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Show FRENCH INFANTRY DOES QUICK WORK Complete Victory Prepared for by Sixty Hours of Shelling Shell-ing in Twenty Minutes. GREAT RUSH MADE Many Germans Killed and Remnants of Entire Companies Com-panies Give Up to Deadly Zouaves. Paris, Sept. 27, 11 a. m. Reports from the front say that only twenty minutes was required for the French infantry to complete tho victory pre-' pared for by sixty hours of violent shelling and over-run the first line of the German trenches north of Perthes In Champagne. While awaiting the moment for the attack, the French soldiers rested behind their lines, joking jok-ing and putting their arms In perfect order. The bright glow from the slow burning, burn-ing, Illuminating rockets and tho glare of exploding projectiles, lighted up the entire zono of action during two nights. Officer Describes Battle. "After a few hours of intense fire, our hopes that our batteries were dominating the situation wcro transformed trans-formed to certain conviction," says a wounded officer who took part In tho battle. "The moment for tho attack was set for dawn. When the charge was sounded, whole battalions, battali-ons, reinforced by reserves, bounded forward The rush was so Impetuous Impetu-ous that the Germans still alive and unwounded In the battered works seemed dazed and unable to resist. Thoy were disarmed and pushed back for our reserves to pick up while the attacking lino wont on. "There was little or no musketry. Tho bayonet did most of the work. Tho proportion of dead to wounded and prisoners was large. What was left of entire companies throw up their hands at the sight of tho deadly execution by the Zouaves." Beginning of Groat Campaign. The general impression of wounded men brought -from the field Is that tho affair of Perthes is only a beginning of tho French effort. Parisians received news of the victory vic-tory aoberly. The newspapers Issued unusually largo editions and official bulletins were read from the stages of theatres last night, the orchestras playing tho "MarBoIlalse." There were no other public demonstration. A report was spread that many trains carrying wounded soldlors were arriving outside Paris, but later It was learned that theso trains wero filled' with German prisoners. Amsterdam, Sept. 26, .via .London, Sept 27, 2:25 a. m. The Teiegraaf Boulois correspondent sends to his paper a dispatch describing tho latest activities on the western front. The dispatch says: "War again in all its horrors! There Is heavy fighting in Flanders. The gunfire Is tremendous. "There Is a fearful brlngback of wounded. The teams bring them to Roulers in crowds and automobiles rush them to villages close behind tho lines. Cortemark has all Its available avail-able buildings filled and more are arriving ar-riving constantly In wagons lying on straw. The soldiers speak of the scenes at the front with shudders. Great events are everywhere expected." expect-ed." French Highly Pleased. Paris, 12:30 a. m., SepL 26. "Is It tho great offensive at last?" This is tho question being asked all over France. Sunday's official communication communi-cation aroused the liveliest satisfaction satisfac-tion and was tho subject of animated discussion. The continued bombardment of the past month In tho northern and Champagno Cham-pagno sections of the battle lino was generally believed to be the prelude to some important move, and the public has been quick to Infer that the patiently awaited hour for a strong offensive has arrived at lasL German Losses Heavy. The military observers, however, nre more cautious than tho public They, admlt.tho.operations-carrie'dfout by the British and French were brilliant bril-liant and assert that If 20,000 prisoners prison-ers were taken the total German losses loss-es must have been at least 50,000 or 60,000 men. However, they hesitate to say on the scant facts available that this Is the beginning of a big offensive maneuver |