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Show GERMANS LOSING GROUNDJNFRANGE REPORTED TO HAVE SUFFERED ENORMOUS LOSSES IN BATTLE WITH FRENCH AND ENGLISH. Request for Armistice of Twenty-four Hours in Which to Bury Dead Denied De-nied by Frenchmen, Who Estimate German Losses at 30,000. Official reports from both Paris and Iondon indicate sucessful movements at least for the time being by the allied al-lied armies against the Germans. London Lon-don reports that the British have pushed the opposing forces back ten miles and that the allies are gaining ground along the line of the Oureq and Petit Morin rivers. Accounts of wounded soldiers who reached Paris Tuesday afternoon indicate indi-cate that the result of the three days' fighting in the Champagne country hag been more favorable for the allies than at first supposed. They say the German losses in killed were enormous, enorm-ous, and that a great number of prisoners pris-oners were taken. One French officer estimates the prisoners at 30,000. The Champagne district Includes parts of the department of Marne, Ardennes, Aube and Haute-Marne. With hundreds of thousands of men engaged on both sides, the battle bat-tle now in full swing to the east of Paris promises to be the most important import-ant of the campaign up to the present. pres-ent. In reply to a request by the Germans Ger-mans for an armistice of twenty-four hours to bury the dead and care for the wounded, the French authorities are reported to have sent this message: mes-sage: "We grant you that time to get out of France." An infantry officer, wounded north of Meaux, said that the Germans seemed to be tired out. He counted 600 dead in a single trench. The French infantry charged, as at Char-leroi, Char-leroi, against machine guns, and in spite of strong positions broke the enemy's line. The retreat of the Germans Ger-mans was precipitate. They seemed to lack, ammunition. The Russian troops are still engaged engag-ed in fierce combats with the Austrian Aus-trian forces in the Rawa district, Russian Rus-sian Poland. Fighting is almost continuous con-tinuous and the outcome in this region has not been determined. France announces that it is sending send-ing reserves to Morocco to release regulars now there, for service with the army in France. Christabel Pankhurst, the militant leader, has ranged herself on the side of the prime minister in the present critical condition of the country. She says the militant women are ready to take their place in the line or serve the nation in any way deemed most 'advisable. 'Russian forces are now in the crests of the Carpathian mountains. Disaffection is said to be growing in the Austrian countries. Servians invade Bosnia, while Montenegrins Mon-tenegrins will endeavor to effect a conquest of Herzegovina from the south |