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Show iTEUTON DIE FOR CHANNEL PORTS i IHUN LIVES ARE SACRIFICED BY LEGION IN LATEST ATTEMPT TO BREAK THROUGH. IHindenburg Keeps Up Vigorous Attack and Forces British and French Back, but at Heavy Cost in Blood. ! London. Leaving Amiens aside for tliu moment, Hiiidenbur; struck a vigorous vig-orous hlow on Tuesday iiRiilnst the J'.ritish northern line between Armen-tleres Armen-tleres and I.u J'.asse, a front of twelve miles, in an effort to turn Arra.s and Vimy rldue from the north, and it successful, in breaking through In the clash northward, to Calais or Dunkirk or both. As was to be expected after the earth-shaking drumfire of the previous pre-vious forty-eight hours In which shells were used lavishly, the enemy succeeded suc-ceeded In pushing the British back, but the line remains Intact, according accord-ing to word from the front. i At the same time, the foe continued Ids vigorous pressure against the l''rench on the Ailette, forcing, at heavy cost In blood, a further French retirement south west ward. I'.y the new northern drive, for which Lille is serving the Germans as the attacking base, llii.ebrouek, St. Ouier and the channel ports, Boulogne, Calais and Dunkirk, are directly menaced, men-aced, as is the whole British left flank 'resting on the sea. In the northern offensive against the French the Germans are heading toward to-ward Soissons, a pivot of the Aisne front, from which they are now less than ten miles away. There was nothing in latest developments, devel-opments, however, to cause serious alarm, high officials point out, because the main condition is maintained. |