The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-17
DASH ON TRENCHES:
KILL 70 GERMANS
British Victorious I'm Two Sur.
prise Attacks-French
Use Same Tactics.
YPRES UNDER FIRE G A
Special Cable Despatch 10 Tu1 SuY.

Special Cdbte Despatch TO THE SuS.
LONDON, Dec. 16.-British troops
entered the German trenches nj two
points near Arrnentieres last night and
disposed OF the occupants. according to
a report from British Headquarters to-
day. The German official statement tells
OF surprise attacks last night by the
French on two posts on the southern
bank OF the Aisnc. real vaiIly.
Considern bic artillery activity and
much activity on the part Of aviators or
both sides are noted In tho official state.
ments. Ypres and the district between
the Disc and the Aisne we're the scenes Of
particularly heavy firing. Frenof trench
mortars blew up a German ammunition
| depot near Quenncvieres. between the
Disc and the Aisne.
The British official statement denies
the German official report Of the loss OF
four British a%eroplanes. and the Ger
man War office says that the attack on
Muelheim. Baden. by allied airmen did
no military damage. One civilian WIZ
killed and another injured. .
The following official report fror1
British Headquarters In France wa.
issued tonight by the press bureau
Last night two small enterprises
were successfully carried out near
A~rinentieres. Hostile trenohes were
entered and their occupants disposed
of. Thu enemy losses are estimated
at seventy killed. our losses were
trih!ng.
To-day there were artillery bonn
bardments on both sides about Ypres,
The report sen out by the German
wireless on December is that we had
lost four ae%roplanes Is untrue.
The official communique issued by the
| French War Office tonight follows:
There was. cannonading on both
sides In several sectors. In Belgium.
in Artois and between the Somme and
the Disc.
In the valley OF the Aisne. to the
southeast Of Nailly. we satisfactorily
carried out n coup-de-main against
a group Of houses held by the enemy.
capturing fifty prisoners without sus-
tanning any loss.
ON the lef, bank Of the Aisne. at
~Viile-au-Bois. our heavy artillery de-
stroyed several walls concealing the
enemy's bomb throwers and snipcrs.
In the Argonne. In the region OF
Vauquois. the explosion OF two Of
our mines destroyed some German
trenches.
on the heights Of the Meuse. in the
Observation-Disclosures. our batteries
caused extensive damage to the
enemy's works.
The afternoon French communicate IS
| as follows:
The activity Of the enemy's artillery
was less pronounced last night. our
batteries everywhere responded effect
! lively. particularly between the Disc
and tho .Aisne, where our trench
guns blew up a German ammunition
depot nea Quennevtc- es.
The German official report of to-day
says:
Western Theatre Of W~ar--Thero
have been lively artillery actions and
great activity on the part of aviators
along the greater part Of the front.
Near Nailly two small posts on the
southern bank of the Aisne were un-
expcctedly attacked by the French
during the night.
Lieut.. Immelmann yesterday caused
IN English monoplsne to fall over
Nalenciennes after an aerial battle.
The aim Of the aeroplane attack on
Muclhcim. Baden. according to the
French. was the railway establishment
in that town. None of the bombs
which the French dropped fell in the
neighhorhood Of these buildings. one
civilian was killed and another In
1ured in the town. The purely mill
tary damage was limited to the de-
struction Of one window pane in "A