The Holly chieftain., 1915-04-23
kiTcAENER's ARMY TAKES HILL
ON FRONTIER As KAISER QUITS
OFFENSIVE IN FRANCE.
ITALY IS DELAYING war
BIG ARTILLERY DUEL SIGNAL FOR
PROMISED ADVANCE UPON
INVADERS TRENCHES.
western Newspaper Union New. service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
London. April 2n-Lord Kitchener's
army OF 100000 men has begun its
big push to drive the Germans out
Of Belgium and northern France,
which has been promised in the early
spring, according to dispatches from
the front, supported by the London
war office official report. Abandon
ment by the German general staff Of
plans for q general offensive in
France is inferred from dispatches re-
ceived here. 1t is said this decision
ls indicated by official communications
to the italian cabinet, as well as by
statements OF Germans in official cir
cles, and that hope of penetration fur
ther into French territory has been
put aside.
A dispatch from Geneva gives the
impression that the Austrians and Ger
mans have decided to concentrate their
energies on the eastern campaign. 1t
Is said that at council Of war pre-
sided over by Field Marshal Won Hin
ienburg 1t was determined to transfer
the Austrian heavy artillery now be-
fore Verdun to Poland and to send
back to Cracow, western Galicia, the
Hungarian cavalry now on the west
ern front.
Artillery duels, preliminary to infan-
try attacks, have taken the place of
fierce hand-to-hand fighting, which
has been the feature of the recent
struggle along the Meuse and near the
Lorraine border, but the latter type Of
combat continues in the Vosges,
where, the official statements of both
sides agree, sharp fighting is taking
place on German territory.
The confederation, however, ends
with this fact, the French claiming to
have occupied dominating positions
here, and the Germans declaring that
the attacks Of tho French have failed.
From the British end Of the lines
comes the report, officially issued by
the war office at London, that Hill 60,
an important point two miles south of
Zillebeke, Belgium. was captured from
the Germans on the night of April IL.
The German communication tells of
driving the British out of minor Ger
man positions which were occupied by
them to the southeast of Ypres. This
is in the neighborhood of Hill 60.
Petrograd continues to report minor
successes in the Carpathians, showing
that the fighting has not been entirely
suspended near the passes, but the
Russian, Austrian and German official
reports agree that spring has virtually
put an end to all activity along the
remainder of the eastern front.
Various rumors are current regard
ing the central powers. Austria.
through the medium Of Venice, is cred
tied with receiving with CONSERVATION
the news of the extension Of the land
strum service to all classes between
the ages of 1S and SO years.
1t is again unofficially announced
that operations are under way in the
Dardanelles, where the Turks are re-
ported to be building defenses with all
speed against landing parties. but the
news of the breaking up OF the ice at
Archangel, the only large seaport on
the north coast of Russia, may induce
the entente allies to be more deliber-
ate in their attempts to unlock the
gate to the Black sea.