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Show GAINS CLAIMED BY THE FRENCH NEAR RHEIMS Reported That Their Troops Made an Advance of About One Hundred Yards. ill Verv Spirited Action Developed in I The Argonne. Paris, Jan. 0. French forces yesterday yes-terday advanced nt four distinct points along tho battle front extending extend-ing from tho North sea to Alsaco and gave ground In ono lnstanco according accord-ing to tho ofllclal announcement Is sued this afternoon by tho French war department. Tho gains claimed by tho French wero In the region to tho northwest of Ithelms In tho forest of La Grurlo near tho ravlno of Courto Chaussco and In tho forest of La Protre. In Alsaco tho Germans regained one of tholr old trenches In tho vicinity of Stelnbach. Tho ofllclal statement also Identified Identi-fied tho second Garibaldi reportod killed In action on tho French battlefield bat-tlefield as Chief Adjutant Constantino Garibaldi, a brother of Pepplno Garibaldi. Gari-baldi. Another brother, Lieut. Bru no Garibaldi, was killed December 30 while leading a chargo of Italian volunteers vol-unteers against tho Germans In tho forest of Argonno. Attacks by Germans The text of tho communication follows: fol-lows: "In Belgium tho enemy delivered, but without success two attacks In tho region of tho dunes and to the southeast of St. Georges. "On tho rest of tho front to tho north of tho Lya and from tho Lys to tho Oiso thcro has been nothing except artillery fighting. "In tho valley of tho Alsno and In tho sector of Ithelms our batteries gained tho uppor hand over thoso of j tho enemy reducing them to Bllenco. i At a point northwest of Rhofms It Is reported that cortaln of our troops I liavo made an advance ot about 100 yards. . "In tho Argonno thero dovoloped v J a spirited action, which pormltted us V I (0, to retuko 300 yards of trenches In I tho forest of La Grurlo nt tho sarao E placo whero thero was recontly a slight giving way as previously reported. re-ported. From Bagatelle and from Fontalno Mndamo thero woro dellv crod two violent German attacks each of which was repulsed. A com-ploto com-ploto German regiment was ongagod In each movement. German Trenches Blown Up "Near tho ravlno of Courto Chaus-so Chaus-so wo blow up by exploding a mlnu 800 yards ot Gorman trenches half of which wo subsequently occupied. From tho Argonno to tho Vosgos tho bad weather has continued. Thoro Is fog and mud. At different points along this front there havo been fairly spirited artillery exchanges. In the forest of Le Prero, near Pont-a-Mou8son, wo havo continued to gain ground. "In tho region of Thann (In Upper Alsaco), In splto of a violent cannonading cannon-ading wo retained tho gains achieved achiev-ed tho night beforo nt Stolnbnch as well an in tho trenches to tho south west and to tho northwest of this vll-'ago. vll-'ago. Tho enemy succeeded In re-occupying re-occupying ono of his formor trenches trench-es on tho eastern flank of a nearby height, tho summit of which, however, howev-er, remains in our possession. Another Garibaldi Killed "It should bo set forth that In the Argonno near tho ravlno of Courto Chausseo nt tho point whero wo blow up tho German trenches, tho attacking attack-ing regiment commanded by Lieut. Col. Garibaldi delivered a vigorous attack against tho breach mado by tho explosions. Tho Italians captured captur-ed 120' prisoners, Including twclvo under un-der officers and took ono machine gun and ono caisson. Tho chief ad' Jutnnt of this regiment, Constnntlno Garibaldi was killed during this at tack." |