Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-06
FRENCH CAPTURE
GROUND AS They
TURN ON TEUTOv,
g
Gallic Forces, on Offer "a Ike
Trenches North Of W ettc
Wood in Course OF Sew.
eral Battles
QUIET WEST OF MEusE RIVER
Official Report from Paris Tells OF
Capture Of More Trenches
Northeast Of City.
GRENADE FIGHT IN ARGoNNE

/ PARIS, April 3. The French
gained ground north of calllctte
Wood northeast Of Yerdon. IN tho
course Of several eng8gementg during
the night, the war office announced
this afternoon
West OF the Meuae there were no
events Of Importance,
Twenty mines, which were thrown
into tho Meusc at Mlhlel oy the Ger
rams, were exploded by the French
With no damage.
The text Of the communication fol.
lows:
I'm The Argonne there has bnen rom.
bat With hand gfenades ~ the sector
betwoon Boiante aud lfilla MoHe. We
caused tte explosion Of two mines, which
dafnoged an onemy trench
west ~ the Mfuse last night passed
relatively c0ini East ~ thc river We
TOOK part n several onEagemoDts dunpg
the courso Of which we made progress
IN the connecting trench north u caii-
iette wood
Intense B0mbnrdment.
I'm tho Woeyre there bas been m IN.
tense bombardment between Moulainyllio
and chalIllon The Gounans threw into
the meuse, north Of g. Albiel twenty.
two mines These floated down and wefs
exploded by us without causing any
damage
I'm the Lorraine the Germana after
violent bombafdmont of our postlons
between Arracourl ana H. Martin, ~
ilgcred eeyefal small Infantry attacks
against various points IN this sectr
Tho enemy Was every Who're thrown bacF
by our machine guns and artillery.
IN the yosges reconDaigaance ~
force on Tho part of the enefny who
we're endeayorinR 10 reach our trenches
southeast of celes was easily dis.
persed.
I'm the region Of Yerdun French aero
planes on April 4, engaged IN no fever
than fifteen aerial oonibats, during the
course OF which double rnotofsd Ger.
man machine WAS brought down near
tho Pond Of Hnnts rourneaux. Another
German machine fell down near The wood
Of PLY and third German acroplane |
fell vertically 10 the ground Ali The
French pilots got back without suffcr
Ing damage.
During the night of April and 4 ono
" opf aerial equadrons threw down
fourteen shells on tho railroad station NJ
and five others on The barracks
X The enemy at Damylllers"
French Attacks rail-.
BERLIN. April 6.-(By Wireless 20
1.-The following statement WAS
ssued today by German army head
quarters:
ARTILLERY engagements In the Argonno
md IN the Mouse district are continuing
With undimlnishcd vigor. Tile situation is
eon the left bank OF the Mouse tho
french were prevented by the Germans
rom again occupying the mill northeast
I Haumont
I'm the Fort Douamont sector yoster
ay repeated counter attacks OF the
namy oroke down before the Ger
nan Inc bpHliWfHt pi NHH lpIi HHu III
ront Of the German positions IN the
orth part Of the calllette wood.
German troops IN Lorraine and on the
lsatian front carried out several sue
essfil patrol enterprises.
During the month Of March in aerial
on the western front Tho
ermans lost fourteen aerOplanos, of Z
'hlch seven were lost IN air combats,
Three were shot down from the ground
nd four are missing The British and
fench lost forty four aefoplanes. Of {
hich thirty.eight were lost IN air com
als. four were shot down On tho gfound ,
n our front and two were forced 90 land /
ithin the German lines, twenty-five
lomy aeropanes fell into German hands.
no iull II nineteen others WAS noticed
Eastern front In The sectors NJ Nar
y and wlsnlow lakes the lluasian arlil
~ fire has Increased
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