The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-26
FRENCH WIN WOOD
IN AISNE ATTACK
They Also Bring Down Four
Aeroplancs and Repulse
Germans in Lorraine.
LATTER USE LIQUID FIRE
Special cable Despatch to THE SON.

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PARIS. April 25.-The day was marked
by a French offensive north OF tho A!sne.
where a small wood south Of the Bots
Buttes was captured. and by 4 strong
German attack at C~hspciotte. southeast
Of Badonvillers, In Lorraine. This at
tack was repuised.
There was no infantry action Of i'm.
portance In the verdun district to-day
following the failure Of a determined
German attack last night In tho sector
Of lie Mort lfomme. on the west bank
OF the Meuse.
The action In the Bols Buttes. which
II in the region where the battle line
takes a sharp turn to the southeast close
to Rheims. apparently was. for the pur-
pose Of recovering some OF tho positions
lost TO tho Germans through a surprise
attack some weeks ago.
Germans' Temporary Ssccess.
The German attack In Lorraine was
made this morning on "A salient formed
by the French line. Tho assault gained
q momentary success ut certain points
OF the French defences. the Germans
gaining a foothold only TO be driven out
by counter attacks this afternoon, the
Germans In the contested positions SUI
terlNg heavily.
A mine was exploded by the Germans
at I'M 2S5 in the Argonne, to the north
Of the Courte Chausse. but the French
artillery prevented tSs Germans from
occupying tho crater and the French
seized and organised the southern edge
OF the excavation.
The German bombardfnent wa very
heavy In the course of the day at Hill
3O&. and on the villages Of Esncs and
Currieres, on the west bank OF the
Meuse. French guns destroyed a Soc
ton of German trench sone nifty meters
In length near the Fbur dc Paris. In the
Argonne.
Marked activity on the part Of the
French aviators is noted In the official
communicate tonight. -Four German
machines were brought down, one near
vauquois. another In the Argonne at the
Cote du Poivre. on the east bank OF tho
Meuse; a third In the Bois de FORCES.
on the west bank OF the river. and a
fourth near I~iattonchatel. northeast OF
ST. Nih!el.
French Gain North Of AisWe.
Tho official communicate issued by tho
French War Office tonight follows:
NOTtn Oh Inc AlSnc, diteF aipiiVIs
preparation, our troops captured his
morning a small wood south Of the
Bots Ruttes.
In tho Argonne the fNe OF our heavy
batteries destroyed n German post n
some nifty meters of enemy trench In
the sector VI lie Four de Paris. At
Hin es6 the Germans exploded @ mine.
Our fire curtain prevented the enemy
from occupying the crater. the SOUTH
ern edge of which we organized.
West of the Meuse there was an in
tense boinbardment al Hill 800 and in
the regions of Esnes and Cumieres.
East Of the Meuse the day was rel
atively calm.
In the wocvre the bombardmen was
very violent IN the sector OF Moulain-
willie. There was no infantry action
in the course Of the day. one OF our
long range guns b~ombarded effectively
the railway station at Heudicourt.
In Lorraine. southeast of Badon-
v~iliers. the Germans after an intense
bombardment directed toward noon a
strong attack on the salient which is
formed by our line at Chapelette. The
attack WAS completely repulsed. Some
fractions OF the enemy forces which
had gained "A foothold in our trenches
IN the northeast part OF the salient
were driven out in the course of the
afternoon and in part annihilated by
our fire. We made about fifteen pris-
oncrs. OF whom one was an officer.
-Four German Planes shot Down.
AVIATION: Near Nauquuls. an
enemy aeroplane. which was compelled
to land within its own lines after a
combat VAS destroyed by our cannon.
In the region OF Nerdun one Of our
r~econnoitring aeroplanes brought
down "A German ~aeroplanc. which fell
at the Cote du rOivrc, nifty meters
from our trenches.
\ third enemy machine brought
down by ono Of our pilots fell In the
Bots de FORCES.
Finally, a Fokker aeroplane. fred on
with a mitrailleusc by one OF our avi-
ators. fell vertically in the region OF
IIattonchatel.
ON the night of April c+-25 ono Of
our dlrigihles dropped ten bombs OF
la5 millimsters each and six bombs Of
22o millimeters each on the railway
station at Coniians.