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Show FRENCH BEAT OFF COUNTER-ATTACKS BY THE TEUTONS PARIS, March 31, 12:30 p. m. French troops last night successfully attacked the German positions south of the Ail-lette Ail-lette river and made important progress eastward, the war office announced today. to-day. The French advance was scored to the east of the line running from Neuville-sur-Margival to Vregny, northeast of Soissons. A number of points of support sup-port were brilliantly captured by the French forces. In the Champagne region five violent counter-attacks delivered by the Germans Ger-mans on positions recaptured yesterday by the French west of Maisons de Champagne were checked, the Germans sustaining heavy losses. The statement follows: Between the Somme and the Oise in the sector of Ben ay there was spirited artillery fighting. South of Aillette we attacked with success several positions of the enemy on the front between Neuville-sur-Margival and Vregny. Our troops made important progress east of this line and brilliantly carried several points of support, notwithstanding the energetic defense of the Germans. Ger-mans. In the Champagne the Germans redoubled their efforts against the positions which we recaptured yesterday yes-terday -west of Maisons de Champagne. Cham-pagne. In the evening and during the night the Germans made five violent counter-attacks. These assaults as-saults were broken up and the enemy ene-my suffered very heavy losses. The number of prisoners taken was eighty, of whom two are officers. In Alsace, near Ammertzweiller, we checked a surprise attack of the enemy. We dispersed German patrols pa-trols In the region of Pfetterhausen and took prisoners. |