Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-08

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u colonial Infantry carried a whole
l'ne Of German trenches. on JanH-
bary Hul 3 we glincd ground 10 the
northfaa ~ Mesnii and 10 the nerth
81 Beausejour. Coo meters on the FIRST,
300 meters on the s.+aond and Soc me-
ters on The rhird un an ~ these
fronts our artillery obtained com
plete mastery over the German lat
| terieH.
Our guns on the third inflicted
very heavy losses on The masses OF
! German nfautry concentrated to the
south Of Massiges
! In The Arg0nne the results were
i less important than Ia TIE region 81
! P"rihes. From Nsrdun 70 Eelfort. in
1 the region OF Nerdun and on the
4 heights Of the Mouse il was especially
I IA the wood % liouchut that our gains
were worth noticing fifty meters on
/ the 9th. and The same distance the
/ 18th and again on January 2. The
enemy made most energetic counter
attacks December Is. = and ~ and
January 2. but they we're invariably
repulsed.
between the Meuse and the Mo-
1870 fNN III ffNA" AAAFt NHfNNMNFU
that they have gained notable sue
cess in The wood of Prut forest Of
Apremcnt1. The truth is that Il f.
not IN the wood Of Prut itself that
they disputed us. but simply a small
part ~ this wood which had been the
scene Of fighting without interruption
for several weeks They attacked this
polgt December 90. ~ and 81 and
ianuary 1. The 18th they took and
then lost part OF this redouht
Enemy ia Mas Formation.
We gained 30 meters near Fiirey
December SO. which We maintained
the 3isi after infllctlng heavy losses
on the Germans Here We picked up
400 bodies. The enemy in this coun-
ter-attack adopted the mass forma-
tIon.
"on December 80. IN the region Of
the Nosges we kept up our activity
which brought Us most happy results
The attack against Tette de Faux. on !
December 2s, WAS repeated three /
times from ! O'Clock a. M. 10 If q. |
m. with extreme violence. II Yves
repulSed first hy the hayonet and then Z
BY artillery. The enemy suffered /
heavy losses. We counted 500 bodies (
IN front OF the position We have I
pushed our trenches further and they 4
are now twenty meters from the Ger
man trenches
After the capture " Steinhach, our
prnTreSs has been remarkable. From I
December ~ to january 3. the op-
efAtions We undertook in the F6seeg
Ia the fegion from Cernay 10 Uffholtz.
Steinpach and Aspsch-le- Haut were
particularly profitable ON Deem
Der 81. we We're holding the outskirts
" the two Aspach villages to the
south " Cernay and In spite OF fierce
resistance. We occupied the outskirts
81 the wood Eesr sfeIntach These
attacks progressed steadily during the
next day.
Pick Up More Bodies.
'On the 26th We advanced IN the
fores. Of Steinhach and in the ravfne
II Iffhoitx To the west of Cornay
Ne reached the enemys wire eRtaugle-
ments and 20 the south attacked the
northern limits ~ Aspach-le- Basse.
This program became more noticeable
esnOeE ~. We picked up more
han zee German bodies and a large
quantity 81 arms aud equipment.
ION the 2sth violent fighting oc-
cured on the ridge 10 the west OF :
Iiffholtx We gaiaed 500 meters there
md 50 meters 81 the outskirts Of I
steinbach. the Investment Of which ]
81 continue despite most intense
IRE. our ehasseuers, the black dew
lS as they are called by the enemy. I
lung ia the defensive works and {
held out the whole day Of December i
y. The Germans left behind 200 ,
lead or wounded ,
Taken After Hard Fight. IA
ON the Sath We entered Stoinbach. I
L WAS q fight from house ia house.
n the evening we had in our posses I
ION half Of the village. on the s1st !
4 December and the first Of January
81 drove back the enemy 10 the cast
IN part 81 the village and captured
hree more rows OF houses IN every
louise bodies We're piled up. our IN
antry. assisted by artillery had in {
iieted heavy losses upon them ir
We were thus allowed 20 occupy 9
ntirely the newly gained position. In I
pite Of the mltrallleuse fire from q
m0n1 the burning houses our chas- q
euers advanced with magnificent !
outrage and on tho third. full az ex-
.iiatien. they stoFmed the church and v
emeiery quarter III
At the same time, 20 the west 81 G
'crnay, another column carried the d
nemys trenches on the night az L
anuary "a the Germans. exasneratad D
u THIS eonllnu0us advance, made two I
me counter-atiaeks and forced us e. 4
yacuate our trenches They also re- S
anmed the cemetery and church ef
telnhach. 10
Without waiting FOR daybreak, our 4
loops began a new fight and before
avn had retaken the whole Of the
'ilage and compelled the enemy again
} abandon his position
At night tna whole II the village
as IN our possession, together with =.
ie advanced positions and we began /,
J push further to the northeast ana 1.
iuthwesi We also gained gfehnd n
2 the road from Thanh 10 Cernay.
ne German defeat was complete. =.
During those DAYS our soldiers be- y.
aVed he<oicsllg
AsstSted hy Belfort Garrison. y
More 60 the south the troops Of =
y kelfort garrison have assisted the .,
'1on of the N0sges army 0n the
TN they advanced IN the forest Ia |
Re west Il Carspach and our batter L
s sdsstfuffd some trains al the AH-
'reh station and also siienced the
iemy's artillery.
in this section als0 We wera able
assert our superiority
As regards the war Ia the air our
iaiers. despite very bad weather
ave shown great activity Several ef
ism lie the course Of reconnaissance
iFe had their aeF0planes shot in the
anes and BraaeliefS Two ffaufan-