Arizona republican., 1917-10-26
FRENCH ABOUT ALSNE
 CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
 THEIR RECENT SUCCESS
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 The French forces in the Aisne re- zion continue to develop their success of Tuesday, where they made rapid advance over front of about six miles, capturing important German positions and thousands of prisoners.
 Following up minor successes Wed nesday, the French again attacked Thursday along the entire line. fore ing the Germans to abandon Monkey mountain, east of VauXaillon, the vil- lage and forest of Pinon, the village of Pargny- Filain, on the extreme east of the line, and numerous farms and oth CT points of vantage.
 The latest drive of the French brings General Petain's army within sight of the important railway junction of Laon, the objective sought for, which now is a scant eight miles distant. Large quantities of war stores were abandoned by the enemy in their re- treat and additional guns and prisoners were captured. The number of pris- oners taken since the drive began now exceeds twelve thousand, more than 200 of whom are officers. Two thousand of the prisoners were taken Thursday.
 An indication of the rapidity with which the drive has been carried out is the total number of guns the Germans were forced to leave behind them. These amount to 120, among them several HowitzerS. not to mention seV- eral hundred small calibre pieces, such as minnenwerfer and machine guns
 On the 25-mile front running from Monte ROmbon to the BainSizz plateau the battle between the AustrO- German forces and the Italians apparently is growing in intensity with the AustrO- Germans the aggressors but with the Italians Stubbornly resisting every where.
 Although the German war office as serts that gains have been made at various points along the line, the Ital- ian official communication does not concede any losses except on the east bank of the IsonZo. south of Monte Rombon. To the contrary, this com munication asserts that on the Bain- sizza plateau where the Germans had announced successes, and on the west slope of Monte San Gabrielle enemy at tacks were repulsed and that the Ital- ians even took several hundred pris- oners.
 Not alone does the German war of flee assert that the Italian line bar liAlo NhO Nety shO tAiV oA NiiN Flitsch basin and to Tolmino was over run and that positions also were cap | tured on the BainsizZa plateau, but that large quantities of booty were taker by the Austro Germans and that more than ten thousand prisoners fell into their hands, including divisional anC brigade staffs.
 While the operations on the Ypres sector of the front in Flanders con tinue to be carried out mainly by the artillery with the British and French | guns hurling the greater weight O metal, the Germans have launched an 1 other strong counter attack south O | the Houtholst forest where the Britisl and French armies have joined hands Again this attack met with repulSe. In intense air fighting Wednesda, night the French airmen shot down O | forced to land in a damaged condition 25 German planes.
 The retirement of the Germans ol the northern Russian front continues The enemy now is back as far as tn Rodenpois- Turkaln line, approachin: the Dvina river region. Behind then the Germans are destroying everything
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