New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-22
West Front
French

DAY STATEMENT.-Thc attack made by
the Germans on the position east OF NauXaii'
lon was extremely violent It was preceded
by a heavy bomhardment and conducted by
special assaulting troops belonging 70 fresh
division which has just come from the Kus-
sian front The Germans made every effort
TO procure some advantages, but they en-
countered desperate resistance on the part oil
our troops. Some slight gains which they
obtained at first were finally overcome under
our FIRE and the German counter attacks
succeeded only in penetrating our first line
trench in two places. south OF the MohV-ueS-
Singes on front of about 400 metres ana
north Of Noisy Farm on about 200 metres oil
ground.
Our troops undertook energetic counter
offensive, which permitted them this morning
10 retake part Of the occupied ground soutn
If Nont-des- Singes, where we found nu'ner,
ois bodies. indicating the heavy loss sustained
nv the enemy We captured MY prisoners
In the Champagne. during deIah OpeiS1
ton spiritedly conducted by US, We n .La
some progress northeast of Mont CarhlIel;
Uere Sye took some prisoners and captured
five aviation machine guns. Fourteen ar
planes and German captive balloon "eIc
destroyed on our front in the period Itoli
June 8 20 %. Eleven Of these maShlnes
were brought down by our plVS & srs
aerial combats. and three OF them by the hIe
of our machine or anti-aircraft guns. IN au-
dition. seven enemy machines, seriously uaih-
aged fell in our lines. ,
In the same period our squadrons eheotSu
numerous sorties They bombarded notably
The railroad station at I3ensdorf; factories OF
Uayatge-Jesuf at Moyeuvre; blast furnaces
at Rurbach and in the Saar Valley rallr0au
stations at Betheniville. Cnarteie NJ
tourne, Rethel. Mezieres, Charevlme anu
Nolsheim the bivouacs in Suippe Nahey anu
munitions depots in the region Of Laon' etc.
Thirteen thousand Kilograms OF proJecuIV9
were dropped during the expeditions whleh
caused serious damage 10 enemy estaDilsh-
ments. -,
the day. fighting was continued to our adj
vantage east of Vauxailon. counter at
tack by our troops in a trench sector Occur
pied by the enemy in the sector OF NOISY
faym gave important results. At this hour
we have retaken all Of our positions, with
the exception Of a salient situated 4OO metres
northeast Of this farm. where enemy groups
are still maintaining themselves
The artillery action remains very livery III
this region. Between Hurtebise and Craonne
our first lines were quite violently bombarded.
In Champagne the advance made TINS
morning By our troops northeast OF Mont
Carnillet was accomplished under partcu-
larry brilliant conditions. German attempt
about o'clock In the morning 10 re,apture
positions which we had taken from them on
The 18th, between Mont Carnillet and Mont
Blond was repulsed by our grenadiers. who:
taking the offensive in their turn. pursued
the enemy attachments into their own
trench, which they captured. We made also
an advance. Of 900 metres in depth, Of an
extent Of 600 metres. About 100 German
dead remained on the ground.
Belgian COMMUNICATIVE night there
was bomb fighting near the Ferrymans
House and the usual artillery activity during
the day. Artillery action took place in the
region Of Dixmude and near Pypegaale.