, 1916-04-05
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Paris, Marcel 30;h-rhe following off aial
comnuniqte was issued by the War Office
this attelnoon: Sou II of the SJmma, we
bOmbarded enemy Ieyictullin stations at
PHzeanz and Halle ia the region of ChauI-
hes. West OF Npnvten an enemy .ae- npluue
was Brought down. The III chine fell in
front Of our trenches and both passengers
were killed. We took one mpclnna-eun. from
the aeropiane. North of he Aisne, oar bat
ferries directed against the enemy organizl-
tons on the plateau Of Vaac!ero caused a
powerful explosion. Iu the Champagne dis.
tract, our guns brought down n German aero
pIanel inside the enemy hues nenr Sninte
Marie-a-ly. In the Argonne we 3ombnrded
the Malaucourt wood. AT III File Morte
we caused some mines to expo lie, one of
which shattered II German trench and an.
other destroyed au enemy outpost on Hill
283. West of the Meuse, in the course of
the day the bombardmant continued in the
region of Malaucourt. East of the Mouse, the
Gelmans TINS morning directed q violent
attack against our positions in the neigh
bolrhood of Fort Dou9umont. Tho at
tack was accompanied by liquid dame. The
enemy was completely repulsed. h never
theless made a-second-attn which we
also repulsed, and inflicted at tn same
time heavy losses upon him. In the Vos-
gcs, a strong reconnaissance by the enemy
III an attempt to reach our trenches north
of Wisembach was dispersed. In the
course of the day our aerial forces dis
played much activity. To the Champagne
region. our pilots brought Town a FOX
ker which fell in flames within the en-
envy lines. In the region of Verlun, five
German aeroplanes were brought down in
the immediate proximity of our lines. Our
machines were hit many times but neverthe-
less ali the pilots returned safely. To-day's
Belgian official report ANNOUNCED great artiil-
cry activity on the front, especially in the
sector south of Dixmude.
Petrograd, March 30th.-Headquarter s
thus evening sent ont the following rep ri:
In the Riga region, the German artillery has
been directed upon Salvos and the IkskuIl
bridgehead. Iu The Jacobstadt sector, the
enemy having violently bombarded the envir-
ohments Of the village of Epukn southeast of
Augustinhof opened an attack which vas
successfully repulsed. Enemy detachments
advancing into the region of the river Oldev-
nltz were repuIsed beyond the river. An
enemy attack delivered to the south Of
the village of Wldsy was repuEsed
by our troops. West of Lake Mar
oez the enemy who was concentrated in
entrenchments to the south of the viii
lage of Mekrytzt was dispersed BY our
fire. In the region of the Oginejl Canal,
there has been heavy cannonading. South
of Pripet and in Galicia tie fighting to-day
has been confined to merely reciprocel. firing
and a few skirmishes. We brought down an
enemy aeroplane i'll the Cembowla district.
A captain and lieutenant were made prison.
ers. In the Caucasus during actions in the
Black Sea littoral, we took prisoners 10 offic-
ers and 400 men belonging to a Turkish re-
giment which had previously participated
~ the lighting on the Gallipoli Peninsula.
These prisoners say that the regiment was
commanded by German officers. In the re-
glon northwest of the town Of Mush our
troops dislodged the enemy from his posi-
tions and occupied them.