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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-07
Six British Airmen
Down Five of Foe
Rout Superior German Squad
ron After a Furious
Battle

London. May Ga victory by Brit
ish air squadron OF six machines over
German contingent of between fifteen
and twenty planes is recorded in to
lights official statement.
The Germans. dying in several groups,
attacked The British airmen and sue
cceded in breaking Up the squadron
formation. But the British pilots con-.
tinued to support each other and
brought their machine guns into effec-
tive play. One of the German machines
was brought down just within the Brit
.sh lines.
Then the fight shifted over the enc
my's territory. where two more hostile
machines were seen to drop and crash.
Finally two others were sent down out
OF control. whereupon the remainder OF
the German squadron fed. Though
considerably battered, all the British
machines returned to their base.
Altogether yesterday the British, at
the cost Of two of their own machines.
destroyed four hostile planes. threw
FIVE on; Of control and shot down two
more by guntre.
Paris reports three German alrplanes
brought down by French fiers and an
other by gunhre. In a raid OF Hagon-
DANCE $500 Kilograms of projectiles
we're dropped on stations, barracks and
factories, causing extensive fires.
Berlin declares that the Allies lost
fourteen aIrplanes yesterday and two
captive balloons.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-07
Russians Shell German
Station on East Front

Petrograd. May The following Of
fetal communication was issued to-day
by the War Office:
Western Russian front There
have beer. exchanges Of fire and raids
by patrols. Our heavy artillery bonn
barded the station at Foyvrsk. east OF
Kovel. causing a series OF great oXplo-
eions apparently in munitions depots.
I'm several sectors Of the front the en-
envy fred exclusively explosive bull
lets.
"Rumanian from, In the direction Of
the Kezdi-Vasarhely region. west Of
Monestar-Kachinul the enemy took the
offensive. The FIRE Of our artillery
drove enemy columns back TO his
trenches. On the rest Of the front
there has been rife firing and patrol
raids.
Caucasus front On the 2Sth our
troops crossed TO the right bank Of the
Disla River near the village of Meidan
surprised the Turks and returned with
out loss. bringing back twenty-three
prisoners. For strategicai reasons III
the regions of Ornott and Mush our
troops took up new positions. The lat
Ter town was occupied by the Turks.
"Our aviators raided Wilma, where
thcy dropped bombs on the railway sta
ton. Enemy airplanes dropped bombs
on Stanislavot.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-07
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-07
Teuton Dead Piled
High After Futile
Counter Attacks

French Headquarters. May 6.-Not
only have the last two days delivered
more than 5000 prisoners to the
French, but they have given them posi-
tions whence they can operate on the
principal German defensive lines oc-
cupying the crest on the northern SIDE
of the Ailette Valley.
From Laffaux Mill to Craonne. the
entire Chemin -des Danes, with the eX-
ception of a very small section, IS held
firmly by the French, who have THOR
oughly organized their gains IN de-
fance of all the efforts to Dust them
Counter attacks were tried by the Ger
mans last night at many points WIN
great masses OF men who displayed the
ferocty OF despair. but they were
beaten back again and again.
Men returning from the lines assert
that the numper Of German dead lying
en- the battlefield is greater than ever
seen on one spot during the fighting in
France.
The correspondent Of The Associated
Press watched the battle from the posi-
ton whence tho French went over to
the attack north Of Nanteuil-la-fosse
and Sancy. To the northwest was LAT
faux Mil. while to the northeast Fort
Malmaison, dlsmantled before the war
stood out like a square block on the
horizon. In the centre was LANCE Gar
diem. where the Chem'n-des Danes
breaks of from the Soissons-Brusse!s
road.
The battle hcreabouts was mos; i'm
teresting. as the possession OF LafauX
Mill gives the occupant an enlilading
position along the Chemin- des-Dames
and the Ailette. The German resist
ancc here reached its highest point,
but could not prevail against the pow
erful blows of the French attack.
the Germans countered after the
French had taken their front line. but
were given blow for blow. the French
eventually wearing down their oppo-
nents. Several ruined farmhouses,
such as those Of Mennsjean, Colombo
Royere and Epinne-de-C hevregny. the
latter directly on the Chenin-des-
Danes. we're scenes OF fierce engage
ments with hand grenades and bayonets.
In these the French came out victors.
This morning nearly thirty kllo-
metres of the Chemin-desD Danes we've
in French hands.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-07
Lufbery Breaks Up
The "Flying Circus

