Show I I I- I OFFICiAL W-R W STATEMENTS I GERMANY l BERLIN Feb lO CV a London French ch of ot z 2 the Fr Tho capture ot of trench of-trench tren trench h northwest of ot large SE section U tl the tho i region was announced an an- In in tJ re r headquarters d by Dy German Gerna army ary crated near Nue Nue- today A mine sector was r retaken sector ville yule in tho tho same oth o ot t. t th tho mme me the French famed gained ned a t foot foothold o d in a small part of ga the German first line line- trenches one of Qt The Tho text o of today's statement is as We tern theatre theatres Northwest of captured a a. large trench sec sec- Vimy we and in the neighborhood neighborhood neigh neigh- tied from the French Of Neuville we conquered one of ot th the craters prat rs previously lost Forty tWo o prisoners and two twenty-two machine remained remained in our hands guns S South uth of ot the Somme several local attacks attacks' by the French were repulsed Directly north of th the enemy succeeded in obtaining a a. a foothold foot toot hold bold in a small section ot of- our foremost fore most line trenches On Combres hilt hill we destrOYed destroyed an an n enemy enem mino position by an explosion A French mining operation north north- cast of ot In the V s was un un- successful Eastern theatre On the fr fronts held by the army groups of ot Generals ls von and Von Bothmer at attacks attacks at- at tacks by weak enemy acta detachments nt were defeated by by t the le Hun Austrian garlans Balkan the theatre tr There is to report v r r FRANCE NCE 1 PARIS ARIS FeD Feb 10 Via Via London The artillery artillery- du duel l between the French I and the Germans Is is continuing in he according Jo o ment made by bythe the the- French war office this German troops troops' last night made mad a n strong trong attack against th the tho French positions positions positions between and La Folle Folie This w was s repulsed and the tho Germans were successful in holding only one mine crater To the south of ot the Somme in the course of oC various actions during the preceding two days nays we c captured fifty prisoners tW two machine guns and a re reX ree reo reu revolving re- re o gun u There e were X no Important events event o over cr the rest of ot the tro front nt j. |