The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-04-22
ARMIES IN IVES
ARE MORE ACTIVE
Reports Of Fighting In vosgss
Region Differ Concerning
General Results.
FIERCE AlAO-1o-AAuD BATTLE
British Capture Belgian Hill from the
0ermans-Weathsr Continues 70
Delay Campaign on the
Eastern Front,

cavern Front.
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London, April 20.-Activity prevail
1 along the Western battle line, bu
: seems to partake of the nature Of isc
lated engagements instead Of q Ron
eral offensive. Artillery duels hav,
taken the place Of the fierce hand.to
hand lighting. which has been the fea
ture of the recent struggle along ths
Mouse and near the Lorraine border
but the latter type Of combat con
tinues in the vosges, where the OH
cial statement Of both sides agree
sharp lighting is taking place ON Ger.
man territory.
The corroboration, however. ends
with this fact, the French claiming to
have occupied dominating positions
there, and the Germans declaring that
the attacks Of the French have failed
British Got Important Hill.
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, has been captured
from the Germans.
The German communication tells of
driving the British out of the minor
German positions which were occupied
by them to the southeast of Ypres.
This Is in the neighborhood of Hill 60.
Spring Delays Battles in East.
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 virtual
ly put an end to all activity along the
remainder of the Eastern front
The irritation in Holland over the
torpedoing of the Dutch 'Katwyk has
been greatly allayed by Germany's ex-
preston of her willingness to make an
apology and pay an indemnity If it is
found that the sinking of the vessel
was due to German submarine.
Sunshine Dries Trenches.
London, April 19.-The mud element
which has SO hampered both armies
during the winter operations in France
and Belgium now has virtually disap.
)eared along the British front.
Dismal rainy days have given way :
o almost unbroken weeks of sunshine, Q
which has dried up the roads, trenches :
md lines Of communication, making b
he soldiers life a paradise compared :
With former conditions.
With the coming of clearer weather a
here also has been a marked increase &
n the number of aeroplane reconnais- =
ances on boil. sides, as a cloudless q
atmosphere is just what the observers .
want. Half dozen aircrafts maneu- Il
cred over Ypres yesterday afternoon. =,
me majority were British, attempting p
bring down German flier who was 4,
rying to spot batteries at the rear of ..
he British lines. n
Fhe sky was unlocked anywhere q
kept by the cotton wool flakes of =
ursting shrapnel as anti-aircraft guns >
ought the fliers. Although the dueIs
ontinued for hours, no machine on A
lther side was brought down. Living
mid the ruins of the cloth hall and
Their structures, the population of
pres, almost daily under German III
hell fire, seldom turned their eyes A
eavenward. So stated with war are
! civilians that the graceful craft !"
ere unnoticed as they swerved, rose, ~
relied and winged for vantage points. to
Broadly speaking, there has been no IL
lange in the British front since :,
euve Chapelle, trench warfare con. -
nuing along the whole line, with only :"
few casualties here and there daily.
At one point where the trenches are VI
% than 200 yards apart the CORE. Il
ondent saw three British shells fall ~
the German lines, one striking in
10 trench and hurting debris high a
to the air. The Germans lately are
ing less artillery than the British, VI
ling to reply even to persistent n,
cling except where from many oh. en-
rvation posts they sight movements
the British lines.
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Berlin. April H.-0erman army -
adQuarters. describing the hard
hts between the Meuee and the, No
10 rivers April 1o-14, says the
each Offensive was On Q large scale
that altar several local SUCCESSES,
broke down entirely. with heavy Y
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