The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-05-21
A GENERAL survey OF
THE WAR,

allies in Belgium and France, includ-
ing the capture of the town Of Car
ency and parts of Ablain ST Nazalre
anC Melville st. WAIST, and the driv-
ing Of the last band Of Germans from
the forest of LIE Pretre, in which VIC
lent fighting had been in progress Tor
weeks. are chrOnicled by Paris.
Berlin admits these losses in part,
declaring that Carency and the west
ern part of Attain st. Nazaire and the
foremost trenches between Melville
ard Carency have been taken, and
that ION this occasion number or
our brave men and much material
again were lost" Admission, also, is
made that the French penetrated the
foremost trenches of the Germans at
t,icyp des Cannes, over a Widtl. OF 400
to coo feet, but Berlin adds that after
bitter hand to hand fighting these
German positions were again cleared
Of all Frenchmen.
Friday, May 14.-The note sent by
the United States to Germany and the
crisis in Italy, where the country is
waiting the decision of the govern
nlent as to whether it shall participate
in the war, are the dominant features
Of the latest war news.
Desperate fighting is going on IN
both the eastern and western theaters
Of war. The French report consider
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western line at various points, while
the AuStrO-G Germans are said by Ber-
lin and Vienna to be continuing their
successes in the Carpathians and Ga
licia. Farther south the Russians aver
they have captured strongly forti-
4ieG position ninety-four miles long
from the Biztritza river to the Rou-
manian frontier.
Saturday, May 15.-U. S. Ambassador
Gerard has presented the American
note to the German foreign minister
at Berlin, and a reply is expected
within a few days.
The fighting in Belgium and France
continues without let up. The French
war Office claims to have checked the
Germans north of Ypres,to have taken
several trenches near Het Sas and to
have occupied part of Steenstraete,
with additional progress north of Ar
ras and to the northeast of Notre
Dame de Lorette. The German state
ment asserts that the allied attack
near Steenstraete has been repulsed.
In the eastern war zone the most III
teresting struggle is going on near
Permysl. The tenth army corps of the
Austro-Hungarian army is now in front
of this fortress and all efforts are put
forth to retrieve the defeat of its
former defenders.
Sunday May 16.-The southern end
of the British line, which extends
from above Ypres in Flanders to be-
low La Bassee, joining the French
front north of Arras, has been en-
gagged in heavy fighting, and the Brit
ish troops, according to official state
nlent from both British and French
war offices. have gained marked sue
cesses against the Germans, whose
line has been broken over the greater
part of two-mile front
On the other hand the German war
Office declares that the al+o alta
north of Ypres and around Steen-
straete and Het Sas, which were car
ried out without regard to losses,
have been repulsed. Likewise the
British infantry attacks, following
strong artillery preparation, Berlin as
serts, have been driven back The
Germans have made an important adj
vance in the Lorette hills, where they
have taken possession Of a French
strategical point for a distance of
nearly half mile
In the East. the Russians are pre-
pairing for their stand on the River
San. Heavy reinforcements are be-
lieved to have reached that section
and the retreat of the Russian army,
which was characterized by severe
rear guard actions, is thought to be
ended, temporarily at least.