The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-31
French FRONT
DENIED ONLY N
ONE PORTION
Teutons Making Vigorous At.
tempts to Gain Footing in =.
Champagne Region Z:
DRIVE TOWARD TRIEsT Is .
STILL CENTER OF INTEREST
Russians and Austrians Fighting
in More Lively Fashion in
East Galicia I
(Associated Press.)

East GaGcia
(Associated Press.)
Desperate German attempts to push
the French back from vantage
ground won in the Champagne region
continue. i,
The French front was dented at
only one point, and this only altght-
ly, the crown, princes troops EAtning
footing at one point to the north
east. Along the British line ina France
comparative quiet continues, broken
only by trench raids. increased ar.
tillery activity from the Arras battle
front is reported today.
Closely Watched.
The political situation In Spain II
being closely watched, particularly IN
view of todays newspaper announce
ments in Madrid that the c0nst:I J.
tional guarantees soon would he sus'
pended. .,,.fyy'
5% Hard Fighting. = 4, es ~.
The battle front from torizia south
ward toward the head of the Gulf Ut
Triest remains the only theatre
where, for the moment, hard fighting
is in progress. Even here, however,
the intensity which characterized op.
.erations last week, is lacking.
/, On the front in France. where Field
Marshal Haig's forces are facing tho
Germans, the operations by neither
side have risen above minor attacks
for several days, consisting mainly OF
maneuvers by small raiding parties
and artillery duels of moderate do
gree Of strength. Wednesday also
passed without infantry engaeements,
between the French An6 German al.
though their respective .. guns n.a took
part in spirited artillery duels to tho
south of St. Quentin and in Cham
payne. st4
Russians on Offensive. -
The Russians and Austrians in the
eastern theatre are fighting in mora
lively fashion than has been the case
for months. This is particularly true
in East Galicia, where several days
ago the Russians began an offensive.
As yet, the PetrOgrad war Office has
made no comment on the situation In
this region, nor has Vienna given any
idea as to the extent of the hOstiM-
ties or an intimation of the exact
zone where the fighting is going on.
The anticipated commencement Of
hostilities by the Russians and Ru-
manians in Kumania has not yet ma
terialiZed.
Austrians Report Successes.
Between Jamiano and the head Of
The Gulf of Triest, the Italians have
again cut into the Austrian line and
occupied positions opposite the vii.
age Of Medeazza, thereby bringing
heir right wing closer toward Duino
and the railway line leading toward
Triest. The Austrian war Office re-
ports the pulse OF Italian attacks, near
Jamiano,. while claim is made BY
Rome that they succeeded in attacks
near the Julian front.
Recent Luil.
The recent lull in the fighting has
had no effect whatever upon British
aerial offensive, which continues day
and night with unrelenting intensity.
In the last few days there have been
some of the most desper-
ate air battles of the entire nWar.
One or two of these have been fought
It the unprecedented height of 10000
'eet, or more than three and One.halt
niles from the earth.
Recently there was a duel in which
| British pilot, having run out of am
nunition for his machine gun, cot
,lose enough to his antagonist to
hi I'm, hfr
This incident served to recall the t.ct
hat when the war began the only
ntapon which aerial pilots had wero
:istols and carbines. ..-...
Would Be scrapped.
Commenting today on the dazzling
altitude at which many combats &C.
'urred nowadays, a pilot said that
"hen he first went to war in 1914, he
lew Il machine which took an, hour
md quarter to reach 5000 feet.
That's nothing" said one of his
THE old bus | had in
hose days couldn't reach 5000 feet
t ALL"
The airplane which could not nego.
late 10000 we'll under 10 minutes
you'd be scrapped quickly now.
A notable feature of the air fight
ne m the last 10 days has been tie
endency Of the German machines to
reak III lieces soon after being shot
ut of control
The toll of German planes destroy.
d in May will mount far into tho
undreds.
On Sunday between eight and ten
'erman machines had a thrilling aer-
al battle with a few British ma
hines at close quarters through
ut; so close in fact that wings scrap
d against wings and fighting pilots
ould look each other squarely in the
yes. No sooner would a British. pi-
ot swoop up to the tail OF one Of
he German machines than another
erman was on his tail - This Ger
Ian in turn would almost immedi.
tely have another British pilot pour
g bursts of machine gun bullets at
i'm. At one time seven machines
ere fighting each other in headlong
shiOn toward the earth.