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Show SURPRISE ATTACK IS MADE BY THE FRENCH German Trenches Penetrated, Pene-trated, Mine Batteries Destroyed, De-stroyed, Prisoners Taken. PAKIS, Dec. 0, 10:15 p. m. Tho war office issued the following statement on the campaign tonight: In Champagne wn made a successful suc-cessful surprise attack on ;t German salient in the region of Butte Mes-nil; Mes-nil; we penetrated the adversary trenches, destroyed mine batteries and brought buck prisoners. On the left bank of the Mouse a somewhat spiriicd artillery action was maintained in the region of hill 804. There was an intermittent intermit-tent cannonade on the rest of the front. Army of the east: Artillery fighting fight-ing was quite active at various points along the front. The bad weather continues. Belgian communication: German artillery and mine throw-era, throw-era, energetically counter-shelled bv the Belgian batteries and trciuh guns, violently bombarded the 1 ser diko and the sector before Dixmude. BERLIN, Dee. 0, via wireless to Kny-villc. Kny-villc. Violent artillery fighting occurred oc-curred on the So in me front yesterday, it is announced officially. A night ad- i vance against German positions near j T-e Transloy was repulsed. |