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Show ANOTHER DRIVE i ON WEST FRONT 1 London, Aug. 12. A vigorous Ger- IH man offensive in the west is predict- ll ed in an army order, extracts from IH which are printed in Amsterdam. One IH passage in this order reads H "Our work in the east is now prac- H tically finished and we are about to . IH begin in the wesU Peace by Octo- rHH ber is certain." H Correspondents In Belgium report M movements of heavy German rein- M forcements of men and guns to the H Yser front. jH German destroyers scouting off Dun- H kirk attacked a flotilla of French tor- IH pedo boats, but a heavy fire from H the land batteries forced them to re- H tire. It is believed the Germans who H put out of Ostend were endeavoring JM to test the strength of the allied ships H along the coast Berlin tonight re- ' JM ports the capture of a more fortified IH line in the Argonnes before Verdun. !H French reports state that the Ger- M mans were repulsed. jfl Heavy fighting Is going on In Al- M sace and a roar of artillery is inces- jH sant Two regiments are said to H have been wiped out In an attack on jH Thann. The French are keeping up ' a heavy bombardment of Dornach, a ,( suburb of Muelhausen. The Ger- ' HH mans there have been forced to evac- ' uate the village. H Aerial activity continues on the en- JH tire western front. Zeeb'rugge was H bombarded by allied aeroplanes on H Tuesday. H oo jH |