Show ALLIES beglin IN 18 THE WEST FULL STRENGTH OF ENGLISH FRENCH N AND bel AGAINST GERMANS attack develops into general battle battie by land and sea tho the lossee on both sides be deang ng appalling lo 10 london don tho the long expected drive by tho the olios alles on tile tho western trout front has begun an MI land and sea after it a week of Inter interino preparation rth tho details or at which havo been kept secret the iho full strength of tho the erig lish french and belgians was as direct ed in a tremendous concen tr abed it tack upon the lie gennan front froat on oa satur day tho attack has developed into a genend denend battle by land and sea from tile tho belgian coast to tho southern limit of tho the german army tho the and french armies have t taken ta ken largo nibbles out of the th german lines between verdenand Ver verdun dunand iiii the iho belgian coast capturing trendier tren dies along a front of about twenty miles and thousands of pals prisoners boners olget guns and LL a number of machine runs guns lat at tho the same almo and french and Belg larl batt batteries erlei bombard ardel el the german positions on tho the coast between zeebrugge Zee brugge and nieuport A repulse of 0 a german division near northwest of bens with considerable sid erable emble casualties and the loss of materials Is admIt admitted in the german official communication nizile guide public in merlin on sunday tho the evacuation of an advanced geranan position north of perthes be aicon reims Ilef niB and tho the argonne forest As also admitted by b tho the war office at 33 orlin the offensive resulted in tile the preach french and british victories began saturday morning for several weeks thero here has been an almost incessant bombardment which lato late last week in creased in intensity particularly in UK sectors abc tora whore where the tha infantry kry attacks took place the Y french who are credited with the COQ most important import ant gain mado their thief chief onset against the german agemian lines around perthes beausejour Deau and sulp snip pea in champagne chere in deamber they made a considerable gain of ground saturdays attack lat tack however gave thern them possession of more territory than they had ret nen from the germans since the latter dug due themselves in after the battle of the according to the french accous the lie ge germans mans were d riven driven out of the trenches over a front of fifteen miles varying in depth from two thirds of at a mile to two and a halt half miles the losses on both bath sides bides were appalling but bat the ended with the french occupying the german first line positions on an nearly tho the entire front of at ithe he iback |