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Show MANY RUMORS NOT CONFIRMED Paris. Sept. 17, 7.45 a. m. There is still no confirmation of the report 1 that Indian cavalry have landed In France. Paris is filled with rumors ru-mors of the imminent co-operation of these troops as well as of Russians, but the reports are without definite foundation. In a dispatch reporting the rout of 3t)00 German cavalry between Hoog-lede Hoog-lede and Poperinghe, Belgium, the name of the cavalry forces operating against them was censored This combat was violent and many autos with quick fires and ammunition and provisions were captured, though the Germans were said to outnumber their opponents 3 to 1 Cold, heavy rains fin1 falling throughout the fighting zone In northern north-ern and eastern France. Military observers think this inclement weath er will hamper the Germans mors than the French. It will mako the use of their heavy field artillery Impossible, Im-possible, except on the best roads, and Interfere with the German supplv trains, encumbered with men made! ill by exposure. J |