Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-07
GERMANS DRIVEN
BACK AFTER GAIN
Penetrate French Positions in
Lorraine-British Take
1000 Yards of Trench.
BERLIN CLAIMS SUCCESS

By the Associa ted Press.
PARIS. February Herman troops.
after spirited bombardment. yester-
day forced their way into the French
positions at the salient of the battle
front near Embermenil. in Lorraine.
but were driven out again as the re-
suit of a French counter attack. say
todays report of the war department
which follows:
"In the Lorraine district, after, n
spirited bombardment in the vicinity "t
Embermenil German forces yesterday
attacked a salient of our lines. \
counter attack followed immediatels
and the enemy was driven out OF the
advanced positions where he had So
cured a footing. our line was entirely
re-esta blished.
We have taken some prisoners IN
the forest of Parroy, south of Gren-
ecey and in the Domevre sector
Raids Along Meuse.
"on the right bank OF the River
Meuse during the night We conducted
successfully several raids. which
brought Us in about twenty prisoners.
IN Upper Alsace an enemy attack
in the region of seppois was complete
~ checked by our fire.
During the day of February three
enemy aeropianes were brought down
by French pilots. These machines
were the twentieth enemy aeroplanes
to fall in an engagement with Lieut.
Huerteaux, the fifth for Adjutant Cas-
ale and the sixth for Adjutant Madon.
German airplanes yesterday threw
down several bombs on Dunkirk. NJ
one was injured and do damage re-
suited"
British Make Gain.
LONDON. February THE report
from British headquarters in France
last night reads:
ION the Somme front our line ad-
vanced during the day in the neighbor-
hood Of Gradcourt, where we occupied
about 1000 yards OF hostile trench
without opposition from the enemy. a
further forty eight prisoners. including
two officers, were brought in as a re-
suit of our recent operations east of
Beaucourt
considerable artillery activity on both
sides on the Somme front and also in
the Ypres sector. We carried out an
effective bombardment of the enemy
positions at a number f points.
Yesterday bombs were dropped by
US on an enemy aerodrome. Consider
able damage was seen to have been
done Two OF our aeropianes were
brought down in air fights and ten
German machines were driven down
damaged"
British Failed, Say Germans.
BERLIN. February {, by wireless to
Sayville-British attempts to drive
back the German wedge into the Brit
ish positions in the Ancre valley. made
at the beginning of the week, virtually
were without success, writes the mill
tary critic of the Overseas News
Agency under date of February 5. The
temporary success gained east of Beau
court, where advanced German trenches
were penetrated, was very nearly offset
by the German counter attack, which
regained the lost ground almost com
pletely, the writer declares, while the
attacks north of Beaucourt broke down
under the German fire.
On the south bank OF the Ancre. says
the critic, three violent attacks east of
Grandcourt were repulsed. the British
being elected from a narrow front,
which they had penetrated, and as
saults on the Beaulencourt -Gueude-
court road were likewise fruitless.
Cold Is Exceptional.
Exceptional cold still prevails on the
western front. its intensity having re-
Gently increased" adds the writer. "A
heavy fog hangs over the ice-coated
trenches, hampering observation.
Hostile liers have bombarded
Bruges and Client At the former place
a shed was set on fire. At Client two
Belgians were killed and three wound
ed"
The supplementary war office COM
munication issued last night says:
Northwest of Muelhausen tAlsace)
the French today attempted to ad
vance, but failed. Prisoners remained
in our hands.