New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-25
Seek to Improve Positions
and Force Germans to
Counter Attacks.
FRENCH SUCCESS OF
SUNDAY UNDlSPUTED
Kaiser's Forces Annihilated and
Several Guns Taken-Asphyx-
iating Gases in Use.

London. May % Heavy fighting has
beor resumed in the Western zone,
FROM Arras 70 the sea, in which ootn
Germans and French claim 70 have had
The advantage. Il is evident that the
Allies DO not intend to relax their
cfo.ts on this front, although Big
general movement has not yet been
undertaken. The present operations
have as their object imlr, yement IN
rhei. positions and forcing tie Germans
% counter attacks
Tee following official communication
was received from the French war w
fee tonight:
"Petween Newport ana fnrcs spIr-
tied artillery engagement; has taken
ulact. caused by the eftica'ious hre OF
our heavy artillery. on re shlpyaFus
of Raverzyde. southwest Of Ostend'
TO TIE north Of La bassee tne
British attacks nave resulted IN ne"
progress. O.. w..
10 the north u >euville s.. vast
me Germans attempted an attack WIN
very important forces. Caueht uhoet
.bo Tro Of our artillery, they were at
.Supplementary reports received 20
dov emphasize the importance OF the
euccess attained by US yesterday 20
Tho northeast Of the chapel OF Notre
Dame do Lorette. In a sangulnary en-
/ carement with the bayonet we ann
+ Iilated those forces which had op-
posod us and captured several machine
guns. < .be
! French War Office said:
AZ several points between steen'
| s,raete and Ypres the enemy yes'etdS!
delivered attacks, after having mau'
preliminary use Of asphyXiatinS gases
These attacks were repulsed.
I'm the region 70 the nortn or Arras
the lighting continued all night long
We took 100 prisoners at a point &c
the north of the village of NeuVilI'
x Vaast. The enemy delivered sew
oral counter attacks, bat they were
checked by our artillery. ,.,
"Furthor reports received descrlo'
s+riLirqlv the extent of the check ad
,o;nistered 10 the Germans N this
region during the evening OF May z.
and the night of May 1928: In spi,'
~ the numerous reinforcement
brought forward with all speed, anC
tho v.gor Of the fresh attacks, repeate'
.,yo or three times. the enemy tahe'
in ever one his efforts, and suffered
considerable losses"
Field Marshal Sir John French ha
sent the following report from tn
western war zone, under GATE o
May "a: =,
I'm the fighting on May Is and /
10 the northeast of Festubert' sevel
machine guns were captured, and u l
possible tina. more may be buried i
the destroyed trenches. To-day. thre
. German batteries were sllenced by on
guns. one battery being destroyed b.
direct hits and its ammunition olo"i
Up.
East Of Ypres the Germans de
veloped an infantry attack this morn
inc under cover of a poisonous gas
hostile artillery at the same time mr.
ing asphyXiating gas shells. Our troops
v.ere forced 70 evacuate some of theil
trenches and the enemy penetrated ou'
line in two or three places. Fighting
is still in progress and portions OF oui
ORIGINAL line have already been re-
taken .-
The following statement was issued
to-day at the German War Once:
several advances by night and day
by the British, between Neuve Chapell'
and Givcnchy, and French attacks OF
the northern slope Of the Lorette hills
at Ablain. and north and south OF Neu
Vile. were repulsed, with heavy losses
to the enemy, who lost 100 prisoners;
between the Meuse and the Mosell'
/ artillery battles continue. In the For
est of lie Pretre the French sufereC
losses during new and unsuccessful
attack"