Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-13
fierce AF1AeIS
on BRITISH LINES
NET MEAGER GAIN
Two German Efforts Repulsed
With Great Losses; Third I.
sZt-. -. 2-3- .Es-s =
Partially Successful.
81 Che Associated Pres..

~ tne Associated Pre8s.
LONDON. December 1s--Three at
tacks were made by the Germans in
yesterdays battle. the war Office re-
ports The nrst two were repulsed. At
the third attempt the enemy pene-
Srated the loeliterated British trenches
At the apex of the angle in the Brit
ssh lines near Buliecourt. Local fight
ing contt1ueA until late in the evening
without changing the sstuatien. IS
The announcement follows:
Accounts of the fighting yesterday In
she victnity OF Builecourt show that
two attacks were made by the Ger
mems at dawn. after a heavy prepare
Tory boinba-dment. The first was de-
iivsred from the north asasnst our
positions in The Hindenbufg line i'm
mediateiy east of Bullecourt, and the
other on wider front from the north
east and east against the angle form.
ed by our trench lines south of Rien-
COURT Both were re-
pulsed with heavy LOGS to the enemy
Killed or Made Prisoner.
shortly afterward another attack
- ma q. 81. on the latter front. and
esnssrated trenches at the apex of the
angle In our lines A few Germans
who reached our trenches at other
points were Killed or taken prisoners
LOCAL lighting continued all day and
Until late In the evening In a small
portion OF trench IN which the enemy
nad obtained footing. but without
change in the situation
"A hostile raiding party was re-
pulsed last night southwest of La
Bassee- We inflicted casualties on the
enemy and secured few prisoners as
e result Of patrol encounters east Of
Correspondents Description.
In his description, of tns hattie p
tiers correspondent says:
What apparently was intended as
q determined German attack upon the
sector Of our line east OF Bullecourt
was denvesed shortly after dawn and.
was reduced to the limits of very
small local sueeess-at the most. Phe
spot the enemy chose was the elbow
IN the bend OF our line between Buile-
The Germans opened an intense
bombardment as the first streaks of a
frosty dawn were paling the eastern
SKY: Our artillery promptly replied
opposing trenches. In order TO catch
any infantry advance.
. -
Sought to overpower British.
.Assaulting waves Of Bavarian troops
came over IN close formation. It was
the manifest intention to throw great
pressure upon the front OF the attack
and overpcwsr the defenders. If pos
at seems reasonable to believe that
the Germans failed In their project.
whatever was. since the extent OF
their gain was 20 small and so in.
mont that IL Is dimcult to regard il a. |
representing any compiele scheme Of |
operations. - ssS4aS ssssgsSt.1 4ssf rs /
.rhs weather remains -fne ana dry.
= time Of the year when normally both
terB."
Guns Active on French Front.
PARIS. December 1s.-The- ofsc;a, |
statement Of today follows: +.-,
Along the whole front the artillery
on both sides 10 showing, Z moderate
degree OF activity.
I'VE rspulsed raid in strength un-
dsrtaksn. by the enemy in caurieres
wood.
PROM December 10 to. Is nine Ger
man Airplanes were brought down by
our pf1otS. In the same period our
avtators carried out various effective
5ectiiss weighing 10000 Kilograms ia
eco pounds) were thrown down, espe-
ciaily on the aviation grounds At Col.
mar and Schiesmaidt. warehouses at
1ogelbAch. factories at Rombach, in
the region OF waville and at Cha mbley
and Thiaucourt.. and on railway sta.
lions 1T warmerivilIe. Juniviile and
AmaGne.Lucquy. Good results were
observed"
German ofhcial Report.
= BERLIN. December 10. via London
Several British shelters and ninety pris-
oners were taken by German troops yes
terday on the Cambria front east OF
8ullecourt, army headquarters an
-nounced today So
The artillery firing increased this
morning. the statement adds, between
NceuYRes and Nendhuille, on the same