The "Petit Parisian" estimated today that the French advance aver~ faed between four and five miles along a 25-mile front. Nowhere has Germany's powerful west wall of defences yet been pierced, although French troops advanced from seven fo ten miles in some sectors. Many mines were set off by the Germans as they retired to permanent defence positions under fire from the advanc-Ing French forces. A number of French tanks were menaced or damaged by the exploding mines.
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