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HOUSTON- DAILY: POSTr SUNDAY MORNING MARCH 24 I91 8
VfE OF ALLIED
HINGES ON
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considerable gain nbout St. Qurntln nd
a material reliivineiu of the Brttlsh along
: li Noyon road
N ilmcUiK-il In naig
I I:. iKOtumu w"
nuy be compared to the application of a:
pair of plnoer. und the Uurman aim
to crush all me nriuiT
upper Ja of th pincers " Bapaume
road esd the lower on Hie Noyor road.
But ib r'-l iiuemum which la now
raised la not a question of lha relative or
actual siieces of the Oennana to
in one. two or even three lines of British
lefenaea or taking a number of ruined
Tillage. It U helher the Hr!tlli have
provided a sulllrient number of position
one behind Hie other to enable them te
break the weight if the ttr.t 'rroan
tnroL. On rtil depends the fat" Of the
allied campaign 01 ISI. Hecau-e tn.
Vrench failed to make this provision at
' Verdun they nearly loat that IQwn;
elmllar Russian fall-tie led to the disaster
f the Dunajet. and the ltniian defeat at
the Inonin hail exte'lv the ame .""
On the other hand German foresight In
Champ'Kne. a' the omme und In rljn-
neri deprived allied ml-aiiw f any bu
local profit. .
Haia-'a report f German success about
L Vlmntln and Piitlah retreat over the
emulated ronniry to their next line
raises the whole question aqnarely. The
Germans devastated the country with an
ve to possible later offensives. They de-
stroyed every village and wood that might
rive the enemv cover or material to Im-
provise a defenae under pressure. All
depend now upon the prepared linea be-
hind of which Halg speaks. The German
on their part will be handlcappAi hy the
' difBeul'ies of bringing up their guns to
face the pew positions and of transport-
ing their munition.
BEEN CAUGHT NAPPING?
Thua. If the British have foreseen the
' areaent emergency they will pre.intly be
tn their new linea and tbe Herman will
6 compelled to pause while their heavy
artillery Is getting up. 8.tch an Interlude
marked the battle of Arr after the flrnt
British rush over the Vimy ridge to the
lain. Such a pause haa been a familiar
eireunistance In all great offensive.
On the other hand if the British have
Wen caught napping. If they h.tve not
prepared lines as the C.erroana did before
the Somme. if tbir main systems have
been penetrated then difflrulr and dan-
gerous davs must be expected. Then
llalg m ill " have to counter-attack while
new lines are constructed. Just aa Petaln
' had to counter-attack on the Douauraont
plateau at Verdun. Just as the Germans
themselves counter-attacked at once at
Cambrai while they were preparing their
. main counter-thrust which did not come
for nearly a week after the first British
success.
We are then clearly at the decisive
moment of the first phase of the great
(ierman offensive. All dends now upon
. "British forethought and British success
in-retiring upon careluly prepared lines.
The battle is now in the stage which a
fear ago saw the Germans retiring from
Vimy ridge and the hills Just east of
: Arras to that famous series of "switch
lines before which the tury or tne urn-
Mi ml tack wore itself out after the very
great initial success.
If the British are unready then we
may look for a real German success.
Their great aim has been made where
the front is nearest Paris some 80 miles
distant. Any considerable advance here
would drive a wedge between all the
French armiec and all the British armies
and might ultimately ennb'e the Germans
to roll up the eastern flr.nk of the Brit
Ish and throw- that back upon the coast.
We mrfv talk nbout this exactly as we
talked about expelllnar the Germans from
Prance a year ago. during the Alsne and
Arras offensive or of driving them back
front the Belgian coast in the Flanders
operation last year. These maximum pos-
aibifitiea have never yet been realized
but. have always to be recognized.
HAVE REACHED FIRST
CRISIS OF OFFENSIVE.
We of the allies arc now in the position
of the Gentians a' year ago when tiie news
came rolltnj In of the steady progress of
- the British and French after the lirst big
leap. The CJrmans have not yet achieved
It similar specews. although they seem in
-(airway (o accomplish something like
aa much about St. Quentin out the real
point of Anxiety can not be until Uie Ger-
mans have taken Bapaume. rVronne.
Ham. their immediate objectives now as
they were the objectives of tne :Jlles
nearly two years ago when the tattle of
the-Somme openvd. It took tne allies
from July to late March to cet that far
Which it if comforting to recall now.
