While the German communiques make the utmost of their success at Crouy, northeast of Soissons, the final issue of which will not be seen until the Aisne subsides, they are discreetly silent about the Zouave advance on the road from Arras to Lille and the British advance at La Bassév. The positions of these two places ure so familiar to all readers now that they will at once recognize the weilgelike nature of the Allies" bined movement, suggesting more of that undermining work at German positions to which Saturday as the of General the eastern vot chiefly centres a down the Eres. Is of Thorn, lower ye they have pro-
ave said to have already driven er the Skrwa, the last ary of the Vistula to the Posen fron It is impossible at present to I whether the fighting here began a German advance, compar-to that which was repulsed near Mlawa a fortnight ago, designed to threaten the right wing of the Ru ition before War-themselves who are making a wing movement to lighten the German pressure on the Ravka and the Bzura south of the Vistula. In cither case the latter event is likely to occur, if the Russian progress along the lower Vistula can be maintained.
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