OFFICIAL REPORTS OF PROGRESS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2343, 28 December 1914, Page 5

OFFICIAL REPORTS OF PROGRESS

FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONIIER ..ENEMY'S FIRST LINE OF DEFENCE CAPTURED ; : (Rec. December 26, 7.15 p.m.) „ i v . . . Paris, December 2a. ■ Official.—There has been intermittent artillery fighting in Belgium. The Allies, between the Lys and the Oise on Monday evening, reached a point where the roads meet from Loos to Rutoire and Loos to Vernielles: ihe captured part of the village of Laboiselle, which is north-east of Albert, also some progress was made at Lihu, near, Chaulines, where various attacks were.carried out with much spirit, and everywhere maintained the ground gained The Allies' artillery has overthrown the defensive organisation on the plateau' of-Mouvron. Thero have been artillery-duels on the Aisne and at Champagne. Several German attacks were repulsed. The Allies advanced north of Sapigneul, near Berry-au-Banc. , A violent counter-attack followed, but failed. We captured the wood r.orth of Mesnil, following up the capture of the trenches on the twenty-third. We are now in possession of the whole of the enemy's first line of defences in this region. The Allies in the Argonne repulsed-five attacks at Boeisdel and Crarie. Our heavy artillery master- / ine the German batteries in' the Cuisy Bois de Forges region, where machiflo guns enabled the Allies' infantry to make a good forward movement. .Wo advanced in the lower Vosges to 1500 metres from Creys-ul-Vesonze ; ': [Loos is three miles south-east' of Lille, Vormelles is about 15 miles southeast of Lille; Chaulines is east of Ami-ens. Tho other places mentioned are not to'be found on any of the maps available.] . ■ ALLIES' 'ARTILLERY SILENCE ENEMY'S BATTERIES. ' •".''.■■ '.''•■ (Reo. December 27, 8.40 p.m.) Paris, December 26. Official.—Wβ slightly progressed from Nieuport, and repulsed an attack in the direction of Notre Dame de LorrettL .Wβ captured a trench at Puisealoirie, and held the ground, notwithstanding several 'counter-attacks. The enemy made a vigorous but unsuccessful attack on Thursday night at Lated de Faux; in the yosges. . ■... ■''■■.' ,■*',' ' A later report states that fog (-as paralysed operations on the front from; the sea to the Lys. , We repulsed several counter-attaoks at Nodottes, Ladoiselle, Lihohs, and Chivy. The artillery silenced the enemy's batteries at Perthes, where there were particularly v'ulonfc German-counter-attacks by important efr fectives along a front of 150T) metres, whkft" completely failed. We appieciably progressed in upper Alsdco. '■'.■• -»■, BRITISH INFLICT SEVERE LOSSES ON GERMANS. :'■ •■'■■' (Red. December 27,'4.50 p.m.) : '..;■; / ( Paris, December 26. ' Germans attacked the' British positions on Thursday night at La Baesee. At first'thiSy compelled the British'to give ground, but the British made a vigorous counter-attack three hoprs later, iind recovered all the lost ground, inflicted severe 'losses, and took 400 prisoners. >