In sum we have come to the fiifct crisis
f ' the German offensive: 'he .Gerjnan
gains have been considerable a:id the
British have had to give up lines they
meant and expected to held at the daiigen-
point of the whole front that neareat
Paris but unless they have omitted to
take the most elementary pre. autlona
against a blow they have long expected to
1 fail when and where It has faden this
crisis will be weathered with no rtal loss
as the German have weathered several
even more serious crises on llie same
front tn the past four years
it is well to realix-.-. too. that the Ger-
. man offensive is not merely supreme
military effort; it is also an attack upon
allied morale. If the German shook our
morale .without breaking the allied lines
tie might get bis victorious German peace. .
To guard against such an enemy success
behind the fighting lines is an obvious and
imperative duty Imposed upon all of us.
r-'
British Still Gallantly
Holding Their Xinei. .
T (AKaciatei Prtit Report.)
".' BRITISH ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN
ntANCE. March 23 11a. m. The Brit-
ish gallantly fighting are still presenting
a. solid front to the fiercely attacking
Germans although the defensive troop
slave withdrawn their lines in certain
. places iot stra :-gic reasons.
AH day Friday and much of Friday Especially bitter fighting occurred Fri-
ght the conflict continued to rage with $2BStfillS$: ""
increasing violence as fresh German di- The British air service has been doing
visions were hurled into the fray in an ' valuable work with its machine guns
attempt to smajih through the British de-
fenses.
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Slaughter in Banks
of Germans Appalling.
lAiitcuaet Preit Krpert.)
LONDON' March 23. The Germans
forced their way into llory. but a dash-
ing counter attack drove rhem nuf Ron.
ter's ccrrespoudeiit at British headquar-
ters telegraphs. A large party was sur-
geunded and probably was captured.
Tliere is reason to believe that 50 Ger-
man divisions aro flowing into the strug-
J sTle. the correspondent states aud prob-
b!y half as many more are in close re-
erve. Unde;' tiie tremendous onslaught
the British :r-jop are falling back very
' PleJwIy and In excellent order. At many
traces they are withdrawing voluntarily.
'o M to mail. tain an unbroken front.
-He scenes of activity behind the battle
front baffle description but everywhere
there la too same well ordered organiza-
tion and. quiet confidence. The weather
wonderfully fine although the visibility
IS' handicapped by local mists.
-Tbe Germans Saturday morning were
pressing hard the British forces defend-
ing Hermit: (about two and one-half
muei back of the old line in the region
southwest of Cambrai). .
Vlorr 1 on the northern battle front.
IS miles below Arras. It is about four
miles back of the line held by the British
before the Germans began their offensive.
The most intense fighting appears to
have been around Roiaei and Trincourt.
The slaughter in the enemy rank was
ppailing.
Twelve times every available Vun In the
areay was concentrated on solid massed
bodies of . enemy troop while the airmen
ftrew weary with emptying their machine
Kia drums and dropping their bombs into
the dense gray srowds of troops and re-
turning for mora ammunition; . -'
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&aiar-25000 Prisoners
e nd 400 Onus Captured. " ' '
" ' XAmctte4 Press Refer!. )
HERUX. March tJ. (British lmlrsjty
r Wlroleas.) The German official an-
JT': "-".v. . -....
CAMPAIGN :
RESERVE FORCES
nouneement of the la teat offensive near
Ami oinlma toe rapture ot o.v
oners. oe guns and 300 machine guns.
Th uiMimcAiiiint follow
"Under tlw command of -the emperor
and king the battle of ttck agalnat .the
Hrltlah front near Arrna win -Uorntin
haa been in-oceedlng two daya.
Vesteiday goo.1 nroarsea wraa made.
"Pivlslona of Crown Prince Hupprecht
stormed the heighta north and northwest
of Crolselle. Between Ktmtalne. le
OrOisellua and Moeuvrea they penetrated
Into the second enemy position and cap-
lun'd the village of Vaulx-Yraticourt and
Moichive. Strong Mrlllah counter attack
failed. Hot ween llonnellou and the Omtg-
non stream the first two enemy joitlon
were net rated. The heighta weat of
do ueaucoun Heudtcourt. and VHIera-
Faucon were captured and. In the valley
let the Cologne Rolaet and Marqualx were
stormed.
The heighta north of Vermand were
stormed Wc stand before the third en-
emy position ruder the effect of thla
auecese the enemy evacuated Ma posi-
tion in the bend southwest of Cambrai.
