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Show STORMS RETARD OPERATIONS ON BATTLE LINES PARIS Jan 12 2 40 p m The French war off ce hsaf ernoon gave out a state ment as fo ows From the sea to tl e O se there was yesterday an nterm ttent cannonad ing fa y vio ent at certa n P aces On the A sne to the no t of faois i sons determ ned attacks have been de ivered aga nst the trenches occu p ed b us on the 8th and 10th of January Tl e enemy during yester day a tacked our pos t ons several , times We repulsed Im and we took pos I session of more trenches From So esons to Rheims t ere were art ery exchanges Our heav p eces of art ery responded eff cac ous y to the batteries and the m ne t row ers of the Germa.,-. In Champagne in the region of Souain there was yes e day ve y acti e shooting by our a t ery di rected against the pos t ons of our adversa es near Pert es Le Fort n s tuated to the north of t e Beausejpu farm was he scene of a desperate encounte (The enemy succeeded in setting up a trench at a po nt with n a ser es of field works the commajnd ng posi Ion of h ch was held by us Th s f ghtfng st I is cOing on In the Argonne and as far as the Meuse there s noth ng to repo t In the he ghts of the Meuse there have been two German attacks one at the forest of Consenvoye and the other a the forest of Bouchot Each was repulsed To the sou heast of C rey Sur Vezouse one of our detachn en s sur pr sed and put to fl ght a German company wh ch was pi aging the il age of St Sau eur In J.he "Vosges and n A sace the day passed qu etly Bad weather and the snowstorms cont nue |