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THE FRENCH."

plete confusion on the part of the enemy.

The aerial photographs demonstrated that substantial dam-

aged bad been done to the Boche

A NEW BATTLE OF THE abbie warrers and that the roof et

AISNE.

FINE SUCCESS.

LONDON, Oct. 24.-

the great Mont Parnasse quarty", capable of harbouring a Brigade, had been pierced as also was that of the big Quillan quarry.

The centre of the enemy resist anes on the right, was fort Bla A French communiqué states maison, on the highest point of the To the north of the Aisne, our plateau, which the French heavy attack developed, this morning, most guns battered out of recognition. brilliantly despite fog and ruin, The front of attuck measured six against the formidable defences "gar-miles, from Yauxilion to La Boyer risoned by Germany's best troops. farm. The French assaulted in the In the first rush we captured the darkness with suer speed that before line marked by the Fruty and Bolery daybreak all the first objects were guarries and ther fort Malmaison, carried and 1,000 prisoners were in the centre, fell. The French, counted. pushing forward, expelled the enemy from the Mont Furnasse quarries."

Progress on the left was equally successful and the villages of Alle Inuent and Vandesson were taken.

Present indications give one reBSCIT

to believe that the whole German Ene on the western plateau, mus give way.

The ensiny employed, in the morni On the right we carried the line ing, in the threatened lines, at least

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Billain and the troops in the centre, hold on at nit costs. hustling the fresh enemy' reserves,

The battle is being waged for the stormed the village of Chirgeton possession of the western end of the The advance here is reached along narrow barrier between, the [depth of 24 miles, ́·

valleys of the Aisne and the Aillette. The enemy losses were very henry This barrier between the river bars nd 500 prisoners have so far been the approach from the south o Laon. counted, and enormous booty hus It is the strongest natural fortress bgen exptured, including 25 guns. in northern France and is the corner Our aviators behaved admirably, stone of the Hindenburg Line. On the bad weather keeping them only one relief map it resummbles a fantas 160), feet above the lines.

FRENCH SUCCESS COMPLETE

tically-carved club of which the mar row and irregular budt expands at Epine de Chevringny into the head Pants, Oct. 24. consisting of a jumble of spikes and Yesterday's Battle of the Aisne protiotories, the spikes being on the was one of the most importance Aisne plateau having an average since 1914.

The long months of height of 850 feet and varying in preparation on both sides has really width from 1,000 yards to two miles. brought Frange and Germany to The possessor of the main crest, com- grips in this confict for which the mands the Aisne valley to the south, Germans have passed their best the Aillette valley to the north and troopy and most powerful material. castward, from Chevringny. The The French success is complete. enemy holds this. crest and the They have pushed beyond fort object of today's battle is to deprive Maltason which is the key to the him of it. position in the Aillette valley and nulnerous German underground for tresses have been smushed by the sixteen-inch shells and the occupant buried

ENORMOUS CONCENTRATION OF GUN' POWER.

SIX MILE FRONT.

LONDON, Oct. 24,

Everywhere along the crest the Germans face the French acTONS very srrow space, in places ofly 20 yards apart, and the battle must ber fought out on this narrow crest and ridge. The possession by the French at this ridge will render the German tenancy of the Aillette valley beyond practically impossible,

The French preparations were fast, including the building of emplace Reuter's Correspondent at Frenchments for hundreds of guns and new? Hedquarters states that the ground ronds and railways,

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quarries or underground stone work, Correspondent at French Headquar ings, mary capable of sheltering ters reports that the enemy reserves hundreds of men. The quarries, massed in the Ailette valley are which ure scattered along the crest being decimated by French shells. of a honeycomb of slopes and ruvinte They were unable to more or help leading to the valley of the Aillette, their commades on the plates or to offer complete security from bon retreat to safety behind the river, bardment except by the heaviest and many unite had been without calibre guns. Some, however, ure food for 24 hours. considered absolutely chell proof and The battle, the point of vient these subterraneum strongbowiw have of artillery work, is one of the most been converted vito modern field important of the en Never ex in Flanders forterssen und many have been linked cept on certain

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