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Show BERLIN CLAIMS J A LLIESREP U LS ED j Germans Evacuated Positions j and Shifted Defense Accord ing to Pre-laid Plans. BERLIN, via London, July 29 The J ' German communication is as follows: ( j "Partial attacks launched by the j British north of the Lys were repulsed. ' Attacks In the afternoon (Sunday) by I the enemy north of Villemontoire, ! I -which were preceded by violent ar- j lillery duels, were repulsed by coun- I ter-attacks. ! "On the night of the 2Gth-27th, ac- !j cording to plans we evacuated our front fighting zone between the Ourcq 5 and the Ardre to a certain extent and ' shifted out defonsc to the region be ll Iwccn Ferc-en-Tardenois and Ville- J cn-Tardenois. Our movements remain 1 j unknown to the enemy. On the 27th j! the enemy's artillery fire was still di rected on our old line. Rear gaiards ' I prevented his troops, who not until the j J afternoon felt their way forward hesl-: hesl-: 1 . tatingly from occupying without fight-I fight-I j ing the territory given up by us. I f "Yesterday the enemy's infantry un- dor strong artillery protection endcav- , ored to work its way up to our new line. Weak detachments which had j boen left in the forcfield received the Ii enemy at close quarters and inflicted considerable losses on him. The per- J I man artillery i which had been in posl-H posl-H f tion sinco the previous day and battle ij found good targets in the enemy's ad- vancing columns and tanks. " Guards Fall Back "Our forefield guard, after fulfilling I their tasks fell back to their lines in j accordance with orders before strong attacks by the enemy. At and southeast south-east of Fere-on-TardenoIs the enemy's ene-my's attacks several times were renewed re-newed and led to violent . combats which ended In the repulse of the enc- 1 "In this fighting Prussian regiments I under General Rachclin which already had distinguished themselves on the j heights of Chateau Thierry and sinco the beginning of the battle almost daily dai-ly had frustrated assaults by French and American divisions, again especially espe-cially distinguished themselves yesterday.'' |