Paris, March 25.
The official communique issued this evening reports The enemy artillery was very active against our second lines west of the Meuse and near Poivre Hill, Douaumont and in Woevre, east of the Meuse.
There was no infantry action.
The Germans attempted two coups-de-main in Bois Lo Pretre, but were driven off by our _rifle-fire, leaving a number of dead.
We bombarded enemy convoys in the Vosges.
At night-time two French sero-planes dropped 16 heavy bombs on the enemy bivouacs northward of Malancourt.
Paris, March 26.
The official communique issued this evening reports:
West of the Meuse there was a violent bombardment between the village and wood of Malancourt and of our second line. There was no infantry action.
Our long-range guns shelled the station at Vigneulles and Hatton-Chatel. We shelled the enemy communications in the Argonne and his defences in the Vosges.
A French pilot brought down a German aeroplane at Douaumont.
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