Pa Jan. 26, The official communique issued this afternoon states The Belgians progressed in the Pervyse district. the Germans attacked at dawn, with a battalion, eastward of Ypres vut were stopped dead; 300 Germans killed, including the Commander of the leading Company, were found on the field. The second line was ordered to support the attack but under the very curate fire of our artillery it was unable to emerge from its shelters.
The enemy made five attacks on the British liens at Givenchy and Cuinchy, he Germans, after slight progress, were driven buck, leaving many killed and also sixty prisoners, including two elficers. This attack was accompanied by several attempts at a diversion at other poin.s on our front.
Between Bethune and the La Bassée Koad and at Aix-Noulettes the enemy attempted to leave his trenches but was instantly stopped by our infantry and artidery fire.
There was an artillery duel on the rest of the front between the Lys and the ise while, west of Craonne, ths enemy made two attacks of a most violent character. The first was repulsed; the second penetrate ed our trenches but we regained almost. the whole of the lost ground by @ vigorous counter-attack. The struggle continues around the section of treaclies still occupied by the Germans, While the enemy's artillery has showed less activity than in tie past few days our batteries have kept up an effective fire on the German positions, Our fire in the St Hubert district prevented an attempted attack.
The enemy made active use of their trench-mortars against our positions at Hartmanns-Weller, where there were fresh engagements.
They bombarded Thann, Lambach and Sennheim.
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