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Show FRENCH DRIVING GERMANS BACK CONTINUE SMASHING TACTICS AND RETAKE TERRITORY THEY LOST LAST WEEK. Operations of British Consist of Putting Put-ting Down Attempted Enemy Raids, No Resumption of Italian Offensive in Trentino. London. The French, continuing their smashing tactics against the Germans, Ger-mans, have retaken the greater part of the territory lying northeast of the Moisy farm in the region of Vauxmil-lon, Vauxmil-lon, which the army of the German crown prince captured last week. To the east, in the region of Hurte-bise Hurte-bise and Craonne, the violent artillery duel continues and the French guns have put down an attempted infantry attack by the Germans. The German vvar office asserts that east of Mont Carnillet, in Champagne, the French have been compelled under a heavy concentration of artillery fire to evacuate ground they captured from the Germans last week. Operations of Sir Douglas Haig's army against the Germans in France and Belgium have consisted entirely in effectually putting down attempted enemy raids and answering the fire of hostile guns. There is still considerable artillery activity on the part of the Germans on various sectors in Belgium, especially near Reninghe, Pypegaale and Lizerne, and lively hand grenade fighting between be-tween the French and the Germans near Streenstraete and the ferryman's house. There has been no resumption of the Italian offensive in the Trentino region re-gion of the Austro-Italian theatre, but on the Asiago plateau there has been considerable artillery activity, apparently appar-ently with the Austrians the aggressors. aggress-ors. To the northeast the Austrians delivered an attack in the Cordevole valley at , Mont Settsass. Italians drove back the enemy, inflicting heavy casualties. The movements in Russia and Ga-licia Ga-licia still have not risen in importance above patrol engagements and reconnaissances. recon-naissances. These have been lively in Galicia. In the Macedonia theatre only small engagements by patrol parties have been reported, although east of Lake Presba the enemy has violently shelled entente trenches. . |