New-York tribune., 1916-05-01
Ono North of Dead Man
Hill, Another Near Gu
miereS Taken.
GERMANS LOSE SlN
PLANES IN AIR FIGHTS
Invaders Driven from Position
South of LaSsigsy and Rc'
pulsed in VOSges.

London. April so.-More gains were
made by tho French to-day IN deSpe-
sat, lighting west Of the Meuse. Yes
.c-6sv. toward tho close Of the day =
cc-rsn trench north Of Dead Man
vHl was captured and ffty-thrce pris-
amer, taken. To-day another German
.-,reh north of Cumieres was captured
md thirty taken prisoner.
Rst.les the air continued to-day,
,.-h victory ON tho side Of the French.
SIX German scronlanes were brought
GOWN iu three engagements.
The Official communication issued by
hs French War Office tonight reads;
West ot the Meuse our first and
,e,ori lines IN the region of Le Mort
rl,-,rre were violently bombsrded.
@o~.p ~ Cumicrcs our troops took pos
.,.s.o- a. German trench in the
.,r-,so o. She dsy and made thirty pris-
oreTs
.rss. ~ tHe Mouse and in the Woevre
ne 6sv WAS comparatively calm. On
he rest o. the front nothing occurred
,rcspt the usual esnnonading.
oOns Of our aeroplsnes attacked two
Tokkers above the German lines in the
-er;or Of Roye Subjected TO machine
80, FIRE 81 sn altitude Of / 800 metres,
one crashed 20 the ground. The other
vss forced 70 make q landing.
Two More Fokkers Brought Down.
Two other Fokkers we're brought
down bv our battle seroplanes, one near
les Fnarces snd the other at Douau-
uort
"F.v. enemy seroplancs dropped
bomb. en- tho region south OF Verdun.
Our pursuit machines, sent after them.
succeeded % bringing down two. A
-r,ri VA, brought 10 earth by the FIRE
o. o.r special guns
The afternoon official statement re-
rcrted the capture Of German trench
north Of Dead Man Hill. with fifty
three prisoners. the election OF the
Germans from trenches they had taken
south o. laSsiCny and the repulse Of
German assaults iu the Nosges. In the
ArconDe German aeroplane was
forced 70 esr,l Dy French machines and
Is tao officers captured. The text OF
tne statement follows:
"In the region south OF Lassigny the
Germans last night, efter lively can
ror6de. directed a small attack upon
or positions near HGmel. The enemy,
ahich had gained . foothold IN sn ele-
nent o. the trenches. was Immediately
sected By our counter attack.
"On the left bank OF the Meuse there
vas q bombardmont m the sector Of
Ayocourt and the region OF Esnes. At
ne close Of the 10. our troops seized
a German trench north OF Dead Man
I'm and made fity-three prisoners. Of
shom one was an officer.
"Ou the left bank and in the Noevre
there was intermittent artillery activity.
"Ir the Nosges the enemy during the
rc ch. attempted three coups de main
upon our trenches in Ban n-de-Sapt,
Tcte DE- Faux and south Of Largizen,
which were every Lere rePulsed, with
losses.
An aviatik was forced 20 earth intact
in the Biesme Valley )Argonne), aftcc
fght with our sviators, who pursued
the machine The two officers VINO
manned 10 were made prisoners.
British Repulse Attacks.
The British official statement this
evening says:
Last night the enemy showed some
activity. Near FracoUrt he made an
unsuccessful raid against our trenches
after the explosion Of 3 mine and
feayy bombardment.
North Of the Messines-W ulverghem
road hc liberated gas about j o'clock IN
he morning on a front Of about 1000
Yards. and followed this with en in
fantrv attack. which was broken up by
cur artillery FIRE. At one point only dld
ahostile party enter our trenches. This
PARTY was Immediately bombed out
Combined with this attack, the en-
smy. after q heavy bombardment. at
tempted an attack with bomDers near
Holland Schesschuur. This was equally
unsuccessful against our machine gun
FIRE and bombs Several dead were LETT
wing 90 front Of our wire.
ON the Loos salient there has been
active underground mine warfare. To-
dsy we carried out an effective bonn
bardment Of hostile works along the
lpres-Plkelm road.
The Berlin official statement reports
that French attacks on the German
positions on the eastern slopes OF
Dead Man Hill and adjoining lines, IN
The region Of \erdun, were repulsed
last night after tenacious nghtlng. Inc
text of the statement follows:
"Thc Faglish made several succes-
siye attacks against Glvenchy-en-Oo-
helle without success.
North Cf the Somme and northwest
Of the Disc patrol engagements were
successful for the Germans.
"To the left Of the Meuse strong
French forces yesterday evening at
tackled German positions on the HIN
Of the Dead Man and adjoining lines
as far as the northern part OF eau
rettes Wood. After tenacious lighting
on the east slope Of the height the
attack was repulSed.
"On the right bank of the river an
attempt made by the enemy TO advance
northwest Of the farm Of Ihiaumont
failed
"A German aviator flying over Yer,
dun engaged three adversaries ana
snot down one Of them
The Belgian ON ia communieall9h
reads; The region around DlNmuue
was heavily bombarded last night on
both sides Of the User. The artillery
duel was resumed in the morning
Calm prevailed on the rest OF the
front"
D~.t.oL =. E.oa~n Esnhf