Paris, Dec. 19.
The official communique issued this afternoon states:
Yesterday, in Belgium, we organized the ground gained the preceding day south of Dixmude. We pushed our line to the southward of Kortekerinn.
Our advance southward of Ypres continues over marshy, difficult ground. We progressed between the Lys and the Somme in the region of Notre Dame de Consolation, southward of La Bassée, advancing over a kilometre in the last two days.
We also made progress in the direction of Carency and St. Laurent Blangy.
Despite very lively _counter-attacks, the positions we have gained have been maintained. We advanced on the night of the 17th and on the following day in the region,
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