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Show GERMAN ATTACK AT FIVE POINTS WERE EXPELLED AT THREE POINTS, BUT SUCCESSFUL AT OTHER TWO. Russians Report Teutonic Forces on the Defensive in Galicia, Several Breaches Having Been Made in ' heir Lines by Czar's Forces. London. The Germans, attacking r.long the whole lines from Flanders to Champagne, have ipenetrated the .allies' lines at five different points, according to official reports received 'here. At three points the attackers were again expelled, but at one point '.in Flanders and at another In Champagne Cham-pagne they have maintained their gains. All reports indicate terrific find repeated attacks, with the Germans Ger-mans mainly u-pon the offensive in the infantry actions. ' Petrograd unofficially reports the Teutonic forces on the defensive on the important streams along which much of the recent fighting in Galicia and nearby fronts has been conducted ' the Sereth, the Pruth and the Dniester. Several: breaches are de glared to have been made in the lines of the Teutonic allies. While admitting admit-ting that the immediate strategic results re-sults so far have not been important, the Petrograd advices record a belief that the Russian offensive has at least relieved pressure on the entente forces along -other fronts. The current Austrian report on the operations against the Russians admits ad-mits no permanent gain for the troops of Emperor Nicholas, mentioning spe-cifiically spe-cifiically an operation northwest of Tarnoipol, Galicia, where Russian detachments de-tachments that occupied several advances ad-vances Austrian J,renches are declared tack. In the battling with the Italians, Vienna claims the capture of a 'position 'posi-tion near Flitsch, on the Italian front, by Austrian troops, while in the Albanian Al-banian operations the repulses of Italian attacks near Tirana, northeast of Durazzo, is reported. |