Paris, Apr. 14.
Hot patrol encounters and violent artillery fire marked the day's activity on the Western Front yesterday, the 446th French war communique announced here last night.
East of the Moselle River a localized German attack covered by heavy German artillery fire "completely failed," the communique said. The German troops were unable to cross the bombed wire barriers and were forced to rati: it said. Farther east a patrol encounter resulted to the French advantage, the communique continued. "Between the Saar and the. Vosges we executed & successful local attack," the communique concluded.
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