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Show BERLIN REPORTS GERMANSUCCESS Berlin, Nov 1. via The Hague and London, 3:15 a m. The German gen eral staff was highly pleased with the report of Friday's fighting and the announcement that the allies had been thrown back across the Usoe neat Soisson6, and that the Germans ban reached positions to the west of Verdun Ver-dun , This was described as tho most Promising news received for some time ' We have finally started the stone rolling. ' sfiid one officer, commenting on the official statement issued Saturday Sat-urday Major Moraht. military correspondent correspon-dent of the Berliner Tageblatt, points out that Solsons Is the point on the long battle line that, is nearest Paris, which Is only fifty miles distant, and adds that the allies may learn from this success that the German front has not been weakened at any place, while the daily reports of allies repulsed re-pulsed to the east and to the north of Verdun show what a desperate effort ef-fort the French are making to prevent the investment of the fortress and delay de-lay the opening of the bombardment. |