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Show GREAT BUTTLES NEAR HIGH HID. 01 THE ISOiZQ Petrograd Reports That the Russians on North Front Are Gallantly Repelling Repel-ling Attacks. GERMANS ATTACK IN THE CHAMPAGNE Activity Also Shown in Verdun Ver-dun Region ; Italian O f -fensive Continues to Make Headway. Increased activity is noticeable on the various fighting fronts, especially near Riga and on the Isonzo. A stubborn battle bat-tle is in progress near -the Zegevold farm, on the Rlga-Pskoff road, thirty miles northeast of Riga. "Whether the action is a German attempt in force or only a feint is uncertain. Petrograd, however, reports re-ports that the Russians are valiantly repelling re-pelling attacks. On the Bainsizza plateau, northeast of Gorizia and in the region of Monte San Gabriele, the Italians on Saturday advanced ad-vanced their lines on. the southeastern edge. In Champagne and In the Verdun region re-gion the German crown prince. has made ineffectual attacks against the French lines. Northwest of Rheims the French repulsed a strong German attack in the region of Loivre. Northeast of: Verdun, on the right bank of .the Meuse, the French fire drove back the Germans, who essayed an attack north of the Caurieres wrood. British troops, in a successful raid into the German lines near Cherisy, southeast of Arras, wrecked dugouts and defenses. Berlin officially sees in this effort an attack at-tack in... force and announces its repulse with heavy losses. In Flanders, Berlin admits the success of a local British attack at-tack on the Ypres-Menln road. |