The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-05-14
If the French Can Maintain
Their Progress, It viii
Necessitate Extended Re-
treat by Germans Over a
Big Front-British Are
Keeping Great M asses
Engaged

London, May IA, l.25 p. n.For the
first time in the past six months the
authors of the German and French Off
cial statements on the progress of hos
Utilities find themselves in agreement to-
day. The German communication admits
the truth Of the more important Of the
claims made by General Ioffre, the French
commander chief, as to the great sue
Icesses won By the French between La
Bassee and Arras.
II this success can be pushed home. the
consequences will be still more marked in
the opinion OF the British military com
mentators, who are claiming to-day that
a little further advance by the French
will open a gap in the German line which
will necessitate falling back Of tho
Germans on wide front To the north
Of LaBassee the British troops are little
more than holding their own but Mt the
same time they are keeping great masses
OF Germans engaged.
The French Claim.
The French claim, as given out in the
Paris official statement, is as follows:
ITO the north of Arras we have OBJ.
tanned some new and important results
BY the capture Of Carency there has fall
en- into our hands much war material
which it has not yet been possible to
completely. 1t includes two
one howitzer, two mortars, dog |
en- bomb-throwers, a large number oh
machine guns, 5000 rifles and large sup.
plies of shells and cartridges.
'1n the wood of hill l25 we found the /
bodies Of three companies of Germans /
who had been annihilated by our artil. |
lery.
"The enemy bombarded Carcncy this
afternoon, but without result. As mas.
ters of Carency we have progressed to.
ward the north, where we have estab-
lished ourselves in Ablain ST. Nazaire.
which we hold, with the exception OF
some houses along the river. Around
these the struggle still continues. We
made several hundred prisoners. During
his retirement the enemy set fire 10 hall
the village.
at Neuvllle 81. Vast we occupied
new groups Of houses in the northern
part OF the village. The number Of can
non and howitzers Of large calibre taken
was IL.
"In the Argonne, at Bagatelle, we re.
pulsed two German attacks, one at night,
he other In the day. The latter was
rery violent.
"The success reported this morning IN
he forest OF lie pretre has made us iaas
ers Of the last German organization
which had stll resisted In that wood.
The entire position is now In our hands
In the eastern field the Gernanie forces
n Galicia, who are said 10 number 500
lO0 men, are reported 20 be within 20
niles Of Przsmsyl.
The resignation OF the Italian cabinet I
Ias nonplussed the general public, but
Fell-iuformed political observers think Il
} only q move IN the game and that the
nal development will be the advent %
talv on the side Of the allies.
Adyices from the Dardanelles, conveyed
rom source- favorable 20 the allies, say ,
hat the French and British forces are
outinuing 10 gain In land Sighting. ni-I
hough Il IL conceded that the decisive
base has not been reached. One British
ssserts that the whole ,
past lire of 1ialiipoli Is in the hands oi :
8e siliss.