Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-15
GERMANS BEGIN
AGGRESSIVE DRIVE
IN UPPER ALSACE
French Are Forced to Yield
When Their Trenches
Are Leveled.
! ARTILLERY BATTLE
CONTINUES UNABATEO
Desperate Fighting for This Po-
sition in Progress for
Two Days.
! SEVENTEEN FIGHTS IN AIR
/ British Make This Official Report OF
ARTILLERY BATTLE
CONTINUES UNABATEO
British Make This Official Report OF
Activity Along Lines in
Flanders.


LONDON. February 14.-With often
sivcs already under way In Champagne
and Artois, tho Germans have begun
a third aggressive movement OF large
prorortions in upper .tlsace.
Hero. according to tho Paris COM
muniquc tonight. the French were
forced 20 give way when the trenches
they had occupied east OF Seppos
were lcvclcd by tho intensity OF the
German artillery fire. The fighting for
the position had been in progress for
two days.
OF the conquered section as 400 Yards
The artillery battle continues without
cessation.
trench section 100 yards wide was
captured by the Germans northwest
Of Tahure. in Champagne, according TO
the Berlin statement More than 800
French prisoners We're taken and two
machine guns captured. Violent artil-
lerv actions continue near Tahurc.
MassiEes and Navarin. No French IN
fantry actions were undertaken.
GERMANS MEET WITH
DISASTER IN ARTOIS
In Artois the German movement met
with disaster. South Of Frise. below
the Sonme, The Germans made an at
tempt TO surround the French outpost
trenches. Tho engagement developed
into a battle OF proportions. and the
offensive advantage soon swung TO the
side of the French. The French swept
over the German works. capturing n
section OF trench. and later n German
counterattack was broken UP by the
French artillery fire. One German
company was surrounded and dec-
mated. More than 100 German pris-
oncrs were taken and several machine
gums captured. German prisoners
stated that the German losses were
: cons siderable.
| DEPOT or MUNITIONS
IN nEl.GIUM BLOWN Up
Tie communiaue from Paris tonight
says:
In Belgium our artillery blew up o
depot OF munitions north OF BoeIlnghe.
North OF scissors the German in
! fnntry, after a spirited bombardmcnt
yesterday evening. attempted to de-
bouch by the road from Terny and
the right bank OF the Aisne. but was
stopped short by our barrier and in
our artillery shcllcd a salient OF the
I
! "In Champagne there were exceed
ineiy spirited artillery actions in the
! regions OF Tahurc. Massiecs and
Navarin. but no infantry attacks were
undertaken.
in upper Alsace, east of Seppois
the Germans carried out an intense
bomhardmcnt OF the advanced trenches
which we had retakcn from them dnr-
ing tho night. We evacuated those en-
placements in this region. which had
! been completely wrecked. Enemy re-
/ endorsements. trying to advamre by
| small groups coming from Niedcrlarg,
were taken under our barrier IRE"
Belgian official:
Our batteries dispersed Il Germa
convoy on tho DiNmude- Ktycm road"
SEVENTEEN AIR FIGHTS
REPORTED BE rRITISH
! Seventeen fights in the air is the
record OF sunday reported officially by
the British along thcir lines in
Flanders. In addition, there has been
great activity south OF La Basscc Canal,
where the Germans exploded seven
! mines Heavy bombardments and an
infantry attack in that section also
is reported, the Germans succeeding
in entering Eritish trench. Tacy
I were tllNtn out almost immedlatctE
! In Albania, the Arzen River, which
rams westward across Central Albania
and empti's into the Fay OF Durazzo
! has been reached by the Austro- Hun
/ Earian vanguards, according to Vierr1
! The Hu!garians have occupied III Has-
san. an important town in Central
/ Albania.
! There have been no important events
! on the eastern front hu, :hc Russians
in the Caucasus have occupied orc Of
! tho ErzOrum forts and have taken
large numbers OF Turkish prisoners
Several Turkish batteries on the Trel-
| i2oud coast of the Black Sea have
been sicrccd by the Russian war
| ships.
| King Ferdinand Of bulgaria. Vienna
reports. has arrived there to visit En-
peror Francis Joseph This would seem
! to set at naught recent unofficial re-
ports that bulgaria had asked the en-
tentc allies for I separate peace
/ FRENCH CIIECI< GERMAN
! EFFORTS TO ADVANCE
/ rAHIS. February if.--Frcnch forces