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Show BERLIN REPORTS GREATCAPTURES Vast Stores of Food, Many Guns and 35,000 Prisoners Prison-ers Taken. I BERLIN. Via London, May 30 Crecy-au-Mont. Juvny and Cuffies, suburbs of Soissons. lying lo the north of that city, have been captured by the Germans, according to the official statement issued by the war ofiice Which says that th number of prison- I unn . ...... 1 t , . .. , n l iia uii a ninciisiu iu uiu't i imm 35,000. The text of the statement reads: "On the battlefront between the Yser and the )lsr fighting activity has i Increased frequently. There were some local infantry engagements. "The armies of the Grman crown , prince are progressing victoriously. ! North of the Aisne, ground has been gained after hard fighting. Crecy-au-Mount. Juvigny and Cuffies have been occupied. "Soissons has ber-n taken by Brandenburg Bran-denburg troops "Thf number of prisoners has increased in-creased to more than 35.000 and the booty in artillery and war material is I tremendous. "South of the Vesle. the French front, which was in course of forma-tion, forma-tion, broke down under uninterrupted attacks by our divisions. We threw the enemy back after stubborn resist-ance resist-ance as far as and across the line of Villemontoire, Ferre - en - Tardenois, Coulonges, Brouillet and Branscourt. "The forts on the northwestern front of Rheims have fallen. The northern parts of LaNouvillette and Bethany wore captured. Guns of every descrip-tion, descrip-tion, up to railway guns of the heaviest heav-iest caliber, were taken. "Tho impetuous advance of our attacking at-tacking forces prevented the enemv from carrying back rich war provisions ! heaped up in the captured territories j lart;e depots fell into our hands at Soissons, Braisne and Fismes. Exten-sno Exten-sno munition depots, railway trains and hospitnl establishments, with a large quantity of medical equipment, fell into our possession An airdrome, with machines ready to start and airplane air-plane materials, also were captured. "With the army groups of General von Gallwitz and Duke Albrecht, the fight incc activity revived temporarily. " Dunne h- last three days our aviators avi-ators have brought down thirty-eight airplanes south of Ypres; five enemy captive ballons were brought down la flames." I on |