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Ire Germans defending Ine along the
river AiEre.
Zach encounter, however. in91e1ces
The execution q the general idea q
the ccI1ua1deE-lo-cn.et Q. the Allied
army. Attacks and counter attacks
follow o-s another IL rapid success
g!oa every hour c1- q the tEeefy-to1r
The 1cEt Impressive reports Ct the
3zttle Of many days. 60 evenly bal
snce1, are that i Il Z combat Ct
artillery. Day and Dight thousands
u German cannon hammer e. the
Allied armies, while every gun that
the French and English can bring 10
bear is directed toward attempting
% silence these destructive guns. II
.ulls Of artillery fighting the Allies
have assaulted The German positions
and have been able here ard there
70 gain ground. but cniy Il dreadful
cost The fighting a. Reins between
Infantry and cavalry followed three
days q incessant artillery dueling
The Germans, believing they could
break the French centre By z counter
assault, esEayed three times 10 reoc-
cuDy Reimg and were each time hurl-
ed back
Every fragment Of news from The
Far Flung line Of battle makes IL
positive that the Allies are facing
more difficult situation than that
which existed along the Marne. The
Germans have been heavily re-en-
forced. They are strongly intrenched
along vast battle line. Their great
resources OF artillery are operated In
many places from wooded heights and
the location Of batteries mas been
Ehrewdly 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 to the
Argonne the fighting has been pressed
al night and searchlights have been
used by the Germans in an attempt
TO deceive the Allies as 10 battery
positions.
More than three million men are
engaged in this titanic struggle for
the mastery Of Europe
Strengthened by fresh troops rush
ed 70 the front from the Rhine for
tleSSeEs the herman rlgnt and center
made desperate effort successfully
to resume the offensive after their
retreat, but in vain, and the Allies
left is farther advanced than ever in
the mills Of the Aisne.
Both sides were SO nearly exhaust
ed by the bloody work that then the
battle Gained down a bit.
Three times, the German right at
tackled the English lines and three
times were General Won KIuks men
hurled back with heavy loss. The
night assault on Rheims by General
Won Hausen's forces was also a costly
failure.
Ten times the German infantry
tried TO overwhelm the Allies lines,
and each time they were driven back
with very heavy losses. In the last