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Show GERMANS TAKEN j By THE BRITISH Paris, via London, March 10, 11 50 . m The lollowing official statement state-ment was Issued by the French war office tonight . In Belgium the town of Xionport has been very violently bombarded with 42-eentlmeter guns Between the Lys and canal of La Bassee the British army, supported by French heavy artillery, lias achievod an Important success. It has carried the village of Neuve Chap-pelle, Chap-pelle, to the east of the road from Estairos to l a Rassoo, and has progressed pro-gressed to the northeast of this vil lage in tho direction of Aubers, and ir the southeast, in the direction of tho Bois de Riez. II has I:-ki n 1000 prisoners among whom are several offioors, and has captured also some machine guns. The Gorman losses wore very heavy. In the Champagne region the en-emv en-emv on various occasions on the night of March 9 in and In the day of the 10th counter attacked with great violence, vio-lence, but did not gain an inch of ground We have consolidated and broa(l.-ned our positions on the ridges which we seized inflicting very heavy losses on our assailants On the heights of the Meuse our artillery ar-tillery has completely demolished a numbor oi the enemy's trenches There is nothing to report on the cast front. rvr |