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Show FRENCH CLAIM VICTORY ALONG THE WHOLE LINE PARIS Dec 21 5pm Progress a a org I e line is cla med by t e French off cTal s atement g ven out n Par s th s afternoon The e s not one s ng e men t on of a German success or a F ench re pu se Ga ns a though si ght are re corded in Begum between the Lys and the Aisne n he Cha npagner Country and n the A gonne At one po nt an ad ance of 1 00 jards is reco ded and at another he rrench made 500 a d P ogress has been made be ween t e Argonne and the Meuse on he r ght banl of t e Meuse and on he he ghts of the Meuse , , , j The French 1 eavy ar 1 ery is described as hav ng been successfu o t e A sne near Rheims and e sew e e The text of t e commun cat on fo lows Tl e day of December 0 bro ght no h ng of mpor a ce n Be g um If except on s made of some progress n e reg on of Lombaertzjde and St Geo ges and at a po nt to t e south east of the Inn of KortaKer wh ch is soutl east of B xschoote t e occupa tlon of some houses n Ma te em south of Z ebeke and the bombard ment of the enemy of t e Tpres hos P a Between the Lys and t e Alsne we have occup ed a forest near t e rou e between Isou ettes end Souc ez and we a so took possess on of a the f rst ne of German trenches betwee th s h ghway and the f rst houses of Notre Dame de Loret e southwest of Loos T e enem bo barded as O r hea y a t ery s en ed on e peated occasions the a t erv of t e enemy to t e o th of C -ioj wh ch s to t e east of A bert T s art lery a so demo Ished the German trenches and sent head over ee s two cannon of a battery es ab shed near Horn w ch is to the southeast of Carnoj The heavy art ery a so scored d stinct advantages on the A sne and in the sect on of Rhe ms In Champagne in the reg on of Prosnes Perthos and Beausejour as i we 1 as in the Argonne we made a ong the ent re front apprec ab e ad an es Th s is par cu at y so to e northea t of Beausejour vhere we won and occup ed 1200 yards of the enemy s trenches 1 t e forest of La Grurie we b ew up four m ned saps and ne estab shed ourse ves in the pos t ons thus made Between the Vrgonne and the Meuse there 1 as been progress a ong a the f ont part cu arlv in the region of Varennes vbe e the brook of i Cheppes has been left 50.0 5 a ds in our rea and n tl e reg on of Gercourt Bet ncourt On the r g t bank of the Meuse we 1 ave gafned ground at La C oupe at a po nt twp ometers northwest of B abant and in the fofest of Sonsen voye Final 5 on the eights of the Meuse we have made s ght progress in the fo est Des chave e s to the nort! east of the fort of Coyon |