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Show FRENCH TRENCHES TAKEN BY STORM BY THE TEUTONS BERLIN". Jan. 26. hy wireless to Fay-ville. Fay-ville. French trenches on Hill yo4, north west of Verdun, were .stormed jesterday hy German troops along a front of 1600 meters, the, war office announced today. Approximately 50 prisoners were taken hv the (iermans, who also captured ten machine guns. The French failed in a connter-at tiu-k at night. 'J' he announcement follows: Army group of the German crown prince: On the west bank of the .Meuse in the sector of "Infantry General Gen-eral on Francois, under command of Lieutenant General von Dem Borne, Westphalia n and portions of the ftadish regiments of proved valor and elfleiencv, assisted by artillery, pioneers pio-neers and mine-thro ers, stormed Fren-.-h ti" riches on Hill on a front of JfiOO meters. The enemy suffered sanguinary losses in hand-to-hand fiyhtln and left In our hands in round numbers 500 prisoners, among w'nom were twelce offt'crs. We caF-tureC caF-tureC niac :inc g::p.s. At n:-:!it t:.e l-erc r: launched a rocnter-a'Tack ul;:.:) railed. Kt::t-r; ris-s on I-ead Man htll and porr .m.-.is; (,:" A'. oco'irl brouyiit the :e-, :rea rc-juKs. |