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Show HEAVY LOSSES j OF THE FRENCH French Cross Somme-Crozat Canal and Lose 230 Pris oners With Guns. OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Attacks on Germans by Strong Forces Between Oise and Aisne Repulsed. BERLIN, March 23. (Wireless to BayviUe.)--Heavy losses were inflicted inflict-ed by the Germans yesterday upon French troops who had crossed tho Somme-Crozat canal, in the vicinity of St. Simon, army headquarters announced an-nounced today The French were repulsed re-pulsed and 230 prisoners and several machine guns were taken. Engagements developed last night between the Oise and the Aisne. west and south of Margival, in which attacks at-tacks by strong forces of French troops were repulsed with heavy losses. The statement reads: "In connection with several advances ad-vances of our own and of hostilo re-connoiterlng re-connoiterlng detachments the artillery activity in the coast, Flanders and Arras sectors, temporarily increased. A number of prisoners remained in our hands. "French troops which on both sides of St. Simon had crossed the Somme-Crozat Somme-Crozat canal were repulsed by an attack at-tack against and beyond those sectors. The enemy suffered sanguinary losses and lost 2:m prisoners as well as several machine guns and carts 'Between the Oise and the Aisne during the evening hours engagements developed west and south of Margival. Margi-val. Attacks by strong French forces were repulsed with heavy losses. "Our artillery outside this field of engagement also found favorable marks In troops assembling and on the move. "In the forest of Laville-Aux-Bois a French attack which was launched after strong fire failed. Near Watron-ville, Watron-ville, on the plains of the Woevre, an enterprise conducted by us resulted result-ed in twelve prisoners and two machine ma-chine being brought in." |