Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-04-19
French in Champagne and
British Near Ypres Blow
Up Positions.
DENIALs BY GERMANY
Russian Review Asserts Almost Com
plete Control Of carpathian Noun
tain Chain.

Berlin April 10 (via wireless
through sayeville, L. L).-The British
attempt to destroy, through mining
operations the strong German posi-
1ions southeast of Ypres has failed
the war Office today announced Inc
!. british were repulsed with heavy loss.
Tho official statement said:
s.The English, after some blasting
last night rushed the German position
on the heights southeast OF 4pres'
Tley were at orce repulsed in eoun-
,erattack. The fighting here continues
SIN the Champagne, the French
have blasted trench in the position
taken on April 16 by the Germans
between the Meuse and the Moselle'
@Artillery drels are in progress IN
The Vosges.
Southwest of Stossweiser, the Ger
n,ns took the French positions, South
,r.st Of Me,zeral, the Germans car
+;aa the outposts, but fell back De-
lore a superior force of the enemy.
,..The situation on the eastern 1fo''
is unchanged
A,r;, 1o-The following OF
ec;al statement was issued last night
hv the Freneh War office:
.srhe day was relatively calm, beng
o,,rked mainly by artillery actions and
f,s,rai -insanssy engagements In u the
valley of the Aisne, at the Bois dc ST.
Mord the enemy attacked ourtrench-
as a, the close Of the afternoon nu'
was promptly stopped by our ail., ar1lli,
.,y while bayonet charge inficteo
sevefeslosses on -the,eneemy..
SIN Champagne, to the northwest OF
portbes the Germans were compeli-
"a 70 eyacuate an excavation wnich
they had been occupying close TO our
lines. By the explosion Of mines' 1oa, d.
lowed by an attack. wes g captured .: = oV
meters: i;of enemy trenches: = ):
SoIn the Woev,es there was only can
.,,aa;ne I, -:
I'm Lorraine the Germans delivered
N the environs of the forest OF far-
rav. several minor attacks with weak
oEectiyes, particularly hear Bures'
Mouracourt, Embermenil and ST. MAR
tin. but were; easily repulsed'
'a., ss..I,, A,sace the Germans THRICE at
.ssrsd without success, our. trenches
~, little Reich Ackerkopf. We on our
mart made fresh progress in the region
of schnepfca-R -Riethkopf. :,
s.one of onr 'aeroplanes, after a orli-
,;anti s pursuit, brought down a ger.
.a'; an ;iseroplane. which fell within the
ansniy,s: men lines. in Belgium, between
Ioroemarch ; and Passchenpaeie
Aso+ber Official statement regard,
80 tho nroeress. of.tHe fighting issued
.,ssterday "ss by the War Office said; ;.
.:yn The vosees German attack
,,r.,,srea - for by violent bomIard,
,nsnt and carsied out by OattaH0' n'
a asainst our positions northwest o Of ", ol'
hsv' Alsace IA lies northwest OF D0,:
l pey' was repulsed.. The Germans
@ Mora, the enemy attacked ,tInsn" out trench
- and we made about 40 prisoners. ..
20 N "A Belgian aeroplane brousn @i,
down A.Geman aeroplane near h0ui
srs. In the same region one so ., oa '.a
small sauadrons successfully o0'''
cd an aviation ground" ;e
Berlin, April le-The statemen. -. 10
sued Yesterday by army headauar'e'
is as follows 4,a Eng
ain the western theatre the Ins y.
,;sh after having caused sevefal =
n,osions by means of mines, pehe''A ~
1.s, n;sht into our positions N: =
h;,ls close to the northern bank OF n,
canal southeast Of Ypres.. but were 81
pulsed Immediately by; counees. :.
tack, except from three OF the craSei
they occupied The lighting continues
aIn :the Champagne the Freneh
blew up a trench next to posttlo
we captured the day before yesterda!
nut without gaining any advantage.
'.Betwsen the Meuse and the Nc