Boulogne, French Channel port, fell to heavy German forces yesterday after fierce street fighting, the French General Staff communique announced last night, "The enemy, who during the last few days had' accumulated Important means in the Boulogne region," the communique said, "sueceeded to seize the town' after violent street fighting." The Staff also Fevealed that ferocious—fighting occurred yesterday along the Somme, where the French advanced, and on the northern front. "In latest combats between the Aisne and Meuse Rivers," the communique said, "it has been confirmed, chiefly by prisoners-of-war, that losses inleted on the jenemy'by our artillery and our men's automatic arms have been very high. While in action, we found on occasion that whole' sections of German infantrymen had been mowed down on the spot. Our fighter aircraft and anti-aircraft defences violently at. tacked enemy squadrons which' attacked our aerodromes, and scattered them after inflicting heavy Tosses."
Giving more details on' operations in "the north, despatches from the Havas war correspondent last night stated: "The Germans launched two
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