Show I I FRENCH REPORT TERRIFIC BATTLE Engage Germans in Vicinity of Both Sides Using Hand Grenades l Paris June JuneA 27 A 27 A A terrific battle InI in which both combatants resorted to the use of ot hand grenades was ought fought by hy bythe bythe hythe the French and md Germans last tast night Inthe Inthe in inthe the vicinity of ot and near i ithe the recently captured German positions called the tho lab labyrinth according to tho the I official statement Issued by the French war department this afternoon The re report report re re- port adds that a a. German surprise attach at attack nt at- tack tacIt on Arracourt near the Lorraine bor border er failed tailed and that twenty bombs bomba were dropped by French aviators a on the Douai and neighboring railway stations sta sta- The rho text of the statement follows follows fol tol lows tows There Is nothing nothing- to a add d to our communication com com- communication of or last night concerning the tho region to 0 the north of Arras except that the thc Germans have c succeeded In getting a footing again on the tho Creux road rond to Angres along a n front of oC about 00 OO meters metel's GOO feet teet An Intermittent bombardment took place during the night between Neu- Neu cu tille mc and Angres German A Attack Poll Valle Between the OIso Oise and the Aisne great activity was displayed ed during the night especially near leres where after a combat in which hand grenades were used a a. feeble attempt was made b by the a Germans to advance from their thell trenches The attempt cosi easi- easily cosily ly was rope repelled led In the Ar Argonne onne forest at Bagatelle the G Germans made an at attack ock of ex extreme ex cx- violence early earh In the the After a cr very hot struggle the they were repulsed the heights of ot the Meuse at nt the Calonne trench ti fighting hUng continued all night ht Our positions and our gains made previously pre were maintained In their entirety In In the tho Lorraine region the enem enemy I after firing a number Humber of Inc incendiary shells on Arracourt attempted a surprise surprise sur sur- I prise attack on the town with a company compan company com com- pan pany and a half halt of ot men The attempt failed There Is nothing to report on tho the thorest rest test of ot the frontOn frontOn trontOn front I On June Juno 25 our 11 t in aviators dropped about twenty bombs on the station at nt Douai Douat fifteen miles northeast of oC A Arras Ar r. r ras us and in tho the neighboring stations Serious damage mage appears to have havo been I caused at the Douai |