The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-14
Heavy Fighting Along Whole
Line In Flanders Carries
Teutons Through
TURKS CLAIM TO HAVE
BEATEN BRITISH FORCE
Relief Expedition In Mesopo-
tarnia Fares Badly = Much
A,erial Activity On Both
Sides Around Ypres

London, Feb. i3.-The Germans. at
ia king along the whole line from
Flanders to Champagne, have pene-
trated the Allies Lines at five different
points. according to official reports re-
ceived tonight At three points the
attackers were again expelled brit AZ
one point in Flanders and al another
in Champa gne they have main talnea
their gains. Al reports nd cafe ter
rife and tepeatcd ATTACKS, with the
Germans mainly on the offensive III
the infantry actions.
The most vlciodS lighting occurred
around@Hill $40, ia Artois West or
this height the Germans today launch
ed FIVE desperate attacks The fna'
assault carried the Germans through
the French first line defcnses, The
French immediately launched
eounter-attack which droyc the Ger
mans out with heavy losses IN Qnaa
and wounded.
Five successive counteF-attacks also
were made by the Germans late yes
tcrday afternoon and last night "a an
effort to retrieve The trenches lest
to the French east Of Butte l1e Masall
The Berlin statemena on hehtins N
this sector says that The Germans
stormcd the French front ever 100
yards south Of 81. NarIe-a-Isy, eaQi IT,
ing nIafe than 200 officers aud men.
g. Figating around Nitny M to lat
Wednesday nctted nearly 700 prison
ers to the Germans. besides twenty
I'VE machine guns aud other material,
according to the Berlin statement.
German Onicial Statement.
Berlin. Feb. i3.-Oflicial, Western
front In Flanders, after Lively ar
tillery. actions. our patrols aud re-
counoitering' detacE ments penetrated
the enemy posi- lions Several mines
we're successfully expioded to tho
southeast of Pope n CHE and forty
English were made prisoners
on Friday and SATURDAY the Eng
fish artillery bombardeG Lille causing
material damage. hut no losses o.
military damage.
TN the trout DefWeen taD4ssee
Canal and Arras and TO the south ~
the Somme there has been little aetiv-
ity owing ia severe weather conditions
In the engagements fought To the
northwest and west IF Vimy up to
February a, the Germans had made
nine officers ana 6S2 men prisoner
and had raptured twenty-five machine
guns AID two mime throwers. besides
a quantity Of stores,
German artillery heavily sheIled the.
enemy positions Actwee9 the Disc aud
Rheims Tho success of this bonn
6asdment has been verified ~ our
patrols
Many Mine Explosions.
In Champagne the Germans Storm
ed the French positions on a front
700 wards wide south nf st. Marie a
Ply. capturing four officers and 2b2
men. Northwest of MasSig1s two
French attacks were repuised. Hand
grenade euca gements continue around
a section of trench conquered by the
French east Of MaiSon dc Champagne
Retween tho Mouse and the Moselie
WAS destroyed nv i've gigantic mine
explosions some French trenches from
thirty tu forty wards in length.
t. l.iveH artillery duets occurred in
Lorraine and in the Nosges. To the
south of I.:sse aud east ~ st. uae We
captured thirty rhasseurY
German al squadron dropped
numerous bombs on an enemy bivolla
and the railroads at Lapanne and
PoperfHghe
An enemy air attack on Ghistelle~.
south of Ostend resulted in no dane
age
Eastern front east Of Baranovitchi
we stormed the last two Russian
positions on the western bank Of the
SChara.
In the Balkans there is nothing to
report
The French Report.
Paris. ren. is Midnight Official:
In Artois. the day vas marked BY =
series OF German attacks from Hal
lao to the road from Melville Ia La
Folie. The first attack was made In
the morning to the west Of IIil lao
without success During the after
noop. after violently bomaardlng our
ee gittans, the Germans made foar DIFF
fesent attacks against our front. Three
tsf these were stopped snort by our
tarrage ana infantry fire. During the
fourth attack the Germans penetraf-
cd oar llrst line trenches 70 the west
ot IIiH l40 We disodged them by
an Immediate coun,er-attack. cattsinS
them appreciable losses in dead and
wounded
German aeroplane. which was
holnbarled by our batteries. fell Ia
fla mes TO the east of Givenchy.
South Of Frise German hand
grenade attack against our defenses
failed.
East OF the Disc We bombarded the
German organization In front Of Fem
tenoy.
Between scissors and Rheims The
German artillery Was particularly acc
tive In the sectors of Soixsona, Ghae-
seny and Fumpeile. Our barra&e are
ass ssssx lsstSs