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Show ARTILLERY HAS KEPT UP FIRE French Guns Are Roaring Along the Entire Western West-ern Front. London, Sopt 7, 10 p. m. For tho thirteenth successive day, the allies have bombarded German positions in the. west, only varying their artillery activity by occasional air raids, sapping sap-ping and mining operations and bomb-throwing. bomb-throwing. In this fighting tho Germans Ger-mans are also taking part and success suc-cess rests first with, one olde and then tho other. Some activity is noticed on the part of the Austro-Hungarian army along tho northern frontier of Servia, where tho Teutons are strengthening their positions on the Rivers Savo and Danube, presumably preparatory to now offenslvo movements. PARIS REPORT FAVORABLE TO ALLIED FORCES Paris, Sept 7, 10:30 p. m. Tho following fol-lowing official communication was issued is-sued by the war offlco tonight. "Our artillery In the region of Nieuport has co-operated in the bombardment bom-bardment of German coast batteries at Westende by their fleet. A violent vio-lent cannonade has occurred to the' north and south of Arras. At several sev-eral points our batteries have inflicted inflict-ed grave damage on the enemy organizations. or-ganizations. "In the region of Royc and ln Champagne, Cham-pagne, around Auberlvo and Perthes, tho artillery action has continued with tho same Intensity as on the preceding days. Claim Advantage. "In the Argonne between La Hou-yette Hou-yette and La Fontalne-Aux-Charmcs, in the Woevre, to tho north of Fli-rey, Fli-rey, and ln Lorraine, in tho region of Besanges and Lelntrey, several artil-lory artil-lory actions, in which wo have held the advantage, aro reported. "The bombardment of a section of Raon L'Etape has been followed, on our part, by an answering fire on the German cantonments behind the front In the valley of tho Robodcau (In tho Vosges.) During the course of tho night, September Sep-tember 6-7, one of our dirigibles dropped drop-ped shells on the railroads around Peronne. French Drop Bombs. "In reply to the bombardment of the open towns of St, Die and Ger-ardmer Ger-ardmer by German aeroplanes, a French air squadron has dropped bombs on the station and military es- fahllnhTnpntn nf TrViAVmrr fRnrlonV Fire broke out In the town. All the machines returned safely. "Our aeroplanes llkewlso bombarded bombard-ed Pont-Favorgor, Warnerville, Terg-nlcr Terg-nlcr and Lens." ' oo |