The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-26
Germans Apparently Bent 1st
Repetition Of Their Previo1s
Attempts to Reach Calais
.DUNKIRK BOMBARDED
BY GERMAN AIR CRAFT
Nancy AgainT arget for Gernan
Long Range Guns-A1ieo
Maintain Tremendous Cazp
nonade In Reply to Attack

London, Jan. 2A-JTs,e GaKuano
and the Allies are ~ gTapa a
Flanders in one OF tho Msn1e
gigantic artillery dueis IN hise1ey.
An apparent attempt Of Tia G4E.
mans to repeat their hi9enG10
s.driye on Calais'' I'm tho fAM ~
1914 and the spring Of 1915 ~
been challenged By tho AIlies
with all the energy OF t1111EsN
months OF accumulation In 49,
nitions. zsg.sssS 81
At only one point has either 49,
assayed an attack. This was neasl
NeuvilIe st. vasast The French
trenches were shattered. small can-
lures OF men and guns were made
and a section OF the French first ltuo
trenches were penetrated. but c0untoF-
attacks again cleared the tumbled
works. and the French maintained
their position.
Starting with bombardment -
the German batteries, the artillery
duel has spread along the whole yser
front almost to Ypres-
The French arttllary, acting In con-
cert with the British today carried ont
a violent bon1bardment Of the 0sE~
man works southeast Of Bisinshs. In
fIicting serious damage, says tonighEs
Paris communiQu0. ss
German shell fre has destroyed tH1
Templar Tower and Cathedral ~
Newport, which the Germans claly4
servation post.
F1icrs Bomharsi Dunkirk.
Behind the allies lines German avi-
ators hombarded nunkirk halfway
along the coast between Newport ana
Calais. killing Ave persons and wound
Ing three One Of the German machines
was brought down at. sea northeast cx
Nieupert.
Nancy, often the target Of heavy
siege guns of the Germans. was sgatp
hcrnbarded this morning by German
long-range pieces and hostile ayiatorss
Two German aeroplanes dropped :
number OF bombs without damage. but
the artillery bombardment resulted IN
the wounding of two persons. accOfd-
Ing to the French report.
The official statement issued In Paris
tonight says:
I'm Belgium, southeast OF Bctstn9h@
our artillery. acting in concert with the
British artillery, carried out violent
bombardment OF the German works. -
flicting serious damage.
Two German aeroplanas this mcene
ing dropped about fifteen bombs -;
Dunkirk and its suburbs- Five pefso49
were killed and three wounded.
Lively Action In Axtsas.
In Artois there was very lively 0AM~t
nonading east of Neuyille. and In Tho
region OF vailiy, where our fire -
auced several German batteries to ~
lence.
North Of the Aisne we dispersed A4
important convoy in the region ~
Craonne. A heavy German battsSlk,
which tried to shell the bridge ~
Berry -Au-B ac. was damaged by nhe3g
from one of our large calibrs guue.
On the heights of Mouse. in the Neil.
ly sector, a small German d&tAcltuamG
which tried to approach our lines. ateQ1
a spirited bombardment. was easily -
persed by our fire.
In the vosges our artillery fired viii
good effect on the German positions a
Muhlbach and Stossvihr and the oeeo~
mates of Pain-du-Chenes.
The British report OF operations To-
night says:
To-day we carried out successful ar
tillery commandments near OvillerA -
BoiselIe, LebrIboux and Boistngha-
Near the last-named place we explo6ed
a bomb store in the German Lines
'.The hostile artillery has shown -
riyity near Gommecourt, about LNea
and HODGE.
Air craft of both sides have b4eA
active. We maintained our suprema<f