The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-06-07
KAISER APPEARS PLEASED
RESULTS, HOWEVER, SHOW THE
ALLIES HAVE MADE GAINS.
Germany Lost More Than $1,000
Prisoners in French and Brit
ish Drives Against Germans.

Although Field Marshal Won Hin
denburg and Emperor William assert
that the Anglo-French offensive ON
the Western front has failed after
seven weeks of effort, French Of
hcial statement declares that the
Germans lost more than $4,000 pris-
oners alone during the French and
British drives against the German
line.
Emperor William writes the, Ger
man empress that the fighting in
France has reached certain con-
cluslon.' Since April /, the British
nave advanced on front of 20 miles
from Loos to South of Bullecourt.
to an entrance depth of six miles East
OF Arras.. Field Marshal Haig's men
have taken Vimy ridge, dominating
the plains to Douai and have virtual
ly surrounded Lens and St. Quentin
and have held their gains against des-
perate and repeated German attacks,
while inflicting heavy losses.
In the same time the French have
advanced along Is mile front North /.
of the Aisne and seized the heights
dominating the valley of the Ailette
river, the last natural defense before
Laon. In Champagne the French
troops in intrepid attacks have gained
the heights of Mont. Carnillet, the
Casque, the Teton and Mont Haut, to
the East of Rheims All the French
gains have been held. Repeated at
tacks by the German crown prince
against the captured have been made
without avail and be has expended
thousands of lives in fruitless efforts
to regain the lost ground.
More than 1000 officers were in
cluded in the total of $4,000 pris-
oners captured Enormous quantities
of material were taken from the
Germans, including 446 heavy >and
field guns, 1000 machine guns and
many trench guns.
Emperor William also has congrat-
ulated Emperor Charles on the failure
of the Italian attacks along the Ison-
20 from PLAYA to the sea, but Gen.
Cadorna's troops have gained the
Vodice ridge and have made import
ant advances on the Carso. The Ital-
ians added to their gains on Friday by
taking Austrian positions on front
of one and a quarter miles to depth
of 400 yeards South of Castagnavizza
on one of the main roads to Triest.
An advance of 400 yards along a
mile and quarter front by Italian
troops on the road to Triest, an
nouncement by the Germans that they
had captured a French position 1000
yards in length Northeast of Scissors
and a British air raid on German
bases along the German coast vonsti-
tuted the chief news developments in
the war theatres Saturday.
Aside from the battle fronts, occur
ances in Brazil and Southern Russia
bear important relations to the war.
Forty-six merchant vessels aggre-
eating 240,779 tons are reported to
the worlds carrying trade at time
when they are urgently needed by a
decree signed Saturday by President
Braz of Brazil, enabling the country
to make use of the German vessels
now in Brazilian ports.
Thirty-three of the German YES
sells are Of more than 1900 tons each
and one is of 1880 TONS.
This action was the first step taken
by Brazil after revoking her declara-
tion of neutrality in the war.
In consequence of Russian royalists
riots in Tiflis, in the Trans-Caucasian
government of Southern Russia, the
Grand Duke Nicholas, formerly COM
mander in chief of the Russian ar