Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-01

ber of prisoners captured by us in the
fighting yesterday and actually enume-
rated is more than 400.
Several German Lines Seized.
The text of last nights statement
reads:
Quite violent artillery actions took
place between st. Quentin and the Disc
and on the Chemin-des-Dames. There
was grenade fighting in the sector of
Hurtebise farm.
I'm Champagne, after spirited artil-
1ery preparation. our infantry. at 1910
o'clock. delivered an attack against the
German lines on both sides of Mont
Carnillet. To the west we captured
several fortified lines of trenches from
that mount as far south of Beine to
depth varying from 500 to 1000
meters. To the east we pushed our lines
Of Mont Haut as far as the approaches
to the road between Nauroy and Moron
villiers.
april 2e our pilots brought down
machines, seriously hit. descended with
in their line. where they were forced to
make . landing.
''Our bombing airplanes dropped
projectiles on the aviation field at Col
mar. Habsheim and Frescati "a suburb
of Metz). in addition to the railway
stations At Ars. Noveant, Amagne-Luc-
guy and Betheniville. The Faverger
bridge and enemy bivouacs were like
wise successfully bombarded."
British OMcial Report.
LONDON. May 1.-rhe British official
communication. issued last evening.
says:
IAN attack made by the enemy dur
ing the day upon our new positions be-
tween Monchy-le-Preux and the Scarpe
river was completely repulsed. The hos
tile artillery has been active on both
banks Of the Scarpe.
There was great activity in the air
yesterday and during the night bombs
s'ere dropped with effect on a number
n points behind the enemy's line. caus-
ing several fires and in one case a large
explosion. Three enemy trains also
were hit by our bombs.
The enemy fought hard to protect
the points attacked In the course of
the fighting ten German airplanes were
brought down and ten others driven
down out of control. Fifteen of our
machines are missing"
Germans Claim Success.
BERLIN. May i. British admiralty
per Wireless Press.-The latest war Of
fee communication dealing with the
fighting on the western front in France
says:
Western theater-Crown Prince Rup-
precht's front: After the failure of their
terday Sunday only made local at
tacks against Oppy and north of the
road from Douai to Arras. In a four
times repeated assault against the hot
ly contested for village they exhausted
their forces and the village remained
in our hands.
"On both banks of the Scarpe the
strong artillery fighting continues.
Ten Tanks Destroyed
"A careful estimate puts the losses
of the English Saturday at over 5000
men. who fell in and before our posi-
tions, in addition to which over 1000
prisoners and forty machine guns were
brought in by us. Ten tanks were de-
stroyed.
Front of the German crown prince:
Powerful French "Reminiscences were
attempted yesterday (Sunday) morn
ing to establish the success of the
against our positions near Berry-au-
bac on the Brimont plateau and north
of Rheims. The occupants of our
trenches repulsed these attacks. From
midday the artillery engagement from
Soissons to Suippes again increased
with very few intervals. reaching its
greatest intensity during the evening
hours. 1t continued with varying
strength during the night, but with the
break of day increased to its strongest
effect.
Many Enemy Aeros Lost, Is Claim.
Front Of Grand Duke Albrecht: There
Is nothing to report.
Saturday on the western front the
enemy lost eleven airplanes and sun
day twenty-three airpIanes and in ad-
dition three captive balloons. Our air
men and anti-aircraft guns shared in
this result.
Baron Won Richthofen achieved his
forty-eighth. forty-ninth. fiftieth, fifty
first and fifty-second aerial victories
and Lieut.. Wolff. belonging to his chaser
eschelon. shot down five enemy ma
chimes. thus securing his twenty-sixth
victim.
"Reconnoitering raids and flights for
the purpose of dropping bombs took our
airmen deep into the area in France oc-
cupied by the English between the
Somme and the sea, before the Aisne
front and beyond the Marne in a south
erly direction"
German Troops Urged On.
Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
BRITISH II ADQUA ERS IN
FRANCE. April 80 via London.-All the
German commanders seem impressed
with the necessity of continuously ex-
horting their men to make further efforts
A recently found order of one of the army
commanders, Gen. Won Schubert, has
many striking phrases along that line
among them the following
Soldiers. look around you. The de-
struction of towns, fields, forests and
plains which you threatens our
fatherland. and that to a still greater de-
gree II we do not conquer. We are fight
ing for hearth and home here as much
II We were keeping our watch on the
Rhine. 1t is our duty to keep that which