We pursued htm through Lemtcourt. Fie-'
aqulerea and Rtbeeourt.
"Between the Omlgnon stream and the
Somme. corps of the army irrouD of the
Oernwn crown prince after the capture
or the nrst enemy poaitions made their
way through Molnon wood and fought
across the Heights or savy and Roupy.
penetrating into the third enemy posi
tion. Mouth of the Somme divisions broke
throngh the enemy linea and In an unin
terrupted forward movement drove the
enemy aero the Crotat canal toward the
west. Jaeger battalions forced a crossing
or me oise west or La re re. in company
with divisions storming they stormed the
heighta northwest of the town which are
crow ned with the permanent work of La-
tere "The captures so far reported by the
army gronp 01 i row n rrtnee Kupprecht
are 15.000 prisoners and 150 guns; by the
army group of the Herman crown prince
lA.OwO prisoners lit guns and 300 machine
guns." the statement reada.
'Artillery battles continue between the
L.ys and Ijibassee canal on both aidea of
Rhetms. before Verdun and In Lorraine."
'
Germans Will Not
Reach Pari Allen.
tHnjion Past Special)
SAX ANTOXIO. Texaa. March 23.
"The Germans will not reach Paris"'
That is the opinion of Mnjor General
Henry T. Allen commander of the 90th
division who recently visited the allied
front where the Germans penetrated fhe
British lines Saturday. General Allen
spent several weeks on the front. He Is
acquainted with the forces involved In
the world's greatest battle. Saturday
mini no gave me following interprets
;"" ni- nenu i transpiring ud made
i inr twinning prediction:
I A counter. attack is due lato Sunday.
I probably will be more important from
'a military standpoint than the attack. We
j ought to see some lively counter action
lor the next two or three daya when the
n orcrugni up.
1 can not sav tnere will he n decision
Most any opinion would be a guess but
I mink it is reasonable to say the counter
attack will be worth almost as much to
tbe allies as the offensive has been to
the Germans.
"As to the casualties. I rtiink that an
oiiensive cosunued several daya would
result In a loss In killed and vouniinl nt
about half the attacking force. That the
British are losing less than that number
in ineir retirement is apparent.
The shelling of Paris n a mystery to
General Alien. He said tonight he had
no solution for it whatsoever.
Asked If any Americans were likely to
participate in the counter attack. Gen-
eral Allen aaid he did not think so. A
few American engineers Vie said woulu
assist the- British. However the French
in ail probability will co-operate with the
British very effecthely in repulsing the
Huns he thinks.
Although the onslaught for the past
three daya has been gpectacular. General
Allen does not regard the results aa
calamitous In a large sense. "Germany is
iuiis way iruiu naving won ln war
he said.
Prisoners Taken From
18 German Divisions.
lAssociattd Press Retertb
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE. March 23. The operation is so
vast and is changing with such kaleido-
scopic rapidity a the line surges back-
ward and forward that it is impossible to
visualize the scene sufficiently to give a
connected and correct account of it at
present.
Forty-nine German divisions have been
identified thus far on the battle front
and prisoners have been taken from 18
of them. ome estimates place the num-
ber of German divisions engaged as high
aa 90. but it is impossible to say whether
this is accurate.
Certainly the Germans are putting all
their available strength into the assault
and fresh troops are constantly appearing.
The fighting yesterday was of the most
sanguinary character and the enemy con-
turned to lose great numbers of men
through his system of massed attacks.
That does not mean that the British
have not suffered casualties. Their losses
however are much smaller than those of
their opponents.
The visibility became excellent late yes-
terday and the whole battle front wms
turned into- a veritable hell with the ar-
tillery action as the unprecedented con-
centration of guns on both sides cut loose
their freight of death.
Men who fought through the great bat-
tles of the Somme Flanders and Arras
say that they never before have seen
anything to approach the awful gunfire of
the preaent conflict. The expression
"drum fire intensity" loses its signifi-
cance in thla instance for there is not
I even an Inimite small space between in the
I explosions as the thousands of guns of
I ail calibers work to their fullest caDacltv
ai;aJnst ln advancing enemy.
Germans Claim Capture
of Two British Lines.
(Associated Press Report.)
