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and so where they stood, the line did not give way, and the great German offensive was blocked and brought to a standstill. Then, a week or two later, began an event that electrified the whole world; the allies began to advance! Attacking now here, now there, they gained ground, they routed the enemy out of intrenchments which had been years in building, and were counted impregnable.
En los sectores americanos, la línea se mantenía con firmeza y los alemanes tuvieron que detenerse. Ocurrió entonces un acontecimiento sensacional: el avance de los aliados. Atacando por distintos puntos ganaban zonas importantes de terreno y arrojaban al enemigo de un recinto atrincherado que se consideraba inexpugnable.
The Lieutenant-General having explained the situation of affairs as in the preceding Council, with the additional intelligence that the enemy was intrenched at the fords of Fort Edward, and likewise occupied the strong position on the pine plains between Fort George and Fort Edward, expressed his readiness to undertake, at their head, any enterprise of difficulty or hazard that should appear to them within the compass of their strength and spirit.
El teniente general, habiendo explicado lo tratado y acordado en el consejo anterior, con el informe adicional de que el enemigo estaba atrincherado en los vados de Fort Edward, y había ocupado igualmente la posición fuerte sobre los pinares entre Fort George y Fort Edward, expresó su disposición para emprender, al frente de ellos, cualquier acción peligrosa o difícil que les pareciera en consonancia con su fuerza y espíritu.
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