Paris, Oct. 22.
Patrols and light artillery fire in the Moselle-Saar sector was the only marked activity during the past 24 hours on the entire front, it was learned last might Authoritative circles said operations on the front had entered an "indeterminate phase" with both sides on the defensive, Rain and cold weather were preventing large-scale movements, they said. There was no indication of a forthcoming attack from either side.
The military expert on "Lo Petit Parisien" asserted that the French forces made a strategic withdrawal this week because they concluded that no big-scale offensive was possible at this time of the year. The French planned the withdrawal only after preparing a new intermediate line of defence from which their position would be even stronger, he declared.—United Press.
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