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Show TAKEN BY FRENCH East of Ft. Vaux Troops of Joffre Continue to Force Germans. Paris, via London, Nov. 3, 11:20 p.m. The French forces in tho region of Verdun havo made additional gains near Fort Vaux, according to tho of-cicial of-cicial statement issued tonight, which says: "On the right bank of the Mouse, after the capture of Fort Vaux, our infantry continued its advance to tho outskirts of the village of Vaux and north of Vaux Lake. We gained a footing on the crest dominating tho village. Tho eneinv did not attempt a counter-attack. - "There is nothing of Importance to report on the rest of the front except the usual artillery activity." Paris, Nov. 3. Violent fighting continues con-tinues to mark tho Auslro-German attempts at-tempts to penetrate the plain of Ru-malnia Ru-malnia south of Kronstadt and Her-mannstadt Her-mannstadt and toward Bucharest. The stiff defense of the Rumanians is yielding slowly to tho blows of Aus-tro-German artillery and Infantry about Predeal and ,Bcrlin announces further progress south of the border for them. East of Predeal, however, the Rumanians Ru-manians advancing in the Buzue valley val-ley have drivon the invadors back over the frontier in tho region of .Table Butzi. They also havo . taken Mount Siriul and Taturumio, along the Transylvaninn border southeast of Kronstadt. South of Hermannstadt in the region of Rothenthurm Pass tho Austro-Germaus hava extended their lines and captured an additional 350 prisoners. West of Rothenthurm and in tho Prahova valey the Rumanians Ruma-nians are holding their ground. On the eastern front fighting has taken placo east of Kovel, in Vol-hynla, Vol-hynla, and southeast of Lemberg, in Galicia. Berlin announces tho repulse re-pulse of -seven Russian attacks against the Austro-German positions on tho left bank of the Narayuka river, near Halicz in Galicia, while Petrograd says the Russians have reoccupicd part of their trenches on the west bank of the Stokhod in tho region of Kiselin, in Volhynia. Near Lipnica-dolna, Lipnica-dolna, in Galicia, the Russians have pushed back tho Austro-Germans in some places. |