The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-05-10
e the offensive has reached more than
The Frenchmen Attack.

The Frenchmen Attack.
The Germans concentrated their ct
forts yesterday morning in attacks On
the west of the French front in the re-
gion of Laffaux. and in the afternoons
on the eastern section from Braye to
sCraonne. But the French held the
whip hand. and beat off4wave upon
|WaFeof the erlemy's dwindling reserve,
With terrible losses More than that,
the Frenchmerl, after hours of stiff
fighting, still had the energy to dash
forward n maintained fresh positions
in the regions naturally fortified.
The desperate resistance Of the Ger
mans and the frequent counter attacks
In force are comprehensive when it Is
realized that if the French capture
Aliemant and Pinon they will outfank
the whole line running north to ST.
Quentin. General Nivelle. however. has
no sinecure, as he is confronted by the
famous Siegfried line, a system of for
tifications on which the Germans have
lavished4 weeks of work. and which is
of the most formidable type.
Battaiions Annihilated.
On the right wing German battalfons
streamed out of Filain wood. to attack
%Froidmont farm which stands midway
between Cheyregny n Hill 1856. They
are practically annshilated.
The famous Chelnin Des-Dames, the
key of the whole section, is now In
great part in possession of the French.
In several places they have even gone
far beyond it. 1T. was the possession of
this road which enabled the Germans
to hold up the French advance for 50
llong. Its capture alone shows the i'm
p~ortaece of success gained by General
Nivelle in the battles of Saturday and
Sunday.
j. More recently orders have been cap
tured or the subject. together with one
urgent appeal from a company COM
mander that "at least two big wagons
be sent Immediately to carry away our
| dead
The bite into the Hindepburg line By
the Australians has meant the almost
! complete o~bliteration of a section Of
this strong position which formerly ran
from Arras to Queant. The capture of
Nimy ridge by the Canadians on April
8, left the Arras-Queant position Tin
the air" and the turning of the top of
that line neAt day beyond Melville Wit
asse led the Germans to begin the inn
mediate preparation of the so-called
Dorcourt-Queant switch as the neW
northern extension OF the Hindenburs
line.
Pushed To New Line.
The Australian success east OF Bulle-
Icourt being q. threat against the inn
portant Queant junction. the Germans
naturally are fighting with the utmost
determination to offset h latest adj
vance and again their losses AVE been
admittedly heavy.
The Rr;tis.s are in touch with the
Hindenburg line ali the way from
Queant south to st. Quentin, and are
steadily pressing the Germans toward
the Drocourt switch in the north. The
Germans, ~apparently.a are determined
not to retire until they are forced to dc
so. Thus it can be seen that the of
~fensive operations in which great losses
are inflicted are often of more im-
portance than 81 gain OF ground no
strongly defended.
RUSS ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
Petrograd, May 8. tvia L%ondon)-.
An official statement issued Saturday
night says:
We abandoned the towns of Ognott
and Mnsh. Turkish Armenia, for stra :
tegic reasons The Turks occupied
Mush.''
The occupation # Mush was an.
bounced rom Constantinople. May /.