Paris, Jan. 28.
The official communique issued this afternoon states:
The Germans announced that the termon Emperor's birthday would be the occasion of a great effort but it has not turned to their advantage and was a good day for us on the whole front. All the enemy's attacks were repulsed while all ours made progress.
We demolished the enemy's trenches in Belgium. The British artillery, southward of the Lys, swept the routes to the concentra. tions points of the German troops.
There was gun and rifle fire in the regions of Arras, Albert, Raye, Moyon and Soissons. The enemy's infantry attempted at various points to leave their trench: es but were repelled by a__ fierce fire. The losses of the Germans on Monday and Tuesday, near Craonne, were certainly not less than a brigade. German prisoners say that their reverse was serious. Our losses were 800, due to the severity of the fighting and the subsidence of an old quarry. We have now regained all the disputed ground.
There was an artillery duel in}. the region of Reims, our heavy Runs mastering the enemy's.
We again defeated three attacks south-eastward of St. Mihiel. The enemy were also repulsed at Parroy-
We made appreciable progress northward of Senones and also gained ground at Ban-de-Sapt where we damaged the enemy's artillery defences.
We advanced in Alsace in the region of Ammertz-viller and Burnhaupt-lo-has and held the ground gained.
We repelled the attack of a German battalion near Cornay.
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