Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-27
Squadron Of IS Aeroplanes
Shower Chemical Factory
Opposite Mannheim.
PARIS ATTACK ANSWER
Fifty German Soldiers in
Street Car at Ostend
Reported Killed.


Fry German soldiers vho we're pas
s-1EerF ir o. street ear ne o5trud ucrc
E..'rd lF o. bomH dropped frua an
allied a~rupiau~. according 90 q dil-
patch from that c.tg Co the TcisEraaf
drFerihiur O series of air raids made
tY ffr allies rsiafuFs The railroad
station. shipping in thc harbor and
numerous houses have been damaged.
A French aerial squadron composed
90 fU aer1piaueF. each one carrying
no pounds OF pruiertucs. this morn
ing bombsrLrL q chemical factory AZ
f.gfViFfEhHtru. on thr Rhine. oppo-
site Mannheim. Firc broke out I'm
several OF tHr factory buildings as
result OF this huwhartweut. This
factory is one ~ tHs most important
manufacture of explosives in all
Germany. Toe French ayiaf1rE were
in frr air f1r FiE hours uri covered
wDrr chan eco miles.
This expedition against AN import-
arf German military Establishment
aee tlr Fr-rch reply 90 the attempts
90 German avlafo~E ol the cifg %
Paris Tai. Information was contain
ca fn tte Preach Official statement
siV~u oat ts thr war Office this after
Eoor-
The statement also SAYS.
-urieian troops last. uirht rcpuigcd
ESQ German attacks. one north and
fhr other sogfh Of u.xmudr. The
frst vEs drlvru hack o. O counter at
tack arI tfe second vas stopped by
srffij-rF Gro.
etr tt~ section % che north % ArruH
ESQ ~rEaE~m~rts took place last
risht. Southwest o. f1uchTz Vr tool,
q trraek near Chateau Cariruieu. al
90 some prisoners tuciuiinF one ofi-
err East OF Nr1viitr So Nanst the
Germans u~~r checked by our artiii-
erv At vnrip1e uoirtF cf1rE che
froat. notably near Rheims and tn the
VDsE~s. there vrr~ yesterday artillery
rrFaErmrufs
Trsneh Warfare In East.
I.Sndaa. 1iay Notwithstanding
the superb arafhsr. the eoatsnders tn
she western arena % hostiiltirs. realiz-
trE th~ terrible losses even an inslE-
utararf adgEae~ entails. have reverted.
EsneFaiiV sp~akinE. o. the tFeach var
fare os th~ viutsT. and 90 60 Gaiicla. iu
The east. ths uariansiirs. and perhaps
the ttalo-Austrian froutirT which are
ra1sF likely 90 furnish spectacular de-
ysiopasuts during the asxt fortniEht.
The Russians az last have admitted
che extent % their retreat from the
Dunai-e % the San. though they pro
frss that che Ausfrp-Gestuau rtiEh has
beea held Up aad that Przemysi is Ia
danger
According 90 thr Germans the cneir-
cling % pFzrmYst ts progressing in
that they have forced another cross [
inE % thr san Duiy eleven miles north
% che fortress and extended consider f.
ably their line east of this river.
Berlin Claims French Failure
Bertha. May -. fvla London. $3.50
.. ru1-Gsrman oficiai statement
Regardless % their great failures
O May g ths Preach repeated their
attempts 20 break through our lines .
between vcrm~ii- and the LoTotts I
hiiis Very strous forces we're brought
forward Tor q storm attack along a
narrow stretch of six miles. bat the
stacking force everywhere was re-
pulsed We are IN full possession of
1ur positions an uncommonly large
number % fallen Frcnehmen are iy-
.nE 90 front Of our trenches Further
Frouch attacks werc directed late in
the evening against our line OF
south % Soucher 4
The battle has no; set come 90 con \
riusion. During a rceonnoiterinE ex-
petition north % Dixmudc we took one .
1aiesr aad g BelEians prisoners Z
Further enemy advances az Soissons
and In the forcs; of Ls Prctrc ~ere re-
pulsed. An air attack was success
faiiy carried Ou; BY uA on the foFtia-
at southend on the lower
Thames.
In the east Their. has been no
change IN the situation In the south
rast an attack By our troops proErcss-
"a nor1h.as; OF prEemysi and In the
sissrict % Stry. The booty and ycsscr-
fay's -~suifs eannos yet b. perceived