, 1916-02-16

several times attempted 10 cross we INti
canal at the Steenstraete heights 1T Het-
saS. Under the combined fire # our artIl-
levy and machine guns the attempts ialiea.
In Champagne there was very marked artll-
lery activity in the regions OF the Butte du
Mesnil aud Navarin. After . bombndment,
lasting several hours, the enemy was able
TO penetrate a small salient of our line be-
tween the road from Navarin aud that trsn
SAINT Souplet. TO The northeast OF the
Butte du Mensil the Germans attempted
q new counter-attack to drive Us from those
parts of the trench occupied 10y rs yester-
day but were repulsed. We continued to
progress by the use of grenades TO the east
of these parts aud have made some prison.
ers. III the Argonne near the -Four de
Paris we exploded a small mine which
shattered the mine works of the enemy. In
the north of Wissembach east of Saint Die
an enemy infantry attack met by our fire
was not able to approach our irs lines.
Paris, Feby. l3th.-rhe official statement
issued to-day says: To the north of Vic
%suraisne our artillery dispersed enemy de-
tachments which had advanced rs fan as our
wire entertainments. TO the northeast of
SCISSORS the Germans were able fol
lowing a commandment to reach Que of
our trenches in the neighbourhood of
the Crouy road. < counter attack
elected them Immediately. The enc
my left q number of dead on the field
and we made some prisoners OF whom one
was an officer. In the Champagne in the
region to the northeast of the Butte du Mesnd
the Germans late yesterday aud during the
night directed five successive counteI-at,a cks
against the trenches previously captured by
us. All these attacks were repu)sed. In
Lorraine there were artillery duels IN the
sector of Reilton and the forest of Pnrroy.
In the same region several recohuoitella8
parties of the enemy were dispersed by our
fire.
Censored at Jamaica.)
Paris, Feby. 13th.-(yia London Feby.
14th)-The following official communica-
ton was issued bv the War Office tonight
In Artois the day was marked by a series
of German attacks from Hill No. 40 as
far as the road between Melville and In
Folie. In the morning the first attack
was made without result to the west of
Hill 40. In the afternoon after n violent
bombardment of our positions the enemy
attacked at four different points along our
front. Three of these attacks were stopped
short by our curtain of fire and the fire OF
our infantry. In the course OF the fourth
the enemy succeeded IN penetrating our
first line trench to the west of Hill l40
but was driven out of it by an immediate
counter-attack in which he suffered appre-
ciable losses in dead and wounded. A Ger
man aeroplaue cannonaded by our batteries
was brought down in flames to the east Of
Givenchy. To the south OF Frise an attack
with grenades on our works failed. 10 tue
east of the Disc we bombalded the enemy
organizations in front Of Fonteuoy. Between
SCISSORS, and Rheims the German artillery
was particularly active. II the secto of
SCISSORS, Chassemy and La-PoupeLle our
curtain of fire cut short Infantry actions
in the course of preparation. In Cham
payne in an isolated action between the
roads from Navarin and Saint Souplet
we made some prisoners. To the east
of the road from failure to Sommepy the
enemy gained a foothold in some sections of
the advanced trenche-. In Argonne we
carried out a destructive fire Oh the enemy
organizations to the north of Four de Paris"
Petrogrud, Feby. f3th-fhe War Office
communication issued to-day says: "Westefn
(Russian) front: La the Riga sector there
has been al intense artillery duel IN the Oil
aud B~eresmunde regions. Our artillery
caused an explosion within the enemy lines
neur Viewer south of Ikskull. Near Jacob
stadt the Germans tried to approach our
trenches west of Lievenhoff, but our troops