BERUN via London March 21. A
crossing over the Olse west of Lafere
(13 miles south of St. Quentin) waa
forced by Jaeger battalions. It Is an-
nounced. eBtween the Omlgnon stream and the
Somme. after the capture of the first
enemy position the Germans made their
way through Holnon Wood and fought
across the heights of Savy and. Koupy
penetrating Into the third hostile posi-
tion. Kouth of the Somme the Germans
broke through the hostile lines adds the
report and in an uninterrupted forward
movement - drove the enemy over the
Croza? canal toward the west.
The announcement say the Germans
are standing before the third enemy posi-
tion. It reports that the Britsh evacuated
t heir position in the bend sou ft i of Cam-
brai. and were pursued by the Germane
through Demicourt Flesquieres and Ribe-
court. Washington Officials
Calmly Confident.
(Associated Press Report.)
WASHINGTON March 2J. All official
Washington turned Its attention almost
wholly Saturday to the news front the
fighting front.
Dispatches telling of penetration of the
British defensive system the retirement
of British troops Berlin's claims of large
capture of men and guns and finally
the news that the Germans were bom-
barding Paris at a hitherto unheard of
range of about 61 miles came as a" fur-
prise after the other. . '
Embassies and legation. American of-
ficials congressmen and others avid for
news of the great battle besieged the
Associated Press offices for the latest
dispatches and crowd-surrounded the
newspapers'- bulletin boards.-. (
With full realization- of the tremen-
dous . consequence hanging oa the re-
:-'. '.: - v : v .
Faith id Eventual Repisise of German Thrust Remains Unshaken' in Face of
Ml Kepons Latest Kepons onow iuues cquu w iuur iwiv u-
many Ready to aSacrificc3Q0000 Hen. in Drive -:-
i ' ' AuUtf4 Pr'st Rtterl.) f . ...'
WASHINGTON. March 23. The war department cabled General Fershlnf Saturday nlshito forward Immedi
ately definite Information ot the exact
onslaught
The only official word at hand was contained In the official statements issued from London and Berlin.
American army officers Would haiard no opinions lacking definite and comprehenslre advices. Privately how
ever their confidence lu the eventual
Both American officers and those
on the story unfolded from hour to hour ss the German' effort progressed. A
In Associated Press dispatches. tW said gave no ground for assuming that
equal to its task.
All reports were taken to prove that the Germans had staked lives by the hundred thousand opon a quick blow
designed to overpower British and French armies because of the masses of men used and also because of the
absolute disregard of losses which marked its delivery. -
There was evidence that seemed to bear out predictions that Germany was prepared to sacrifice 300000 men
tn the effort. It was with man power in great masses and not gun power that the first lines of the British defenses
were penetrated. '
alstanea of the British and French
armlea the general attitude of officials
here waa one or cairn commence.
It was thought likely the British
withdrawal might leave the German
forces in an embarraalnc position po
sibly holding a salient projecting into
the Rritlah lines and assailable by coun
ter-attack from three aides. I'nleaa lb
breach is a wide one and the German
are able to pour In .immediately vast
reserve forces to keep going ahead. It
was said there is always the chan-.e
that the head of the salient ran be cut
off by counter assaults on both flank
and the more advanced German units
captured. This Is precisely what hap-
pened to the British at Cambrai.
Although the great battle was not men-
tioned on the floors of congress In the
day's debates every member was think-
ing of It and ita effects on the fate of
Uie civilisation of the world.
Senators without as much as a record
vote during considering of some army
bills rejected a proposal by Senator
Hardwick to excuse drafted men from
llublllty to military duty if they have
passed 31 without entering the national
army.
French official dispatches reaching here
Saturday represent the German and Aus-
trian press as taking varying views of
the offensive.
The German Munrhener Neueste Nacil-
rlchlen is quoted as saying:
"We know from several months' ex-
perience what it means for us and for
our enemies. This encounter Is the
struggle for definite victory."
The Austrian Neue Frie Presse says:
"No one ean predict with - oertainty
the results of the battle and Its con-
sequences and thla circumstance Is ca-
pable of creating conditions for a con-
ciliatory peace in every sense. What
will happen after the battle what will
develop what the future holds In store
can not now be determined."
The Arbeiter Zeitung. socialist organ
of Vienna says:
"What can be the reason for the strong
language of. the German military lead-
ers which contradicted so openly that
of Count HertUng? Naturally this rea-
son the German people will not know.
