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Show FRENCH DRIVE Several Important Positions Captured in Face of Sharp Enemy Resistance. ARTILLERY FIGHTING Germans Ejected From Trenches Trench-es and Surprise Attacks Are Broken Up. PARIS, April 12, noon. In an attack last night on the new front below St. Quentin between Coucy and Qulncy-Basse. Qulncy-Basse. the French drove back the Germans Ger-mans to the southwestern edge of the upper Coucv forest, capturing several Important positions, the war office announces. an-nounces. In the Champagne tho Germans Ger-mans were ejected from trenches east of Saplgneul. The statement follows: "Between the Somme and the Olso artillery fighting continued with violence vio-lence during the night, especially in the region of Urvillers. "South of the Oise our troops, after artillery preparation, attacked the German Ger-man positions east of the line from Coucy La Vllle to Quincy-Basse. After a spirited engagement we forced back tho enemy as far as the southwestern edge of the upper Coucy forest. Several Sev-eral Important points of support fell Into our hands, notwithstanding the resistance re-sistance of the enemy, who left a number of dead on the ground and prisoners In our hands. "In the region northeast of Soissons there were patrol encounters and active ac-tive artillery fighting, especially in the sector of Laffaux. North of the Alsne our reconnoitering parties penetrated pen-etrated the German lines at several points and brought back forty prisoners, prison-ers, one of whom is an officer. "East of Saplgneul a sharp attack enabled us to expel the enemy from certain portions of trenches which he had held since April 4 and our line was re-established intact. Two surprise attacks at-tacks by the Germans in tho Champagne, Cham-pagne, in the sectors of Ville-Sur-Tour-be and Butte du Mesnil. were broken up by our fire, which inflicted losses on the enemy. "In an incursion into the German lines in the Woevro northeast of Rem-enauville Rem-enauville we" Inflicted appreciable losses on the enemy. Patrol encounters encoun-ters occurred southwest of Leinlrey." nn |