The Archive · 1916

AN ARTILLERY DUEL IN ARTELS

Paris, Feb

official communique issued this afternoon states that south of the Somme we bombarded a train, while in the Argonne we exploded four mines.

The official communique issued this evening reports an intense artillery duel in Artois, northeast and southeast of Neuville.

Our fire dispersed the enemy troops near Lassigny and north of Berry-an-Bac and seriously damaged the German works north of Troyon.

Mine fighting in the Argonne continued in our favour. naif

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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