The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-19
BRITISH BEATEN AT
YPRES, SAY GERMANS
Effort to Regain Positions
Reported Checked "With
Sanguinary Losses"
FIGHTING HEAVY IN Z
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IoStoS. Feb. iS.-While no important
rl,ns are announced by either side the
o-hcial statements Of the campaign In
prcrress n the region OF Ypres and near
yiiny, north Of Arras. show that night.
,rr Of considerable violence II still In
proeress In these stubbornly contested
districts.
The German official statement an.
,ounces that a British attempt to re.
cap,ure the positions lost south Of Ypres
was r~epulsed with s%anguinary losses
Tn. French report tonight tells OF the
explosion II a mine northwest Of Cote
40 in the region north Of Arras. causing
vve-e damage 10 a German trench. and
OF another mine between the trench lines
uhirh provoked a German attack. re-
.,l,ing IN a rcpulse for the Germans.
Attention was directed again to-day
10 upper Alsace by a German attack
norm Of Iargitzen. The assault was
preceded by a thorough artillery
cremration and the Germans were able
10 gain A foothold In the French trenches.
but we're driven out at once by . French
counter attack.
British Vnnoticed ~ Gernans.
The correspondents at British head.
quarters report that when the Germans
attacked the International trench W.
British miners who were working In an
underground gallery leading toward the
enemy emerged into the trench expect
Ing 10 rejoin their comrades but found
me trench warming with Germans.
Keeping their wits. they mingled with
them unrecognized In the darkness and
managed TO push through the throng
and escaped 10 their WI lines.
They reported the position Of the
,Arorg Il German soldiers. w%hereupon
ne gurners concentrated their IRE on
The packed trench and undoubtedly in
'ic,ed great losses. The correspondents
add that the German possession Of the
trench is useless. since 1t does not AZ.
feet the general position. The Germans
merely gained a few hundrded yards Of
,anul,uous ground at a great cost.
The correspondent OF the Daily Er.
press. referring to the international
trench says:
In a counter attack by which the
British recaptured a section of the trench
an enormous quantity Of bombs was
used He instances the case Of three
men throwing $500. II happens that
the British division In this salient has
become particularly profcien, in grenade
throwing and Is getting an unlimited
supply. He adds:
Although the front line is still broken
the enemy cannot occupy II because II
's torn TO pieces by mine explosions and
shell fre. The result has been the
creation Of a new No Mans Land the
British ard German infantry lying on
opposite SIDES of a low ridge.
German Omcia1 Report.
Tie Berlin statement regarding &C.
Nlty In the west was AS follows
The English again attempted TO re.
capture their positions to the south
4" ipr-s, but were repulsed with san.
culinary losses.
To the northwest of Lens and to
Inc north Of Arras we carried out
successful mining operations.
a small German detachment re-
TUNED from a nocturnal expedition
igiinst English positions near Fon-
qlevlil.rs. north OF Arras. with a
few prisoners and one machine gun.
Directly south of the Somme al at
tack by fresh French troops broke
down uudev our fire.
On III. remainder OF the front there
e-s NOR. or less lively artillery
duels. but no incidents Of any es-
recial importance.
Enemy aerial attacks in Flanders
we're Immediately returned by our
avia'ors with the aerial lombard
rent Of Poyeringhe.
The official c~ommunioue issued by the
Fren'h War Once tonight follows:
In Artois. northwest nj Cote 40. We
exploded a mine under "A German
trench. which suffered great damage.
Another Of our mines exploded be-
Aas .- ..n.N
orater, Of which We occupied the
'ol'h.ru edge. \ German attempt to
div, u out WAS stopped shor by u
avert herman Attack.
In the cgion TO the south OF Fvise
our artillery IN concert with the Brit
's3 artillery. produced "A curtain OF
IRE which avcrtcd an enemy attack
men ~ preparation.
To the north Of the .Aisne, in the re-
.on %; l. cholera. ~ directed
against a salient OF the enemy's line
a destructive lire which gave good re-
sul,s
" upper Ais,ce, after a thorough
arNi"ry preparation. the enemy d.
r"''cd attacks against our positions
0o-'h of largitzen and was able to
~ loot temporarily in our trenches.
IL Wa elected At once by a counter
tack.
TIC following report from British
'ra1gIari"rs 40 f'Mnce was made pub
'c '"'nslt by the official press bu-
eau.
Our a~rtilicr, today bombardtd the
neny's position north of the Ypres-
comires Canal. The artillery of both
SIDES Wa generally active abou the