Show BLUES ALLIES SMASH FOE IN FIERCE ATTACK FRENCH FORCES BREAK GERMAN LINES AND TAKE TEN TH THOU OU SAND PRISONERS following several days daya of V violent the fitnich arenth launch in fantry attack in endeavor r to break through perman german lines paris the french troops in abe abo departments of the alpine alene alid the marno marne have delivered a vid violent lent infantry attack against tho the Gari nafis over a front ot of twenty five miles and mado important gains of 0 terrain and captured more than prisoners and large laigo quantities of war material the battlo battle took place paco between sola sets sons sent and rheims and over a distance of eighteen and a halt half miles from soissons Sols sons to craonne Cra onne file lie entire german first line positions fell into tho the lands hands ot of general ps forces while east of craonne a german second line position south ot of Juvin court and another position on the outskirts of bernie berm ricourt running nning ru along tho alana canal to louvre and were violent counterattacks counter attacks by the germans on several sectors were repulsed with heavy casualties to the attackers tho the artillery for several days had been violently shelling the entire region and monday while british activity along the front from lens to st quentin had almost ceased owing to a heavy rainfall the french launched their infantry in an endeavor to break through or press back the germans from this point of great strategic value tho the german official communication in briefly referring to the attacks attack described it as a great attempt to break through with a tar distant object possibly meaning that a successful breach of tho the german lines herel here might necessitate the falling back by tho the germans along a gloater part of tho the front from lens to sola Sols soissons sons sons during the week that the british offensive has lieen been going on field marshal haigs corces arces have mado prisoners pt Gert germans nans and captured guns and largo quantities of war stores |