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Show GERMANS HOLD VALUABLEQROUND Eight Miles on North of Marne Still in Hands of the Enemy. SITUATION REVIEWED Stout Resistance to Be Expect-. Expect-. ed From the Reinforced German Army. LONDON, July 27. Discussing the German position within the Marne salient, Reuter's correspondent with the American troops in Franco says it is """ell lo remember that the Germans still hold the north bank of the Marne for some eight miles from Vinzelles to Ruil. This has not yet been disputed with them. This alone, ho adds, is proof that tho enemy is not In a very desperate hur-try hur-try to withdraw from the rallent. "The early success of tho French counter-attack," the correspondent continues, "has bred a disposition to I expect further rapid advances and perhaps huge captures but the fighting in the salient offers to the aggressor only the advantago obtainable from the enemy's congested condition and even that cuts both ways as it leaves masses of men to oppose us. "Our progress the past week gave the enemy ample time to begin re-organization outside the salient. Wo aro not likely to go much further without discovering a disposition to withstand us.' His position may not be an enviable en-viable one but. there, are points in it not unfavorable to an attack." |