Show FRENCH CLAIM ADVANTAGE AT SEVERAL POINTS PARIS Dec. 10 2 39 p m -De en be 9 passed qu etly n Be g um as we as in he victa ty of Ar as accord ng o the off c al sta ement gl en out a e war off ce in Par s this afternoon The war offl e cams Frenc ad vances at several points on the ex tended batt e front a d makes no men t on of any reverse I or Instance near Lequesnoy ga ns fron '00 to 600 yards we a made in the A sne and o the heights of the Meuse the French a t erv mastered the batter es of the enemy and near Rheims French cannon compel ed the evac ation of tre ches Counter at tacks were repulsed near Perthes and in the Argonne In the latter oca ty .new trenches were taken by the Yrenc The text of the commun cat on fol 10 s The day of December 1 P4ssed quietly n Be giuni as we I as n the reg on of A as w ere e enemv n ade no a empt at a resump on of offens ve operat ons Further to t e south I the reg on of Lequesnoy and a ound Andec y we made ad ances varying from 200 to 600 yards Our ga ns were ma n ta ned and conso dated In t e rego of e A sne and in Chan pagne the e ha bee no c ange The German art e y o er wh ch we gained the advantage dur ng the last few days yesterdaj e idenced in creaed act ity but was aga n nas tered by ou heav3 ar en In t e environs of Rhe ms t e eavy Fre c P eces compe ed the Germans to evacuate se eral trenches This e acuato was ca r ed out under the fl e of our Infantry In the reg on of Pert es the enemy by means of two counter at acks en deavored to recaptu e the In rench n en s which he lost to us on Decern ber 8 He was repulsed T e ground aken by us has been effec ive y pro tected I al t e Argonne reg on we ave cont nued to make p ogress We a e occup ed new t enches repu sed w th comp ete success cou te atta ks and comp eted and conso dated the ground won fron the enen On the he ghts of the Meuse e e ha e been art ery engagemen s n w hie we matnta ned ad t net ad antage and th s in spi e of t e ve v g eat act v ty of the batte es of e enmy In the forest of Le Pretre we la e taken some new t enches There is no h ng to report on the remainder of the f ont as far as the tvIss front er |