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Show CONDITIONS ON BATTLE FRONT CHANGEABLE LONDON". Oct. 13. 11 a. m The Paily Mail's oiTespomicnt semis a dispatch dated Sunday, behind the French left wing. He Rives interesting news of the conditions prevailing in this field of operations op-erations and says that since Thursday conditions for the allies changed for the worse, then again for the better, and that their position at the time of sending the disnatch was stronger than ever. "The fighting around Arras." says the correspondent, "has been exceedingly severe se-vere since last Tuesday, and Lens lias changed hands at least three times in as nianv weeks. If the Hermans could succeed" suc-ceed" in bursting the-ring at some part their desperate plan might prevail, but so far they have failed and got their forces hopelessly scattered. "It would be absurd, however, for that reason to sav thev are negligible. On the contrary, thev are still capable of giving great trouble. Their cavalry lies in considerable con-siderable numbers on the eastern flank of Tlazebrouok (thirty-two miles northwest of I.illel and in the country surrounding Orchies (sixteen miles southeast of Lillet. Ail their scattered forces in this region, however, are being slowly but surely shepherded in the right direction northeast north-east while the forces threatening Haze-brou'ek Haze-brou'ek are being driven northward. "In short, after weeks of fu'ious fighting, fight-ing, thev have accomplished nothing worth recording." |