Show GERMANS CLAIM SUCCESS AGAINST FIERCE TIERCE ATTACKS BERLIN DERLIN Dec 21 1 By wireless to London London Lon Lon- don 4 p p. m. m The m.-The The German war office otrice this afternoon gave an official statement state state- ment meat as follows s The French attacks yesterday esterday at NIeuport Belgium were repulsed B Between RI lAv ue and tho the canal of ot La Bassee we attacked the positions positions po po- po- po of the Indian Anglo-Indian troops stormed and captured their trenches and dislodged them from their positions with heavy losses Josses W We captured one picco of ot artillery artmer five fi machine achino suns guns jwo wo t mine throwers and jO Indians Anglo including ti ten n officers The trenches we lost to the thA enemy nemy December 18 near Dame de le Lorette orette have rO been recaptured In the tho neighborhood of ot to the northeast of ot Chalons Chalone French troops yesterday delivered a. a fierce attack In one ono they penetrated en our out outer r trencher trenches but their attack broke down under our Ire fire They left Jett four tour officers and no men In our hands and a large number of ot dead French Franch troops were JettOn left Jett lefton on the ground In front of our position In the Argonne wo we Captured an Important Im irn- irn portent wooded hilt hill at Le La Four F de do Paris three machine gun guns one revolver er gun and jC prisoners The fIerce French attacks attack to the tho northwest of ot Verdun havo haCo failed com corn Th Tho great activity shown b by tho the French along our entire front has been explained b by an au a army order dated December December De De- cember 17 and end signed by General Gentral n ral commander In chief of ot the tr troops ops which was found on a French officer This order reads as follows ono e a During three months the enemy has mado numerous fierce attacks without being be- be ing able to break through our line Une Everywhere he be has lias been victoriously re re- re pulsed The moment now nod has arrived for tor forus forus us to mako make use of the weakness knees which he haa baa shown After having reinforced ourselves ourselves ourselves our our- selves with men and material the hour of ot attack has hM arrived We IVe e kept the Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans Inane in check cheek and it tt is now our busIness business business busi busI- ness to clear the fatherland of or the in In- In Vad 4 Soldiers more than ever evor be before Core Franco France relies relles upon your courage and your d desire 2 to conquer at an any p cost You al already already al- al ready hav hAve hare been victorious on oa tho the Memo and on the tho at Ypres in Lorraine and in th the th You will know how to conquer r until tho the final triumph In tho the eastern east rn arena of ot the tho war the situation in West Prussia remains un un- un- un changed In Poland we continue our a at attacks attacks at- at t- t tacks against the tho positions of or the enemy |