New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-24
-. Huge as Teutons
,.oeb Fierce Attacks at
Advancing Allies
...rch Push Foes
Back Two Miles
..lle's Troops Advance
St. Quentin in Series
.tViolent Encounters

49, March 28.-Along the entire
,-ont between the searpc and the
I. IN France, the Allied and Ger
D. ..o,s came 20 grips to-day. AT
.,.,s. the battle. waged by infan-
!. avalry and artillery attained the
-, proportions of any engagement
oar Standing before the linden
.r,e from the region Of Arras to
.ss Germans launched counter
!. ,f.er counter attack at the adj
-, French and British forces, and
,..,ss on both sides we're enormous.
=, observers here see in the de-
'.-snts Of the last two days signs
giodenburg intends to fight de-
- hattie over the despOiled and
-.,...d country stretching from the
tn the Aisne and from st. Quen-
Il. Fere. If such battle should
.,,,,D # will probably be the greatest
=, in every way that has been
-. i, this war And with it Hin
,.s.-r will reveal his strategy and
rne reason for the great German
r...irsEal.
r, most desperate encounters Of the
,r took place along the French front
,,a Of St. Quentin, where less than
IS md half miles separate Nivelle's
,,,s from the enemy's defensive sys-
4. One struggle surged around st.
;..,, along both sides of the Somme-
IA. Canal, and slightly north. near
y rllages of Artemps and Seraucourt-
iGnnd.
French Drive Back Foes
sr, the Germans delivered a violent
,xrblow that almost swept the
-,ss Of their feet. Rallying quickly.
7Esr, the poilus rushed forward and
re The enemy back for some dis
rs. The German report states that
French suffered sanguinary losses
Z lssi go prisoners in this operation.
saty afterward the French launched
rls offensive in this same region,
e he face Of stubborn resistance
-Vsd the Germans back 20 the north
II Of the St. Quentin Canal TO a
"a varying from one and a quarter
10 and half miles.
s'-.h OF Scissors and along the ALI
r. RTer line two other mighty en-
|as-sl,s were fought. In the former
scn % the west and south of Mar
IN tie line swayed backward and
VA: as first the French and then
II Gg-sns scored successes. In some
x,',i Of the long, fluid line the Ger
as .1'led entire regiments at the
~. ranks. The German artillery,
z7.rg az every turn, picked out
s.'v,s Of French troops and moved
- town on the move. Two compa-
3 s.freneh chasseurs became isolat-
.fy the main army, but succeeded
:.i-s. they way back and bringing
+; as1 a number Of prisoners. De-
= re isrocity Of the opposition, the
w tduneed considerably nearer
rgll.
Frvnch Hold Heights Of Disc
ls,r the Athlete front, on both
= o. the Disc. the forces of Nivelle
I'd ahead also. continuing their
''ng Of the Athlete and advancing
.s heights OF the Disc TO the
r,sass Of Tergnier. From these
-riiing positions the French can
look down on the German de-
s,, and with the bringing up of
y is17y artillery the enemy's posi-
nl be exposed TO a raking fire.
french soldiers in this sector re-
r IA, the Germans have inundated
',nrs countryside, including the
1fhold Of La Fere, 70 impede the
8 ADVANCE.
= British forces on the front
least Of Ar-as struck even more
''1ul opposition than the French,
ii' the fact that they are several
= turther from the Germans re-
| " lize.
nree points-near Aizecourt-le-
Sa1retz-les-Cambrai and Vrau-
lie Germans counter attacked