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BRILLIANT FRENCH ATTACK.
ENEMY POSITIONS CARRIED.
LONDON, Friday Night- — A French
-communique states: Our attack yester
day between Butte du Mesnil and Mai
sons de Champagne -was brilliantly sue- '
eessful. ' Despite the snowstorms ren- 1
dering marching difficult we carried j
enemy- positions on si front of 1500 1
metres by a, depth of 600 to 800 mo- !
tres. A violent German counter at- j
tack on the left sector in the evening i
was repulsed witli grenades after an)
obstinate struggle, with serious enemy |
losses. '' We took 136 prisoners, includ
ing three officers. Two enemy at
tempts on a trench nt Avocourt Wood
failed under our fire.
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