It suffices to tell them that a new reat
feat of arms (s to be attempted In the
west. And It is thus that millions of
men are to be led into a battle such a
the world has never known."
www 1
Counter Attacks j
May Soon Follow.
(Associated Press Report)
WASHINGTON. March ti. A day or
two more of bitter resistance even in-
cluding further British retirement. It Is
thought would tee the Impetus of the
German thrust lost and its power dimin-
ished. Then will come opportunities for
counter blows on a major scale.
In seeking the strategic purpose of the
German drive officials here noted that
the British press had already suggested
a possible solution. A rupture of the
British lines In the vicinity of St. Quen-
tin. It has been said might leave the
French left on the Alsne front up In the
air. A retirement there would bring the
battle lines closer to Paris.
German reports that 25000 prisoners
had been taken were regarded as not at
all improbable. The capture of certain
points on the first defensive front prob-
ably was what made the sector of the line
held by the British untenable and started
the withdrawal. Presumably the 16000
men said by the Germans to have fallen
Into their hands Friday are Included in
their new figure of 25.000 prisoners. The
first capture undoubtedly were made
when the front linea were breached. The
remainder probably is composed of rear
guard units left in position to hold off
the enemy until the British withdrawal
under Are had been accomplished then to
surrender.
The Germans themselves loat 50000 or
more prisoners to the French and' Brit-
ish in the withdrawal on the Somme alone
and a great number also were taken in
the retirement from the Marne during the
first of the war.
Officials were hopeful that Sunday's re-
ports would show clearly the German ob
jective and steps to offset it. They are
-beginning to look for counter blows by
the allies on other sectors. Now that the
Germans are so deeply involved in their
enterprise in the St. Quentin region It Is
thought they could not spare large re-
serves to face attack elsewhere without
checking their own advance.
Battle Especially
Fierce at Mory.
(Associated Press Report.)
BRITISH ARMT HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE March 2J The Germans Sat
urday evening were pressing their attack
hard on the right flank of the British near
Ham while on the northern end of the
battle line desperate fighting had been
going on since Friday about Mory which
has changed hands several times.
It is reported that some of the enemy
infantry pushed down across the Somme
canal ana drove forward against prepaied
positions to which the British had re-
tired. The British strategical withdrawal
along the battle front to better positions
has been carried out deliberately and In
accordance with the plan thereby saving
the lives of British troops while the at-
tacking forces have been advancing un-
der increasing difficulties with huge cost
of life.
About Mory the battle has been espe-
cially fierce and when the story of the
British defense can be told it will be a
record of a magnificent stand. The fight-
ing here began Friday morning when the
Germans attacked with a superior num-
ber of troops. The British held-on dur-
ing the day but Friday evening the
enemy gained a foothold in the village
after a sanguinary struggle at close quar-
ters.
The Geraians advanced for this new
attack from Crolsilles and for hours wore
held oft by a company of British gun-
ners who were stationed on high ground
and swept the enemy ranks with a
grilling tire.
The British organized a counter-attack
as soon as the Germans entered the vil-
lage and pushed the enemy back.
Bitter fighting continued throughout
the night and la not less bitter today with
fluctuating fortune.
'.
Eelief in Fact That "
Germany Hat Shown Hand.
i (Associated Press Report.)
LONDON. March 2J. While clouds of
uncertainty obeoure ' the details of the
world's greatest battle tbe guns of which
are heard In London Saturday night
there I a measure of relief felt that Ger-
many haa finally shown her hand.
The purpose and method of ner long-talked-of
blow are now plain.. Hlnden-
burg's objective. ! Undoubtedly the Chan-
nel . ports but he purposes to take the
first step toward them by . breaking
through the eDies' line near the 'junction
of the French and Brit life armies. -
The attack thus far hjj shown no new
situation on the battle front where the
n '
repulse ot the German thrust remained
attached to the British and French
1 i :
strategy but appears to be simply a co-
lossal blow with masses of guns and men
hitherto never used together on any bat-
tlefield. There is no surprise that the
British line ha been forced back. Lines
hn HAfnr all ereat of-
fenslves In this great war. Ythat the
British people look to the army for l
that It shall not break. .
With usual caution the Oerman offlclal
report of the first day s fighting did not
reveal to their own people the extent or
Importance of their efTorts. Only when a
partial success had been recorded was
r.mperor v imam aesignaitu
mender in chief and the crown prince
mentioned.
German Cavalry
With Infantry.
(Associated Press Report.)
