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Show VIOLENT FIGHTING DEVELOPS IN THE WESTERN THEATER i PARIS, Aug. S, 2:35 p, m. Fighting of; extreme vloietne has developed In the Vostfos mountains in consequence of a I Clerman attack. The official French an- ! noun-oment says this attack has been r-pulsed, r-pulsed, but concedes t ha t minor advnn- ' taces have been gained by the Oennsns ' in the Ar-finnes. The stutement follows; 1 In the region of Artols there was continual cimbntn with hand grenades around Souchez. In the Argonnes late yesterday the Germans penetrated one of our positions posi-tions tn a salient In the western part of tho forest of Font n E tie Houvrtte. They were driven back and maintained main-tained t h'iniHMves only in a lookout post In advance of our first line. Purine the night tho Germans attacked at-tacked in the sector of I KUlo Monte. They obtained a footing In one of our trenches, but were elected Immediately, except on a front of thirty yards. Ill the VoHge-R a German ittlnck In the afternoon attained extreme violence. vio-lence. 1 1 was d tree tod against our positions at l.lugelmpf and Xchrat-mnnnele Xchrat-mnnnele nnd tho neck of land which separates- these two heights. Our s. sji Hants wore repulsed and suffered heavy loss. Hefnro th portion of the front held by only one of our com -panics the corps of more than 100 Germans remained In the network of our enta nglemenla. |