The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-05-19
FRENCH MAKE gain
ALLIES MAKE ADVANCE AND
CAPTURE MUCH SPOIL
GERMANS ADMIT LOSSES
Official Reports Agree, Says London,
For First Time in Six Months
Belgians Make Spirited Night At
tack-Three Companies of Ger
mans Annihilated.

London reports: For the first time
in six months, German and French
official statements agree. The Ger
man communication admits the ruth
of Gen. Joffre's more important
claims as to the great successes won
by the French between LaBassee and
Arras.
British military commentators de-
clare a little further advance by the
French will open conspicuous gap
in the German line.
North of LaBassee the British are
doing little more than holding their
own, but they are keeping great
masses Of Germans engaged.
Paris reports: ''The Belgian army,
by new attack last night on the
right bank, Of the User, repulsed tn,
enemy, who left, in retiring, several
hundred dead on the ground.
''To the north of Arras we have OBJ
tanned some new and important re-
suits. By the capture Of Carency
there has fallen into our hands much
war material which it has not yet
been possible to enumerate complete
ly. It includes two cannon, one ho-
witZer, two mortars, dozen bomb
throwers, large number Of machine
guns, 5000 rifles and large supplies
Of shells and cartridges.
In the wood of hill No. 125 we
found the bodies Of three companies
of Germans who had been annihi1ated
by our artillery"
London reports: Thus far British
troops, according to Field Marshal
Sir John French, have withstood all
the German onslaughts and while at
times they have been compelled to
give some ground, their counterat-
tacks have brought them back to the
position from which they started.
However, this has been costly for the
German artillery bombardment has
been severe and counterattacks al
ways are followed by heavy casual
ties.
In their attempt last fall to reach
Calais the Germans continued their
attacks for six weeks but the allied
forces were much weaker then, and;
the Germans did not meet the coun-
ter-ofensiyes they now meet in the
West.
OF these, the most important is
that the French are carrying out
from Arras to the point where their
| line joins the British, and in which
they continue tc meet with unyarying
| success.
They report again the capture,
which the Germans admit, of stre4gIy
fortified positions, and one road at
least which the Germans have been
using to bring up reinforcsments to
their positions near LaBassee. There
fore, it is believed here the French
successes will tighten pressure the
Germans are bringing to bear on the
British around Ypres.
Berlin reports: In the western
theatre Of war: East Of Ypres we
took another point Of vantage from
the enemy. In the afternoon strong
French attacks on our front from
.Ablain to Neuville were repulsed with
very heavy losses to the enemy. The
village of Carency and the western
part of Ablain, which are, for the
greater part included in the territory
held by the French as result Of
L1SlT occupation OIL our IOTemOSC
trenches between -Neuyille and Ca
rency were, however, evacuated We'd
nesday night. Unfortunate on this
occasion a number Of our brave men
and much material again were lost.
French attempts to recapture a
section of their trenches which we
took from northwest Of Berry-au-
bac, in the woods south Of Nil-aux-
Nois were without success.
'"After strong artillery prepara-
tions the enemy attacked our posi-
tions between the Meuse and the Mo-
selle Wednesday night. At Oroyp
des Carmes they succeeded in pene-
trating section of our foremost
trenches stretching over width of
from $50 to 200 metres. After Bit
ter hand-to-hand fighting our posi-
tions were again cleared of all
Frenchmen. A number of prisoners
remained in our hands.
1.-TWO French bIockhouses on the
western slope Of Hartmans-Weiler-
kopf were destroyed by our fire.
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