brough Reuter's Agency.
Paris, Jan. 12.
The communtyué issued chs afternoon states From the North Sea to the Oise there has been fairly vigorous cannonading.
There has been the liveliest fighting northward of Soissons around she trenches captured by us, enemy, several times, took the offensive and were repulsed. We took some fresh sections of the enemy's treaclies.
There have been artillery duels from Boissons to Reims. Our heavy guns were effective. Our artillery was also very accurate with its fire in the district of Souain.
The redoubt at Beau Sejour was the scene of a very desperate struggle. The enemy succeeded in establishing themselves in a trench inside the redoubt, of which we hold the salient. The struggle continues.
We repulsed attacks at Bois de Consenvoye and Bois Lo Bouchet.
Our detachments, to the south east of Cirey-sur-Vesouze, routed the Germans who were pillaging the village of Saint Sauveur.
There have been snowstorms in the Vosges and Alsace and the day passed calmly.
The communique issued at 1 o'clock yesterday evening states:—
The enemy violently bombarded all night the French positions on the Plateau of Perrieres, north-east of Soissons, and, to-day, made a desperate attempt to take one of them. The result of the fight is not yet known,
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