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Show VICTORY FOLLOWS FRENCH ATTACKS Armies in Flanders Obtain Ob-tain a Short Rest While the Heavy Fighting Is Being Done Between the Meuse and the Argonne Forest. GERMANS STOP ONE ONSLAUGHT Joffre's Soldiers Unable to Penetrate Barbed Wire Entanglements in the Vicinity of Bour-euilles; Bour-euilles; Otherwise Success Suc-cess Is Complete. PAEIS Dec 23 10 10 p m. The following official ccnmrrmlcatlon was Issued this evening The progress made through our attacks between the Mease and the forest of the Argonne has been al most entirely maintained. Accord ing to the lateBt news onr front in this region has reached the barbed wire entanglements of the enemy and the salient angle southwest of the wood of Forgen (east of Ouissy) -nd lined the road leading to the forest of Eoureuilles There Is no other notable inci dent to report. CSpee al Cable br ArraDgemee W th London Pa y Telegraph and la orDationa! News Service P4RIS Dec 23 The action be tween the armies seems to hae been tran ferred to the end of the line away from Flanders In the latter lqcal ty there is every indication that both troops are profiting from heaw fogs and other unfavorable me eorological cond tions to obtain a much needed rest after f ghtmg themselves almost into a state of exhaustion. Between the Meuse and the rgonne forest however the French ha e had almost universal suceees meet ng w tu only one check to the r onward prog res The distnot where the Germans appear to have checked the French if not to have won a victory over them is in the vicinity of Boureuilles where on Monday the French infantrv and marine f siliers attacked and ga ned a foothold n the f rst line of German trenches following this" up vesteriaj with further appreciable progress lo daj the war off e admits that the Germans have rail ed here and that the outcome seems to be fair! serious Much Gallantry Shown The engagements all along the 1 no are be ng marked by consp c ous pal lantry on both e des The French are fighting like a horde of onrushing de mons and the Germans are reported to be meeting all absault3 w th splend d courage that con mand; the admtrat on of their foes In the fighting around the woods f Porgeu the French hate used the ba onet with great success Bj a ser es of daBh rag and impetuo is charges the uc ceeded ln peetrat ng to the ba bed e entanglements of the Germans a the sa lent east of Ou ssj and ton gh are resting on the r a ms before hese do fen es. It is probable that tonorron s fighting wi be through t ee ba bed wire entanglements as the Frenc so d era are special z ng In n ght at acks on such Impedimenta to their p ogre s Maj Pass Barrier As on Tuesday night 1 th a san e re gion it is expected the French cou s wi 1 bo able to elude e sea g whicl play constantly o er t o bi wl wire fiefen ee, creep up o e b itself and n It the r strong an p o cut a broad pathway through li enab e their man arm to take up aga its bayonet charges and r fie fight g at almost point blank ranfee The greatest progre a made b e Frenoh has bee ln the n of Perthes les H rlua. on the western edte of the Argonne forest where o ent fighting enab ed then to gain SOO a The French lnfantrj emerged f o conflict with fresh auro s for our- e and reso rcefulness h c tho Ge man a thouuh beaten back stood e g ound un 1 here was o hope of ucccs and ga e hack on a few ards at a me (Continued on Page Three J mm IEICI FORGES (THGONE , in Flanders Obtain tRei. While Heavy iW U Going on t EndofLme: . tS'Z.A t tot f tha Oer fZ u ' rvJ their i5SJ.il seJwd their |