Through Renter's Agency.
London, Jan. 19.
General Sir Douglas Haig's Sixteen of our aeroplanes, on the ith, attacked an enemy supply depot at Lesars, northeast of Albert, considerably damaging it There were nineteen air encounters during the day, in five of which the enemy machines were driven down. Two of our aeroplanes were lost.
On the 18th the enemy exploded two mines south of Fricourt, doing little damage.
We, today, successfully bom. barded the hostile trenches at.
'A party of our troops at dusk raided the enemy's trenches north of the river Lys and brought back several prisoners.
The enemy exploded a mine near Hohenzollern Redoubt and another in front of our trenches' southeast of Cuinchy, but did no: damage, The hostile artillery was active northwest of Uromelles and east of Ypres.
Our fire brought down an enemy aeroplane near Frelinghien.
Paris, Jan. 19.
The official communique issued this evening states:
An enemy block-house was destroyed by shell-fire near Lihons:
Our trench guns between Soissons and Rheims greatly damaged the enemy works west of Craonne.
Two German aeroplanes dropped four bombs on Nancy on Tuesday night. A French air-squadron immediately ascended and bombed the stations at Metz snd Arnaville, dropping twenty-two bombs and damaging the buildings.
Jan, 20.
The official communique issued this afternoon states that there were minor operations favourable to the French. A German aeroplane was captured.
Jan. 20.
In the House of Commons to-day the Rt. Hon. H. J. Tennant, Under said 's0 far as they are available," to the end of the year were killed 588,986: died 34,080: wounded 1,566,549: missing 356,198.
A German communique states Allies' aviators have bombed Metz.
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