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Show VICTORY CLAIMED BY THE FRENCHMEN MONTREAL Aug. 12 A cab eg am f om Paris to the Montrea Star g ves the fo own g account of an engagement between the French and Germans The French war off ce Issued, an off c a announcement today stat ng that the t oops of the repub c have been ctor ous in engagemen s w th the Germans It was further off cay stated that a 1 the Ge ma so d e s who pene t ated France n the departmen s of the Meuse and Meurthe et Mose e have been dr ven back ac oss the bor der At Mangiennes northeast of Ver dun a s arp engagemen took place In whicl the Fre c c a n to ha e re pu sed the Germans w th heavy oss S x guns three hea v p eces of ar t e y and th ee rap d fl e guns a so fe into the hands of the so d e s of the repub c A ba tery of German art e y was d sab ed Du ng the ear y stages of the bat t e t e Germans fought with such fierceness and stubbornness hat the Fren h nes we e on the po nt of wave ng when eserves were thrown forward o support he French front This tu ned the t de accord ng to the F ench war off ce dispatches and the French troops then began a counter attack |