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Show ROSS ATTACK GERMAN LINES Berlin Reports Repulse of Enemy in Champagne French Lose in Fight. Berlin, Mar. 10 (By wireless to Sayville) -Russian troops in the Champagne Cham-pagne attacked the German lines near Prones yesterday. Today's war office announcement says the Russians penetrated pen-etrated German trenches ot some points but were subsequently driven out. South of Ripont m the Champagne Cham-pagne new Dghting developed without important result. The French failed in an attack on the Verdun front. The statement reads "Western front : South of the Avre the French attacked portions of our irenches near Laucourt and south of Ci apeaumesnil. They were defeated in hand to hand fighting. Twelve prisoners pris-oners remained in our hands. "East of Rheims our raiding de tachmente brought back 14 men from the hostile lines. In tbe western Champagne, on both sides of Prosne?.. Russians led by French officers advanced ad-vanced against our positions. The de tarhments which entered in some places were driven off by a counter attack. South of Ripont. west of Champagne, Cham-pagne, which has several times chang ed hands, new engagements developed which led to no important change in the situation. Fifty-five prisoners were retained there. "On the west bank of the Meuse (Verdun front), a French advance up-on up-on Cheppywoud was without, results. East of the Mouse our storming detachments de-tachments entered Caurieres wood and returned with six officers. 200 men and two machine guns. Near Pliery, between tho Meuse and the Moselle, an enterprise by a storming detachment detach-ment also had the success planned for In this instance 15 prisoners were brought in. "Our airmen shot down six hostile airplanes and two captive balloons By defensive fire one hostile machine was brought down. Lieut Baron Von Richtholen was victor for the twenty fifth time in an air engagement." |