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Show i ONRUSH OF FRENCH j STOPPED, CLAIMS GERMAN REPORT 4 i m-JRIjlX Sept. 19, 'yla Iondon. Vio- I lent waves of ti rtillery fire, which were dliocted with IncreMsing- intensity yesterday yes-terday upon the German lines between i i on l hoist wood and the Lys on the f Flanders front, developed last evening md this morninc: hiio drumfire, army iead(v;arters annourveri today. The en- i :cnto infaiitry. however, did not attack. The statement ;ays: Front of thti Gorman crown prlncn: Northeast of Soihsons, at the AlKiie-Marne AlKiie-Marne canal, and went of the Kuippa lowland, hoth artilleries were at times active, with a great expenditure of munitions. On the eastern bank of the Ieuse the French, after a short and powerful power-ful preparation, attacked on a front of three kilometers west of Beau-mont-Vacherauville road. The storming storm-ing waves of the enemy, yielding quickly to our defensive fire, were followed by deeply serried reserves, who rushed forward and renewed the -attack. This stronp thrust also broke down under our fire and hand-to-hand fij.'hiin, and our artillery found especially pood objectives in the retreating re-treating masses. The day aaln cost the French heavy losses without gaining gain-ing them the slightest advantage. Sixteen enemy airplanes were ehot down yesterday. . Fastern theater Front of Prince Leopold : Near Dunaber, (Dvinsk), and In the bend around Lutsk the fir-ins fir-ins activity of the Russians perceptibly percep-tibly increased. Front of Archduke Joseph: The Rumanians directed strong attacks against our hill positions soutn of oituz valley. The enemy, who at first succeeded in breaking in .south of Grozechti, was thrown back by a powerful counter-attack and was repulsed re-pulsed everywhere by our fire, sustaining sus-taining sanguinary losses and losing numerous prisoners. Front of Field Marshal von Maek-ensen: Maek-ensen: Near Yarnitza and Muneelui Rumanian troops repeated their at- j tarUs, which brought them further failure. |