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Show GENERAL ATTACK BY THE ALLJED 1IES (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) PARIS Dee 14 The all es in the western field are about to take the general offensive against the Germans All British and French soldiers on leave have been recalled Word has been sent to the hospitals of Paris and the vicinity to prepare to receive great numbers of wounded British reinforcements are arriving in the north and it is nnderstood,that they will be in a position by next Fn day With the fresh troops are many of the new fifteen inch British howit sers, which will go into action for the first tune against the Germans They are believed to be much more powerful than the German mortars ana to out range them General Joffre ajfid Field Marshal French have been wa ting for two months for the moment to arrive to mate a general and susta ned attack Tho Germans are no Ion par throwing themselves against the positions of the allies and appear disposed to hold their positions n the west and concentrate their efforts in the east Immense reserves of shells and am munition ha e been accumulated by the allies in preparat on for a general for ward movement The allied troops ap pear to be considerably more numerous than at any t me since the opening of hostilities Their equipment the r transport and morale are 3 dged by neutral military observers who have recently gone to the front to be beyond anything they have previously attained S nee the foregoing was written cable dispatches have told of greatly increased activity on the jart of the all es at almost all points of the 1 ne from the lorth sea to the Swiss bor der This new activ ty has been inter preted &s b gnahz ng the long expected general advance On December 21 the German war off ce gave out what was said to be an order for a general at tack by the allies signed by Ceneral Joffre and dated December 17 |