The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-06
RUSSIA CLAIMS TO HAVE
 VENTILATED AN ENTIRE
 ARMY CORPS OF TURKEY
Official
 VIEWS OF Worlds w ar
FRENCH

Paris, Jan. 6.-French forces yes- terday advanced at four distinct points along the battle front extend ing from the North Sea to Alsa,ce and gave ground in one instance accord sued this afternoon by the French war department.
 The gains claimed by the French were in the region to tue northwest . of Rheims, in the forest of La Grurie, near the ravine of Courte Chaussee and insthe forest of Le Pretre In Al. sace, the Germans regained one of their old trenches in the vicinity of Steinbach.
 The official statement also identifies the second Gariba1dt reported killed in action on. the French battlefieIds as Chief Adjutant Constantino Garibaldi, a brother Of Lieut. Colonel Pephino Garibaldf. Another brother, Lieut.. Bruno Baribaldi was killed Dec 80, while leading a charge of Italian vol unteers against the Germans in the forest of Argonne. The text of the communication follows:
 ..In Belgium the enemy delivered but without success two attacks in the region of the dunes and to the southeast of St. Georges.
 tsOn the rest of the. front, to the north of the Lys, and from the Lys to the Disc, there has been nothing ex- cept artillery fighting.
 .In the valley of the Aisne and in the section of Rheims our batteries gained the upper hand over those Of the enemy, reducing them to silence. At a point northwest of Rheims it is reported that certain of our troops have made an advance of about 100 yards.
 s'I11 the Argonne there developed a very spirited action which permitted us to retaIxe 800 yards of trenches in the forest of La. Grurfe at the. same place where there was recently a. slight giving way as previously reported. From FFontaine Madame there were several violent German attacks each of which was repu1sed. A complete German regiment was engaged in each movement.
 Near the ravine of Courte Chaus- see we blew up by explosion mine 100 wards from the German trenches, half of which we subSequentiy occu- pied.
 ..F.rom the Argonne< to the Vosges the bad weather has continued. There has been fog and mud. At different points along the front there have been fairly active artillery exchanges. In fhe forest of Le .Pretre, near Pont-a- Mousson, we have continued to gain ground.
 e.In the region of Thanh Gin upper Alsace), in spite of a violent cannon ading, we retained the gains achieved the night. before at Steinbach as we'll as in the trenches to the southwest and to the northwest of this village. one of his former trenches on the one of his former trenches on the east flank on a nearby height-the summit of which, however, remains in our possession.
 #st<It should be set forth here that in the Argonne; near the ravine of Courte Chaussee at kthe point where we blew up the German trenches the attacking regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel GaribaIdi delivered a vigorous assault against the breach made by explosions. The Italians under-officers and took one machine gun and one caisson. The chief ad- jttant. of these region, Chief Constanz tino Garibaldi, brother of Lieut. Col. Gar1baIdi. was killed during this at tack