The sun., 1917-05-03
ARRAS BATTLE
IS DEADL0CKED
Except for Roar of Guns.
Quiet Rcigns on Fight
ing Line.
ANIATORS ACTIVE AGAIN
British Report Bringing Down
Thirteen German Fliers
With Loss of Four.

LONDON, May 2.-Comparative quiet
reigned to-day on the fronts Of both
the British and the French offensives /
On the Aisne and in Champagne there !
were only local engagements. On both !
fronts. however, the artillery fire is
gradually reaching greater intensity.
prelude to more furious attacks.
During the lull the French troops were
more active than the British. especially
in Champagne. where they worked at
the task of establishing themselves more
firmly in the positions about the two |
mounts. Carnillet and Haut. won on
Monday. Especially in the wood west
Of Camille. the French pushed ahead.
blowing the Germans from isolated posts
with hand grenades.
French Objectives Won.
The German Official statement to-day
says that French prisoners have told
! their German interrogators that Gen.
Nivelle failed in his main objects In
Mondays attack. though fresh troops
nau Dttu pTOuSUt up LOT INC dttdCh
The London Times correspondent at
French headquarters says however. in
! a despatch written before the German
, statement%yss published. that the French
attained their objcctives with an ease
which would have been impossible a
year ago.
Along the Chemn DIES Danes, south
of Laon. there was a good deal of local
! lighting in which the Germans report
. some success and tge French say they
only partially repulsed the attackers.
| The French foothold on this important
| ridge is not yet firm and new attacks
! there are expected.
On the British front the artillery ha.
| been very active near the Scarpe. and
| a German raid was beaten off by the
| Canadians. There has been some activ-
ity about Ypres. the salient where II is
I supposed the Germans would attack II
| they decided to try diversion in force.
Air Fighting Extensive.
In the air fighting, which has been
! again extensive. the British brought
down thirteen German machines. losing
only four. while I'm the last two days
the French have winged the same num-
ber. The Germans say they brought
down fourteen machines yesterday. The
official statements follow:
French Night Statement-The two
artil!eries were active. particularly IN
the regions northwest of Rheims and
in Champagne in the sectors OF Moron
vlliers and Auberivc. An isolated
operation gained ground for us in the
wood west OF Mont Carnillet.
In reprisal for the bombardment OF
Chalons and Epernay ny German air.
planes on the night OF April 30 and 30
five OF our machines few last night
over the town Of Trevcs, on which they
dropped a number of projectiles. All
the shells reached their objectives and
a fire of great violence started in the
centre OF the town.
On April 80 and May I our pilots
brought down three German airpanes.
Ten other enemy machines were seri-
ously damaged.
Belgian Guns Active.
Belgian Statenent-On the Belgian
front the artillery was active. the fire
being more intense in the region OF
Dixmude.
French Day Statement-In the
region of the Chemin des Danes the
artillery was fairly active. ON the
Cerny- y-Hurtebise-Cra onne front the
enemy made several attacks on our
trenches and small posts The at
tacks were partially repulsed by our
machine gun fire and our grenadiers.
In Champagne the artillery fighting
attained "a degree OF violence in the
sectors OF Mont Carnillet and Mont
Haut. Active grenade fighting oc-
, CURED In the wood west Of Mont Car
nillet, in the course of which we made
!, appreciable progress Near Eparges
our detachments penetrated the Ger
man lines AZ several points destroying
defence works and returning with ma
terial
, In Lorraine there was patrol ac-
tivity near Monccl and Embermenil.
= We took prisoners
. On Monday night French aerial
= squadrons threw number OF pro-
h jectiles on several railway stations
/. and military establishments IN the
o region of Laon, Nouzieres and Rethei
d Ten AirpIancs Winged.
= British Night Statement--An enemy
raiding party was driven or with
:. loss early this morning north of
- Arleux -en -Gohells, During the day the
;, artillery was active on both sides
north OF the Scarpe and in the neigh
boorhood of Ypres,
=. Many air fights occurred again yes
terday. Ten German airplanes were
- brought down. one OF which fell In
! our lines. Six ether hostile machines
:, were driven down out Of control by
our airplanes. \ seventh was shot
down in our lines by gunfirc. -Four
- OF our machines are missing
british Day Statement-Roth the
!" artilieries were active during the night
at number OF points on our front
between st. Quentin and Lens. In
:, the neighborho hood o' l'auqui. sart a
. German raidlng partv was repulsed
'e Otherwise nothing special occurred.
German Night Statement ON the
western hghting fronts there were
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