Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-07-05
KAISER IN GHENT
DURING AIR RAID
Prince EiteI With Father, Lon.
don Hears; Haig Smashes
Lens Front.
TAKE z MILES OF TRENCHES
Heavy Loss Inflicted in Smash at Ger.
man Front on Souchez River
Powerful Counter. Attacks Are
Completely E,epulsed.

London, June 11.-Emperor William
was with Field Marshal Won linden.
burg, Prince Eitel Friedrich and other
members of the German emperor i
staff inside the st. Peters station at
Client, Belgium, when it was lombard.
ed by entente allied airmen the other
day, according to dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph company, from a
Dutch frontier correspondent. Tho
emperor's party was unhurt, but three
army officers near by were killed.
Pierce German Line.
The British attacked south of the
SOuchez river and entered the Ger
man positions on front of more than
two miles, the war office announces
The German line was penetrated to O
depth of more than half mile. Heavy
casualties were inflicted on the Ger.
mans.
The Germans made a powerful coun.
ter-attack over nearly the whole length
of the new front. They were repulsed
completely, the British retaining all
the ground captured.
The counter-attack stage was
reached by the British advance in the
Ypres-Wytschaete sector today. All
through the night front dispatches said
the victorious TommieS were busy con-
sOlidating their new positions, digging
fresh trench systems and preparing
for the expected enemy counter
thrusts.
The. German assault of this type
which, according to the rules of the
war game, may be expected to follow
Immediately after an advance by the
British, have all been noticeably weak
The decentralization caused by the un.
precedentedly terrific British artillery
fire and the mine operations all
seemed to have had their effect on the
Germans.
Ypres Salient Gone.
The "Gpres salient" now wiped out
In the British advance, was formerly
considered SO impregnable by the en-
envy that not nearly the number of
men were held there that manned less
strongly fortified positions elsewhere
on the front. The Germans, however,
had ample time in which to hurry re,
serves in great strength to make ready
for the assault which they could see
was preparing.
But with the Messines- Wytschaete
ridge now held by the British-the
"impregnable position" taken-it was
pointed out today that from now on
Germany must keep an unusually
strong force always opposite the Ypres
sector because of the menace toward
Lille. The British victory, therefore,
is not alone important in the ground
gained, the commanding strategic pc.
sition on the ridge now held, but also
because it will further deplete the re.
serve strength of the enemy by the
necessity of the Germans massing
forces around Lille.
Death Toll Heavy.
! Copenhagen, June 1.-THE death
notices in the German papers indicate
what terrible toll the western battle
is taking among German aviators
Scarcely an issue of the Berlin, Ham.
burg or other papers which circulate
among officers appears without at least
two to three and often eight or ten
notices of deaths in the flying corps
Occasionally there is noteworthy
one like today's announcement of the
death of Lieutenant Schaefer, who was
mentioned in dispatches on Tuesday
for bringing down his thirtieth enemy
airplane. Lieutenant Schaefer gained
distinction in the travelling circus" of
Captain Won RichthOfen and lately
was given command of new fighting
squadron on the Flanders front.
Death notices of submarine officers
are as rare as those of flyers are fire.
quent. For several weeks none has
been noticed in the Berlin and Ham
burg papers and it is possible that the
admiralty has prohibited their publ.
cation.
FruitIess Attacks.
! Paris, June 11.-Germans made four
fruitless attacks on French positions
along the Chemin DIES Danes, accord
ing to an official statement issued by
the French war office. The attacks
were delivered In quick succession
northeast of Cerny.
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