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Show A New Drive "" "" Attempted by Kaiser m I German Forcce Are Trying to Break," fl Through French Lines In 'A r-, J ''. IB Flanders MM London, Jan. 2(1. Thn tnorn'ng na- R pcrs ciuplnsUc the renown! of heavy lighting on tho western front. Thoy 9m be" love thnt there was n serious Our- ftU man attempt to break through tho H French lines close to tho Flanders ftH coast on Monday, and predict that ' German activity In the west probably &m will reach Itu height on Thursday ,jH when tho etunetor celebrates his 57th , f,Wk birthday. 91 The French offlrlul report of Titos- IfilB day states Hint after a heavy bom- '.: UH bardment tho Germans Uiunched an 'itH attack with Infantry over n front ot I'vffilH ir.00 yards at N'leupnrt. At somu ffujB places they succeeded in occupying iffllH French positions of tho first lino, but III1B Paris reports wcro expelled nubso- 1 (H quently from most of this territory. )i9 Tho Gorman war olllco, nnnouncos III 9 tho destruction by artillery lire ot "fli3B tho cathedral at Nlouport. Tho rea- Sfli'B son assigned for this act Is thnt tun j H cathedral was being used ns an on- J J j JR Borvntlon post. Tho cathedral was J JM built In the fifteenth century nnd re- jj jJ stored in 1903. J ,'Jfc Bombardment of Nancy has also , j ,jm been rcnowod by German guns oN-n I iW' long range. Paris reports that only ' I w two persons wcro wounded.. Gorman ( I hr aeroplanes also attacked tho city h A but Inflicted llttlo dnmago. W H Tho Germans havo also dropped j H explosives from aircraft on Dunkirk, jjll U whero flvo persons wcro killed and BlftB on factories in Baccarct. HlH Whtlo no battles of Importanco 1 hnve been reported from tho Russlnn -al AM front, Vienna Bays tbQ RuBslans hnvo f J shoMcd several BcctlotiB of their Hno j Jl nnd that they aro actively recommit- J H orlng. Unolllclnl advices from Petro- J In grad say tho recent successes of tho Til IM Russians havo brought them to with- lf In less than threo miles of tho town I ji ot PInsk In Volhynla. Jj jj V |