Show Gains of 01 Allies Prove of Greater Importance PARIS Jan j 2 O p p. m. m The rn Tho French war v.-ar office this afternoon gave o out an nn official announcement as liS follows follow's During the day of oC January S Ii there occurred from Crom room the s sea to tho the Lye Lc nothing noth ing other than artillery fighting In tn which we had almost always tho tIme ad vantage advantage e. e Our hatt put to m flight ht certain CJ avia aviator Lots who W were re oJ In itt th tiu direction of or Dunkirk thC they compelled n a cessa- cessa lion tion of the time firo of German Gorman mine throW throwers r In Lu tho the re region of or The enemy bombarded violently th head of th thi Belgian bridge to tho the south of oC In the region legion of or Lille we wo repulsed r cd with U success a n violent German 0 attack on one aile of oC our trenches This trench In the tho beginning beginning be be- ginning lost b by us was recaptured with great brilliancy bl and aM b by the exploding ol ot mines we demolished a n portion of oC the German man field works Between the tho Somme and tho Mane th there thero re has hall been nothing tc te report except artillery ry engagements To th tIme the east cast of ot on the Alger Ater farm Carm arm we exploded some mines yesterday esterday evening e This resulted In tho the stopping of 0 th the enemy's field work In Ira the Argonne to th the west treat and to the north of or Y Verdun there were yesterday artiller artillery artillery ar ar- ar- ar tillery tiller engagements In which the time enemy did not show much activity In the theY Wo Y re district th advance ance I made mad by br II us is to the northwest of or is hi more important than was at nr first t taken to be the We e mails made ourselves case casee s nuns mai- of or a portion of or the enemy's dust t line At Steinbach an anti and at tho adjoining heights the thi enemy lies has not delivered I a counterattack tt A j persistent rain together to to- gether cthel with the state of the ground m arty any operations difficult W We re hive retained all nil tho the positions conquered by us h In preceding pre pre- ceding da days Theme Theio were two attacks on tho the part falt ait of the enemy one to the west wet of oC liter r an and tho other near Kolsch- Kolsch la lag Both It were sure Immediately repulsed Wo We 0 have ma made progress In the direction of by bv occupying tho the forests sit situated sit sit- l four kilometers two and one halt miles to the west vest of this town Out Ow hea heavy artillery f reduced to silence that of the tbs enemy During Durin all th the day of or January 6 S the enemy bombarded the at t Thann |