Show ALLIES CLAIM VICTORIES IN fRANGE English Aircraft Successfully Successfully Success Success- fully Engage German Machines Machines- LONDON LorDO Feb 10 1220 p. p m. m A m.-A A report on tho the pro progress of oi the fighting on the tho continent was given gi out officially official official- l ly in London today It is tho second I biweekly communication on the opera operations Hons of tho the British army in France Franca promised by the authorities and it reads as IlS follows I Tho Tho enemy anem has displayed considerable consid erable crable activity during th the tho last few days daS southeast of The fighting on this part of the line has at times times' been severe At ono one or two points tho the enemy succeeded in occupying some lome of or our pur trenches but they thoy were driven out b by counter attacks One Ono of the enemy's enemy's en emy's trenches was blo blown n up and a number of prisoners were taken Our troops delivered r their counter attacks with great gallantry in spite of the difficulties entailed by tho the waterlogged n of r Jn t tie tl and tho the bad l w v there I 1 iOn On On the night of of F February 16 Iii 15 an attack was made on our line north of tho Ypres canal and o on th the tho f following night a s similar attack was rons made near Neuve Chapelle Both wore easily driven off with loss to tho enemy All the tho ground roun r recently enU gained b by us has been strengthened ed and held without t difficulty I II South of the Lya Lys our guns dealt effectively with tho enemy's artillery artillery ar ar- ar tillery tho the fire of which has increased somewhat of late II Our Our aircraft t have havo carried ont out valuable vain 1 able and they also also have havo successfully ll engaged d aeroplanes of the tho enemy One of oC our 11 aviators recently attacked two Gorman German machines in suc sue I cession Ho JIo drove off the tho first and loft left the second to our artillery which I brought it to the tho ground in ho tile hostile tile Ii linos nos I 1 1 |