Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-02
III AER0SL0ST
IN BIG BATTLES
BeIIigerents on West Front
Suffer Heavily in Apri-Many
German Guns Seized.
FRENCH REPULSE FOE

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. May "A compilation from
British. French and German official
communicates shows that tit airplanes
were shot down on the western front
during April. The Germans lost 36e,
the French and Beigians 2O1 and the
British lat. This is a great increase
over the casualties for any similar
period. The highest previous total was
322 in last September
During the month of April" says the
official report from British headquar-
ters in France, I'VE have taken in the
course OF our offensive operations 1888
German prisoners. including 1898 officers
In the same period we also captured
25i guns and howitzers. including 9s
heavy guns and howitzers. 227 trench
mortars and 40 machine guns.
In addition TO those we captured,
many OF the enemy's guns. howitzers,
trench mortars and machine guns have
been destroyed by our artillery fire.
German Aeros Driven Down.
Marked activity in the air continued
yesterday Monday) and during tho
night. In the air fighting eight Ger
man machines were brought down by
our airplanes. two of which fell in our
lines; nine others were driven down out
OF control. Another hostile machine
was shot down. Nine of our airplanes
are missing"
Both the artilleries were active dur
ing last night at a number of points on
our 'front.' between St Quentin and Lens"
says today's official statement regarding
operations on the Franco Belgian front
In the neighborhood of Fauquissart q
German raiding party was repulsed. 9th
erWlse nothing special occurred"
French Check Germans.
PARIS, May 2.-The Germans made
several attacks last night on the Aisne
front Today's official announcement says
they were partially repulsed by French
machine gun fire and grenades In the
Champagne the French made progress
The statement follows:
In the region of the Chenlln-des-
lanes the artillery was fairly active.
On the Cerny HurtebIse -Craonne front
the enemy made several attacks on our
trenches and small posts. The attacks
were partially repulsed by our machine
gun nre and our grenadiers.
In the Champagne the artillery fight
ing attained degree OF violence in the
sectors of Mont Cornillet and Mont Haut.
Active grenade fighting ACQUIRED in the
WOOD west OF Mont Cornillet, in which we
made appreciable progress. Near Eparges
our detchments penetrated the German
lines at several points, DESTROYING de-
tense works and returning with material
In Lorraine there was patrol ACTIVE
ity near Moncel and Embermenil. We
took prisoners.
'On Monday night French aerial
squadrons threw a number of projec-
tiles on several railway stations and
mllitary establishments in the regions
of Laon, Vouzieres and Rethel"
German Use of Reserves.
OTTAWA. May "A London dispatch
received at the agency here OF tho
Reuter- Telegram Company says:
Reuters correspondent at French
cipal gain of the Anglo-French often
sive up to the present is in forcing
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg to en-
gage reserves which had been assem-
bled for quite another purpose. and
wasting them irreparably- The Ger
mans apparently had a strategic re-
serve of forty-four divisions in tho
west. Thirty-three of those were sent
to the front line, and 1t is estimated
that more than half of these were with
drawn for reconstruction. owing to
losses"
IA Enemy Aeros Lost, Says Berlin.
BERLIN. May 2. via London. 4:54
pm.-The French and British lost four
teen airplanes on the western front
yesterday, the war Office announces.
The statement says that the new
French divisions on the Champagne
front were expected to capture the
heights south of Nauroy and Moron
villiers in their last attack, but that
the objective was not reached at any