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Show GERMAN ATTACK ON FRENCH LEFT PKFAILURE Paris, Nov. 2. Tho French ofu clal announcement given out In Paris this nftornoon says that yesterday tho Gorman nttnek on tho French left wing, particularly between Dlxniudo nnd tho Lys, continued with groat violence vi-olence In splto of tho counter attacks at-tacks ot tho enemy In this region tho French made slight progress. Tho toxl of tho communication follows: fol-lows: On our left wing tho German offensive of-fensive continued ye.stordny with tho samo vlolenco In llolglum nnd In Iho north of Franco, particularly betweon Dixmudn nnd tho Lys. In this legion, le-gion, In splto ot attacks nnd coimtor attacks on tho part of tho Germans, wo mado slight progress on almost tho entlro front, excepting tho vll lngo of Mcsslncs, a part of which again was lost by tho allied troops. Tho enemy undertook an Important movement against tho suburbs of Arras. Ar-ras. This resulted In failure, ns did their other movements against LIhons nnd Lo Qucsnoy-cn Snntcrro. On tho center In tho roglon ot tho Atsnc wo mado slight progress li tho direction of Trncy-le-Val, to tho north of tho forest of Alguo ns well ns nt certain points on tho right bank of tho Alsno between this forest iind Soissons. At Amount-do Vllloy, nn nttnrk directed di-rected ngniust our troops, who nro In possession ot tho heights on Mio right Imnlc of tho Alsuc, also resulted result-ed In fniluro. The. samo outcomo attended at-tended several night attacks delivered de-livered on tho heights of tho highway Dos Dames. In tho region of Rholms between tho Argonno and the Meuso and on tho heights of tho Mouso thcro wns noticed yesterday a recrudescenco of activity" on tho part ot tho enemy's, heavy nrtlllory. Tho bombardment of theso pieces, howovor, did not snow any appreciable result. On our rV?ht wing an offcnslvo movomont of reconnaissance by tho onoray on Nomeny was repulsed. In tho Vosges, In addition to tho fact that wo havo recaptured tho, heights which dominate Mount 3alnt5 Mario, wo havo mado progress In tho region of Ban do Snpt, whoro wo oc" cupy tho position from which tho artillery of tho enemy has bcon bom-bardlug bom-bardlug tho town ot St. Die. |