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Show FRENCH TROOPS KILL THEIR Of i COUNTRYMEN ii 8aya German Official Statement As ' They Systematically Bombard (Villages Behind .Germans r- fc. Borlln, Jan. 7. French trenches ' in tho Argonno wore occupied yesterday yester-day by Gorman troops and In Upper Alsaco French troops wero driven away from a position near Sennholm (Cenay,) according to tho German official of-ficial announcement given but In Berlin Ber-lin this afternoon. In Poland relatively rela-tively minor German successes aro related. These Include the taking ot 1400 prisoners. Tho text of tlio announcement follows: fol-lows: i "In the western arena of tho war tho French continued yesterday their ssytomatlc bombardment of villages situated behind our front. They seem Indifferent to the killing of their own countrymen, 'and the destruction ot French homes.' In. any event this bombardment causes us very llttlo trouble. ' " r ' iFrsnch' Tranches Captured "At Soualn and In ihe forest ot Argon i w wo captured several of tho enemy's trenches nnd made 'prisoners 'prison-ers of two officers and 200 men. "The French again' obtained' a foothold foot-hold early yesterday on tho much fought for height on tho west of Sennholm (Cernay) In Upper Alsace, but they wero again driven off, after a strong bayonet attack. They havo not dared to attempt further advances. ad-vances. Fifty Alplno chasseurs wero taken prlsonor by ub "In tho eastern arena of tho war tliero woro no chnnges yesterday on our eastern frontier or In northern Poland. In Poland west of tho Vistula Vis-tula our troops penotrnted as far as the branch of tho Sucha river after having captured several of tho enemy's ene-my's points of support. One thousnnd thous-nnd and four hundred prisoners and 1 nine machine guns wcro left In our 1 hands. 8 "Tho situation on tho eastern bank 1 ot tho river Plllcn is unchanged." I |