BRITISH ARMY HKADOUARTERS IN
FRANCE. March S3. It waa reported
Saturday morning that enemy Infantry
had pushed down across the canal de la
Somme and had driven forward against
the positions to which the British had re
tired.
German cavalry was seen advancing
behind the Infantry.
There was small doubt but that the at-
tacking forces intended to make a su-
preme effort to rupture the British line In
this sector.
The Germans Saturday afternoon were
pressing the attack hard on the British
rirhi flank near Ham. while on the north
ern end of the battlefield there has been
desperate lighting since' fTiaay aooui
Mory. which changed hands several
times.
BERLIN via London. March 2J. The
official statement from general headquar
ters Saturday evening says:
-The first stage of the great battle In
France Is ended. We have won the en
gagements near Moneny lamori. oi.
Ouintin and La Fere. A considerable part
of the English army Is beaten.
"We are ngtittng approximately on
line northeast of Bapaume. Pen-one and
Ham."
LONDON. March 23. "Serloua but not
alarming" sums up the reception by Lon-
don of Saturday's news from the western
front.
It is pointed out that In battles of such
dimensions the attacking forces by tn
employment of troops regardless of sacri-
fice are nearly always enabled to fore
first line positions.
ThJ Evening News In its comment on
the situation refers to the failure of the
British report to say anything about
prisoners and adds "in the matter of fig-
ures our opponents have been notoriously
Inexact."
The military expert of the Westminster
Gaztte;says that the Germans began
their offensive Dartlv through excessive
egotism and also in desperation.
"We had upset the calculations of the
enemy's defensive by our ascuidancy in
the air which portended a situation likely
to become Intolerable if by bombing the
linea of communication It had not be-
come Intolerable already." says the
writer. "Were that state of affairs to
continue the morale of the German army
on the defensive would be destroyed. It
Is not the enemy; it is we who have forced
the pace."
British Airmen Had
Better of Air Battles.
(Associated Press Report.)
LONDON. March 23. An official state-
ment of the aerlaloperatlons issued Sat-
urday night says:
"A thick morning mist on Friday pre-
vented our airplanes from leaving the
ground during the early part of the day.
When the mist cleared there was much
activity In the air on one battle front.
Our enemy's low flying machines were
particularly accurate engaging our for
ward groups with machine guns.
"The enemy's massed troops again of-
fered good targets for our low flying air-
planes. The location and range of bodies
of hostile troops and transports were re-
ported to our artillery and successfully
engaged.
Eight and a half tons of bombs were
dropped on hostile railway stations in the
rear of the battle front and also on the
enemy's billets high velocity guns troops
and transnort. The fighting In the air
was very heavy almost all the combats
taking place between Arras snd St. Quen-
tin. Twenty-seven enemy machines were
brought down and 20 were driven down
out of control. Two hostile machine
were shot down in our lines by anti-
aircraft runs and another by the In
fantry. Eight of our machine are miss-
ing. "During the night our squadrons drop-
ped over 14 tons of bombs on noatlle blU
lets ammunition dump and areas In
which the enemy's attacking troops were
concentrated. All our machines re-
turned." British Reserves Will
Wear Down Germans .
(Associated Press Report.
LONDON March 2t. Commenting on
the great battle in France the Sunday
Times sayi:
"In all previous great assaults the chief
success has been gained at the first
thrust but in this battle whereas the
Germans were unable to Issue a flowery
report at the close of the first day It has
to-be admitted that their second and third
communiques will be more satisfactory
from their point of view. The German
military caste are out for victory even
If to gain it they must destroy the people
to whom they promised Its fruits. They
have already flung nearly one-third of
their entire western resource against the
sector measuring one-tenth of the western
front and must continue to fling fresh
division into the blood bath.
"With time on our side and fewer troop
exposed to the death blast we may rea-
sonably count on holding in hand reserves
powerful enough to deal a crushing coun-
ter stroke when Von Hindenburg has
shattered hi last legion against the Im-
pregnable British wall."
Battle Continues
With Intensity. -
(Associated Press Report.)
LONDON March St. "The battle U
continuing with tbe greatest Intensity on
the whole front- south of the Scarpa
river" Field Aiarsnai naig a report Sat-
urday night announces.
