The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-24
The French Report.

PARIS. April 23.--Thc official COM
muuicatiun issued by the war office to-
night reads:
In Belgium the enemy launched this
morning several attacks At various
points along our front, hut these were
completely rcrulSrd hy our fire. Some
enemy groups which succeeded In pene-
traliug our advance "lcmcnts were
driven out Immediately after IA hand to
hand engagement The Germans lelt
prisoners In our hands.
"Hctwrcn the Sommc and tho dis" our
batteries effectively Shrll,.d tn" enemy
organizations. Between thr AiSne and
the ChcmindesD Dunes We mad" new pro-
grcSS In the course OF tn" day. North
/ of SRncy the artillery fighting WAS par
ticularly lively in the sector of IIurtc-
! hiSc farm. Intermittent artillery actions
occurred on the rest of the front.
ION April 90 our pilots fought a num-
her OF aerial engagements, six enemy
airplaneS being brought down. One of
our groups composed of fourteen mu-
chimes last night dropped l740 kilos of
nrojectileS Oh railway stations and
I3ivouacs in tho valley of the Asne.
Belgian communication: AT various
points on the Belgian front the artillery
! fighting was resumed with greater ar-
! tlrity than the preceding days. Around
, lIet Sas there was spirited bomb fight
! ing.
Eastern thcratre april 29)--Llvcly
artillery actions occurred in the regions
of Lake Dorian and the Ccrna Bend. par
ticularly the Italian sector. On the night
! OF April 2l-9@ numerous enemy recon
naiSsancrS were repulScd by rifle fire
and grcnades on the front between
| rSrvena Stena and Sokol An enemy air
! plane was brought To earth near knr-
! liza. two officers being made prisoner.
ON THE FRONT IN FRANCE. April
2".-The relative quiet on the French
front results from one OF these normal
causes in the battle after the first vigor-
Gus shock which drove the Germans
| from their formidable positions along 4
| range Of hills where they had hrcn long
cntrrn"hed. The work Of organization
however proceeds continuously. The
French unrclentingly maintain contact
with the G"rinans. and here and there
along the line have pushed them back
| still further in local engagements. The
artillery and the aviation sections were
facOred to-day by clearer skies and tho
guns roar necessarily.
PARIS. April 2%.-IIcavy artillery
| fighting continues on tn" front of the
| announces. East Of Crconne tho Ger
| mans after r fierce bnmbardmout group
! ed detachmrnis for an attack. French
guns replied effectively and prevented
| the attack.
The statement follows:
There. was very active artillery
: fighting. last night south Of St Quentin
and between scissors md Rheims. East
or treonne very rlolert German bonn
hardmCnt WAS followed by preparation
to attack. Our batteries replied cfrec-
| lively and the enemy WAS not able 10
launch the attack
In the Champagne the Germans nj
| & o'clock yesterday evening directed Il
strong attack against thr salient mort IL
| east OF Mont llaut. II was broken uY
| by our artillery and machine gun fire.
| The enemy renewed his efforts during
| tho night on the ridges which va hold
! before Maranvillicrs. The flGhlinE WAS
| very spirited Il, some points. rrSultlng
| cvrryWhcre to our. advantages.
East of ST. Mihicl and the Wocvrc
] We repulscd TWO SURPRISE attacks made
| by strong enemy dctaChm"ntS. one IN
| the ALLY wood. the other against the
! rclonnc trench. In tho NusgrS IN
enemy attack south OF the Ste. Mari"
| rnSS was without success"