GENERAL ARTILLERY ACTIVITY.
ENEMY POSITIONS EFFECTIVELY
BOMBARDED
NANCY OCCASIONALLY SHEt.LED,
(Received Jan. 9, 5.5 p.m.)
Paris, Jan. 8
A communique states that our artillery destroyed the Chatillon mills, eastward of Fontenoy, which the enemy had organised for defence.
Our artillery destructively bombard cd enemy positions on the plateau of Nourrons, north-west of Soissons. Two German posts were destroyed.
Our long range;fire threw an .enemy column into confusion north of Etain, and caused a fire in a neighbouring village.
Our batteries exploded three of the enemy's works north of St. Mlhiel and Louisianne.
The Germans occasionally bombard Nancy with naval 15-inch guns.
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Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13980, 10 January 1916, Page 5
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101GENERAL ARTILLERY ACTIVITY. Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13980, 10 January 1916, Page 5
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