
German huts with apparently good
effect. As a result Of protective
= air fight the same day a German
} machine overturned and fell inside
/ the enemy's lines from a height OF
1000 feet. In another fight near
/ Douai we lost an aeroplane.
On the sth we repulsed two small
/ bombing attacks on our extreme left.
Otherwise there has been no Incl
dent Of importance.
Generally. there has been less ar
tillcry activity than usual on the
front.