The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-17
Hundred Thousand
Germans Killed !. =.
Wounded or Taken
Prisoners by French
Teuton and Frenchmen Today Engaged in One of the
Deadliest Conflicts Ever Fought by Man Germans
Claim to be Confident of Result
One Hundred and Fifty Miles of Great Battle Front
France Scene of Desperate Struggle British Still
Smashing Ahead Bad Weather Hampers.
(Ry Associated Press.)

Associated FresS1
Along mile batIe-Ine French and British
pushing army struggle mastery
the Stepping into the fray after the British had
the lines in the Aas into bits for
25ni front along the Aisn
positions depth Of from two two
oneha capturing than 10000 prisoners and nan
all ground
night great Initial
Nvs forces occupied themselves with consolidating posi-
ALLIES craonns the
ed heavy losses Their total casualties in the first
.Hshtinp estimated at 100000 ~
Ho the Brt today dcats thai che
nuatio the operations being hamPsed by bad wshsr
thesss pushed
hrai advancing Of EpeM lie Tobos farm within two and
cateIe where they thrsatsn the St
Quentin cambrai main line Of communication. r . .-@
the AngoFnch attack has been worked in
harmony the stats Of the armies The dispatches in
date entire coordination for placing and timing the blows delivered
their greatest possible effectiveness a.
In way may judged,
Iao" turn the southern the Hnds"Surs line
ady have gsrSsd . 5 line n M e. % rs nss a g I s: ]
effort compel retirement srsster than ever
Operations in otsr sectors Of
ssII sss.. s..
district apparently will bear close watching for possible important
British s.v. farther =. Tssi.
ives. Of @ . a... a"GSsT he b: battle 4s . Little
Berlin : the battle ] % :" the AS' to as brs. "
heavy the German statement which
declare: that hHs%s at places % no w r the % T
German: report the capture Of more than OO az
region southwest Of Laon
NvIes between the river Disc and cond
this where ohsng Of or les: open n.tur:
.un. :. RIs'Sss Sns.d aSo .s n the ssr"
Berlin this firing developed the
between Puna and onehaf miles south
Rheims Auberiv the battle line thereby being
exten into the Champagne s s#Aa
PARIS April 1s delayed April 1z-cermany
ing front when forty miles Of the strongest part
line ~sstsd from her with 80 o:s nearly uO
brilliant skill Of her generals and the
sssusd BY freed the victory doe.
the armed forces
his military prestige It far greater success
surprise The enemy expected an attack and MADE every peau
From scissors to Of
aggregate 500 feet with deep valleys between The
valleys under ossfre from each flank but
invented by British general
that the operation carried out at less cost than might be
point line from craOnne Rheims,
the ground is level Here the attack made more progress
ard the danger Of the rupture the line became 50 imminent that
the threw in all available The reserves were smash
ed the French field artillery which kept close to the heels Of the
the line from Switzerland to the
london April 7-The further
BY Office hampeng operations
The British gain made east OF the PeonneC Cambria rail-
point halfway between St. Quentin and cambrai
4. GERMAN scouNTER ATTACKS REPuLsEp.
force in the region Of
ALLIES couy epuised last night BY the French according
losses were inflicted on the Germans
GREATEST OPERATIONS or WAR FOR BRITISH.
london April 17-Andrsw Of
the house this afternoon the second
reading the bill extend the life Of parliament until the end Of
British ensaged in the
since the beginning Of the and meeting with
estind 81 the Irish Nationalist party today Il was decided
oppose the bill for the extension Of the life Of parliament