The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-18
FRENCH MAKE GAIN
NEAR THIAUMONT
Capture Trench Elements
From Germans and Get
30 Prisoners.
BAR LIE DUO Is RAIDED

Special Gable Despntch TO TuE son.
PARIS, June 17.-The French forces
made an attack on the German positions
north OF hin 32I, west of the Thiau-
mont farm. this morning, capturing some
trench elements and taking some thirty
| prisoners.
No infantry attack was made by tho
Germans in the course Of the day. but
their artillery continued its violent bonn
bardment Of the French positions on Hill
So' and the second lire in the Chatham
court sector, on the west bank Of the
Meuse. and Of the sector south OF Fort
NauN on the east bank.
Considerable activity Is reported from
The st. Mihiel region. There was fight
ing with hand grenades In the forest OF
Apremont, southeast OF ST. Mihiei. and
French artillery %bombarded German
camps at Montsee. east OF 81. Mihiel.
and caused "A fire in the railway station
at Vigneulles-les -hattonchattel, north
east OF the same town.
German aviators bombarded Bar.le-
Due last night. killing four civilians and
wounding Ave. and later dropped bombs
on Pont-a-Mousson without causing dam
age. The region Of Dunkirk also was
bombarded by German airmcn last night
with little damage
Afr Raid II Repeated.
Barbecue again was a target for
bombs from German aeroplanes this
afternoon. A few persons were injured,
little material damage being done.
The official communicate Issued by the
War Office to-night follows:
On the left bank OF the Meuse the
bombardment continues against our
first lines on Hin 3o4 and our second
lines in the Chattancourt sector.
On the right bank an attack by our
troops on the German positions north
of Hill 32l enable us to capture this
morning some trench elements and to
make about thirty prisoners.
In the course OF the day there Was
violent artillery fighting in the sector
south of Fort aux. In the forest of
Apremont there was grenade fighting,
Our artillery bombarded German campa
and organizations at Montsee (east Of
ST. Mihiel). Our long range pieces
fired on the railway station at Wig
neullee- les Hattonchattel and a Are was
started.
Aviation: Barbecue was bonn
barded again in the course OF the after
noon. The bombs thrown caused ma
terial damage Of little Importance.
Some injured were reported.
Last night the attacked the
Avocourt redoubt and French posts west
Of lin 3o4 with hand grenades. They
were repulsed. 4 violent artillery bonn
bardment Of the French positions at lie
Mort Homrne was not followed by any
infantry attack.
vOsGes Raid succeeds.
A French detachment. raided the frs,
and second German lines at I'M AS,
east Of Thanh, in the Nosges. last night,
cleaning on the trenches and bringing
hack some prisoners.
Th afternoon communicate was as fol-
lows:
In Belgium there was last night a
fairly intense artillery duel in the Sec
tor of Lombaertzyde
On the left bank OF the Meuse Ger
man attacks with hand grenades on
the redoubt az Avocourt and on our
advanced posts to the west Of Hill 3o4
were easily repulsed. There has besn
an intense bombardnent Of our posi-
tons at lie Mort Homme, bu. without
any infantry action.
On the right bank o. tho river there
has been violent artillery fighting in
the sector 10 the north Of F,.eurv.
In the Nosges. following a violent
| bombardmcnt on the part of our artil-
lery directed against the German works
AZ Hin 425, TO the east OF Thanh. a
detachment OF our infantry penetrated
20 the first and TO the second German
lines. which were leaned ur. The
! French detachment returned without
having suffered losses and brought
with IL some prisoners.
During the night Of June 1917 three
aeroplares OF the enemy homhardei
the egion of Dunk'rk. There we're no
victims and the material damages ysrn
slight. At about 5 o'clock this same
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