The official communique issued yesterday evening states In Belgium, on the whole front, and to Reims there were cannonades and fusillades, Our action continues in Champagne under good conditions. We repulsed several counter-attacks _and made fresh progress north of Porthos, occupying a wood which the enemy had strongly organized.
In the Argonne there were some engagements of little importance. After repulsing a sixth counterattack at Les Eparges, southward of Verdun, we delivered an attack which enabled us to enlarge and complete the progress realized yesterday. We took three machineguns, two trenches, mortars and 200 prisoners, including several officers. On the positions we carried at Xon we found dead men belonging to five different regiments,
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