Paris, March 3.
The communique issued this afternoon states:
We hold the whole of the first line of German trenches in Cham-
713 pagne from north-west of Porthos to north of Beau Sejour and, at several points, we have progressed beyond this line.
The progress at various points reported yesterday evening is confirmed "and has been maintained The official communique isaucd this evening states:
Between the North Sea and the Aisne there was a cannonade of varying intensity.
The Germans bombarded Reims, using incendiary shells.
In Champagne, on the front north of Souain, Mesmil and Beau Sejour, our progress continued.
We hold German trenches for length of six kilometres and a depth of one kilometre.
Several German counter-attack were repulsed. A Regiment of Guards lost enormously.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.