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Show FRENCH REPULSE COUNTER-ATTACKS OF THE GERMANS PARIS De 6 50 p m The off) la announcernor t g v n ut bv the French war office tl e af e noon relates tha fogs In the north have In nrfered with operu Hons In Handera Counter attacks on the part of the Germans have been re pulsed at a nun ber of points fhere was art llery fighting near the sea and at Perthes P ogress vas made also In up per A sacs on s n as day Ihe text of the conmunoatlon folowa There have been n oderate a tl c y exchanges on the fro t from the eea lo the Ls O e ys I self a heavy fog haa made on rat ons mpoeslble Between t e Lje and tie Olse wo have repulsed save al co nter attacks of the enemy At Noule tos to the v.et.1 of Lens at Boisael e northeast of Albert and at LI hone to the west of Chaulneu where a rench captured from the ermy was lost and then re ap ured by us after a spirited en gHKcmtn Between tho Olse and t e Alsne rep r s from t la lo -a ty declare that during the day of December 24 a ve y strong German attack was re I u ted a C vy to the northeast of Souptr In he region of Perthes the artl lery s need tho batteries of the enomj v were bombarding the trenches e e t y occupied by our t oops Two a rong German counter at a ks we e epu sel during the night of Decom e 24 2D Yea erdav J" cembor 2o a further counte attack of particular seve ty dell cred o a f ont of 1500 jards with mpo ent bodies of troope was con p etely cnecked In th A Ron and between the Mouse and e Mose e th re is noth lng o report In upper Asae Decembor 25 was narked by percept We progress In front of Cernay We eached the o t si lrts of tl e h lis to the west of the town anl we he d our positions In spite of several ounter attacks We occup also he outskir s of spach the valley and the helgl ts which dom nate Aspa h on tbe west Pussla The Germans who sue ceeded n fore ng their waj across the Bzura ri er to the south of Sochaczew wan. driven back after suffering heavy losses. The German attack on Bo Imow resulted In fa ure In the region of Inowlodz, on the Pliica river and to tl ef south of this locality stubborn fghtlng continues Along the entire course of the N da ri er and to the south of the Vis tula the fighting Is going on under conditions fa orable for the Russians |