Increased German activity on the western front is noticed by M. Charles Morice, writing in "Lo Petit Parisien." He says that in the past 124 hours, the Germans have, without interruption, sent out patrols which are very enterprising in all sectors, No sooner is one patrol repulsed than another appears but there has been ino changes in the lines. The writer thinks that the activity may foreshadow a German offensive in the region north of Thionville. He believes the Germans would like to announce as soon as possible that their armies have set foot in Lorraine. Such' an attack, "Lo Petit Parisien" correspondent adds, would set the whole front aflame and the German operation would degenerate into a general battle between the two lines of fortresses—Reuter.
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