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Show FRENCH HALT HUNJDVANCE Ground Regained in Sectors Held by French Commanders. Com-manders. I PARIS, Juno r). All the efforts of the Germans to advance in the French i sectors have been repelled, according I to the war office announcement to-I to-I night. Ground has been regained by :the French and prisoners taken. The text of tho statement reads: "During the flay the enemy at different differ-ent points renewed his efforts to ad vance, but was everywhere repulsed, with serious losses. An attempt' to, cross the Oise near Montalagache completely failed. I "North of the Alsne our counter-attacks regained ground near Vingrre. We captured more than 150 prisoners and some machine guns. 'In the region of Longpont the Or mans who had succeeded in making som progress around Chavipny farm j were driven out, leaving in our hands about 50 prisoners. Everywhere else our positions wero maintained. 'Our aviators were very active in the whole fighting zone. On June 4 In the valley of the Savieres our bombing escadrilles dropped more than seventeen seven-teen ton? of projectiles on enemy concentrations, con-centrations, which were compleiol-. dispersed. On the night of the fourth I about 14 tons of explosives were dropped drop-ped on the railway stations at Pismes, Fere-en -Tardenoia, Rove and Rohain. "Four enemy machines were brought down and two captive balloons burned An enemy machine on a grand model, having four motors was brought down on the night of June 1 in the region of Nanteui! le Haudouin. Its crew of eight men was mado prisoners." |