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Show GERMANS CLAIM I FURTHER GAINS I Battlo in Ypres Vicinity Still Con- I tlnues. French Advances Are I Generally Driven Back I Berlin, Jlay 11. Tho Gorman gen I ernl headquarters staff today gate I out tho following statement: fl "Yesterday morning nn English ship I was driven away from Westendo by fl our flro. H "Wo mado further progress cast of fl Ypres and captured flvo machine fl guns. Tho French eontlnued their fl attacks southwest of tho Lorette fl hills and at the villages of Ablayn I and Carency. All their attacks ere- I repulsed. Tho number of prisoners fl made by us hero was increased to B 800. B "Between Carency nnd Nouvllle, H the French still remain In possession H of tho trenches taken by them. Tho H battle continues. B "An English flying machine was " shot down at a point southwest of Lille. "Southwest of Berry nu Bac and in tho wood south of Longvlllo au Bols our troops yestorday took by storm a position of two lines of trenches situated b'ehlnd each other nnd stretching over a width of 400 metres. Wo also took a number of unwounded prisoners and captured two mine throwers with much ammunition. am-munition. "Enemy infantry attacks north of FUrey and in tho forest of Lo Pretre failed with considerable losses to our opponents. ' ' Russian Retreat "In the eastern theater yestorday tho situation was unchanged. The Hussions attempted to arrest the pursuit pur-suit of our army under General Mac-kensen Mac-kensen on tho Brzesko Brzosowa line on the branch of tho Strodnlka Brz-eznaka Brz-eznaka and at Bopozya, northeast of Eboca and Szrnzyn on the Vistula Their object failed complotoly. Ily night tho Russian linen wcro nlcrccd In many places, especially at Brzos-ko Brzos-ko and betwoen Brzosko and Lutoza after a desporato attack by several nusslan divisions from Sauok In the direction of Bcsko had failed In the morning with vory henvy losses for tho enemy. Tho puruslt contlnuos." |