Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1915-05-19
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B':st RaP2r!s FIN 1ae European Battle
Fields Of thu Struggling Naii0as.
SUNDAY

bh:s Frcnot1 e. N N rsh of ARA
he's been engaged IL heavy fight
Ing AID shs B.1Slsh troops, &C
cjrd!uc TO fnciai statements
hsyA gained marx ID successe:
agalusS the Garmaus whose iiuef
hiss been broeon osaf ths greabe
parb f q two.mi!e front For
Sh~r North, at ots nstrsete, thf
Boiginrs have checked saveraI
CTornan counter attacks and have
held prevlans gelus. otg,thstand
l"g violent efforts >y the Ger
mana.
N yrth q Arraa t;se Fleoch have
be=n carrying cut q sias of &c
tlo!s B:!nl. & a. stEeIgsh8Dl <
their front. VII lie in she Cham.
pagne the French claim to have
almost c. m piate;v destroyed eight
German oCmpanies hicIl charged
the first line Of Fgrncn srenches
efbar the explosion ot a mine.
Al this poius tbs Geymans we're
successful fer s. period: bat two
counter attacks with bayonet and
haEdgT9G aoes, re8Gited IL the re.
tex ng Of the position :y the
Ff9uch who later counted COO
German dasd The entire eff
tive forces Of the G4rlnans eDgag d
III the opera&lOlt, the Arehch as
sert, either we're killed Or made
prisoners On the othgr hsud the
German var fiji % dec ares Ehe
ailed attacks nor5h e YpTes and
al Il Steel stfaAta AID Hes Ses
wIllcl aere carfi d Gus without
regard to iossea, have been repuis'
ed. Likewise the Britt. h infantry
a5SacSs, folIow!Gg tsong artiii iery
l,Teparaa!on, Bariji4 asserts have
been 1rIven hack.
The GeFlGens have msde an
important advance ii the IIoTesta a
Hills where they have taken pos
sesslcn OF French etrasegical
position for q distauce Of nearly
half Enije
Ii the Est, thu Russians are
preparing to make stand OF the
River San Heavy reinforce M nts
are balleved to b. "a reached that
section and tha Russians resrest
Is To pght 81 be ended, temps :
rGEtiy at la4ss.
Tne situstion in Italy has taknn
on a mole d d.luite aspect, as
Premier EuIQndra aud his war
oahlnet have y turned to powsr.
Popular fxcit= ment aroused by
the r'slgn Gion Il SalardTa has
subsidized in q larger measure, END
til people are awaiting decisive
sctlop, whlch III : be taken be-
fote tbs coDgsnlug of pariim9, t
on Nay 20. Italy lg rep rted to
have /, 700, 900 soldiers ready ior
waf If var should come. There
are reports Of clashaa between
Anssfla4 aad Italian troops on
She frontier.
Announcement thai fhe iIisnr-
rection at LlgboA had een crush
ed apparently was Ese mature, ss
latest adv:ces fror, the portuguee
capital indicate a state of anarchy
aad f{ht'ng In she streets and
tha5 large r3v23uGionary forces
are preparing to storm Lisbon.
Calais, May II "A Zeppelin,
coming from the Chunnej, droppsd
lonlbs Oh Calais last night, kill =,
ing two children and wounding
one womau. After lts raid the
Zeppelin sailed away i'll the di-
rectio,1 Of he sea.
London, MAY 17.-The adml-
ral5ty annOuDced today that The
Zeppelin, Ra msgate, dropping DO
bombs and ltajarlng three persons,
had been pursued and apparantly
damaged seriously.
London, May 17.-Fieid Mar.
shs! Sir J hi French in a message
tonight informed the British peo-
pie that sheir troops again had
taken the offer eive after fort
night spent Ii hurliIg LACK Ges.
MAJ attacks and had swept across
aud cap: arei ali German trenches
south Of Richebeurg l. Avoue oyel
O. tWo-:niie front.
This III vamenS which mas re-
suited IN tha capture of numerous
prisonoTs is still underwoy anl
gives indication of being as i'm
portant ia she matter of territory