Show fRENCH M AND GERMAN BOTH REPORT VICTORY I I PARIS J Jan Jai I 1 11 I f via London The The French official report of this afternoon states that the German offensive undertaken on onI Sunday in Champagne by at least three German divisions was a I complete failure the Germans being driven out of all the positions which they had seized e ze with the exception of df a small rectangle to the west of of Malson's de Champagne I The statement statement fo follows Between n th the rivers Somme and Olse Oise our artillery has lias be been m active An n nemy en enemy n. n emy detachment attempted to carry one of our positions in the sector of Armancourt in the region of Roye It was repulsed by our fire West of Soissons our trench guns destroyed a depot of rockets in the neighborhood of The latest Information received from Champagne confirms the fact that our artillery fire and our counter counterattacks counterattacks attacks completely set at naught an important attack undertaken by the enemy In which at least three German Gennan divisions look part Coun Counter er attacks and hand grenades fighting by our men nen toen during last night drove the enemy enemy enemy en en- emy from froni the outpost positions he had occupied with the exception of a small rectangle west of 1 de Champagne Champagne Cham where his small forces are maintaining p themselves with difficulty Y pur Our general fire Ire and in particular our artillery fire inflicted very heavy losses losseL Three of our aeroplanes equipped with guns engaged yesterday in several several sev sev- eral ral fights above the tIie German lines near ear with enemy scouting aeroplanes of the Fokker type One of f our our machines attacked by a Fokke machine h had d to descend but an enemy aeroplane attacked in turn by one of ours purs which fired on it with machine guns from a distance of twenty five metres was brought down A third Franch machine also attacked another Fokker which fell in the forest of Houthulst southeast of BERLIN Jan 11 by wireless to Sayville Today's Sayville-Today's Today's war office statement statement state state- ment meat says that the French troops in inthe inthe inthe the Champagne were defeated in an effort to recapture the trenches northeast northeast northeast north north- east of Massiges 1 taken by the Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans in the offensive movement reported re reported reported re- re re- re ported yesterday The number of ot prisoners prisoners pris pris- taken has been Increased to A French battle aeroplane armed with 38 centimetre guns was compelled by German fire to land near Woumen south of In Belgium Tho The aeroplane and its occupants uninjured uninjured uninjured are in German hands A British biplane was shot down Inan in inan inan an aerial encounter near Tournai Belu Bel- Bel I glum gium u |