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Show I FIGHTING IS VERY HEAVY. Today's war report prove? that the I crisis Is not reached. Last night the Germans continued to ; drive ahead north and south of Armen-lieres, Armen-lieres, which place they captured on Wednesday. The official British statement state-ment admits the Germans have taken Merville, which is directly west of Es-taires, Es-taires, and seven or eight miles from the battle line at the opening of the drive. Evidently the Teutons are aiming to jrlve a deep wedge north of Neuve Chapelle, Festubcrt and Givonchy, and suddenly swing south, enveloping all that territory. If successful, they may cut off a considerable British force and add to their constantly growing list of prisoners. Wherever the Germans strike they seem to have "the punch," as an American Amer-ican prize fighter would say, and that means danger for all the western line from Arras north to the coast at Nieu-port. Nieu-port. li will be recalled what a desperate struggle the British engaged in before they took Messlnes ridge. Finally the ridge was mined by a year of tunneling, tunnel-ing, and, at th appointed time, a million mil-lion pounds of high explosives were 'set off. The roar of the mighty blast I was heard by Lloyd George in his Lon-! Lon-! don home. Then the Infantry swarmed 'over the high ground and Messines I ridge came into British possession. In this present fight, Messines. we are Informed, has changed hands repeat-edlf repeat-edlf It is a certainty that the British have not yielded ground in that sector without the most bitter, sanguinary 'struggle, and. while the dispatches j simply record the bare facts, the laconic la-conic announcement, "Messines has changed hands repeatedly" is Information Infor-mation enough 10 those who are following fol-lowing the battle lines to disclose awful aw-ful carnage. oo |