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Show VIOLENT FIGHT IN HAMREGION i Germans Gain Some Ground But Are Counterattacked and Driven Back. FRENCH ADVANCING Two Companies of Chasseurs Cut Way Through Germans and Take Prisoners. PARIS. March 23 A violent attack was made by the Germans last night north of St. Simon in the region of Ham. Too ay s war office announcement announce-ment says the Germans gained some ground at the beginning but were coun tor-attacked immediately and driven back as far as Seraucourt-le-Grandc. three miles northeast of St. Simon. The French continued to advance north of Soissons. Fresh detachments crossed the Aillette The statement says details which had been received regarding the attack at-tack by the Germans on the Vregny-Chlvrefl Vregny-Chlvrefl line show that they suffered heavy losses. Two companies of French chausseurs which were isolated isolat-ed for a moment from the remainder of the troops cut their way through and brought back prisoners. The statement follows: North of St. Simon the enemy made a violent attack last night on our positions po-sitions near the village of Artemps. our troops were thrown hack slightly at first, but immediately counter-at tacked with vigor and succeeded in driving the enemy as far as Serau court-le Orand "There was heavy artillery fighting between the Somme and the Oise. South of the Oise further detachments crossed the Aillette There was intermittent inter-mittent cannonading in the hill region. New Progress Madt "North of Soissons we made new progress, it is now learned that the attack made by the enemy against the Vregny-Chivres front was extremely violent. The Germans hurled an entire en-tire regiment at a single point. Two of our companies of chausseurs, momentarily mo-mentarily isolated, succeeded after violent vio-lent lighting in disengaging themselves ! and returning with prisoners. The losses Inflicted on the enemy in these fruitless attacks were heavy. Several surprise attacks of the enemy, ene-my, northwest of Rheims. near Mai-sons-de-Champagne, in Avocourt wood land in the region of St. Mihiel were repulsed. oo |