New-York tribune., 1917-12-21
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LONDON. Dec. 20 DAY).-A raid at
tempted by the enemy last night southeast oil
Laventie was repulsed by Portuguese troops.
Except for hostile artillery activity in the
neighborhood Of Passceudaele. there Is moth
ing further TO report.
AVIATION -. Heavy snow prevented fly
ing on Monday except on a small portion oi
the northern front. In this locality bombs
were dropped on "A hostile airdrome near
COurtrai. Enemy trenches also were attacked
with bombs and machine gun fire. At night
the station at Roulers and the stations at
Menln were bombed heavily hy Us
In air fighting two German machines were
brought down In our lines and two others
were driven out Of control. One Of our ma
chimes is missing.
Good work was done in the air on Monday
by Australian pilots. Two uf them who
were attacked by many hostile scouts when
employed on artillery work succeeded m
bringing down one of the suemys machines
in our lines and dispersed the remainder.
On Tuesday u thick haze again limited
flying 70 the northern part Of the front, where
a great deal of artillery Photographic work
was done. During the day over 100 bombs
were dropped on the enemy's railway stations,
sidings and trenches. and many rounds were
fired from the air into trenches and billets.
Fighting in the air on this part Of the
front was intense all day and resulted greatly
in our favor. Seven hostile machines were
brought down by our airplanes and one was
shot down in our lines by ant-airerait gun
FIRE and another by the fire oi our infantry.
Three others were driven down out OF con-
troll Three Of our machines are missing.
After dark yesterday our airplane5 bombed
the -. Denis Westrem. Roulers and LIGHTER
velde airdromes and the Thourout. Ledeehem,
Cambria and Menin railway stations. All Of
our machines returned
(NIGHT The enemy raided one of our
posts early this morning northeast Of Hsrgi-
court, and this Afternoon, under cover OF fog,
succeeded In capturing one of our advanced
posts east OF Messines. Other hostile raiding
parties attempted 10 approach our lines dur
ing the day northeast Of Armentieres and
north of the Menin Road but were driven off
by our fire. We captured few prisoners
and machine gun.
4 few other prisoners were taken and
many casualties inflicted on the enemy in the
course of patrol encounters last night south
east OF Cambria. Our own and the enemys
artillery was active to-day in the Bullecourt
sector. The hostile artillery has shown in
creased activity southeast Of Ypres.
FRENCH
PARIS. Dec. 70 (DAY).-There was mod
crate artillery activity along the front last
night There were no infantry actions.
,NIGHTl-The two artilleries were mod
erately active along the whole front. the
eannonading being more spirited in the re-
gion Of Caurieres Wood.
In Lorraine n powerful German attack,
preceded by violent bombardment. against
our trenches north OF Rcllons. completely
failed The enemy left numerous dead on
the ground.
In Upper Alsace we repulsed a serious sur
prise attack which the enemy attempted
against our positions at Gluckerald. south
west OF Altkirch.
Yesterday German airplanes dropped bombs
in the region Of Dunkirk and Calais. -Four
persons were killed and ten wounded.
Eastern Theatre In the neighborhood OF
Lake Doiran British troops carried out a
raid and captured some prisoners. In the
region Of the lakes Russian troops dispersed
enemy reconnaissance.
GERMAN
pERTTN Dar Ts-Tha artiIf.-v aetitity