, 1916-02-02

stretching in a southerly direction from
Frise. Along the entire southern POI
ton of this line the German attack re-
suited in complete failure. 1t was sue
cessful only on the banks Of The river
against the vilIHge Of Ftise which was
occupied by a detaebment oi French tgoop..
The attack Of the enemy has Teen checked
and the first of orr counter.attacks made ii
possible for us TO recover possession OF some
Of the trenches taken by Tie Germans.
Paris, Jany. 29th--Ihe following official
communication was issued by he War Ofice
tonight: la Artois to the west Of Hill l40
we continued to occupy successfully sections
of trenches captured yesterday by the enc
my. Ia he course Of these actions we re-
lensed about 50 French sol hers who had
Eeen made prisoners by Che Germans. To
the south Of the ROAD from l. Foia the
enemy attempted TO recover two craters re-
conquered by US but his attack was rcrulsad.
Between the Solnme and the Disc there has
been great activity of the artillery Oh both
sides. In the region Of Arm&ucort, south Of
Lasslgny, we dispersed a rev.ctuajiing convoy
and destroyed an enemy observatory. To
the north of the Aisne our artillery dem0l-
ished ohservatories Mt Hill 1913, south OF
Berry-au-Ba and disorgapized the enemy
positions on the plateau of VauclerA. la
Lorraine our artillery carried out an effective
fire on the opposing works between Nomeny
and EpIy. Army OF the east: On Jauy. 28th
a 1otllla of IA French aeroplanes dropped
projectlles on tie enemy en~campments at
Basarle to the nor;h of lake DO ran.
Paris, Jany. 30th VIA Londor)-This after
moons official statement says yesterday
evening the Germans delivered attacks upon
our positions south of the S0mme, opposite
Dompie're.. The enemy's infantry WIS twice.
repulsed and thiOwn back into their TIE inches
by our 1ife firing and our curtain Of EIe
Nothing important has occurred on the re-
maInder OF The front.
Paris, can. 30th (via Londop)-The fol-
loving official communication was issued by
the War Office tonight: In Artois 10 he
south of the road from Melville to La Tola
We exploded a mine which shattered the enc
my galleries. Our artillery has curried cut
a destructive fire Oh he reyictua.lng centre
Of S~ullaumlnes, sDuth-e ast Of LeDs, and ON
the German parks md hivouacs north Of
Nlmy. Between the Somme and the Disc
our batteries took under their fire troops in
transit IN the region Of Beauyrajgnes. una au
enemy infantry column Oh The road between
LHucourt and Reyes. To the west of be
Alsne IN front of Souplr We destroyed by our
fire a German work, he garrison of winch
was annib lated. To the east of RheiEs our
trench-euns effectively shelled the opposing
fortifcations at CerDay. In Alsace We bonn
barded the enemy positions at Aspach 70 the
north Of AItkIrch.
Petrogf al, Jany. Goth via Loudon.--Tha
following official communicative was issued
to-day: On The western (Russlan) front
there is nothing to report except encounters
on 'he middle Stripa between the troops of
General Ivanotf and the enemy, who attempt
ed to counter attack our trenches but
were everywhere repulsed by our FIRE.
Caucasus front; In The district of Lake
Iortum our troops are making pro-
greas. North of Dumlu, a chain Of
mountains III The region OF Erzerum,
we d~islodged the Turks from a number #
points. An attempt Of the Turks to ae-
vance towards the upper Fassino valley
east Of Elzerum was stopped by the fire.
of our artillery from a concealed position.
tn att these engagements we captured de-
%tachments of Turkish regulars. We are con-
tinuing the pursuit of the Turkish troops
who are in occupation of the region of Khy-
n skala. In places our troops are advancing
over SHOW fourteen feet deep.
London, Jany.29 h-The official statement
of The campaign III the Western theatre is
sued tonight reads: Yesterday evening after
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