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Show GERMS ARE VICTORIOUS ON WESTERN FRONT rTh,elr Artillery Compels French to , Evacuate Trenches Close to h, Belgian Coast Near Nleuport I Ilcrlin, Jnn. 13. Germnn victories In several engagements on tho wes-' tern front nre announced in todayjs statement from tlio war ofUco. It Is said that tho allies wore compelled" by German artillery to evacuate' trenches near tho Delglan coast in, tho neighborhood of Nleuport and that attacks wore repulsed nt other points with tho capture of 170, French in ono instance .-) "On tho eastern front there ,nro no developments of consoquonce." !3 Tho war ofllco today gave out tho following statement: "In the western .theater of tho war flerco artillery 'duels took place In tho neighborhood of Nleuport. Tnej, resulted in the ovaouatlon of the enemy's ene-my's trenches nt PaHnsburg, a sulu urb of Nleuport. " '--' Tho enemy's attacks near tho canal can-al of La Basso have been finally re polled. r "French attacks nt La Bols'ello add tho hilJpfTouvronwero "repulsed."-Yesterday's' "repulsed."-Yesterday's' unsuccessful attacks oif. tlio hills nearxCronoy woro followed by a German counter attack which ended' in the' complete defeat of the 1' enqh and the clearing of the hll northeast of Uusslo and north 'of Crony. Our troops took possession 'of two French positions nnd captured J,700 prisoners, four cannon and several sev-eral machine guns. i "An attack by French sappers Ifl tho neighborhood of St. Mlhlel hai been successfully repulsed. Ofir troops took possession of tho IiIUb north and northeast of Nomon'. "Tho situation In tho Vosges ro mains unchanged. "In tho eastern theater of tho War tho situation has not undergone any chango." |