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Show Bombs Dropped Upon the Germans in Retaliation Retal-iation for the Killing of (Two United States Woodcutters During a Teuton Raid a Week Ago. TEUTONS OCCUPY A BRITISH SAP! Local Attack Made on the Hindenburg Line East of Bullecourt; Fierce Artillery Duels Reported All Along the Italian Front. By the Associated Press. WITH THE ARMY IN FRANCE. Jan. 5. United States aviators havp. flown over the German battle lines and dropped bombs, in conjunction with British and French pilots. The flight of the Americans Ameri-cans virtually was a reprisal for the killing- of two American woodcutters during a Gern;an bombing expedition a week ago. ! Through the court esy of the British and French flying authorities, the American Ameri-can aviators also have taken part In observation ob-servation and photographic work. It Is not thought advisable to name the places where- the Americans flew on the bombing bomb-ing eNpedition, but it was well beyond the German air-defense lines at the front. GERMANS MAKE A SMALL GAIN ON BRITISH FRONT LONDON, Jan. 5. The Germans eArly this morning made a strong local attack against British positions In the Hindenburg Hinden-burg line, east of Bullecourt. in the Cam-brai Cam-brai sector, but only a small party of the enemy succeeded in occupying an advance sap. according to war office report tonight. to-night. On the remainder of the front the Germans were repulsed before reaching the British positions, and suffered losses. The text of the communication reads: At dawn this morning a stronp local attack was made by the enemy against our positions in the Hindenburg Hinden-burg line east of Bullecourt. A small party of his troops succeeded in occupying oc-cupying a sap in advance of our front trenches. On the remainder of the front the enemy's attack w-as repulsed re-pulsed with loss before reaching our positions. The hostile artillery has shown some activity during the day northeast of Ypres. FRENCH REPULSE GERMAN RAID AND TAKE PRISONERS PARIS. Jan. ?. The official communication communi-cation issued by the wax office tonight says; We repulsed" an enemy raid south of Juvincourt arid took prisoners. In Chainpaerne one of our detachments penetrated north of Main de Massines tin- German trenches, v.-hcre they car-rf car-rf 1 out destructive operations. Vane lively artilh-ry fU'htine took piac-e in i he Avocourt wood and in ipp neighborhood of I'aiinrcs wood. iin January 4 five German airplanes air-planes were broucht down in the course of cix'atrt-ments by our pilots. Kastern theater. January A Ther w as fe.-'bi' artdiery action alone t h-v h-v hole front . owir.gr to a snowstorm. ! BRITISH AIRMEN DROP MORE BOMBS ON GERMAN POSTS LONDON, Jan, 5. The following orfMsil statement in r.-card to Ji.vla.Uoii aj-Livnies v.rfs i?iied tonight: A 5tror.Er wind prvoritf-d cnp distance dis-tance hoinMng raids i(My, but more than l.v hon-b;- wfre dropped on I I'rnHin. Ix-d.-chem and thf M--nin- RouierF rr.ilv.'.iy station.-. K:rht hOF-lil.. hOF-lil.. ' r rj chi;i.-N wfre. rr,v:rffl n:jrni co; ::h.? t.- m tho D ! r and two others 1 (Continued on Page Two.) iAPvlERICArj AVIATORS FLY OVER THE LIE (Continued from Page One.) were driven down out of control. Five of our machines are missing. During the night our machines at-, tempted once more to bomb factories and . railway communications at Mezieres-les-Metz and, although the visibility was bad and the sky covered cov-ered with low clouds, several pilots succeeded in dropping bombs on their objectives. Others of our airmen released re-leased their bombs on targets of military importance in that neighborhood. ARTILLERY DUELS ALONG THE ASIAGO PLATEAU SECTOR ROME, Jan. 5. "There were spirited artillery duels in the eastern sector of the Asiago plateau and astride the Bren-ta Bren-ta valley," the war office announces. "In the Seren valley an enemy column was surprised and dispersed by our batteries. At the head of the Calcino valley hostile patrols which were advancing toward our positions were driven back by rifle fire. On the middle Piave the enemy artillery ar-tillery showed increased activity and our own replied energetically. "British airmen destroyed a hostile captive balloon and brought down an airplane. By day and night there is considerable con-siderable aerial activity on the front lines and in the rear areas. Our airmen bombarded bom-barded with good results eneiy encampments encamp-ments and aviation camps. The station at Levico and adjacent magazines were bombarded with 1200 kilograms of projectiles. projec-tiles. Enemy aircraft dropped bombs on Mestre, Bassace and Castelfraneo. Slight damage and some casualties resulted." FRENCH ATTACK A NEW EXPERIENCE FOR AUSTRIANS I-TATJAN ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN NORTHERN ITALY, Friday, Jan. 