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Show MEASURE OF HUN SUCCESS GAINED AT FRIGHTFUL COST LONDON, June 5, via Ottawa The fluctuating character of the battle In France was strikingly Illustrated yesterday. yester-day. There was every reason to hope that the Germans had been held, but the enemv made another desperate erfort be-Hweeri be-Hweeri the Aisne and tho Ourco. rivers, apparently endeavoring to outflank the town of Vlllers-Colterets. which he failed to capture by frontal attack. This area flanks the Solssons-Tarls road, and the enemy pressure here was supported by fierce attacks on the wings, especially In the f.'ompiegne area, the villages vil-lages of either side of the Ourcq being the scenes of the hardest lighting. The Germans met with a measure of success, but at excessive cost, and the experts consider the results of the fighting favorable fa-vorable to the French. Tho enemy fall'd to make any impression at Villers-Cottc-rets or Retz forest. The part plaved by the Americans shows that the reserve which the enemy affected to despise Is already effectively in action. |