The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-20
GERMANS REPULSED
IN THE CHAMPAGNE
British Official Statement
Tells of Ground Being
Gained During the Night
in the Neighborhood of
: Villers-Guislain and That
Elsewhere There Was Lit
tie of Interest

Paris, April 20.-Violent fighting con
tinued during the night, in the course
which the French made further gains il
the region of Laffaux and Vauclerc pla
teau, the war office announced to-day
Several lines of trenches east of LOW
were captured. Heavy counter attacks
by the Germans in Champagne were re
pulsed with heavy losses to the enemy.
The official communication last night
reads as follows:
Between the Somme and the Disc
quite violent artillery actions were in
progress.
North of the Aisne, the enemy, under
our energetic pressure, continued to with
draw in the direction of the Chemin des
DANES. Our troops in the course of the
day occupied the villages of Aisy, Jouy
and Laffaux, and kept in close contact
with the enemy. Fort De Conde north
west of Conde sur Aisne) also fell into
our power.
''In the region of Hurtebise, after a
spirited engagement, we occupied point
of support north of that farm, taking
800 prisoners and two csnnons of los
millimetres.
"West of Bermericourt, we made an
important advance and captured about
30 prisoners.
I'm Champagne the artillery action
was continued furiously against the
Massif of Moronviliiers. We enlarged
our positions north of Mont Haut, and
repulsed two German counter attacks in
that region and on Mont Carnillet
Northwest of Auberive our troops
brilliantly carried ont front of two
kilometres a system of trenches strongly
organized. joining this village with the
Moronviliiers Wood, and drove back the
enemy to the southern outskirts of
Vaudesincourt. One hundred and fifty
prisoners were captured in the course of
this action
"In the Argonne, German attempt
against one of our trenches in the direc-
tion of Bolante was easily repulsed.
ARTILLERY fighting, at times quite spir-
tied, took place in the region of Vauquers
and on the left bank of the Meuse in the
direction of lie Mort Homme"
French Pressure Slowly Telling.
The uniform failure of the Germans to |
resist the steady and methodical pressure
of the French is the outstanding feature |
of the operations to date in the great |
offensive on the Aisne and in Cham. |
payne. 1t is clear that General Nivelle's |
armies are in no danger of losing the /
initiative and that gradually but surely |
all the salients along the Scissors Au
berive front are being crushed. The prin-
cipal salient to which the enemy chung
formed an angle where the front running
south from st Quentin hinged on a, line
running eastward from Rheims. Caught
as in wise by the troops advancing
from LaffcuX and northeast from Vailly
and Chayonne. the angle collapsed yes
terday and Fort Conde was captured.
London. April 2O.--~We gained ground
during the night in the neighborhood of
Villers- -Guislain," says the official state
ment. Elsewhere there was nothing of
especial interest"
The British official statement last
night reads as follows:
I'VE improved our position slightly
south of Monchy lie -Preux.
To-day we further progressed east of
Fampoux and in the enemy's trenches
southeast of Doos, where we again cap
tured prisoners.
South of Lens an enemy bombing {
attack was successfully beaten off. |,
"The total number of guns captured to
date is 22s." Ii