4 (By the Associated Press). The officer commanding com-manding the 1400 Austrian prisoner captured cap-tured in the recent French success on Monte Tomba gave the correspondent today to-day the privilege of going among them and talking freely with officers and men on war conditions and what the enemy still could do in carrying on the struggle. A more miserable lot of human beings ! would be difficult to imagine. The officers offi-cers were in even worse condition than the men. The officers were unkempt and had not . been shaved for a week. Their red ! hands looked like pieces of raw beef-I beef-I steak. None had overcoats, as all were wearing light trench uniforms when the I French swept around them. Yet, despite ! this misery, they put on a surprisingly I bold front and anyone thinking they are I crushed is closing his eyes to facts. I The correspondent met the prisoners on ! a road leading to the town where they are being rounded up preparatory to being set to work or sent to a prison camp. One detachment carried spades and picks. All ages were seen among the prisoners. A coating of trench mud made them look worse than they really were, for they had stout boots, leggings and overcoats. Some had shawls and blankets. Their headgear consisted of battered helmets and caps with heavy hoods. Each man got a small tin of meat and a large chunk of bread when food was distributed. The prisoners said it was the best food they had had in weeks. - The correspondent was told by the prla- oners that the method of the French at-1 at-1 tack was an entirely new experience for I them, as they seldom had undergone such murderous artillery Are. Most of the men were Moravians, Dalmatians and Gall-clans. Gall-clans. The sudden French charge, after the artillery fire", bowled them over he-tore he-tore they had any chance to offer resist-tance. resist-tance. Concerning the war they all expressed themselves as heartily sick of it and said that the Germans were keeping the others In the fight. As the officers came from their quarters quar-ters it was seen they were chiefly Hungarians, Hun-garians, with some Moravians and Dalmatians Dal-matians and one Galiclan. They were very cold, and their first request was for warm food. Asked about the war, the officers gave America's entry into it aB an instance that all the world was against the central powers. One officer said the food supply was running low, but it was better in Hungary than in Austria. They thought, however, that Austria-Hungary could hang on. GERMANY PLANS AERIAL WARFARE ON LARGE SCALE WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Friday. Jan. 4. (By the Associated Asso-ciated Press.) Germany's plans for aerial warfare on a larger scale than heretofore, it is indicated in documents taken from enemy prisoners, are founded upon published pub-lished statements regarding the aerial warfare plans of the United States. Information In-formation to this effect has reached the American expeditionary forces. It Is Indicated that the Germans, believing be-lieving that America intended putting machines by the tens of thousands into the battle area, immediately enlarged their own plans In the expectation of offsetting the increased enemy forces. Just when the enemy's programme will be realized is uncertain, but the information informa-tion obtained in captured documents is regarded by ranking officers as making it extremely desirable for a speedy and complete development of American air service. Berlin Report. BERLIN, Jan. 5, via London. Following Follow-ing is today's communication from army headquarters: Western front: There were lively artillery duels at times in Flanders, east of Ypres, In the isolated sector between the Scarpe and the Somme, and in the neighborhood of Avo-court Avo-court and St. Mihiel. On the remainder re-mainder of the front the activity of the artillery was limited to a harassing haras-sing fire. East of Bullecourt a strong reconnaissance was completely successful suc-cessful and a good many British prisoners were brought in. Eastern and Macedonian fronts: There is nothing to report. Italian front: The artillery fire was revived Intermittently between the Brenta and Montello. British Post Rushed. LONDON, Jan. 5.-"A raid attempted by the enemy during the night in the neighborhood of Hollebeke was repulsed without loss by our troops," the war office of-fice reports. "Another hostile raiding party succeeded in rushing one of our posts east of Zonnebeke. A few of our men are missing." Submarines Beaten Off. TOKIO. Friday, Jan. 4. Enemy submarines sub-marines which attempted to attack British Brit-ish transports convoyed by Japanese warships In the Mediterranean, on December De-cember 5, were repulsed, says an announcement an-nouncement from t he Japanese admiralty. The warships were -not damaged. |