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Sr"cial Cable 70 The Times pIsno,ch
ROTTERDAM. May Occurring the
TWO or three DAYS tho German
ores Of q progressive offensive axains,
pr : salient have been roiicd al
n"nEh they are still eudea"oring "a
aston grip In a half-cirClc round
ne town To compel evacuation hy the
IlH's bold countcrattack on the
'ari or the allies contributed greatly
- TINS check To the desperate att.rnut
force Il passage through 10 the chan
81 ports. While the British arc hold
NJ IN. Germans In check from the
SC! ANA! positions eastwards past
Julien. th- allies are pursuing a
i:"'ous and successful offensive fur
'Hcr south. along the line from south
Armeniieres To La Bassec.
rms place IL the center for big
rcumulat!on OF reserve artillery.
frndrcds of guns are parked there.
one day nearly "a hundred arrived.
~. brand new and direct from Essen.
u th!S TACT. In connection with the
continued arrival OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS
from the interior OF Germany, IL is
clear that the Germans do not regard
: ii'ial the check which they received
after their first gaseous advance
The Germans are in the highest
spirits. \ high German officer said:
we are absolutely sure OF our posi-
ton now In front of Yprcs. With the
ground won, our Guns can dominate
all the allies communications behind
their lines, at any rate enough to pre-
rent the bringing up OF re-enforce-
ncnts fast enough to think OF driving
us back We can advance when the mo-
mrnt we have chosen comes"
During the last three DAYS there has
been further great concentration OF
troops and guns behind the German
front In Flanders. The principal points
are Courtrai, Roulers and Lille. \ vast
frs. fi.At, III
at Gclmunsier. Il few miles north
Courtrai is very important center
OF communications. Las, week II 900
German wounded entered or passed
through the town.
In Antwerp, the German officers have
been boastius of TWO more surprises
which they have got for the allies.
one consisted OF n new torpedo, said
10 have q much longer range than
any yet made. and which will explode
with a shrapnei effect.
INVITATIONS OF STRONG
MOVEMENT OF ALLIES
In France ana Belgium there are in
timations of a strong movement of the
allies against the Germans. The French
War Office reports the capture of many
prisoners and guns the last two DAYS
and German headquarters admits that
Ia the ncighborhood of Carency the
allies have occupied the foremost Ger
man trenches. Attacks and counter
attacks are continuous and losses on
both sides are heavy.
The British line, Notwithstanding a
strenuous week, remains, ;hc same ca st
of Ypres as ii wF> un the night of
May "a, when i1n r. '.sb troops were
Obliged TO draw bs,b
In the Carpathiaus > ticrmans are
reported TO DC m1lirA preparations
fer Il further m"Yt:u.H, against the
Russians while H. i'-> tsa.l 4 provinces
the Russians haY, inflicted a check
ntar Mitan.
While all advice Indicated that Italy
is ready to take decisive action, and
that the time limit fixed for Austria s
reply TO the Italian demands has about
expired. no word has come of a break
between the Austrian and Italian gov
crnmcnts. The final movements Of
both countries are being veilcd in Sc
crecy.