Paris, Feb. 12. The official communique issued this evening reports:—
In Belgium, after a violent artillery preparation, the Germans. and Hetsas. These attempts were crushed by our combined artillery and maxim fire.
In Champagne artillery was very active near Mesnil Hill and Navarin Hill. After a bombardment lasting several hours the enemy succeeded in penetrating a small salient in our line between the Navarin and St.
Bouplet roads. The Germans northeast of Mesnil Hill again made a counter-attack, endeavouring to expel us from the trenches we occupied yesterday. They were pulsed.
We continued to progress east of these trenches by bombing, taking prisoners, An enemy attack in the Vosges, east of St. Die, failed to reach our front line.
Paris, Feb. 13.
The official communique issued this evening reports The Germans made a series of attacks in Arto' The first, which was delivered in the moming west
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