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Show Nazi Raids on Western Front Beaten Off, French Declare PARIS, March IS H"v German attacka 'with the largest number of men put Into action since the war started were reported by military mil-itary quarters Monday to have been turned back by French machine-gun machine-gun and artillery fire. German patrols operating Sunday Sun-day In separated sectors west of the Vosgee mountains and east of the Moselle river sustained what military sources assert bed aa "cruel leeeee" la extended operations. The first engagement came at dawn Sunday, when Trench artillery artil-lery observers, moving forward to posts which are not manned during dur-ing the night, found Germans Installed In-stalled In them. In the second engagement the Germans sent about 300 men to meet a French patrol operating la the Vosges. The French unit replied to enemy en-emy flra and repulsed wavaa of Germane seeking to capture advance ad-vance positions, according to these advicaa. |