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Show CASUALTIES ARE VERY GREAT, SAYS A CORRESPONDENT n g f H t K V n K K l w have accounted for so many that tho ot ers now hesi ate to take "the air Many dashing incidents are being re corded ot tl e extraordinary reckless bravery of the French troops The Germans apparently are very adept at digging themsejtea In. and the ground favors them so that tney have made their posit ons cxtremel strong Therefore There-fore the allies who are delivering tie at ta k will ha e a er hard task to ad ance. It appcarn howc er that the French and British ba e ga ned some ground at the western end of tn battle but slowly Nowhere ha the allies re eded an Inch On the eastern end ow g to ihe nature of the counto th occupy an ex e tent position permitting t em with the favor of fortune to drive bark the Germans onto the rntr Both armies In t e center and at the eastern end told tuelr gruuud with mar velous tenacity and the fighting la so s vera even ere that too casual ties are ery great Many detachments of Ger roan stragglers have been tut off T e -Miliary a tl otilles decline to make know anything regarding the number of piiaonera, bnt thare are man) of them The -o nmanders of the allies appear to fee no doubt concern! t g tl e final result of the present stage of the operation! The mm aware that t hi fighting n eans a ter bl loss of life b t their troopa show readiness to pay the price In o der to Inxu e suceeaa. |