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Show FRENCH STILL FORGING AHEAD Artillery Active Over Entire Front of Big French Offensive. GERMAN ATTACKS FAIL Battle ofXuns Rages With Particular Violence East of Craonne. PARIS, April 21, noon. French troops made further gains last night In grenade fighting south of Juvin-court Juvin-court and east of Courcy. A German attack against Mont Haut failed, the war office announces. The artillery was very active over tho front of the French offensive The battle of guns raged with particular violence east of Craonne and north of Rheims. The statement follows: "North of the Alsne the artillery fighting was active in the regions of Nanteull-le-Fosse and Hurtebise. We took 100 more prisoners yesterday on this part of the front. "East of Craonne and north of Rheims the night was marked by violent vio-lent artillery actions. Wo made progress prog-ress in grenade fighting particularly to tho south of Juvlncourt and east of Courcy. "In tho Champagne we Inflicted Iosb-es Iosb-es on enemy troops which made an attack at-tack on Mont Haut, west of Malsona do Champagne. French detachments penetrated the German lines and brought back forty prisoners." |