Paris, Nov. 29. One of the most violent battles so far in the war was fought on Monday twelve miles east of the Moselle River on the Western Front when French grenadiers and' machine-gunners repulsed a. German column attempting, with artillery, to block off the entire.|section of the French advance lines. The battle brought the opposing forces into hand to hand bayonet combat.
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ERMAN breaches of London, Nov. 29. international law are stressed in thei preamble of the Order-in-Council, published yesterday, authorizing restriction of German commerce by extending control to exports on the high seas, as a reprisal for U-boat and unrestricted mine warfare. The preamble draws attention to the numerous cases of sinking of British, Allied, and neutral merchant vessels, violating the Submarine Protocol, 1936, to which Germany was a party.
"Such ships have also been sunk" it is stated "by mines laid by German forces indiscriminately and without notification, in contra vention of the obligations of humanity, and the provisions of The Hague Convention, to which Germany is a party. These sinkings have been without regard to nationality or the destination of the vessels, or the destination of the cargoes, and have resulted in a grave loss of British Allied and neutral non-combatant life.
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