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Show .FRENCH REPULSE GERMAITIM TEUTON8' ATTEMPT TO TURN FRENCH POSITION ON VERDUN FRONT CHECKED. Canadian Troops and Germans Battling Bat-tling Fiercely on Ypres Salient. Violent Artillery Duels Along Russian Front. London. Tho region of Vaux and Dnmloup, northeast of Verdun, has boon tho scene of further futllo attempts at-tempts of tho Germans to pierce the French lines. All tho nttacks wero sot at naught by the French flro, except ex-cept n night attack between Damloup and Fort Vuux, whero tho Germans ob-talnod ob-talnod n foothold in French trenches. From these, however, they wero immediately im-mediately driven out by a counterattack. counter-attack. Tho Canadian troops nnd tho Gor-mans Gor-mans havo been battling fiercely on the Ypres salient- Tho Gcrmnn guns openod up several days ago, deluging the Canadian positions nnd tho surrounding sur-rounding territory with sholls. Then tjio Gorman Infantry advanced along an extended front of almost two miles, capturing trenches. In n scries ot counterattacks, in which bombs and bayonot played nn important part, tho Canadians regained most of tho lost ground and havo reorganized their positions. po-sitions. On the Russian front violent artillery ar-tillery duels aro going on In tho Bos-sarablan Bos-sarablan nnd Volhynlnn sectors. Sov-oral Sov-oral Russian infantry attacks against tho Austrians wero repulsed. Tho Italians in tho region of Arsl-oro Arsl-oro nro holding tho Austrians from further advances in tho dosporato strugglo that is going on In this region. re-gion. Tho Austrians, with largo effectives, ef-fectives, attempted to break through tho Italian lino In tho direction of Onaro, but wero driven back. Tho bombardments nro still heavy on tho other sectors ot tho AuBtro-Itallan front. According to unofficial advlcos from Salonlkl, Genernl Sarrall, tho French commander, has declared martial law in tho cntlro zono occupied by tho entente en-tente allies nnd tho allied troops havo takon over tho tolcgraph office, tho port and customs house at Salonlkl. |