, 1916-02-19

that city and in the surrounding districts in
case the Bulgariaus should succeed in enter
ing the city, says the Rome correspondent of
the 'Petit Parisien'.
London. Feb 21st-The Copenhagen cor
respondent of the London DAILY Mail
telegraphs that he learns from q trustworthy
source that more than 500,prominent men,
including heads of business houses, Sena-
tors and sh~ipowners of Hamburg, Lubbock
aud Bremen have petitioned the Govern
ment to begin peace overtures with a view
to ending the war within the next three
months Otherwise it is asserted the Hanse
Buad viii be ruined.
Paris, February 21st.-The o%fficial state
ment issued by the War Office tonight
reads as follows: In Artois to the north
Of the road from Lille, the enemy exc
ploded q mine. An immediate counter
attack drove n,m from the crater, one of
the sides Of which We hold. At the end of
the afternoon the Germans carried out a
violent bombardment of our trenhes to The
nur,n-Nest OF Giyenchy, whore our Datterles
responded enegetically To the south Of
The 5ommo III the sector of Lissons, after
hayIn4 directed against our lines al intense
bOmbQrdueut and successive missions Of
suffocating gus along a front Of seven kllo-
meters Rbout 4 lLiles) the enomy attempt
ell 10 set out from his trenches at divers
points, but was everywhere repulsed by
our barrier cf fire, and The fire OF our in
fantry. In She Champagne we effective
~ sLeIled German organizations to the
west Of the road between ST. Hlt}nte
and Suapiet, IL the Argonne we direc-
ted dies, guetive fire on the eDomy works
la Jlo .e..aJ9uthood Of tAe road from ST.
Hubert, and demolished several obsaryato
RES iu die outskirts OF the choppy wood. In
the entire region Of Argonne the artillery OF
the Two sides continued to display great
activity To the southeast Of ST. Mihiel we
bombjy}e3 the German positions ia The Bois
valley. Inc Germans cred a number Of
shells on 81. Bic. one resident being killed
and seven wounded, The day was marked
by q number Of a~irights. Over Tagsdorf,
Gust Of Alkirch, one Of our aeroplanes attack
ing d Fokkor at close quarters, fred shots
at him. The euemy machine slipped over
On its u8hg wing then fell. In The region
Of PIMA. an Albatross machine was brought
down by or artillery fire. In the region
OF Bures north Of the forest of Parry, 2
German machine attacked by two OF out
machines was brought to the earth in our
lines. The pilot and passengers were killed,
4 squadron If seven French aeroplanes
gave combat to four enemy aeroplanes IN
in the region Of Vignoules- oscillation
chatel. Two Of Che latter were forced to
make a landing, and the other two took to
flight. Enemy aer3plaues have bombordod
Engines, BarIeluo and Reyigny. Near the
last mentioned place an enemy squadron
composed o fifteen machines was attacked
by one Of our pursuing s~qnadrons and was
forced to give fight, in the course OF which
a German machine was beaten down near
Giyeny, Argonne. The two a~yiators were made
prisoners. A second enemy %aeroplane was
pursued into It's own lines. One Of our bomb
ing groups composed Of II machines dropped
Sc shells Of h-1vy calibre on an aviation field at
Habsheim u1 on the freight station at MuL-
hansen. Auo her group Of Is machines drop
ped a number Of proiectiles on an enemy
munitions factory at Pagny-Sur- Moselle; fol-
lowing these different operations, all our
,ayoaJanas ratnrne1 To them landing ground.