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Show Hard Fighting Is in Progress in the Neighborhood Neigh-borhood of St. Quen-tin, Quen-tin, the Teutons Trying to Drive the French From the East Bank of the Canal. HEAVY STORMS BOTHER BRITISH War Office at London .Reports Increasing Re's Re-'s sistance Upon the Part the Enemy and feral Counter - at-ks, at-ks, Which Prove yiilures. L0XD0X, March 22. French caval-jf caval-jf rymen and Gorman Uhlans are fighting today along the Arras-St. Quentin-La 1'cre line. Here it is believed Field Marshal Hindenbnrg has prepared to make his new stand. This line, however, how-ever, is in peril, for French troops have succeeded in pushing forward to within with-in artillery range of St. Quentin and La Fere. The French government issued a report re-port today which shows something of the vnstness of the territory which the 1 Germans have been forced to evacuate. Up to yesterday, March 21, allied troops had captured 853 square miles of territory held by the kaiser since the march on Paris. Included in this great area are 266 towns and villages, and there before the war lived 182,000 Frenchmen. Much Ground Still Held. According to estimates by the Paris officials the Garmans still hold 7126 l square miles of France. V. French battalions made vigorous at tnv toiay on the north hank of the Aisne.' Prepress nlso was made south of tho Oise anrl to the north of Sois-fon?. Sois-fon?. After bitter renr guard actions French troops occupied several village?. vil-lage?. British troops also continued to push ahead. The British lines are once more level with those of tho French. The Rritifh are closing in on Vermau and Koif-nl ami the capture of this salient is imminent. Teutons Biassed in Forests. Heavy German forces still are massed in th forests of Coney. Aerial ob-server?, ob-server?, however, report great destruc-tioit destruc-tioit behind the lines through the forests for-ests and report that the stand of the Germans will be only temporary, a covering cov-ering movement to permit retreat of the main body of Germans. Devastation of the villages evacuated evacu-ated bv the Germans continues to be most studied and drastic. Commissary Apartments nf the allied armies are Veins taxed to feed the survivors left the war-swept towns. Resistance of jrman forces is increasing N. March 22. 10:0: p. m. "The reliance is lnr.roasinj: alnn? frortt from wpst of St. Quentin of Arras." snys the official re-Pritifli re-Pritifli headquarters In France 'Heavy snowstorms durinR the 1 to the dii'ticiiltirs of our ad-rn?i ad-rn?i out a, successful raid ves-irnoon ves-irnoon north of Arras and took Ronr". Tho enemy endeavored r-atiack across an open field and jpvpre ca pii.ilt ips. II hostile party succeeded tn en- n (Continued on Pago Four.) GE1IS ATTEMPT TO IE a m (CtTitlnucd from Page One.) terfng our trenches early this morning north of Ypres. Tho raiders were driven off by our garrison alter sharp fighting. Another hostile raiding party was dispersed dis-persed by our machine pun fire southwest south-west of Lens. "Our airpiano-3 were again active yesterday yes-terday in the area of the enemy's with- i dm v.ai. M uch valuable reconnaifsanco work was carried out. One German machine ma-chine was brought down behind our lines." |