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Show GERMAN ATTACK ON AISNE FRONT MEETS DEFEAT PARIS. March 1. After a violent bombardment bom-bardment last night, the CJermans made an attack on the. Aisne front, east of Chavignon, the war oflice announced. A violent hand-to-hand struggle followed, terminating to the advantage of the French, who threw back the Germans and indicted heavy losses on them. The statement follows: In the region east of Chavignon at S o'clock last night the Germans, after a heavy bombardment, hurled two columns against the French lines. A violent hand-to-hand conflict followed, fol-lowed, terminating to the advantage of the French. The Germans were thrown back after having suffered heavy losses. Prisoners remained in the hands of the French. Another nttpnmf n-ainst cnnli French posts southeast of Corbenv achieved no greater success. During the night there was active artillery fighting in the region of Craonne, between the Miette and the Aisne, and in the sector of P.heims. A hospital in Rheims for civilians was , shelled systematically with incendiary in-cendiary bombs. The building was burned down.. In the Champagne during the night a series of bombardments was directed di-rected against the French first lines, particularly in the region of the heights on both sides of Suiupes and the region of Butte du Mesnil. This morning the enemy made a spirited attack against our new positions s .uthwest of Butte du Jiesnil. It was broken up by the French fire and the assailants were driven back except at one point, where they gained a touting in an advanced trench element. ele-ment. At the same time a strong Herman raid east of Suippcs was repulsed re-pulsed completely. In the Argonne French patrols took prisoners in tile Weevre. There was rather heavy artillerv fighting last night in the" sectors of Resnle-v Resnle-v i lie and liemenauville. Everywhere else the night was calm. On Tuesday a French aerial suuad-ron suuad-ron carried out a pl'.otogra phie lecon-noissance lecon-noissance as far as .Marienboui g. mure than eighty kilometers (fifty milesl behind the German lines. |