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Show HUNS ADMIT DEFEAT I Troops Charge French Posi- ' tions in Champagne and Jt Suffer Serious Losses. PARIS. Sept 21. Troops'of the Ger-man Ger-man cr.own prince last night attacked tho French positions on Montehaut, in the Champagne region, but, according J to the war office announcement, they were repulsed with serious losses. Berlin Admits Defeat. jH BERLIN, Sept. 21. (Via London). British troops at Passchendaele and jH times yesterday pressed forward for a distance of more than two-thirds of a mile, says the official statement is-sued is-sued today by the German general staff. West of Passchendaele the British wero pressed back by a coun-ter-attack. North of the Menin-Ypres road a portion of tho terrain remained in tho hands of tho British. The statement also says that after fluctuating fighting between Lange-raarck Lange-raarck and Holloboko, the British wero able to advance for a depth of two-thirds two-thirds of a mile. Explosion tn Ireland. LONDON, Sept 21. An explosion i has occurred in a munitions factory in IH Ireland, it was officially announced IH today by tho British war offico. Nine 1 persons were killed. American Ship Not Sunk. AN ATLANTIC PORT, Sept 21. Tho American steamship Susana pre-vlously pre-vlously reported sunk by a German submarlno in the Mediterranean has arrived safely at a foreign port, ac-I ac-I cording to cable advices received by agents today. |