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Show FRENCH Dlf 1 CHAMPAGNE HE FDIS Pans Report Claims Germans Ger-mans Are Being Overwhelmed Over-whelmed by a Tidal Wave ARMY OF THE KAISER IS REINFORCED Fresh Troops Arrive From Eastern Front, Soissons and Rheims Bombarded Bom-barded Special Cab e by A raBgement Wl h London Pally T pgr&ph and Internationa News Ssrvic ) LONDON Feb 28 The French drive in Champagne is gaining an im petus which is carying it forward with the force of a great tidal wave before which the Germans are able to offer but a weak res stance Important progress was made today along this whole battle front according to to n ght s Official statement from PaYis More than a mile and a quarter of trenches have been swept clear of the invaders to the north aid northwest of Beausejour alone wh fe north Ot Perthes the Trench have widened and deepened the r gains Progress was made m all the wooded sections be tween Perthes and Beausejour As a strategic effort to d vert the strength of the a lies irom this front where the German lines of communica tions are seriously threatened the Itai ser s forces today renewed the r vio lent offensive m Flanders Germans Reinforced Heavy fight ng n the Tser distr ct has been heard on the Dutch front er The Germans greatly re nforeed, have taken the offens ve along the road rom Ostend and are attacking in the ne gh borhood of Lombaertzyde and N eu port It s s gnif cant that the fresh troops which have appeared m the Ger man 1 nes a e from the eastern Iront So ssons and Bheims are aga n unlor bombardment from the German guns Two hundred shells were dropped on Soissons during the day and reports of yesterday s bombardment of Rheims state that s xty shells fell m the city most of which appear to have been d rected against th1 cathedral In the last few days n ore than 1000 Germans have s rrendered to the all es according to Par s Of the f ghtmg in Champagne the Berlin statement declares that all the French attacl s were repulsed Stones Differ Berlin reports act ons south of Ma 1 ncouxt and north o Verdun where the kaiser s troops stormed the French pos t ons and drove the defenders out later repelling a heartless counter at tack S x officers and 2o0 men were made p sone s and a nu nber of ma ch ne gi ns were tal en Par s ignores th s f eld n ts reports of the day Important progress s clam ed by the Cermans to the east of Bavonill ers is the northern part of the Vosges The F ench were driven back nearly four miles On a front e ght m les wide and heavy losses inf 1 eted sa s the Berlin statement In this region the French claim some progress in the neighbor hood of Hartmanss Weilerkopf and re pulse of a Cerman attack ab Chape lotte wh le 1 i ely artillery duels have been fought in the nearby valley ot the Me se The Argonne scenes of only desul tory f ght ng for the past few dav s again echoed w th the roar of a terrific battle today -when tho French at Hill 263 west Of Boureuilles capt ired about 300 yards of German trenches and at ta ned the edge of a plateau of con n andino- pos tion at Va quo s by a bril 1 ant nf antry attack |