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Sheer exhaustion zzd hgattal
lcssss chscka5 assaults and couale-
zzzlts a. z1o-g tzs battle I1s-
Tie gigantic hattie. O. 1o-= prop
cry battles. oo-ti1ze day and night
zlo1E IL entire fro7- t-01 NoF7o
70 tie German troa-ze-.
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sustained and co1ti1zed movement
bzt e ssTe-zl conbzts proceeding IL
cessz-tly q ths strongest points C
tie CeDz-s' defending Ike along he
-iTe- 4isre.
Ezca encounter, 6c-eFey, 151szcss
tte executsoo ot ihs general IDEA q
tas eonuz1de--5n-chist q The Allied
army. Attacks and counter attacks
fellow o-e another IL rapid Eucces-
sio3 every hour en- ot the ;Essty-to1r.
The -ost impressive reports ot the
hz-tle OF many days. 50 evenly bal
zrceS- are ths- : < cooozt q
artillery. Day and 1isat thousands
.: German cannon hammer :. The
Allied armies. EhiIs' ever! Gun t1s-
ths French and English cz1 bring u
bez- Is directed toward attempting
% silence these destructive guns Il
luIls ot artillery fighting the Allies
hare assaulted -he German positions
and have been able here and there
70 gain ground. but Oily Il dreadful
cost The fighting a. Reius be.Se=1
infantry sn5 cavalry followed three
days ot incssss-t artillery dueling.
The Germans. believing they could
break the French centre ty z counter
assault. eszzyed three tines 10 reoc-
cupy Rsins and were each tine hurl-
ed hack
Every fragment ot news from The
Far Flung ine Of battle makes Il
positive that The Allies are facing
: more difficult situation than that
which existed along the Name. The
Germans have been heavily re-en-
forced. They are strongly intrsnched
along Z vast battle line. Their great
resources OF artillery are operated il
many places from wooded heights and
the location Of batteries has been
shreEdly concealed There is every
indication that the armies Of the
Kaiser are ready once more for E
powerful offensive movement.
The German artillery was operated
from double lines Of enbankment
twenty rods apart, while the German
infantry was projected By trenches
three and four feet deep.
Everywhere from the Disc 10 the
Argonne the fighting has been pressed
Al night and searchlights have been
used by the Germans in 81 attempt
10 deceive the Allies as 70 battery
positions.
More than three million men are
engaged in this titanic struggle for
I the mastery Of Europe
Strengthened by fresh troops rush
ed 70 the front from the Rhine for.
/ tresses, the German right and center
made desperate effort successfully
10 resume the offensive after their
retreat. but il vain, and the Allies
/ left IS farther advanced than ever il
the hills Of the Aisne.
Both sides were so nearly exhaust.
ed by the bloody work that then the
battle calmed down bin.
Three times, the German right al
/ tackled the English lines and three
times were General Won Kluk's mel
hurled back with heavy loss. The
night assault on Rheims by Genera
Won Hausen's forces was also costly
{ failure
Ten times the German infantry
tried 70 overThelm the Allies lines
and each time they were driven bacl
with very heavy losses In the las