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Show FRENCH OCCUPY II IB I Paris. May 30. 1.28 p. m. The fol- M lowing otticial communication was is- ! sued by the war office tonight Hj "In Belgium on the riht bank of H1 the Yser canal, our troops have occu- ! pied all the German trenches on hill flU 17, In the region of Pilken. At this place we made about fifty prisoners ! and captured three machine guns, ! later repulsing, a coun;er-attack. B In the sector to the north of Arras !! the artillery engagement was of a ! violent nature We attacked to the H southeast of Neuvllle St. Vaast the Bl large German work called the Laby- rinth The action was hot. We ad- l vanced 400 meters (anont a quarter ! of a mile) aud made a number of lH prisoners, among whom were several ! officers. fl "In the outskirts of Le Pretre forest BH we carried pome new trenches and S8B made fifty prisoners. 9 "In Alsace, at Schnepfen-Riethkopf, B I we repulsed an attack and in forcing BH I back the enemy carried one of his S9 I trenches, we captured a machine HH I gun and two bomb-throwers. ' B9 |