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The Western Front

MAKING HEADWAY. ■ Received 22, 9.30 p.m. Paris, February 22. Official: We won further ground in the Champagne district, and captured machine-guns and prisoners northward pf llesuil. FRENCH ARMY SUCCESSES. COMMANDING POSITIONS CAPTURED. Received 22, 9.5 p.m. London, February 22. The Press Bureau has issued the report of a British observer with the French army. He says that although progress is slow along the extensive battle line, very real work has been accomplished. The French troops hold the heads of valleys running between wooded snurs in the Vosges. the Germans holding the lower spurs only, while round Cernav the French hold the lower snurs and the Germans the villages. It is plain that until the needed reserves are available the Allied armies' duty is to prevent the Germans from saining it favorable decision, meanwhile forcing them to fight at a disadvantage involving the enemy in heavy losses. This the French army has dene. FRENCH OFFICIAL REPORT. Paris. F"'iniarr 21 A rommuniow "fit,*: -W reenve"'il the trenches at Ynres. Several liu! 1 - dnxl Germans were killed; our losses were slight." EXPLOSION AT ANTWERP Received 22, 5.20 p.m. Times and Svdnev Sun Services. London, February 22.

Antwerp reports that the powder thrown into the canal when the Belgians lefth as been fished up. When dried it ignited, and a terrible explosion occurred, ten men being killed. '

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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 219, 23 February 1915, Page 5

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226

The Western Front Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 219, 23 February 1915, Page 5

The Western Front Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 219, 23 February 1915, Page 5

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