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Show PARIS POINTS OUT PROGRESS WILL BE SLOW t h a I a " IK of h a a n g H h n ft s hp Us s a c f , o Pnhopnhg n n a p on i u th A K r I J s a stance of th,e enemy o the he ghts to the north of the r er A sne has cont nued in sp te of the fact that the enemy gave ba k si ght at cer ta n po nts Se ond On the center between Berry au Bac on the A sne and the rgonne the s tuat on shows no change The enemy cont nues to fort iy h mself afong the 1 ne prev ously nd cated Between the 4 gonne and the Meuse the Germans are entrench ng themsel es n v c u t of Mont Faucon In the Woe e ' d str ct we have come nto conta t w th several detachments of the en emy between Eta n and Th au co rt Th rd On our r ght w ng n Lo ra ne and the Vosges the e has been no change Sumn ng up the battle be g cont nued along the ent re frout be tween the r er 0 se and the r er Meuse The Germans o pv pos t ons organised for defense and a e armed w th heavy art ler Our progress s of necess tv slow but our troops are an mated by a epir t of offens ve act on and tne are g ng e dence of v gor and enthus asm They ha e repulse 1 w th success the counter attacks undertaken b the enemy, both dur ng the day and at n ght The morale of the French sold ers s ex cellent The Austrian arm es e acuat ng Galac a are in full rout The r losses n killed wounded and pr s oners are est mated at several nun dred thousand men The German army corps wh ch went to the r succor are retreat ng Berry au Bac s eleven m los north west of Rhe ms and about twent f ve miles east of So ssons Eta n s twel e m les to the northeast of Verd n and Thiacourt s twenty eight m les south east of the same place |