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Between this last place and the river they broke into the German second position. Fayolle's left now commanded the light railway from Combles to Péronne, his center held the great loop of the Somme at Frise village, while his right was only four miles from Péronne itself. During the day of July 3, 1916, the French continued their victorious advance, capturing Assevillers and Flaucourt.
Within just a few days General Fayolle's army had taken 10,000 prisoners, 75 cannon, and several hundred machine-guns.
The first impression that it conveys is that of an exceedingly uncouth representation of the Last Judgment, but the Marquis de Fayolle's explanation, namely, that the idea which the sculptor-monk endeavoured to work out here was the triumph of Death over Life, meets with fewer objections.
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