The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-30
GERMANS DBNt !
AGAINST kLLE|
Great Effort to Break Throu,
to Calais.
BOTH SIDES | CLAIM GAIN
The French Insist That Allies, Con-.
ter-Atracks Continue With Success,
and That British Are Hold.
ing Their Own.

London.-The German rushs.
Flanders and the Woevre, where ,b,s
claim to have had considerable on.
cess, are believed to be the forer,,
ners of another big effort to bro.s
through the allied lines in the west
For many days Belgium has hes,
sealed from the observation of nam
trails while reinforcements from c.,
many were being moved to the sOuf,
to take part in the new offepsi,,
which they hope is to carry them IA
Calais and possibly break the resist
ance of the Allies.
The attack in Flanders, originah
levelled at the French, has been tran,
ferred to the British lines held BY I'M
Canadians on the immediate right a
the French, and here for two DAYS n.
men from the Dominion have been ..
gagged in a deadly contest with Nm
Germans.
The latter state in their official n
port that they have made further pu,
ress toward Ypres and that the Brita
counter-attacks have been repulsed
British Hold Positions.
The French account, on the oas
hand, declares that the Allies cou
ter-attacks continue with success All
that the British hold all their pos
tions, and repeats the charge that ID
Germans are using bombs containln
asphyxiating gases.
The German attack in the WoeH
or in the Meuse Hills was directN
against the French positions to d
southwest of Combres, and, accordh
to the Berlin Statement, the Frent
suffered a heavy defeat Paris nov
ever, says that in a counter-attack ID
Germans were completely driven ou
of the French first line, which the
had pushed back.
These offensive movements by I'D
Germans have been made possible h|
the state Of the ground on the eastA
front, where operations are vituy
impossible until the spring floods i've
subsidized.
Taking advantage of these cOn0A
tions the German General Staff .rsn|
ferred a large number of troops to v
west to make another big effort, whf|
shows that they are not content I
rely on passive policy.
A New German Army.
It is believed that a half MILD
new German troops have reaehd
Flanders and that more guns and nj
terial are to be used than were NI
vided for the original attempts to a
stroy the allied armies in the west
attempts which met with failure bod
in August and in October
With 100000 men on the Confined
as announced recently by the Britisl
Chancellor of the Exchequer, reiI
forcements have doubtless been hui
ried forward to fill the gaps in th
British lines.
In one of its infrequent bulletins th
Belgian Legation at London announce
that the town of Lizerne, west of th
Ypres Canal, which was captured b
the Germans on Friday night, hs
been retaken by the French and Be
gian troops, and that the Belgian arti
lery has been engaged in a duel wit
the German batteries the whole lengt
of the Belgian front
In the meantime the eastern front
enjoying a period of comparative cal
except in the mid-Carpathians, whel
the Russians continue to attack d
Austrians in Uzsok Pass, and TO d
eastward, where the Austrians an
Germans are trying to crush the Ru
sian flank. Both sides report successe
Italy, Greece, Roumania.
Italy and Greece continue to debs
what steps, if any. they will take, al
Roumania, it is believed, waits
Italy's decision.
Greece, too, is considering tern
which, however, come from the Allie
and Athens is torn by divided opiniC