Show GERMANS CHECKED AND CUT DOWN BY FRENCK In In Spite of Violent Arlo Ar Ar- lo r Fire Do DoNot DoNot tillery They 1 ot Not Win a Trench f r ij 4 k c t A IS Oct 21 Following Following iW l futile bombardment last las evening ening to the east of Rheims T the Germans renewed their atc attacks attacks at at- tacks c s in this region according t to an announcement made this afternoon after alter k- k noon by the French rench war office I In l' l spite of ot of a very violent preparatory i artillery fire tire they were again checked checke an and cu cut down by the fire of ot th the thet t pencil I i ct l artillery and machine guns gun guns not succeed in winning a f iJ gl position in the French first firs line e trenches V The Fhe text texi of ot the communication folT fols fol tol- fol- fol 0 T lows ws s Following the bombardment re ref reported rey re- re y f I ported yesterday evening to the east t r of ot Rheims along the front of ot eight elgh or vor nine kilometres about five live miles I. I 6 stretching between the Butte de Ti Tir r and Prunay the Germans have re rei re- re i i. i ewed their attack which tailed failed before in the same tame region In spite of ot the violence of the preparatory preparatory preparatory pre pre- fire on the part of ot artillery and the Increased density of ot th the blank blanket t of ot suffocating gases th the enem enemy suffered a further check O Othree On three distinct occasions our assailants assailants assailants assail assail- ants endeavored Ored to penetrate our po po- po- po Decimated by the fire of ot our machine machine machine ma ma- chine guns and the concentrated fir firof fire of ot our artillery they finally were brought to a halt In front of ou our barbed wire entanglements and the they were not successful in gaining posses posses- slon of any point In our first lines o of trenches Last night we e also repulsed a aGerman aGerman German attack directed against ou our positions in the forest of to the northeast of Souchez In the Lorraine district a surprise attack on the part of the enem enemy against our listening posts to th the east f of Moncel resulted in complete failure There Is nothing to report from the remainder of the front |