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Show FIGHT CONTINUES IN CHAMPAGNE Further Progress Made Against Germans Machine Guns Are Taken. PARIS. March 12, noon The French continued their offensive operations in the Champagne last night. Further cains in the region of Malson de Champagne Cham-pagne are reported in today's official announcemen Prisoners were taken in raids and patrol encounters at different dif-ferent points on the front. The statement follows: "Between Soissons and Rheims a surprise attack against one of our trenches in the region of Poissy was repulsed. "Near Maisons de Champagne we' made further progress last night by grenade attacks. Patrol encounters occurred in the sector of Auberive. j The number of machine guns which1 we have captured in the region of Mai-, sons de Champagne has been increased to twelve. "In the Woevro we made a successful success-ful incursion into German trenches north of Selcheprey. In Lorraine there were patrol engagements We took prisoners near St. Martin, northwest of Badonvlllers." French Meet Repulse. BERLIN. March 12. (By wireless! to Sayville ) French troops this morning morn-ing attacked the German positions south of Rlpont, in the Champagne dls- Wet, Ski were repulsed, says an official offi-cial statement nmrced today by the German army headquarters th In! the Aiene sector and in sever. dis-trlcts dis-trlcts along the river Alsne and in Champagne yesterday there was eepe-; cially strong artillery firing. |