Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-01
FtcHTINc ON LONG FRONT.

London, April 80. Heavy fighting
continues along the front between Ar
ras and Lens, with very little change
in the situation reported, Reuters cor
respondent at British headquarters
telegraphs today. The Germans are
continuing to bring up fresh troops and
to deliver counter attacks more partic.
ularly in the neighborhood Of Oppy and
from their trench system dawn to Cav
relle.
The British hold the windmill north
east OF the latter village and have i'm
proved their posts along the southwes.
tern slope OF Greenland hill. Continu-
ous lighting ia In progress around the
GrlS,x cheMA ,ss.i.s. i : ---s Ii
'-.int general way continues the
correspondent, "the situation along the
front OF the attack which began at
daybreak on Saturday is that we hold
the German front line from the point
where the. Bailleuil-Biache loop line
crosses the trenches northwest Of Cav
relle to the fork in the Oppy line be.
tween that place and Arleux. Beyond
this fork we hold the German support
line for a length of about 1000 yards.
Thence our front continues just east Of
Arleux."
BRITISH TIGHTEN HOLD.
London, April 30.-The offlcial state
ment issued by the war ONCE this
morning says:
I'm a small local operation between
Monchy-le-preux and the Scrafe river,
we captured few prisoners and i'm
proved our position during the night.
Our troops also made successful raid
north Of Ypres, capturing eighteen
prisoners and machine gun"
FIRE CURTAIN STOPS TEUToNs.
Paris, April sO.-violent artillery
lighting occurred last night south Of
st. Quentin In the regions Of Troyon,
Hurtebise and Craonne. Several in
cipient German attacks we're stopped
by the French curtain Of fire.
BRiToNs CONTINUE ADVANCE.
London, April 30-Severe fighting
continues on the Macedonian front,
where the British took the offensive
last week The war office announced
that an effort to expel the British from
captured positions had been defeated.
The statement follows:
ACAS6i SuANoy AA6he wv
commander in chief at Salonoki re.
ports that on our Doiran-Vardar front
the enemy lost heavily Saturday night
in a futile attack on the positions
gained by us.
ION our Struma front we raided
enemy trenches near Keupri. killing
few occupants. The remainder fled"
FRENCH WELCOME PErAlN.
Paris, April 80. The appointment of
General Petain as chief of staff is well
coined generally as timely reform
which had long been advocated by mil
itary experts. General Petain, as tech.
.nical adviser to the government, will
occupy very much the same position as
General Sir William Robertson in Lon.
Con and will be responsible for the gen.
eral conduct of operations wherever
French troops are engaged
In addition to this appointment it Is
understood that the government con-
templates various other measures of re-
organization, based on an examination
of the military situation and the les
sons taught by the recent operations
The Petit Parisien says that certain
services whose working has been
shown to be defective will be overhaul
ed and that changes will be made
among leaders, whose talents could be
more judiciously used. The paper adds
that this will be done without pre-
judice to the disciplining Of those who,
whatever their previous services. have
committed faults and made mistakes"
SUBMARINE MENACE INCREASES.
London, April 30-Replying to ques-
tions in the house OF commons today.
Sir Edward Carson, first lord Of the ad-
miralty. said that as the number of
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