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Show FRENCH TROOPS SUCCESSFUL IN A SURPRISE ATTACK PARIS. Feb. .14, 1:45 p. m. The official offi-cial statement tonight reads: Fast of Rheims we carried out a surprise attack in the sector of Pros-lies. Pros-lies. The two artilleries were active durinsr the day in the regions of IjPs Maisons de Champaene and at St. llilaire, and nlso on the left bank of the Meuse in the sectors of hill 3U4 and Le Mort "Homme. In the Woevre our ba tteries de-structivHy de-structivHy shelled enemy oiganiza-tions oiganiza-tions north of Flirey. The day was relatively calm everywhere else. German airplanes in ttie evening dropped bombs in ihe region of Dunkirk; Dun-kirk; sov-;il of tiie civil population were kill- and others were wounded. Nancy likewise j was bombarded by airplanes this morning, there being no casualties. T.nst night our air squadrons dropped projectiles on aviation grounds at Ftreillers (A tenet and Kan court (Somme). on the railway p! a i ions at Athies. Hombleux. Vny-enne. Vny-enne. Cmvhy. St. Quentin and Ham, r ml also on ma mi fa dories east of Tertrnier, where several explosions occurred. oc-curred. Median conimunicat ion : Last night an enemy atiack'Tm our posts east of IVrv sl- failed. Today there was an an Pl.-iV duel aloii the whole front. Fisiern I heater: On T-Vhruary 1", after a rrv violent bombardment.-licuo bombardment.-licuo (ierman frees attacked hill Pvti, cast of 1'arahivo. The'" were able to :;atn a fooling ;. t several points in tbe m't:-hes of the. firi line after fi'-rce feziirin-. n ! i ahan "counter at:a''k-. I; nneh.-.d at night, resulted in tli.- reo-t p nre of I mo urea ler part of tile n.-e.U-ied I vi' nebf-:;. (in Fobniary I'A. after a preparation l'v heavy and monnttt'in artillery, the Ttjb:in counter attack was resumed under good conditions. Fighting continues. con-tinues. On the rest of the front there was only, moderate artillery activity. Tiie Kngiis'i fleet bombarded Xcs-chari Xcs-chari (Macedonia I FrencJi airplanes bombarded the rnilwny station at Krlvnlak. A l-;ritish air squadron exploded ex-ploded a depot of munitions north of Pemir-Hissar. |