"South and weat of St. Quentin our1
troops have taken up their nW positions
and we are heavily - engaged .with the
enemy." . . '. ... . -
"During the night strong hostile at-
tacks In the neighborhood of Jussy (south
of St. QuenlnH were repulsed with great
loss to yha -enemy... t ' s-. -r"
''On the northern portion of the battle
British troops are under the German
unshaken in the face of 'all reports.
military missions looaea witn commence
review of th day's events as told
allied resisting power would not prove
front the enemy's attack have been
pressed with the utmost determination
and regardless of loaaea. Our troops have
maintained their position on the greatei
part of this front after a flare and pro-
longed struggle."
No News Received
From General Pershing-.
(Associated Press Report.)
WASHINGTON. Mah.il General
Peyton C. March chief of staff' an-
nounced late Saturday nlghl that the war
department had been In communication
with General Bliss tit Paris and uad been
informed that American officers there
still were without official Information re-
garding the German offensive.
General March aald also that the de-
partment had not heard frcm General
Pershing to whom a cable waa sent Sat-
urday asking for a detailed statement.
The chief of staff declined to comment
on the situation as set forth In British
and German statements.
Han Bombs Dropped
Back of French Lines.
! Associated Press Report.) x
PARIS March 23. Many positions and
localities back of the French lines were
bombarded by German aircraft Saturday
according U an official statement whiih
reads: '
"Enemv aircraft crossed o'lr lines at
8:10 tonight. They bombarded several
localities beyond thu front without caus-
ing apparent damage but did n l suc-
ceed In reaching the region of Paris.
"An alarm was given in Paris at S:40
o'clock and the 'all clear' Hlgnal was
sounded at 10:10 o'clock."
British General
Does Not Despair.
(Associated Press Report )
LONDON. March J3. "Nothing we
have heard up to the present wocld lead
me to think that anything has happened
which could not nave been expected.
There Is no reason to come to the con
clusion that things are look'aig bad." Gen
eral oir xiorace iO0Kworxi omitn-i orrien
says In an Interview with th j .Weekly
Dlspatcn.
Sound of Onns
Heard in London.
(Assodited Press Report.
LONDON. March 23. The ' guns in
France are distinctly heard in London
Saturday night particularly In high
places there Is a continuous throbbing.
Many persons have gone to the house-
tops to listen.
Executive of Gauge
Company Arrested
(Associated Press Report.
PHILADELPHIA March 23. Frederick
Schubert vice president and general man
ager ojf the United States Gauge company
was arrested' by federal agents at Sellers-
vtlle. Pa. Saturday in connection with
the alleged conspiracy to defraud the gov
ernment by furnishing defective high
pressure gauges for water torpedoes.
This makes the fourth executive of the
company taken Into custody. Schubert.
who is in agreed tnrougn nis counsel to
furnish i&uou oan.
New Spanish Cabinet
Has Been Completed
t Associated Press Report.)
MADRID. March 23. With the ap-
pointment of three more ministers Satur-
RELL.iABIEs.ITV
Is reflected through Shotwell's new Spring Suits
that appear on tbe street daily aiid by the diamond
stars that travel south when spring has opened to
stay.
Your pride commands
attention to your wearing
each year. V
emu wn u u uy twiwi ican
U S Artillery Agair Gives Demonstration of Whit
American Gunners' Can Do-First ilSiplosiqn
' . -ii --"J ' a'
tery of. "Little JFelloys". Doing .Gpod ; Wotk'
at rront. : . ' . . "
i'" lAkotUlri Press Xtttri. v T
. WITH 'THE . AMERICAN ARMT )N
FRANCE Friday March II. The Ger-
mans launched a heavy gas attack asalnat
av certain town In our tinea northwest of
Toil) llmrsday night. No wind was
blowing and the fume pf the mustard gas
from .the shell hung low over the . line
for. several hours. The batteries. firing
the '.shell were located to the right of
Rlchecourt. and our artillery waa 'busy
all morning with a retaliatory shelling.
The town shelled in Jhe gas attack 'con-
tained a certain number ot American.
Our artillery Friday dropped a number of
large Shells Into Jolt wood and after firing
a few minutes secuffed direct bit on the
target causing a tremendous explosion
followed by dense columns of smoke na a
big enemy munition dump blew up. The
first explosion waa followed by two others
less severe. Our shells alio "made direct
hit In the enemy' first and third lint
trenche. v
The German again have been given an
example of the accuracy of the fire of our
37-milllmetre gun. An enemy machine
gun emplacement which haa beei annoy-
ing the. Americans for fhe last two dnys
waa located and then the battery of "lit-
tle fellow" as they are known along the
front got into action firing -rapidly.
