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The French have had a relatively quiet week. The enemy

opposing them made numerous attacks on a small scale, especially in Champagne, which were easily repulsed. On Monday, however, he made a considerable effort north of the Bois do Mame, on the right bank of the Meuse north of Verdun. Four enemy battalions, supported by special " shock troops," broke into the French line, but were flung out again with heavy lessee, leaving one hundred and twenty-one prisoners behind them. The French Army has to regret the loss of its most celebrated airman, Captain Guynemer, who bad won fifty-three air fights. He was last seen on September 11th, when ho was engaged in a fight with no fewer than forty German machines.

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