Logan Republican | 1915-02-16 | Page 4 | German Offensive in Poland Fails

GERMAN OFFENSIVE pHOLfD FAILS .Accofdlnpto jAn. Official Statement . Given' bythe Prench War .Office. Pari8,jFob.)12-An dfneial state-ment state-ment given out at the war omte today to-day announced th0 complete fnliuro of the' Gorman offenso In Poland Tho statement follows; "The failure or. recent attacks by tho Germans" In Poland appears to bo complete Tho losses of tho Ger- mans aro' unprecedented. it a re B ported that they exceeded 40 000 dead." " " Tho French war ofllco this afto--noon gave out a report on the progress pro-gress of tho war which reads as fob lows: "Between tho sea and tho Sommo yesterday saw artlllory fighting. To tho south of La Boisollo tho enemy exploded a mine at tho end of ono of our trenches. Wo however, maintained main-tained our position. "From tho Sommo to the Argonne thoro has been reported nothing more than tho bombardment of Trac le-Mont le-Mont by tho enemy and tho activity of our artillery In. tho sectors or niiolms and of Soissons. "In the Woovre district yesterday witnessed a fairly spirited cannonading cannonad-ing on tho part of the Germans in front of Ilambucourt nnd tho forest of La Hazello. We bombarded tho railroad stations at Thlacourt and Arnavllle."