The French, after sustaining and repelling some violent German attacks
on the heights north of the Aisne, delivered on Monday a well-planned counter-attack which restored to them the full command of the ridge overlooking the Ailette Valley north-west of Craonne. Over three hundred Germans were taken in a subterranean fortress near the Hurtebise monument, called the "Dragon's Cave." These Hun dragons, under the persuasion of bombs and gas-clouds, sur- rendered to an Army chaplain. In Champagne, north-east of Reims, the enemy have again failed to drive the French back from the hill overlooking Moronvilliers. As usual, the Germans have revenged themselves for their defeats by pouring thousands more shells into unhappy Reims. Our Portuguese Allies, it is stated, are now holding a sector of the Western line, with the same firmness and courage that they displayed in the Peninsular days.
