Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-03-18 | Page 22 | French Advance on a Front of Thirteen Miles

FRENCH ADVANCE ON A FRONT OF THIRTEEN MILES PARIS, March 17. French troops advanced last night north of the Avre and between the Avre and the Oise, making progress over a front of twenty kilometers (thirteen miles), and to a depth at some points of four kilometers (two and a half miles), the war office announced today. The statement follows: North of the Avre and between the Avre and the Oise our detachments detach-ments continued to exert vigirous pressure on the enemy and during the night extended their progress on a front of twenty kilometers and to a depth at certain points exceed- -ing four kilometers. We took 100 prisoners. Attack Breaks Down. Northwest of Berry-au-Bac after a spirited bombardment reported in the communication of yesterday the Germans attacked our lines. The attack broke down undor our fire. Certain enemy detachments which succeeded in penetrating part of a trench were ejected immediately with the bayonet. Knst of Kheims our grenadiers checked promptly enemy attacks on small posts. In thc region west of Maisons de Champagne wo made considerable progress in grenade fighting during the night and captured cap-tured several portions of trenches. Heavy artillery fighting continued throughout this sector and in the vicinity of Auberive. Take 150 Prisoners. East of the Meuse there was spirited spir-ited fighting yesterday and last night. Jn the region of Chambrettes farm several enemy attempts against one of our trenches were repulsed after a series of advances and retreats. The Germans suffered in several successful surprise attacks. at-tacks. We made several successful surprise sur-prise attacks west of the Meuse in Clieppy wood, Le Pretre wood and near Regrmuville, west of Pont-a-Mousson and also in Alsace and Su-delkopf, Su-delkopf, where we took 150 prisoners.