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Show 1011 DEFENSES ARE IMPREGNABLE General Castelnau Goes Over Ground, Says Allies Cannot Be Ousted THFS Dec "6 ia Par 4pm With our batter es of hea art 1 lerv and the men behin I th n t s mposs ble to oust the all ed forces from Saloniki said General Castelnau chief of the French genera) staff n a state ment today to the Associated Press General Castelnau na e the lutcr ew after being rece cd b K ng Constan tine and attend ne a lun 1 eon at the French legat o Man ot tl n ost important offi e s t the Greek arm) and oaw and se eral of the king s clos est fr ends attendej the luncheon Gen eral Castelna s statement was subm t ted to the Kr n h n ster Jean Gull lem n and npfro d 1 him The s tuat on at balon k today s - most excellent the general continued. I spent se eral lays exa nine the grounls I n t sa 1 ha e rare! seen an emplacement wh h lends tsclf bet ter to defense ' I mav say also that the pos tions pro de the no t ta orable cond turns for ofTens ve as well as defens vo op erat ons The general a askel whether the all en onte npla e an offem e mo e mcut fro n Sa o k n the r ng Spr ng w II tell ho replied It a mpotcille to d sen nt the exigences of tl e n 1 tar s t nt on so far ahead t o I I t be le le upon tic offensive fron Salon k oul 1 b n a lc ler pe uharlv fa orable on t ons What npr so I 1 o ga n from o r talk v th II k gf the corre spon lent atked I was lecplv to he 1 b the fa t th t h n a es although poor hath ece c I He wa n ost cor d al Tl o ( recks I s e sho n me o cr 0 rtesy Anl In p ( oneral Ion soon do o b tl wa w 11 1 c fin s d That d ot Her Tl e noit not j. 1 to v is eer unoo o p LIrne every l"rnn il lehnonan h r a I go p ho e for a n I tP 1 ran o h r t r 1 1p vpakp t,, f lap tol eenn lane U T " 1 p an k r o hp I n |