They secured a number of desired hit j
Miss Thelma Frayjey.
With Gardner's "Hello" Southland Revue
at the Coxy Theater Tomonow-.
day the cabinet formed by Premier An
tonio Mura is completed. Ramon Lenene
dex Pidal becomes minister of marine a
portfolio he held tn 1912. . The Duke of
Alba is appointed minister of public In-
struction an office he haa held before
Senor Cambo whS becomes minister of
public works. Is a newcomer in govern
ment councils. .
The new cabinet as completed contains
fotir former members: Maura the present
premier; Lato. minister of foreign affairs;
the Marquis De Alhucemas interior and
Komanones Justice. .
that you pay particular.
appcrel about this tiijie
Going to buy a
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and $45 00. 1 ' "
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and put the emplacement gun tut Of torn-
miaalon: ' - - ' 'i. i '
These small guns which are about the
Is of a onet-pouiider are easily moved
from place to place even In the trenches.
They also secured direct hit on the June
tlon communication trenchee a men were
passing into ttie entrance of the dugout .
which a number of the enemy were seen
to enter and from which amoke was i. "
ulng. None of the enemy wa seen! to
opma out. .
Intermittent artillery duels have been tn
progress all day lth en our Teul freat '
and In the Lunevllle sector where Amer- -lean
troop are in training. Three ot our
patrols reached the . enemy's line -early
Friday but they were discovered In the.
brilliant moonlight and were driven out .
by brisk machine gun and automatla rifle 1
tire-
Our Infantry discovered one enemy pa- .
trol Inside our wire. These German were
driven off and It is believed they suffered '
casualties. ......
There . was Increased aerial activity
Friday. The weather was warm and it
waa generally clear except for a haxe '
which obscured visibility above the low
ground. One machine With an American .
observer at lis gun put a stream of bul-
let Into a German airplane which was .
obaerved descending rapidly as though in
trouble behind our lines. . t
The German machines crossed our line
Thursday' night and circled around sp-
fiarently seeking out targets which they
ntendi-d to bomb but- American anti-
aircraft guns kept the enemy so high that .
no explosives wore dropped. .
MQTJSEHOLE IS LIKE ITS NAME.
Quaintest of Quaint Spots Found on
Coast of Cornwall. '
On the coast of Cornwall a few miles
from Penxance. is a little gray hamlet
cuddled close by the side of the sea. Jt '
Is Mouseholc one of the quaintest and .
most charming villages In England. Un-
noticed by most sightseers it has been
allowed to remain unchanged a part of
the somber yet lpvely Cornish landscape.
The tiny quay hugs the harbor where the
shallow draught fishing sloops rest at
anchor. On the beach gray -bottomed
boats lie upturned to the gray sky.
In the village tho low 'cottages of stone
smell of fish and drying nets. The. iter
row crooked streets are paved with hugs
flat stones or aro left unpaved alto-
gether. Tiny streams trickle across some
of fhe thoroughfares. - Others lead down
to the beach anil piers by steps of rough
stone.
On the niers the hrovn-f:ieed fishermen
. toll over their m Is and smoke and gossip.
! They are quaint people these kindly
Cornish folk pious to the core yet still
' believing in "pixloa" and the other good
little people even when they refuse to ad-
mit it. Their fishing is chiefly done at
. night the boats nutting out to sea at
' sunset Vet Sunday morning finds the
fisherman stilfly starched and dressed In
hla Sunday black worshipping In his bare
chapel... They want the pure doctrine
these sturdy sons of the sea. none of your
modern notions for them. '
I Mousehole has a typical Cornish cll-
i mate. It snows once In a long while In
I the winter hut the pnow does not lie on
: the ground for more thnn a -day or two.
I Geraniums fuchsias' and .myrtles grow in
ttlie-tlhy cottage garden the year around.
I There Is always rain: lo the visitor It
1 Amo na if lha alcv U'PrA .nlWHVA ItrttV. 1 1 U A
rftrie sea and rocky shorb. Trio (IslieTfoUc
are notning tor tne wet - y
The vlllase has In recent years attract-
ed a colony of artists who .love the tiny
i hamlet ior us piciuresquo simpiiciiy. ...
' Manv a simple fishernuui of Mousehole
will go down Lo posterity immortalised
on canvas. ' .
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