The Archive · 1915

Heavy Fighting on the French Right Wing

MONDAY

Paris, Dec. 31.

The official communtgué issued this evening say "There have been no incidents of importance except some bombardments in the' region of Arras and on the heights of the Meuse. There has been progress, which apparently of a marked nature, in the Champagne. Bad weather persists along most of the front."

Paris, Dec. 31.

The official communtqué esned this afternoon says "Our troops entered Steinbach and carried half the village house by hous From the North Sea to the Oise the situation was quiet. There were artillery duels at some points.

The enemy in the Reims district blew up two of our trenches and then attacked them but were repulsed.

We captured, to the north of Mesnil jes Hurlus, some sections of the enemy's second line of defence, and also carried some trenches to

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