New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-17
Line Driven Back
| Two Miles Between
Rheims and scissors
R,itish Advance as
Nivelle Opens Drive
sweep Closer to Lens Cr'tl-
cal Week Ahead for
Hindenburg

.. rila IRON
,vseping across the enemy's
-. everywhere and IN many
,,,.,-a,irg tho hostile lines 70
..,a q two miles. More thsn ten
80 ~ German prisoners have Al
-, s.,n counted and Gagged.
-. ,,s..byrr was rot unprepared
=, day, the thunder Of French
- has heralded the attack and
=. lat four days the hurricane
.Irs big guns has surpassed IN
'',,.,e al previous bomoardment' OF
-, Along The whole front the
-. eommald had grouped what
p. nigh, comm1n.qud describes
s,,r important forces and numer-
,,-l,erv" II vas on this line that
!, Germans tried 20 protect them
80. shor, nuc ago when they
sr,t n dryc the French from the
Ak,,kof ,-e A.s1c Canal.
T., the French fro had done its
- The cremy's forward defenoes
81, w.de.ro,lng furrows Of lashed-
ru5. and scarcely machine gun
--,,,5 IN place 20 check the charg-
, ssrsiior, hurrying forward along
y, t,,ts a. the Aisuc River.
Germans Counter Attack
h,- beyond SCISSORS 20 Craonne
,,sbolc German system Of first line
..-ass were oycrrun. In the dip
,rs,rd 70 Juy.ucourt the success was
a rsat. and south Of Juwncourt the
Oman second position was occupied.
| '.-inr sou;heastward along the old
l-eh Inc. Niycne's forces drove for
-5 A. far as tho outskirts Of Ber-
~,oar, and clear 20 the Aisno Canal
lo.vre and Courcy. 4 little less than
niles North of Rheims.
~, German defenders recovered
,,'y from ttc FIRST shock and fought
rt fury Where the line says he
sen Craorrc and Juyineourt, almost
sfor, the French mad time TO establish
.snulves Hrdcnburg's supports
hrr forward in q counter attack. fol-
ars u up AGAIN and again as they
nis thrown back by biz gun barrage
"a -tehine gun bullets.
Berlin Admits Fierce Fighting
Berlin admits the ferocity Of the at
a,k and Gays "a bitter hght is proceed
e around our foremost positions.
lirs credits the defenders with tens-
ty and energy. Il is evident that the
hres is in ITS earliest stages and that
Esd,nburg IS prepared TO exact the
~ blood prcc for every foot Of ter
r,sry vrested from him.
his he must do. for tho French are
t-,ting AZ tho Craoune plateau, a
rsaon even more formidable than the
t,o1s Vimy Ridge. near tho other end
sas isr-Aung battle ine. and now IN
as hands o. the british. Il is the
l'sg hinge o. the Hlndcnburg line, the
s's.Aem pier upon which ne hung his
I','arlous suspension bridge during the
ra' ttremen,. But thc highland
o''i abruptly 90 commanding height
''as Is western scarpe and is consid-
''i izgregnable 20 a frontal assault
ne French are trying TO sweep
aatas'vard. past and around II. so
.-h hey may hrrg their guns 20 bear
- rs gent.cr slope However. the
laeaae plateau proved too great an
sate even for Napoleon. Il was
t ~; the Prussiaps. under Blueher,
~ nm back in the Marne campaign
1''e than century ago.
Critical Week for Germany
.ses ,ho interest of tho vast drive
Aies are carrying against the
.sashtd Germans over front that
i..E hne alone covers more than "a
,ee milet, shifts from the Stag
- O. Lens 90 the rolling uplands
b.. 4aal country through which the
ta are smashing. II Nivelle's
49,, nee; with the same success
- 80 fSsfdei the British in the Arras
a.. NED Marshal Won Hindcnburg
critical week.
s-'..eeeo' The German Empire faces a
n, EeeG, for u Is recognized that
S.-,s ,sAtnding battle may well be the
a, n engagement Of the wRr. That
4 V''rm High Command realizes
n, ~ mere series Of attacks upon
ss,s.'.le trenches for purely tactical
sa,i.n Is indicated by the Berlin
fr,r,,s s.i.sun, which refers 20 "a great
y, Auempt 20 break through. with
M M eii,sai object"
rs,s,, rs,'isers .eers With the French armies
A. sAe Beginning Of the offensive
tros, 10 tho extreme. The day
''''r heavy clouds.
'''' Cease; Charge Begins
,,v,r sssss-hfe of the guns, which had
aynasn Tor ten days, rose stead
essly. an ".,te w SCATTERING pitch. Sud
vaky ~ y along the line. as bv a s,on
N. ee CONTINUOUS cianeor c"a.sa1 "
hsssass, minute Nivelle's soldiers.
after ~ and thousands Of them. mile
lfts,i.. t Of them. were over he
BAD ,.,hd shd tro,ting INTO the omen.
lslass' 's.'a,, s.',, Of bursting German sheli
a. tro,,s'.' t,,s' 'saem. bat still they pressed
f'sy.s,, hefc and there. until their
sfsyes,, :, uniforms were part - the
5tzeas, saling Ia the churnco.up
tssssa .hee the frst lines we're
"a II y. matter OF man TO man
ssr ss-. most nst savage nature. In q
'srman prisoners. singly