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Show IFRES'CH say they HOLD ALL GAINS AGAINST ENEMY PA K IS, Aiis;. o. l-:oO in, All O.or man at tiK'ks on tho Vroiu h posit ions , !at niht uoro ronlsoM, .says tho ; Freiu-h oiVu-iaV statoinont issuo.l tliis att-, att-, or noon, tho (.i or mans M.itainiiii; noa y losos. , L'ho boml'urJmont of tho most vio-; vio-; iont oharaolor took p!:uo oor tlio on-Itiro on-Itiro o,tor ot" l'luaiuiiont ami 1'lonrv. I Tho battlo laMoU .iu'iii i o'l-loi-k last nicht unt i! S t Ins iiiornino, tlio - Normal's Nor-mal's making nnsiu-ossi'ul efforts, the statoinont amis, to drive tho Fremh rroni I'hia.iniont work. The st at omen t lol low s : Tlio niht passe-1 in relative quiet on tho Sii'.iino vi or. 1 u-t weou tlio rn ors A v t o an-1 Aino vo tiis-pered tiis-pered several patrols of tho enemy aad took a number oi prioiiers. On the riht bank ot tho Mouse the ca;uionaiuii: last niht was violent vio-lent on tho entire see lor between Thiauir.ot ami Pleury. Tho .ier-n-ans etiiieavorovi by furious eonnter attarks to drive us from the work of Thianmont. whteh we hot-l firmly. firm-ly. T h i s ti j ! r i ". ! a s '. e . 1 from i oVloek laf n-.ht unrU tlrs mom-ii'.i;. mom-ii'.i;. It re-mltei in heavy losses to en e my a ml e a e h one o I their endeavors en-deavors v as rep-:ls-'.l without tb.eir be:r. ab'e to obtain the slightest aivanrije. j Ti;e nhtin continued with eoiml ' spirit in the vilhii;' of Vlenry. but it reMilted in no api'i or iablo i hiine tii tln Miuation. 'I'lioio has been intermittent ar-tilleiy ar-tilleiy tihtui; in oilier seetovn. On tho nnt IimiiU of tho river, to the o:i;.t o-i I'ont a Moummi, alter a pii'i'aiatory artillery tiro the tier-man. tier-man. delivered 11(1011 our pusil ions in tlio l''ae 1'oroni an attark whirh reMilted in lailuro undi-r tho tire uf our machine uns. On tho S11111110 front Kreneh Hcoutiui; aeropliinos delivered hovoii-ti't'n hovoii-ti't'n attaeks upon tho enemy during the eouiM' of ln'h t wo tieriiian niaohiiu's wore seriously damaged and etimpelled to land precipitately within their lines. Two oilier tier-man tier-man aeroplanes were brought down in the region of Verdun. Ono loll near A ban eon rt ami t ho ot her not far from M 01 imv illo. The otlieials eommunieat ion issued by the war ollieo tonight reads: On the riedit bank of tho Mouse the enemy made no attempt in tho sector of Thiaumont. Wo have organized or-ganized tho positions conquered immediately im-mediately west of tho road from Thiaumont to Floury mid in tho vil htL;e, the out no sunt her a part of which wo hold. Alter a violent homlmrd incut, which lasted tlio entire day, the tiorinans launched two powerful attacks at-tacks in tho Viittx le t'hapitro ood. One of these attacks, broken, by our tire, was not able to reach our lines. Tho enemy, who in tho course of t ho second at tack had succeeded in penetrating some elements ele-ments of our t rem lies, w as immediately imme-diately driven out by counter attacks. at-tacks. Our front remained in-tnct. in-tnct. The usual cannonade occurred on tho rest of the front. Aviation: The tierman noroplano which fell near Moranville. and w as reported in tho communicnt ion of this moniim;, was brought down bv Serjeant Lenoir. This is the sixth enemy aeroplane ' accounted for thus far bv this pilot. |