Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-03-29
By The Victorious FreacEa
And British On The
Western Front.
OFFERS PEACE TO RUSSIA
Latest RumOr Is That Saws
Are Asked To Quit
The Allies.

The British and French troops Es,s1
made additional important 1a,uz
against the Germans on the line -1w-
Ting from Arras to scissors. OK sux
British center at several points, F5eG
Marshal Sir Douglas Haig's men csKH,
pushed forward appreciably nearer tia
st. Quentin-Cambria road, occupElug
the villages Of Longavesnes, LieraE1rns
and Equancourt, app in addition elavr
recapturcd from the Germans 8 ug1si-
ton north of Lez-Camunu
which the Germans took from theTur
an attack Monday night.
FRENCH CLEAR FOREST
The gains of tine French were nrrxsx
in the region to the south of La EsirS
where they drove the Germans exgEs-
pletely out Of the lower forest of Cesazy
and also Captured the villages Of E.fi.
Barsis, Merueil and Coucy-la-}iHF
bringing the French line inthis re-srEs
to the western outskirts Of the daa-E&r
Of St. Gobain and the upper fOrssst xia
Coucy. In the scissors sector szr1E-,
err progress was made north
BERLIN ADMITS LOSSES
The German war office admits tiE6
capture by the British of the town. 1a
Roisel about eleven miles northaxsxf
of St Quentin, and the falling backing
the German forces before the Frezscs8
at several points in the forest rsgMs
south of La Fere in order to avoid Rssa--
ing Outhanked. Violent artillery sgrax--
ing in the region of Verdun and 81 sss-
rious points in Belgium, notably ssEssz
DiXmude, Steenstraete and HenSxS
has been in progress.
RUSSIANS FALL BACK
On the Russian front the Russians
have been forced to fall back oefsEy
the Germans south of BaronovichEzK
Cordng to a statement Of the Perrz,-
grad war Office. In this fighting EsE--
lin claims that more than 300 Russians
were made prisoners and four macTnTrm
guns and seven mine throwers. warF
captured. Russian attacks near Lur.ssEz
and in Galicia were repulsed by tfK
Teutonc allies, says Berlin.
FIGHTING IN RUMANIA AGAIN
Apparently a renewal of fighting II
Rumania is indicated by the Geruarr
official communication which SAYS 1Frs..
Russians have been prevented f-rnug,
carrying out an attack south of ar,.
Trotus valley.
In the Austro-Itaham theater a,ysrser
the Julian front, the Austrians. msnr
an attack in force between Dosso FsE.-.
and Frigido and captured a seeticp s.ss
Italian trenches on Hill 1875. At -
other places however the attack ",
with repulse, according to Rome.
About 400 yards of Teutonic trcyl-.s.-
es have been captured by the FFeas:
near the Cervraignia crest in Servaszt
Macedonia, together with some MEn
prisoners. A Bulgarian attack in -rse
Cerna river bend in this region w.ae
repulsed.
BRITISH DESTROYERS LOST
Announcement is made by the Bra
ish admiralty that the British. hospin.
ship Asturians, which was repoasa
previously by Berlin to have hsar
sunk, was tOrpedoed without warninw.
Thlrty-one persons We're killed in ..1ss.
attack and twelve persons ere sz
missing from the vessel The As.gs
las had no wounded on board at ths,
time but carried some 800 persons
Unofficial dispatches from Der ,sao,
say Germany has offered a separai-
peace to Russia.
The terma offered are SAID K Or
complete autonomy to Poland, he
Decentralization of ConstantinOple.
The evacuation by Russia Of Austrian
territory and Russian protectorah..