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Show TEUTONS CAPTURE FRENCH TRENCHES IN THE CHAMPAGNE BERLIN. May OS. via. London. Af: p. m. German troops yesterday raptured a line of French trenches on the Foe hi -berg and the Keilbere. south of Moron-viliier.s, Moron-viliier.s, in the Cham pa sue region, together to-gether with more than 2S' prisoners, army headquarters a nnounced today, i The statement says: In the Champagne, Wuerttmberg 1 and Thuringia regiments and detachments detach-ments of a storming battalion cap-; cap-; t ured a French line of trenches on i the Poehlherg nnii the Keilherg. south of Moron villiers. More than 3o0 French were taken prisoner and some machine guns were captured. Several British a t tacks were repulsed re-pulsed on both sides of the Scarpe and between Cherisy and Bullerourt. Southeast of Xmirny our thrusting troops cleared the French from a nest in our position whfen they i1ari re tainej since the fiehtins of Fri lay. Our airmen shot down twelve airplanes air-planes and two captive balloons. |