Arizona republican., 1917-05-01
AMERICAN
STEAMER
IS SUNK
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Republican A. ,. Leased Wirel
An American armed steamer, the oil
tanker Vacuum, has been sunk by a
German submarine and it is feared
that an American naval lieutenant and
some of his gun crew of nine men per-
ished. The captain and several sail
ors of the Vacuum are known To have
been drowned. Scant details of the
sinking are available.
This is the second armed American
vessel sunk in the war zone. One
member of an American naval crew
was drowned when the steamer Aztec
was lost.
The expected battle in the Cham
pagne region of France following days
of acute gun preparation by the French
forces which was answered almost
shot for shot by the Germans. at last
has broken. Seemingly synchroniZing
it with the somewhat lessened activity
on the part of the British against the
Germans on the Arras front. the
French Monday eastward from Rheims
launched an attack over a front of
about four miles from the south of
Beine to the east of Mont Carnillet and
captured several fortified German
trenches. The French line was driven
forward to depths ranging relatively
from 500 to 1000 meters Simultan-
eOusly to the eastward a thrust by the
French northeast Of Mont Haut netted
them a gain of about tWo-thirds of d
mile and placed them virtually astride
the MOrOnvilliers- Naurov road.
That the fighting in this region has
not yet been brought to a conclusion
is indicated by the official statement of
the Paris war office. which announces
that artillery duels of violence are still
.,1r Iac
tinuation of the great artillery activity
from St. Quentin to the Disc and along
the Chemin des Danes. northeast of
SOissOns
Little news concerning the situation
along the front from Lens to St. Quen-
tin, where the British for several weeks
have made notable gains. has been
vouchsafed--L London. Monday night
merely mentioned the repulse of Ger
man attack east of Arras between
Monchy- PreuX and the Scarpe river.
Berlin dismisseS the ArraS sector with
the assertion that Monday saw only
an artillery engagement of vaying in
tensity, but it goes to considerable eX-
tent into a description of the sanguin-
airy engagements of Saturday at Oppy
which. it is asserted. still ~emainS in
German hands, and north of the Douai-
Arras road. The British casualties in
this fighting are declared to have been
more than six thousand. while more
than 1000 prisoners and forty machine
guns were captured and ten ranks We're
destroyed.
The airmen of all the belligerents
continue to carry out spectacular
battles.
The French Statement
PARIS, April 30.-In a powerful at
tack in the Champagne region today
the French troops captured several
fortified lines of trenches in the neigh
borhOOd of Mont Carnillet to a deptf
of 500 to 1000 meters according tC
the war office report issued todaY
The statement says:
IN Champagne, after spirited artil
lery preparation, our infantry at 12:4l
o'clock delivered an attack against tn,
German lines on both sides of Mon
Carnillet. To the west we captured
several fortified lines of trenches from
that mount as far as south of Bein,
TO a depth varying from 500 to 1,00t
meters. To the east we pushed ou
lines forward on the north slopes
northeast of Mont Haut as far as tn.
approaches to the roas between Nauro,
and Moronvilliers.
"iolent artillery fighting continues il
that region.
"On April % our pilots brough
down four German airplanes; SIX othe
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