Ogden Daily Standard | 1917-03-28 | Page 6 | French Advance Above Soissons

FRENCH ADVANCE AB0VESOISS0NS Germans Keep Up Violent Fire on Enemy Lines Heavy Artillery Busy. SURPRISE ATTACKS Important German Positions Are Captured North of the Ailette River. PARIS, March 28, noon The advance ad-vance of the French in the region north of Solssons was continued during dur-ing the night. Progress was made north of the Ailette river and east ol the Leuilly-Neuville-Sur-Margiva line, j where important positions were captured. cap-tured. These gains were recorded in to-; to-; day's official report which also Indicates Indi-cates unusual activity further east. I The artillery of both the French and j Germans kept up a violet fire yesterday yester-day and during the night on the front between Butte He Mesnil and Maisons de Champagne. Heavy artillery fighting fight-ing Is in progress in the region east of the lower forest of Coucy. The statement follows "Between the Somme and the Oise and south of the Oise there wer. no important events during the night. The artillery firing wras rather heavy in the region east of the lower forest of Coucy North of the Aillette wo made further progress and also in the sector east of the line Leuilly-Neu-ville Sur Margival, where we captured several important points of support "In the region of Rheims we made a surprise attack east of Neuville. tak-mg tak-mg prisoners. In the Champagne late yesterday and during the night the ar- tillery fighting became violent, especially espe-cially in the region of Butte due Mes nil and Maisons de Champagne." oo