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In the neighborhood of Eelty
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we captured Tonbois. Farm, on the Tempire-Venbhuile Bond.
We progressed along the spur to the north-east of Epeby, station and took a few prisoners.
The weather be attenau gankan
were lost, to spare the lives of our forces This was achieved, thanks to our beroie and to indict heavy losses on the enemy
men.
A.French attempt to break through failed. Wa inflicted sanguinary losse and took over 2,100 prisoners where the enemy penetrated.
The fighting continues and fresh- attacks are expected.
"The fighting between Prunay and
THE GERMAN COUNTER-ATTACKS. Aube River has developed into a battle
COSTLY FAILURES.
“LONDON, April 17.
line and is therefore extending on the Oise into the Champagne......
We have entire confidence in, the coming, heavy fghting,
LATEST REPORTS FROM THE FRENCH FRONT.
Paris, April 17.
A French communiqué reports We organised the position won hetween Soissons and Rheims.
Beuter's Correspondent at Head- quarters states that when the Germans make up their minds to ceasts attacking, at Monohy-le-Preux, their usualties will anfount to an appalling tot The lure is st strong upon them, despite the most costly failures. The prisoners state that if the attack in which they were
A strong German counter-attuck captured proved unsuccessful, other attempts would be made, We have our new line, in the region of no need to complain of the enemy Alles, was broken by our curtain fre continuing to. give us opportunities and machine-gun fire, which indicted,
heavy losses on the enemy. to punish bin.
The heaviest and most determined. Other enemy counterattacks os German effort to retake the key to the sector at Courcy also failed.
The weather continues to be very the position" was minde on April 14
at Kous, lying on the norths bunk. There was an artillery duel on the Scarpe and two miles from the sectors to the west of Auberive
in Chaispagne. Morchy. It harboured many" Ger-
Nine enemy man batterier which were able to
aeroplanes were brought down. Captain Guynemer sweep the intervening valley. The
machine.
country is most favourable to open brought down bis Bth energy fighting and Bord good cover for the concentration of troops. Surt
od lies to the borth and Vert BRITISH AND FRENCH REPRISALS, Woot to the south-east, ut no great distance. We lay along this ground THE AIR RAID ON FREIBURG, on April 14 with the other forces to the northward of Monchy, preparing a nut, cracker advance. The Huns (could not have timed their effort to
LONDON, April 17,
A Berlin official report states that 33 aeroplanes attacked Freiburg-in retake the village mora opportunely, people were killed and 27 injured. Breigau, on Saturday, Eleven which was at the, very moment wo were ready to advance. The Ger-
The University was considerably
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mans massing in the two woods were damaged and the munisipal theatre, hotly bombarded, and the enemy
institutes." and infirgarien weca
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advance from the south was beaten attacked.
back before they were within 150 Three British aeroplanes was yárda of our position. The Huns brought down: The leader of the energing from Vert and Sart Woods attack, a British Lieus. Cobnel, was were caught by the bombardment, taken prisoner
anct shells tore their ranks inostAccording to his statements and devastatingly. Subsequently it was fly sheets thrown down by the sero learned that with picked troops they planes, the attack was a reprisal for gained our front trenches before the the torpedoing of the Gloucester villege, after fierce hand-to-hand Castle. The communiqué vigorously fighting The British were ordered contests such a justification of the to allow the Bosclies to enter the air raid, and declare that Cicat long and narrow trench as thickly Britain must take the consequeue
they pleased and then they were of deapising Gerrar terribly enbladed and they withered against the misuse of hospital, ships and fled in disorder.
A revengeful attack on an open town, The enemy out 2,600 killed aldrein which there are One ofiose claithe shot 40 before
military upp the crowd bolted.
(Continued