New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-05-18
ENGLISH TROOPS
CAPTURE R0EUx'
BRITISH 6oM6ARD zEEeRUGoE
AND U-BOAT SHEDS BATTERED
DOWN By BIG SHELLS.
BULLEC0URTI IS RETAkEN
BERLIN ADMITS ADVANCE OF Al
LIES THROUGH GERMAN
LINES At ROEUx.

Russian reverses along Caucasian
and Mesopotamian fronts reported.
British capture Roeux, east of Ar
ras, and occupy all but two %outpOsts in
Bullecourt. North of Gavrelle, British
line is pushed forward for substantial
gain.
Sixth Zeppelin to be destroyed since
war began brought down by royal
navy in North sea.
London. May 15.-An official state
ment issued by the British admiralty
says: "A very heavy bOmbardment
of the important area at Zeebrugge
was successfully carried out Saturday
morning by our forces. The royal "a
val air service rendered valuable CO.
operation, and over fifteen aerial com
bats occurred, in Which four enemy
machines were destroyed and five
others were driven down out of con
troll. Two of our machines failed to
return. One of these descended in
Dutch territory and was i%nterned."
Most of the village Of Bullecourt, in
the Hindenburg line, is in the
hands of the British, who also, accord
ing to the official report from head
quarters in France, occupied the west
ern section of Roeux.
On southern end of line held by
French, Germans Sunday morning
made strong attacks on plateau Of
Craonne, on sector north of Rheims
and in region of Maisons de Cham
payne. French put down all three at
lacks, with artillery and rifles, causing
heavy casualties.
In Macedonia the Serbian troops
have captured and held against coun-
ter attacks several trenches on Do
bropolye heights, east of the Cerna
river.
British Headquarters in France, May
12.-While there is no general battle
in progress intensely bitter fighting
has flared up at various sectors on the
British line from the vicinity of Lens
almost to the south of st. Quentin.
Much of this is due to the desperate
attempts of the Germans to re-take
some of their old positions. They are
still hurting fresh reinforcements by
day and by night into the conflict,
which ever is becoming more sanguin-
airy.
The Germans have resorted again
to the use of liquid fire in their most
recent attacks but even that barbaric
weapon has failed them.
1t has been employed several times
in the tragic fighting which has ragged
about Bullecourt in the last ten days.
This village and the sections of the
Hindenburg line which adjoins it has
been the real storm center of the a
during this period along the British
front.
The Germans appear absolutely
frantic in their efforts to hold the
northern half of the village of Bulle-
court and to GUST the Australians from
their grim hold on the Hindenburg
line a short distance to the east. The
fighting here has been marked by all
the more terrible devices of warfare,
and in addition to liquid fire, gas has
been used time after time.
Boiling oil has been thrown, and
hand grenades, rifle grenades, trench
mortars and every character and ev-
cry caliber artillery has been en-
ployed.
The Australians have held their
ground like men of iron, however, and
the losses inflicted upon the attack
ers have been as heavy as in the most
bitter fighting during the battle of the
Somme.
Just south of the river they made
three different attempts against Brit
ish positions. during the last of which
liquid fire was used in great quanti-
ties. These flaming torches projecting
a roaring blaze $50 feet in front of the
Germans made a terrifying spectacle
under the cloud-banked sky but they
did little or no damage.
The Germans delivered a number Of
heavy attacks from Gavrelle all along
the line as far north as the Souchez
river. They were repulsed every
where.
There was heavy fighting Friday
around La Coulotte, just west of Avi-
on, where the British had made a ma
terial advance. Near Arleux the Ger
mans made a severe attack. All their
assaults are now preceded by the heav.
lest artillery preparations which the
Germans have ever employed but
many of their guns are silenced by
the British batteries.
Turkey Proposes Peace Agreement.
Rome.-The Idea Nazionale, the or
gan of the Nationalist party, prints a
report from diplomatic quarters that
Turkey has made overtures 10 Russia,
through a neutral source, for a sepa-
rate peace on the basis of the COM
plete opening of the straits to Rus ,
sian navigation, both for war vessels
and merchant ships. According to this
Turkey also declares herself
to give friendly consideration to the
question and suitable recog-
milton to the people Of all national
tiles.
Socialists Declare Kaiser Must Go.