, 1916-01-12
PLEMENT TO ST. CROK AVIS, NOD, 18TH JANUARY, 1916

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siderable damage, and an Understandable
panic among the inhabitants Of the Bulga-
rian capital.
Paris, Jan. 10th, via London-The follow
ing Off cial communication was issued by the
War Office tonight There has been gen
erel artillery activity along the front. On
the heights Of the Aleuse a violent bombard-
ment OF enemy positions in the Bos des
Cheyallers has occurred, our fire opened eX-
tensive breaches in the German trenches and
caused some OF them to fall III. In Chnm-
payne the battle continued during the course
Of the day. A series OF counter~attacks ena-
bled Us TO reoccuPy successfully almost all
the sections lost. II is confirmed that the
Gelmau attack was, as much by the import
ance Of the efectlyes engaged ~ by The
means employed, an action on a large scale
destined to produce important results, bus
it has ended in a very abrupt check. We
know from reliable sources that one entire
brigade was launched against a single pojn
of the extensive front Of the attack"
Petrograd, Jan. 10th, via LoDdon.-The
struggles for the possession of Cztrtor>sk
aud Czernowitz are continuing with unNbat-
ed t~erocity over the Russian Christmas hoil-
day. The etforrs Of the Germans to out
flank the Russians at Bayan on the frontier
east Of Czernowitz aud nus relieve the pres
sure Oh the latter place has been checkmute,t
by the Russians, according to reports from
the front. Fierce lighting occurred IN the
streets of Czartorysk on the several occa-
sions when the town has changed hands. At
present the Russians appear 10 be III posses
sion Of the place.
London. Jauy. loh-TAe British official
statement issued Tonight says: "Thele has
been artillery activity to-day near Fauqis-
- ~. ~ D., E,riay of - EIiio,,j
and about Ypres. Hostile aircraft dropped
bombs near Strazeile, Hozebrouck and St.
Omer. One woman and one child were killed.
London, Jan. IOth-Mr, Herbert Samuel,
j tmas;or- General, has been appointed
Home Secretary, succeeding Sir John A
Simon resigned.
Petrograd, Jan. 10. via London-The
following official commun cation was is ued
to-day. The situation on the west (I{useIan)
front yesterday Yos generally CAIN. In
Gallcia ana to the east Of CzernowItz he
enemy having suffered losses IN
our attacks, and being disorganized by the
failure of his desperate counter-attacks, bus
shown no Sign Of activity beyond feeble ut
tempts by artillery und hand gIenades to inter-
fere With the work Of our men in conso!ida-
ting the positions they had won. In the
Caucasus coastal reg on p detacI mtut of
Russian scOuts on SATURDAY h18uf, despite
the violent Turkish fire, broke through the
elemy's front on the Arkheya ryrr nud
demolished a brid8ehead held by the enemy
and returned without losses.
Berlin (Via Londou) Jan. 10th. The toXt
Of the official statement issued to-day by the
War Office follows: Western front: An attock
developed by US to he north OF Massiges in the
neighbourhood of the Maisons de Champagne
farm resulted in the capture by our forces Of
an enemy observation post and trenches sev
eral hundred yards in extent, as we'll as
423 prisoners, including seven officers and
seven machine-guus I'D one Large and
seven small mine-throwers A French
counter-attack to the east of the farm
broke dow A German air squadron at
tackled an enemy warehouse ut Furnes. Eas-
tern front. The general situation remains
unchanged. A strong Russian division was
e - - l-oaoo - D.