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Show GERMANS CLAIM CAPTURE OF TEN U. S. SOLDIERS BKRLIX, March 1. via London. Ten Amcrirans have been captured bv the Germans near Chavtsrnon. on the French front, army headquarters announced today. to-day. A few Krenrh prisoners also wei e taken from the hostile trenches by ;'ne - - - German storming troops that made the raid. Tlie text of the statement reads: Western theater: Armv sronp of Crown Prince Ruppreeht Attacks launched last nis'nt north of Poelca-pelle Poelca-pelle by Knslish Infantry, after vio-U-iu artillery preparation, broke down. On the rest of this front artillery ar-tillery activity was revived -at many . , points in support of minor reconnoit- j erlnsr engagements. j West of Lit Fere a detachment , Drought back prisoners as the result ( of an attack across the canal. An enemy air raid on Kortrlik (tourtrai, twenty-six miles southwest J of Ghent) caused considerable losses among Belgians. Americans Taken. i Army group of the German crown i prince. Near Chavignon storming j troops forced their way into the enemy's trenches and captured ten I Americans and a few French prisoners. pris-oners. , Early this morning lighting actlv--I lty was revived at isolated sectors in J the Champagne. ! Chavignon is in the western sector of the Aisne front, north of the westerly end of the Chemin-des-names, a mile and a half northwest of Pargnv-Filain. American troops were known to be in the front lines in the Chemin-des-Dames region, but tile official German announcement announce-ment locates them more exactly than the previous reference to their presence in this sector contained in the dispatches that have come from the American correspondents cor-respondents in France or from other sources. |