New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-04
British Advance
In Face of Strong
German Attacks
ua;g Moves Forward on
Fiye-Mile Line Be-
yond Ancre
Teutons Making Stand
Actions Reported from Yer
dun, Macedonian and
Russian Fronts

,..Son. March S.-A British advance
quarter Of a mile in depth over a
". 81 almost five miles is officially
.ao,,ed to-day near the western END
,se sector over which the Germans
o. ~ heer withdrawing beyond the
, go, The gain begins just east oil
n...,ecourt and extends southeast
I'D 90 a point north Of PpisiuSI "a j.
49, w., and. according TO the war OIiCc
W.. .Vo.erent. was carried out ana mann
'e;.sd against the most STUBBORN IT,
sstsnce. .ho Rritisb along
~, limited front. just where the new
a. makes a bend, has a tendency "
ing NJ enother salient. That the GER
''e"S bovo reached n line which they
man. ,ronared 20 dispute Is indicated
arg ~ determined opposition TO the
ng;.;sb thrust and by severe counter
p ..Ls launched by them at other
@..s on the new Ancre line.
pOr1..s Haig's report admits that a
-, bombing attack forced them 10
e..rs.e a trench east OF Sallly-oai.
,,I mich is near the pivotlng point
rel -
= .be German retreat. However u
o. LTD that a British counter attack
- ;r1mediately organized. when re-
~ss the whole of the lost ground
Artillery Smothers Germans
r.. British we're also obliged 10
-. another German assault nortn-
ne. 49,. of Guedecourt, but report that Il,
tas' Gathered i'm artillery barrage ana
i'T ~ German war statement does not
e. nositions other than 10 report
:;here we're violent infantry en-
ma l...-'erts on both banks of the Ancre,
.:r Which the enemy, IN addition 10
=" losses. lost sixty prisoners
srd eight machine guns.
Tbet botb the Allies and Teutons are
.,,.o,'sIv alert over the whole sweep OF
~ West front is revealed by the re
-cr.s from London. Paris and Berlin:
H. Germans chronicle the repulse OF
Rr;tisb trench raids made before dawn
Deor Hulluch and Levin and, IN the
Gvenin'g al other points along the AT
,ois sector On the other hand, the
british disclose that the enemy rusned
wa nosts northwest Of Roye during the
,igbt carving back a few prisoners:
Strong enemy patrols advancing east Oh
Civenchy and La Bassee IN the morn
inc we're dispersed by rife fire.
French Attack at Verdun
During the day the French carried
am snecessful surprise attacks against
German trenches near Moulin-sous-
TorTent. east Of Hill 304, in the Yer
I'm region. and in the Apremont for
s, Berlin chronicles the Illustration
~ French advances in the Alsne and
Champagne sectors.
British flyers were active during the
dsy. swinging low over the. hostile
.renches. One machine is missing:
On the East front violent fighting IS
reported only al isolated points.
Petrograd admits that German forces
yesterday penetrated Russian first lines
in Gslicia. but we're later evicted. Fly
ing has been resumed in the East.
A heavy snowfall crippled operations
on the Rumanian front, but though the
storm seems 10 have extended over the
Macedonian region. the French report
vigorous actions. A sharp attack by
me Italians al Hill 1850 resulted
in SCATTERING the Bulgar-Germanlc
trenches and the capture Of prisoners
The official news from Rome refers
% the usual trench raids along the
Austro-Italian front, with "intermitten'
artillery actions"