THE WESTERN THEATRE.
IMPORTANT PROGRESS IN THE IYOEVRE.
VIOLENT GERMAN ATTACKS
REPULSED,
PARIS, January 7. j A communique mentions the brilliant j ' recapture of trenches which had been '•■ lost near Lille, the capture of a por- .' tion of tho enemy's first lino'north- .-. west of Flircy, in the Wajvre, as well . as tbo occupation of woods westward ~ of Altkirch (Alsace). Artillery actions are proceeding along the rest of The front. ' The High Commissioner reports: — LONDON. January 7 (7.30 p.m.). Paris reports that in the region cf Lille a violent German attack was repulsed. In the Woevro there was important progress, tho Allies now possessing a position in tho first lino of -.- tho enemy." In tho direction of Alt- '. kirch thoro was also progress, tho French occupying woods to tho west of the town. .'.' (Received January Bth. '9.30 p.m.) f . PARIS, January 8. i- .-An official statement says:—"Vio- '. lent.Gorman attacks are reported in the " -rpgion of ■ La&aigny, in the Argonnc, at *• the junction of tho road from Four de Paris to Varonnes and tho road from La 7 . Haute Chevaubee, in the region of »'• Verdun, and on the ridgo commanding &;"_ Steinbach. All tho attacks wero re&A: pulsed. ._ •
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Press, Volume LI, Issue 15172, 9 January 1915, Page 9
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