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Show ILKlIflE OBJECT OF ATTACK French Eject Germans From Section of Trenches Re-; Re-; cently Taken. PARIS, Iec. S. 10:21 p. m. The offl-'.'ial offl-'.'ial ommunicatiun today says: "On the Somme artillery activity is reported re-ported in the sector of Bouchavesnes and in front of Biachcs. "In the forest of Apr?mont the enemy sained a foothold in some trench elements, ele-ments, but our troops ejected them immediately. im-mediately. "On the remainder of the front there is not hint; to report." PARTS. Per. ?, 11:45 a. m. The Germans Ger-mans lat night were driven out of the d-pprhps which thev had captured on the pastern side of hlU 304. on the Verdun front, it is annoutn-ed officially. Tha communication follows: "On the left bank of the. river Meuse we ha e driven out the enemy from a , section of the trenches on the eastern ! slopes of hill 304 which they occupied on the 6th of December. Everywhere else last night passed quietly." BERLIN7, Der. 8, "by wireless to Say-viiie. Say-viiie. An attack was made by French troops yesterday on the Verdun front in an effort to recapture trenches taken by the Germans on hill 304. The failure of this attack Is announced In today's communication com-munication from army headquarters. |