Show t t. t TWO r GERMAN TRENCHES v y yr r FRENCH ANGLO 1 MAKING SECOND MIGHTY SMASH Onslaught in Champagne District Conk Despite Terrible Fire From Kaisers Kaiser s Positions AIR AIRMEN EN ARE ACTIVE ALL ALONG LINES LINES' LINES Berlin Berlin Dispatches he Hint That Fighting on on W West t Front J Ui Developing loping Into One of the Most De Deadly dIy Combats 4 of f the Whole Allied Offensive 4 jo 1 t c. c By United Press LONDON Oct 2 Tho rec recapture o of t two o Germ trenches n irl i c attacks del delivered vered by the B British southwest of of as yas re reported reported re- re ported by General French tonight Th The Bri British sh counter attack was delivered yesterday evening a It was admitted that on September 26 the German nan counter assaults assaults' had rc resulted in in the enemy regaining ei eight ht of the trenches taken b by the English troops in in their original offensive It was two of these lines which were in turn recaptured by the British The allies are hurling great forces of infantry into the tho second I mighty sma smash 4 against again the German Jin lines s since the western offensive began Following g another l heavy bombardment bombardment- of the fronts British and French in infantry antry leaped from their trenches lata yesterday yes yes- C I and began storming German works on wide fronts in both the Artois Adois and Champagne regions A terrific struggle was waged last night and the latest official l word from tb G and French war offices indicated that the onslaughts de despite despite-a a a terrible terrible terri tern ble fire from the German p positions I ALLIES A ATTACK 4 FIERCELY i Sir John mei me art are tt fiercely around the Hul T r Inch luck stone quarries north of the Q Germans German's are J to have recaptured ap Jed ed a portion of the g nd taken ill in an the British drive of Ol oi one e week ago Berlin erlin yesterday repotted that tl tI tIe 1 e British as d their atti att attacks ks hs This afternoons afternoon's 8 German admitted th that t the English are re attacking with great violence i lence but declares c lares all all' onslaughts thus far have be been ui i i Berlin dispatch dispatches dis dis- patches patch s. s hint that this fighting ing i is aeY developing into of the bloodiest blood blood- v i iest st combats of t ie e whole allied fr ll r rv v Par Paris Pans s a and and B conflicts Berlin con reg regarding fighting west cat of or where the French claim to have made further progress pr and gress-and e. e and J the G Germans report all French attacks repulsed They agree c however bow bow- ever th that t a desperate battle is is raging in in the Champagn the French according to Berlin are attacking over a wide front east of Auberive Berlin admits that the French have o penetrated the German Geiman works at one point east of Auberive but clai claims s the re repulse repulse repulse re- re pulse of all French Brench attacks north of MesniL 1 The French wat office of fice flee statement made no mention of gains on the German right east of f Aube Auberive ive but claimed progress north of MesniL x Continued on page p. 3 3 ALLIES RECAPTURE Continued from page l For the lie first time since the tile offensive often offen sive movement began the German war office today issued a definite st statement regarding tb the n number of r captures It was stated that thai officers of of- men and 36 36 machine guns have been taken in th the fight ing north of ot Arras and in the Cham Chain The French rench war offices recently recently recently re re- estimated the allied captures of German prisoners at and captures reported since the statement statement state state- ment was Issued would bring the total total to to- tal above Both the the- French and German w war wr r offices today referred to the gre great activity of French rench airmen along the battle btttle front |