Paris. May 6.-Raoul Lufbery, d
American "ace,' had light on Wedns
day with four members Of the Boot
flying circus" ten miles bahind =
German lines.
The Lafayette squadron had aeee'
panied a French bombardlng squsdi'
to Essigny-le-Pe and on their re-
Lufbery caught sight Of the four VI
mans flying together. He went at q
20 attack them.
The Germans tried new tactics,
ing in a close circle and endeavof'
10 get Lufbery encompassed IN a 4
Of fire. This maneuvre they ~
three times - .thout success, when 4
of the Boches left his companions 4
tried 10 get above Lufbery. But
American climbed faster and drove
antagonist to earth, whereupon
rest of the flying circus seul,l
away.
The Lafayette squadron has b
cited for the second time in the az
orders. and one mo~e citation will 3
IT'S members the right to wear a spec
badge OF honor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-07
Russia to Make
No Separate Peace,
Message to Slavs
Representatives of 10000
600 Here Get Assurances
from Envoy

Representatives OF :he 100000
Slats IN The United States met al Car
ncgic Hall Yesterday afternoon to
tender their services TO the government
in any capacity in which they might be
needed. and offer such support as IS IN
their power TO their comrades IN Rus
Sia's now democracy 20 prevent the &C
cCutancc % a separate peace.
The hall rang with cheers when Dr..
y. Shatzsky, Il member of the Russian
Railway Commission and a personal re-
preventative of the temporary Russian
government, announced that there was
no possibility Of a separate peace.
Knowing the members of the new
government a. ! do and the spirit OF
the Russian democracy as do, do not
hesitate 10 say that there IS not the
slightest danger Of ;he acceptance OF
a peace that viii not be acceptable 10
all of our allies" he said. There will
be no separate peace.
The meeting unanimously adopted
resolutions in which the Bohemlans.
Slovenes. Croatians, Russians, Poles
Serbians and Slovaks in this country
rendered their services to the nation,
whether it be on the battlefield, be-
hind the plough. in the factory, or in
the mine" The resolutions also ten
dered to the people and soldiers Of
Russia their feartest sympathy and
support in their fighting against Prus-
sian militarism.
Professor Michael I. Pupin declared
that the greatest wonder of the world
was the discovery by the rulers of
Europe that President Wilson was not
simply using empty words when he an
nounced that it was time the smaller
governments SHOULD have the same
the greater ones. II is upon this the
DRY, he said, that the foundation Of the
new world neace would be laid.
Dudley Field Malone. Professor J.
Dyneley Prince and Charles j. Vopicka
were other speakers who praised the
attitude of the Slavonic races in the
position they had been compelled to
occupy during the present war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-07
Germans Skeptical
Of EIindenburg's
Success in West
People Beginning to Doubt
Truth of War Office
Reports

Copenhagen. May 8. All is apparent
~ not easy sailing for the German
military authorities in their efforts to
convince the people at home that every
thing is going well on the Western
front.
The German military critics occa-
sionally refer in their articles TO let
ters of criticism from readers on this
or that feature of the war reports. IN
dicating not only an unwillingncss to
take the official bulletins and the dis
patches of the war correspondents at
their face value, but also that the
number Of doubling Thomases is large.
A few weeks ago, as is evident from
articles by Captain Salzmann IN the
"Vossiche Zeitung" and By other writ
ers laboriously replying 20 q food Of
critical letters. there was displayed an
inability to SOC a great victory I'M Won
Hindcnburg's strategic retirement.
And now writer in the "Dcutsche
Tagcszcitune' say that many good
patriot is struck By ,hc discrepancy
between the German and the foreign
reports. and is showing a hesitation
to accep. the German figures OF the
number Of enemy aIrpIanes destroyed.
Another point now made, as during
the Somme offensive. Is the refusal OF
the British and French 70 discontinue
attacking, despite the often reiterated
official declarations that the general
offensive has broken down in defeat
These were accompanied last year by
calculations to show that Germany's
opponents had exhausted their last re-
serves. but the statements were SUB
jected to such repeated revision that
this year more sparlng use Is MADE
of the argument.
A feature of the war IN recent days
has been the steady extension of the
appeal to public sentiment on the
part OF the military. The attitude at
the outset was that the public was
entitled to no information and that
the less news published. even in M
official bulletins, the better This.
however, has yielded to recognition
that without popular sentiment behind
it the conduct OF a successful war IS
impossible.
The military authorities themselves
established for this years campaign
big organization to supply the press
with popularity written discussions and
scriptions of military events to sup
plement the official bulletins and the
dispatches of the war correspondents.
These articles are now being issued
so copiously that the press Is able to
print them only in part, although they
generally are timely and well written.
1t seems probable that the army's
official bulletins. despite the numbers
that regard them specifically, still hold
the confidence Of the general public.
They certainly did so up to the time Of
The Associated Press correspondents
departure from Berlin, in contrast with
those of the Admiralty, whose publicity
work. especially after the Bluccher
fight and the battle of Jutland. was
received with considerable skepticism
in Germany.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-07

