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Show FRENCH SMASH I THROW LINES i Twenty French Towns and Villages Have Been Won Back By Allies. London. July 5. The French today smashed through the German third line, both north and south of the Som-me, Som-me, and pushed still nearer to Peron-iDe Peron-iDe :T?ieht thG' are ehting furiously furious-ly within two miles of the Important point. While the British to tho north were engaged In a series of local struggles for positions, tho army of General Foch broke through the German .defenses .de-fenses north of the Somme on a front of a mile and a quarter, while south of the river they have carried the en-tiro en-tiro German line for a distance of about seven and a half miles. Today's gains bring the French advance ad-vance since Saturday at its deepest point to a distance of about five and one-half miles into the Teuton front During the day the French completed their occupation of Estres and captured cap-tured the village of Hem. Twenty French towns and village have now been won back in tho last five days. French Casualties Light. Berlin again today dismisses the Pl-cary Pl-cary offensive with a Tew words. "Heavy fighting continues," says the official statement. "Up to the present the enemy nowhere have obtained serious ser-ious advantages." Tho fighting continues without cessation ces-sation on the twenty-flve-mllo front of the first attack. While the most striking strik-ing gains are claimed by the French. General Halg, commanding the British forces, tonight reporter further gains for his troops in several important sectors. All the ground .taken has been held against the furious counterattacks counter-attacks which the Germans are launch- ! ing all along the front. ; Throughout the night and day the ' Germans have been particularly deter- , mined in their counter-attacks against ' the village of Belloy-on-Santerre, cap- , hired yesterday by the French. , -nn 1 |