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Show GERMANS ARE FIGHTING , FROM STRONG POSITION Battle in North France Rages Fiercely Without Decisive 'Result. Invaders Take Precautions Against Every Emergency rarls, Sept. 17 Tho official state-ment state-ment Issued tonight announces that tho situation la without change. London, Sept. 18. Describing tho battlo along the Alsne, a Solssou dlt-' dlt-' patch to tho Express says: "Froneji picked troops with heavy guns Juo endeavoring to outtlank tha German positions. A French offlcer said that tho position of tho allies wns exceedingly good and Wat tho enemy consisting of three nrniy corps was In a practically hopeless position unless un-less they found a way, to cscapo to tho northeast. Hut ho admitted that tho German position was actually a strong defcnslvo ono. "Tho spirit of tho men Is excellent despite the heavy rains, continuous marching nud tho heavy shelling. French Encourages Men "Tho effect of Genoral Trench's ad dress to his troops recently, when ho rodo along tho whole front, was excellent. Words from a silent gen. oral hnvo a doublo value. The tioops appreciated deeply his pralso nud encouragement, en-couragement, v. was a si. j mg spectacle' spec-tacle' iiiousauds of men, carelu-js of danger, standing at attention heforo their trusted leader then at tho Germans again." On the battlo front Sept. 18, bv way of Paris, 5:30 p. in. Tho gigantic gi-gantic battlo or moro properly battles, bat-tles, continued day and night along tho entlro front from Nnygn to tlij frontier. Amsterdam, Sept, 18, by way of London, 3:23 p. iu. Tho German Consul announces that there Is no truth in tho report that Germany hn . offered- King- Albert of Del, 3parate. peace terms. London, Sept. 18. 2:30 p. a.. Grr man mlllta-y authorities around Cnl- Iz In Russian Poland have called to, f tho collors all tho Germans thcic between tho ages of 10 and IB. ac- coi ding to a dispatch to Router Ti!e- graph Company from Petrograd. Many of tho German subjects lied. many were caught and 20 hanged. Paris, Sept. IS., 3:09 p. m. 'Hi;? allies have progressed somewhat on tho western range and aro repulsing the biggest German offensive move-ment move-ment according to an official announcement an-nouncement by tho French war do partmont. |