Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-12
ALLIES MAKING
GAINS In WEST
French Official Report Indicates En-
gagement Of Some Magnitude is
On in France and Belgium.
GERMANS ADMIT SOME LOSSES

PARIS. May 1.-THE French war Office
this afternoon issued the folloWing state
ment on the progress OF hostillues.
I'm Belgium near 81. Georges tho enemy
andeavored by night attack TO recap
eure the positions taken by US the day
before yesterday. They we're, however
repulsed.
To the north Of ArTsA our, progress
has continued. Monday evening we took
possession first Of the cemetery aid then
Of the eastern part OF the village Of Car
ency and also OF the road from Careney
TO Sanchez. Carcncy. where we took 20
more prisoners. including three Officers
and captured several machine guns. is
now invested by our troops ON three
sides and IL reduced 20 precarious con-
munication with the German lines.
The forces brought Dy the enemy from
Lens and from Doual In automobiles were
not successful at any place In getting the
advantage -Four strong counter aitaeks
broke down under our FIRE during the
afternoon Of Monday at tho same time
suffering very heavy losses.
These attacks took place in front OF
Isoos. at Notre Dame De I.orette at. saY-
cher and at Melville saint Vast At
this last mentioned place we gained ter
ritory, at the same time making about 100
prisoners The number OF officers taken
by us up TO yesterday evening " more
than fifty.
Monday night the enemy suffered a
double check. The counter attack 10 the
north Of Neavilie Saint Vast preceded
by a violent hombardment, we're CON-
pieteiy repalsed and we retained all the
ground gained by us. at the same time
inuIcting very heavy losses on our as
sailants. On the remainder OF the front.
from Io0s 70 Arraa. there was no counter
attacks yesterday
Following the bombardment OF Dun
Kirk. reported yesterday morning. during
which three sheiss fell without hurting
anybody or inflicting any damage. the
Germans threw eleven shells on the town
Of Bergues. five miles south-sootheast
OF Dunkirk Twelve persons we're killed
and eleven were wounded. Our batteries
AT once opened fire and they put q stop
TO the Smelling Of the enemy which was
not resumed during the day.
ION the reat Of tho front there has
been nothing 10 report.
''one Of our aviators yesterday bonn
barded a hangar for dlrigiblc balloons At
Maubcgo ana started q fire. An aviator
OF the enemy threw bombs on the railroad
station at DouIlena. twenty miles north
OF Amiens. but without doing any dam
sgc. Another aviator Of the enemy. puf-
sued between the Argonne and the Meuso
by a French airnan. was compelled 60
come down within the German lines.
where his machine took fire.
etGa tha altar ha.sA 4ba f-artesn ;, q
brought down Yesterday British aviator
and British soldiers were successful in
bringing down two German airmen.'
cerman Official Report.
BERLIN, May lL--Cvia London 1.-THE
German general headquarters staff to-
day gave out the following statement:
yesterday morning an English ship
was driven away from svestcndd by our
fire.
I'VE made further progress east OF
Yprea and captured five machine guns,
The French continued their attacks
southwest OF tho I,orette hills and ct the
villages OF Ablayn and cerency. All
their attacks were repulsed The rum
Der OF prisoners made by as here was
Increased TO so.
Between carency and Neuvilie the
French stsll remain IN possession 81 The
trenches taken by them, The battle
continues
"An English flying machine was shot
down at point southwest OF Lille.
southwest Of Borry-au-Bac and n the
wood south OF Ions Yhle-ap-bpis, oul
troops yesterday took By storm post.
ton OF two lines OF trenches SITUATED
behind each other and stretching over !
With Of ioo metres we also took a
number Of unwounded prisoners and CAP
tured two mine throwers with much am
munition.
Enemy infantry attacks north Of
Fiirey ana In the forest Of Lepretc failed
with considerable losses 70 OUT opponents
I'm thu eastern theater yesterday The
situation was unchanged The Russians
attempted to arrest the pursuit OF Out
army under General Mackensen on the
Brnesko-Brxoswa line on the branch Of
st. strodnika-I3rsexnaka and AZ Repo1ya
northeast OF Ebeca and szcrnzyn on tn
the vistula. Their object failed com
pIetely. Al night the Russians wer'
pushed In many places, especially a
Brzosko and between Brzosko and Lut
koza after a desperate attack By sew
eral Russian divisions from sanok In tn
direction OF Besko had failed ,n sh'
morning with very heavy losses for M
enemy. The pursuit. continues"