London. April 81 Stirring incidents
o. the tremendous fighting on the
Arras battlciields are related by wound
cd officers and men who have returned
from the British front in France. That
these men are absolutely satisfied with
the progress the British troops are
making is quickly evident They are
pleased with every aspect of the fight
ing. 1t is difficult TO extract a grumble
even from that most exacting critic the
"old soldier
II is pointed out here that this sItua-
ton gives the soldiers confidence, the
surest foundation Of perfect morale
and that this, backed by abundant ma
teral, leads to victory.
BIunders on Other Side
Asked If there were no mistakes,
oversights. checks or blunders. one
Young officer, who had been wounded in
the head and left hand with shrapnel
and whose life had been saved by one
Of the British army's so-called tin
hats" replied:
"Oh, yes. there were checks and
blunders, all right; only they weren't
on our side OF the fence. They were
all on the other side of the granite
wall Mister Hindenburg's side, you
know. guess he will be issuing an
other order TO his armies, as he did
over the December show at Verdun, de-
handing stricter training and regret
ting faulty morale; all those guns. you
know, and the thousands Of unwounded
prisoners. and the German barrage that
didn't get going until our fourth wave
went over the parapet. They'll have to
vamp up something bit more convinc-
ing to soOthe the Fatherland over this
show, won't they"
One little man, who had tried con-
illusions with German grenade and
had left the ground with fourteen
wounds. but in remarkably high spirits,
expressed the conviction that the Ger
man grenade was mot a bloomn' patch
on ours" He and comrade told a
story of visiting a "cave of the dead"
so circumstantial in it's details as to
leave no doubt of its truth. While eX-
ploring a huge shell crater they dis
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-07
Stockholm Police Quell
Potato Riots of Women

Stockholm, May G. Women who stood
in line to buy potatoes in the southern
part Of Stockholm yesterday grew ugly
when informed that the stock was eX-
hausted and began a demonstration
which assumed proportions that kept
the police busy until after midnight
Several policemen were injured by
stones thrown and a number of the
rioters received scalp wounds from po-
lice sabres. Sixteen arrests were made.
Serious rioting also occurred in Goth
enburg. Il was begun by buyers who
demanded bread from the bakers with
out presenting bread cards When they
were refused supplies they began tax
ing bread by force. Butcher shops
were plundered until troop Of Hus-
Ears was summoned Several soldiers
were injured. Ten Of the rioters were
taken to hospitals. Hunger demonstra-
tions occurred at Norrkoeping on both
Friday and Saturday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-07
often Outnumber British

Similarly, the Germans nave 4
iivered their counter attacks with Ford
often outnumbering threefold the BIZ
ISL. The Germans had 70 make he,
countcrattacks across the open. urd
tne very eyes Of the British field q,
and their losses have been visit
enormous.
II IS not possible 20 visit a bats.
in the Arras sector without hearing
tho wonderful shooting they had Of al
There has been nothing ike II So.
the war began, so far as the Britt
are concerned. and the khaki gunne
feel that they are paying OF many d
scores of the early days when 4
German artillery dominated and ,hsl
was not a single high-calibre Buts
cannon on the Continent.
The cooperation Of the airplanss ~
artillery in smashing the couatsrs
tacks has been little short Of mare
lous. The flying machines have quiesl
discovered the gathering Of troops a.
have sent minute details by wireit
back 10 the batteries, with the resi-
that the guns were trained end rts'
the moment the gray-clad hordss
sued from the protecting Trees O,
village. simply smothering them d
der high explosives and sheets Of les
en- shrapnel rain.
When it is recalled that at Gsyrs.
there have been almost twenty gnsu
cessful counterattacks Of this cha
acter. some idea OF the German loss
can be had. Since the dead left beh.'
tell the tale, great efforts have be-
made latterly by the Germans TO Gle
the battlefelds Of their dead wherev
il is possible 20 do so.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-07
Tho Great War---1O1Oth Day
Stirring Tales Of Arras Fight
Told by Wounded British
.Cave Of the Dead" Where Conclusion OF Exploding
Shell Killed Many Germans Described; How
Four Men Captured 100 of the Enemy

