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Show PORTUGUESE ARE TAKEN PRISONER BY THE GERMANS BERLIN", June 2, via London, 2:25 p. m. French positions over a front of about 1000 yards northeast of Soissons were captured by the Germans in a surprise sur-prise attack yesterday, the war of rice announces. The statement says Portuguese Portu-guese soldiers wei waken prisoners by the Germans on the western front. The artillery duel In the Wytschaete bend on the Belgian frontier, which became be-came violent Thursday, increased In intensity in-tensity yesterday, the statement adds. The German report contains the first official announcement that Portuguese troops were participating in the fighting on the western front, although American correspondents reported the arrival of Portuguese forces last January. |