The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-25
BRITISH LET Up
IN INTENSITY Of
ARRAS OFFENSIVE
In Battle of Great Fierce
ness Haig's Forces Have
Advantage.
1000 PRISONERS
SINCE MONDAY
Important Battles Raging in
in MesOpOtamia and
on Italian Front

There was a diminution in the in
British and German armies Tuesday,
although battles of great fierceness
continue at several points In these,
according to British official communi-
cation, the advantage rested with Field
Marshal Hais's forces.
Southeast of Arras the British made
progress between the Sensee river and
Monchy de e-PreuX. driving their lines
to within a stones throw OF Foun-
taine les -Crosilles and Cherisy and
Strengthening out the sharp salient
there.
Northeast of Arras in the Gavrelle
sector, the Germans threw a strong
counter attack against the British, but
the British guns drove it back in dis
order.
1000 Prisoners.
Since Monday, more than 1000 Ger
mans have been made prisoner by the
British and still others are awaiting
transfer to the prison cages.
Tuesday the Germans were heavily
bombarded on various sectors from St.
| Quentin to the Champagne. Among the
booty captured by the French during
the recent engagements on the plateau
| on the Chemin -des- Danes, northwest
Of Sissons, are four Of the famous 1866
millimeter German hoWitzers.
| These guns doubtless soon will be
used against their former owners.
The British Royal Flying corps Is
taking fun advantage of the beautiful
spring weather for operations against
German aviators. Monday in flights in
the air, 15 German aircraft were shot
down by the Britishers, while "a Others
were last seen after engagements
driving earthward. Only two British
machines failed to return to theil
base.
There has been little activity on tn.
Russian and Rumanian fronts.
General Maude's troops have cap
tured the railroad station of Samara OF
the Tigress river some IS miles north
west OF Bagdad, and with it 16 loco
motives and PA railroad cars. Heav,
casualties were inflicted by the Brit
ish on the Turks and many prisoner:
were taken during the advance from
IZtabilat to Samara
In Palestine the Turks apparentl,
purpose to make a stand against fur
/ ther advance by the British through
the holy land toward Jerusalem. From
GAIA southeastward to Beersheba tn
Ottomans have been reinforced and ar
holding strongly entrenched position
From Gorilla to the head of tn
{ Adriatic sea, violent artillery duels ar
In progress between the Austrians an
, the Italians. At several points during
a. let up in the firing the Italians sal
lied forth and by surprise attacks oc
cupied advanced Austrian position
and made prisoners of the defenders
In Sugana valley extensive Austrian
movements are being carried out
an offensive in this region. The gun
here are roaring in a. mighty duel.
Along the entire Macedonian from
: reciprocal bombardments are takin
: place. The only infantry attack is re
ported by the Bulgarian war offic,
s which says that the British betwee
= Lake Doiran and the Vardar river fol
4 lowing an intense drum fire, delivere
e a thrust. but were repulsed.
The British admiralty expressed tn
s belief that a German torpedo boat de
= stroyer has been sunk in the North sc
Q off the Belgian coast by n bonn
= dropped by British naval air Graf
= one of three which attacked five enem
v destroyers.