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ENEMY TESTING OUR STRENGTH.
‚“ OVERWHELMING 'DISASTER "* FOR THE ENEMY.
PARIS, Jan. 24.
YMUIDEN, Jan. 24.
A military expert draws attention When the German destroyer V69 to the fact that cur adversaries on arrived, towed by three Dutch tugs the West front are continually ter eight of the dead crew were frozen ing the respective strengths along to the deck. Axes were necessary the whole line, especially in the to detach them. The torpedo-tubes regions of former battles on the were knocked sideways, the signal Somme, the Meuse, Champagne, and tower, searchlight, bridge and one Argonne, On the other fronts the funnel were destroyed. The damage Vosges, Woevre and the Aisne--they was due to gunfire and also ramming are also waking up. He points out, by a
British destroyer deeply denting that similar trials of strength pre- the side.
coded the battle of the Somme. The British" "executed not fewer than of the crew were stripped to the seventy, raids from Ypres to the waist, washing off their battic-stains. Somme between June 24th and July It is stated that only 80 out of a 1st. The present situation is greatly
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Conspicuous in the rigging, which was frozen hard, waa à man's stun which had been blown off.
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THE GERMAN EFFORT NEAR
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PARIS, Jan. 24. The Correspondent of the Liberte at Verdun states that the recent
German effort north of Gaurierca Wood was not a mere raid but a
strong attack by three regiments on The whole story was one of swift a front of a kilometre following an overwhelming disaster when the intense all-day bombardment. The British swooped down destroying the French 75's with murderous precision squadron quickly and thoroughly. checked and rolled back the mail. A Gerroan seaman stated that the anti in disorder. A second attack, squadron had to dash cut of Zee-preceded by liquid fire, was equally brugge or-be frozen in.
costly to the Germans. One com; pany alone lost 140.
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LONDON, Jan. 24. The German official announce- ment, received by wireless, states:
Cur torpedo-bont destroyers en- countered the English of Hoolden. We sank one destroyer and observed another by aeroplane in a sinking condition,
One of cur destroyers was dam- aged, and being unansworthy, ran into Ymuiden. All the other ships returned with slight
ACTIVITY ON FRENCH FRONT.
PARIS, Jan. 24. A communiqué states: We made several coupe-de main during the night south of Chilly, in the Somme near Kegneville and in Woere!!
Four enemy aeroplanes were brought down. Lieutenant Guynemer brought
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ACTIVITY ON BRITISH FRONT
SIX GERMAN AEROPLANES. BROUGHT DOWN,
LONDON, Jan. 24. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports
The enemy attempted a taid South West of Loos, but they were cosily. benten of, leaving a number of dead and wounded We drove back a party" south of Hulluch; we raided trenches south-eart of Ypres, and bombarded trenches, soul-east of Bouchez with good resulta
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Hewart, K.C.) in a speech a The Captain of the Mohacefield Manchester, referring to the Allies: was taken prisoner, two others of refusal of the insolent German peace Mokacafield's crew were lost and offering, asked: Did any man of sense four of the Kamma's crew ato miss and spirit on this side of the water, or any side of the water, immagine 1. to be prudent or practicable, o Gyer tolerable to contemplate o future in which presumptuous, pride or un- PARI, Jan. 24 scrupulous brutality was not elented communiqué atates: Sixteen or rown? We would win British Nayal aeroplanes bombed bleat Emrush and Humanity the co farances in the Barbach basin of the blessing of an enduring peace.
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