Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-11
BRITISH C[|NG|NC
TO new POSITIONS
German Attacks Fail to Drive
Enemy Back Near Sally
SaiIIiSeI.
FIGHTING IS GENERAL

British forces retain their hold OH the
new positions east OF Sally Saillisel, on
the Somme front in France, despite Ger
man attacks. The latest offensive move
ment of the Germans was preceded by a
heavy artillery bombardment, but the
British maintained their lire successfully.
Artillery activity has been marked north
Of the somme and along the Mouse. in the
verdun sector
British Gain Further Success.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, February 1o.-Gernan at
tacks against the new British positions
east of Salty Saillisel. on the Somme
front. were unsuccessful. according to the
official statement from British headquar-
tiers in France issued tonight by the war
office. British troops have carried out
successful raids In the region Of Ypres.
The statement reads:
Last night the enemy attacked our
new positions east of Sally -saillsel after
q heavy bombardment. The attacks were
everywhere unsuccessful and our line WAS
maintained entirely.
1.-THE enemy attempted raids during the
night southeast Of Melville 81. Vast.
east Of Vermelles and south OF Neuve
Chapelle. but were repulsed In each case
with considerable losses. leaving few
prisoners In our hands.
= Enter German Lines.
"a party Of our troops entered the
enemy's lines east OF Melville st. Vast,
destroyed q machine gun emplacement
and returned without casualties. This
afternoon we carried out a very success
full raid opposite Givenchy. We captured
twenty-five prisoners, including one Off
GER In the last twenty-four hours We
have taken forty-eight prisoners. inciud-
ing two officers.
'The artillery has been active on both
sides Of the somme in the neighborhood
Of Serre and in the Ypres sector. Four
explosions were caused In the enamys
lines by our fire.
Yesterday bombs were dropped by US
on a number Of places of military Inn
portance and considerable damage WAS
done to an enemy aerodome. One German
airpiane was destroyed in an aerial tight
and another was brought down by anti
aircraft gunA"
Artillery Actions at verdun.
PARIS, February 1o.-The official conn
night reads:
out a surprise attack and brought back
ten prisoners.
ION both banks Of the Meuse there were
spirited reciprocal artillery actions No
infantry action occurred. On the rest of
the front there was the usual cannonade.
Last night our airplanes bombarded
number OF places notably Asnts -Four ,ne
stations at Maxieres and Tergnier and
railroads and factories In the Sare val
ley. q train being derailed and set afire
yesterday numerous aerial combats
took place. Two enemy machines. one OF
them a triplane, fell in our lines. They
were brought down BY our pilots one OF
registered his thirty-nrst victory"
Belgian communication:
I'm the course of the night the Bel
gian infantry dispersed German party
which attempted to approach the
trenches north of the Ferryman's
House. Bomb fighting occurred south of
this point and north Of Het Sas."
Fighting Is Continuous.
BERLIN. February 6 (Tuesday), by
wireless to Tuckerton, N. j.. February
1o.-Although army headquarters state
ments of late have announced that there
have been mo incidents of Importance"
says the Berliner Tageblatt. 'the fight
ing activity has not ceased at any
place for even one moment. On the
whole 1,200-mile front In Belgium,
France, Russia. Rumania and Mace
donta troops with rifle in hand are
ready at any hour of the night and day
tempts to break the iron ring.
batteries hidden in woods and COW
cred by ice and snow are ready to open
fire at a seconds notice: On hundreds
of sectors there are artillery duels, sur
prising fire attacks and violent can
nonades. Every day numberless isolated
enterprises under hardship and danger.
are carried out against the positions of
the enemy.
Feverish Activity.
Pioneers are digging and constructing
in haste and there is intense and fever
ish activity in thousands of underground
telephone stations. At dawn airplane
squadrons take to the air for daily re-
and combat with enemy
machines. Night and day columns of
men on the roads carry to the foremost
positions ammunition, food and mails
and bring back sick and wounded SOL
diers. In thousands Of dressing places
and hospitals on the front an army OF
surgeons ambulances and Red Cross
nurses are necessarily working
Millions of men without interruption
night and day are fighting and working
with enthusiasm and unshakable deter
mination. All are animated by q firm
confidence In final victory"
Supplementary Report.
A supplementary statement from Ger
man general headquarters today reads:
TT is officially reported that lively ar
tillery activity has occurred on the north
bank Of the Somme; on the west bsnk
IF the Meuse (Verdun 'front.': on several
sSakors of the eastern front and between
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