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Show TEUTONIC REAR GUARDS ATTEMPT TO HOLD ALLIES BFFILTX, March 24, by wireless to -iayville. British and French advancing advanc-ing forces and German reai guards are rattling daily or. both sides of the rivers Somme and Oiso, in northern France, says the official M atement issued is-sued today. Jn these engagements, th1 iimouncernent adds, tho entcnto furcea lave suffered heavy 1 .is;; e?. French attacks against the German u (post, west of La Fein and along tho i llet t; lowlando an ns near Neu- nllo and Margival, it in officially an-jounced, an-jounced, were repulsed yesterday. The (statement reads. On both sides of tho Somme and the Oise dailv engagements are ne-eurnng ne-eurnng bet wpch our protecting troops and enemy vanguards. After these frequent engiiyeinent.-j, in which they suffer heavy losses, the enemy forces simply grope ahead in a hesitating manner and frequently fre-quently throw up trenches, being severely hampered in their freedom of movement. Yesterday the French attacked our outposts west of La Fere and along the lowlands of Aillette, also near Neuville and Margival. They were repulsed. Tn the Champagne our recon-noitering recon-noitering detachments brought pris-oners pris-oners from the French lines. |