Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-14
GERMANS HOLDING
EAST AND WEST
Berlin Announces Assaults Of
Allies In France and Russia
Are Repulsed.
BRITISH REPORT GAINS
Bulletin.


Berlin, Feb. l3.-(Wireless to Say
willie. 1.-Two attacks were made yes
terday by the Russians on the upper
Sereth river, the war Office announces.
Several battalions were employed.
The statement says the assaults were
repulsed
Berlin, Feb. 13.-(By Wireless to
Sayville. "Details Of the violent en-
gagements on Sunday night north Of
the Ancre on the Somme front are
given by the military critic OF the
Overseas News agency. Writing I'M
der date Of February II he says:
"On Sunday night violent engage
ments took place between Serre and
the Ancre, where six attacks by the
British were repulsed, the assailants
suffering heavy losses. The British
in the afternoon opened an extremely
heavy fire on the German positions
north OF the Ancre. One trench near
Serre was evacuated by the Germans
during this preparatory fire without
the British being aware of the move
ment.
Between 9 and 10 p. m. the first OF
the British contingent initiated the
attack over the snow-covered ground
in the vicinity OF Beaumont. They
were repulsed sanguinarily. Two ad-
ditional attacks at the same point also
failed.
Toward evening the British
launched their fourth attack east Of
Beaucourt. This was made by bat
talon supported by numerous ma
chine guns. 1t was followed by vio-
lent hand-to-hand fighting, during
which one officer and more than thir-
ty men wre taken prisoners by the
Germans. The attack was failure.
The British attempted two addi-
tional attacks with strong forces in
this district. Soon after midnight
they succeeded in penetrating Ger
man trenches buried in snow after
furious hand grenade fighting, but
were elected by counter attacks after
sustaining heavy casualties.
AT 4 a. m. the British made their
sixth and last attack Of the night,
this breaking down. however, under
the German curtain Of fire.
Britons Report Gains.
London, Feb. l3.--Official announce
ment was made today that the British
forces on the Tigris front have es-
tablished a line across the Tigris
bend west OF Kut-El-Amara. COM
pletely hemming in the Turks.
The announcement follows:
c. 10. he lxr'c hrt n
Shumran was shelled. A direct hit
was scored and some enemy shipping
sunk.
ION Sunday the advance on the
right bank OF the Tigris was resumed
and the enemy was driven back to
his last line OF trenches in the Dahra
bend, west OF Kut. By evening our
line was established across the
bend, from bank to bank, on
frontage Of $500 yards, and the
enemy was hemmed in. The distance
covered in the advance varied from
800 to 1000 yards" ata
Teutons Active on Two Fronts.
Berlin, Feb. l3.--(By Wireless to
Sayville. 1.-The capture of a strong
point OF support south of the Vale
putna road, on the northern end Of
the Roumanian front, is reported in
today's statement from army head
quarters, which reads:
South OF the Valeputna road Our
troops took strongly constructed
point of support by storm, capturing
l68 men, three machine guns and
much field material,
Between the Uzul and Putna val
lcys there were lively artillery duels
and foreheld engagements at many
places"
After a long period OF inactivity,
Teutonic troops on the Macedonian
front took the offensive yesterday in
the Cerna bend. The war Office an.
nounced today the capture Of a hill
position east OF Paralovo.
in the Ccrna bend yesterday" the
statement says, "our troops, after ef-
fective artillery preparation, attacked
the enemys hill position east of Para
lovo. They took it by storm and also
several camps behind the front. Our
losses were small. Two Italian Of
icers and ninety men were made
prisoners. We also captured FIVE
machine guns and two mine
throwers.'
Russian Official Report,
Petrograd, Feb. l3.--(Via London. }
Scouting reconnaissance and in
fantry firing are proceeding on the
Roumanian 'front.'" says today's Of
fetal announcement British armored
motor cars twice advanced toward the
enemys position in the region Of the
Sereth mouth and bombarded them
with artillery,
The situation on the Caucasian
front is unchanged.
Our aviators dropped four bombs
on the enemy's airdrome in the vii
lage OF Kobylnik, north of Narocz
lake. Enemy airplanes dropped
bombs on the Pogoreltsy station, on
the Alexandrov railroad, on Luci and
in the region southeast Of Galitch
Northeast of Fokshani one Of the
French aviators engaged an enemy
machine, which descended rapidly, ap.
parently damaged"
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