covered cavity leading out Of one
side Of il, and entering the hole, f9uhd
It led 20 what once had been an eK-
ceptionally large and deep dugout prop
ABLY a battalion headquarters.
BY the light Of their electric torches
they explored the dugout and became
convinced that enc of the British heavy
shells must have penetrated 1t and eX-
ploded therein. The floor OF the dug
out. they asserted. was positively
crowded with dead Germans, Of whom
large number were officers. None o.
the hudded bodies showed any signs
Of wound. The terrific conclusion OF
the great she'll exploding in that con
fined space apparently had killed all
Of them. One German had a telephone
receiver in his hand.
Four Men Took 100 Germans
4 Canadian corporal. whose story was
confirmed by an officer figuring promi-
nently in the incident, described no"
four men captured one hundred Ger
mans I'm a dugout after the British ad-
vance had passed beyond them. me
cornoral. who was wounded, ilrst
dropped bomb into the ,dugout, and
then. hearing no response, led the way
down long fgh; Of steps 70 q con
siderable cavern. Hearing voices IN
the darkness. they dropped a couple
more bombs while on the way down
and on entering the cavern, lighted a
candle
At this a murmur arose from group
Of Germans huddled at the far end OF
the dugout. standing with their hands
above their heads. The candle went
out. and the British officer shouted that
if any man moved he would bomb
them all to glory" The candle was re-
lighted. Snd one man Of the four Brit
ishers was sent to the entrance to the
dugout. while he ordered the Germans
to advance in groups of three and pile
I'D their arms. warning them that ne
would hurl a bomb into the crowd II
they made a hostile move.
By threes they were all marched up
into the daylight and dispatched to the
rear. the orderly at the entrance keep
ing watch of them TO see that they
moved in the right direction, and warn
ing them that he would shoot if they
undertook to escape. In the end the
whole lot was safely dispatched on the
road to more certain captivity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-07
Italians Lose Position

Rome. May G. Artillery ilc on the
Italian front has been steadily incrcas-
ing and is now severe. according TO the
official report issued here TO-DAY. No
major operations have developed.
Austrian ietachments occupied an
italian advanced post southeast of Co
rita. but Il similar attack on Mount
Vucognacco was repulsed. In the Laea-
rina Valley, In the Trentino, King Vic
tors troops entered the hostile trenches
and captured war material.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-07
Massed Germans
Now Fight Behind
Barriers of Dead
Reserves Try in Vain to
Overcome Allied
Superiority

With the British Armies in France.
May G. While the fighting for the last
fortnight has wrought comparatively
little change geographically along the
British front, it has. as matter o.
fact. been of almost as great impor-
lance as any in the entire war. 1t has
compelled the Germans to throw IN
such vast numbers of reserves that
few Of the fifty or more
fresh divisions assigned to the West
crn front this year by Field Marshal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-07
N. Y. Man Hurt at Front
Three Other Americans Re-
ported Wounded or Missing

Ottawa, Ont, May Ga. Syrtow. o.
New York, was among the infantrymen
reported wounded CT April Q in a cas-
ualty list issued here yesterday. In
this list. Of lGl casualties there are q
killed. % missing, II died Of wounds
and II wounded or III.
Among the officers killed are Major
c. f. Cooper. Toronto; Major L. X.
Taylor Toronto. and Captain A. S.
Trimmer, Huntsville. Ont. Included
are Lieutenant i. Patterson. Detroit.
wounded; William 4. Mckay, RoNbury.
Mass. reported missing, and 4. Rhincr.
Hardy, Iowa. reported missing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-07
Italy Sends Wreath
For Washington S Tomb

Rome, Saturday. May via Paris -
William Marconi. member of the
Italian mission which will visit the
United States. IS taking to America
with him q bronze wreath, specially
cast. to be placed on the tomb of
George Washington in the name % The
Italian nation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-07
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-07

Won Hindenburg remain unscorched by
the flames of the French and British
offensive battles.
In view Of this. il is small wonder
that the press reports from Petrograc
assert that German divisions have been
withdrawn from the Russian front anc
started for France.
There is no denying that since the
British Easter Monday offensive TOOK
them by surprise and drove them from
some Of their most formidable posi-
tons the Germans have fought with
great tenacity and stubbornness, but a,
what cost. they alone can correctly
reckon. They have endeavored 10 meet
the Allied superiority in artillery By
sheer weight of men, which has meant
a material deepening Of their fortl-
fed zone.
Other Lines Appear
Thus. when one line of men has been
swept away, there is another and ye'
another. How long such tactics car
continue how long the German sol
diers can endure the whitening bias
of artillery, which is ever upon them
is purely a matter of conjecture.
German military writers have be@i
referring OF late TO the Hindenbur
line as a living. mobile wall. which bl
means of It's various switch lines ca
bend backward and forward as If NOV
ing or so many hinges. Now. now
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-07

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-07

ever. the men Of the living wall ,
fighting behind great barriers Of ii,
dead
The Germans in fact. seem 70
carving out their defensive bait
with the same unshakable belief in /
mower Of the mass that charactsris
their first onslaught upon the forts
the Belgian frontier. and, later, Il,
futile offensive against Nerdun.
The British assaul.ing lines IN I
recent fighting. thanks % the o.,
whelming weight Of the artillery
hind them. have been in nothing Il
the strength Of the German defend
trOOUg
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-07
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