| Show DESPERATE FIGHT AROUND GERMANS HAVE THE BETTER OP OF THE STRUGGLE ACCORDING TO FRENCH REPORTS germans have begun offensive through the valley of the river launch aunch ski akl patrols used by frenchmen the most severe lighting fighting of tho the past week in the tha western area occurred in lorraine Lorr alno from both the parag Is and berlin official reports it would appear that tho the germans have had the hotter better of the struggle despe desperado sperato De to fighting Is in progress to the northwest of pont a bousson where germans germana already have captured the village ot of norroy and obtained a tooting looting on the surrounding heights having occupied what la Is known as illila the berlin reports state stale that frenchi prisoners were captured in the actions ta in this vicinity in alsace according to lo the parta paris statement the germans have begun an offensive through tile the valley of the river luver lauch two columns axe are reported as advancing along the north and south banks of tho the river french ski patrols have hampered the advance of these troops according to parts paris but outpost fighting ila has a occurred ind and cont contact net ot of main nr ar mies Is but a matter of ours barly the berlin official al report makei inake ao mention ot of this new movement 11 in I 1 tile hie tile the germans stormed and captured the obersgegen gegen as well as the village of according tc berlin they report the tha capture ol 01 prisoners in these operation leilli paris makes no report on notions actions in title this district morely merely stating that it violent snowstorm inov storm Is raging in tin Iti intense tenso activity on the part of tin thi germans is reported from the champagne district following the french retirement from the wood near sou aln the germans bave been using their artillery incessantly both rheims and ypres cypres have been heavily bombarded all tile the fighting on the easier front Is regarded hero here as aa in a state of transition but apparently two great creat battles are in ili progress one on the east prussian froat frontier ier the other at bukovina Buko Buk owina in bout both places the russians have withdrawn before superior forces ot of german aelmans s and austrians Aust lans rians the fighting in the Carpathia ns tor for tho the moment la is overshadowed Dver shadowed by these great battles on uie the extreme right of the russian position opera operations bious have spread its as far as aa Jur burg |
