FRENCH POSITIONS REGAINED.
PARIS, 12th February,
French official communiques state : After we had regained a notable portion of tbe French trenches which had'been captured south of Frise, the enemy delivered a violent counter-attack, and attempted to drive us out. A curtain of fire stopped him dead, and he suffered important losses. Our artillery, and machine-gun fire frustrated the enemy's attempts to cross the Yser Canal, near/Steenstraeto and Het Sas. There is'great artillery activity in Champagne. The enemy penetrated a small salient of our line between the Navarin and Saint Souplet roads. A counter-attack resulted in portions of the trenches being occupied. On Friday, north-eastwards of Butte-de-Mesnil, wo made.further progress with hand grenades eastward of these portions.
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Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 37, 14 February 1916, Page 7
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116FRENCH POSITIONS REGAINED. Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 37, 14 February 1916, Page 7
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