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Show BOTH SIDES ARE OPTIMISTIC AS TO THE OUTCOME London. Sept. 27, 9 15 p. m Along almost two-thirds of the great battle line across northeastern France the armies of the allies and Germany fought fiercely today, at some points with the bayonet and tonight's state ments from both sides are worded with tho optimism which characterized character-ized all these official pronouncements It was agreed that the allies had con tinued their advance. The French claimed "marked progress,1' prog-ress,1' the German announcement frcj Berlin, though admitting that the advance ad-vance had been repulsed, nevertheless referred to it as an advance. Elsewhere along the battlefront nei ther side seems to have achieved an noiable success. The continued forward movement of the Russian troops in Gallcia, the appearance of German air craft dropping drop-ping bombs over various places in Belgium and again In Paris and War saw, and the movement of vast bodies of German troops into Russia by way of East Prussia, were chiefly signifi cant In a summary of the events in both theatres of war. Of the German bombs thrown, none seems to have done extensive dam- K age. One man is reported to have been killed in Belgium and one u Paris. The explosives in Paris however, fell near the quarter occu pled by many Americans. Thre is an unconfirmed report that an attack on Antwerp is impending. Neither army has achieved anything notable since the allies have reported report-ed progress In one direction. Thtj allies at one point claim to havf thrown back a desperate advance b the crack Prussian guard. |