French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-05-02
RESUME OF
WAR NEWS

q k4O 'AO
the losses in the eastern offensive, re-
Yealed with remarkable frankness in
an article by Captain Won Salzman in
the Amsterdam Vossiche Zeitung, in
which he e~ndeavors to restore their
lost confidence to the Germans by en-
phasizing the Importance of the cap
ture of KENNEL hill.
Am Amsterdam correspondent says
that the German offensive in the west
has arrived at a deadlock. The allies
are much stronger han the German
supreme command had assumed. Ow-
ing to lack of horses the Germans are
unable to push the offensive.
1t is said that a certain deputy in
German reichstag has told his cleo
| tors in a north German town: "The
minister of wal has openly declared
our losses to be so heavy that the Of
fensive must be abandoned"
The Princess Marie Antoinette, the
mother of Empress Zita, has been or
dered to leave Austria and not to re-
enter that country until the termina-
ton of the var, according to a dis
i patch from Geneva.
Inc I6pO1I Cu11SAI IAC NS4AAAAJ
had sent an ultimatum to Holland led
to a revolt among Germans interned
at the Tapenveld camp, according to
q dispatch from Hattem, Holland, to
the Amsterdam Het YQlk. '
A counter revolution is reported to
have broken out in Petrograd. The
! rumor is persistent that Grand Duke
i Alexis Nikolaievitch has been pro-
claimed emperor and that Grand Duke
, Michael AleandTovitch is the real lead
! er in Russian affairs. .-I-.' -
The allied army in France and in
! Flanders was standing firm Monday.
I Hard fighting has been in progress
on the Ypres sector around VoOrme-
, zeele and to the south at LOcre. Both
places have several times changed
hands, but at last reports Voorme-
zeele had been re]captured by the Brit
ish, but the Germans had obtained an
other foothold in LoCre.
The Germans have tried at several
points along the front held by the
French to pierce the line, but every
where have been repulsed, notably in
the st. MihieI and LuneviIle sectors,
where recently American troops were
stationed.
Aside from attacks and a few Tnim-
portant operations between the Brit
ish and Germans, artillery duels are
predominating. The big guns of the
French and Germans have been car
rying out mighty reciprocal lombard
ments north of the Avre river and in
the region between Lassigny and
Noyon.
Reports by way Of London are to
the effect that in Germany there is
much perturbation over the inability
Of the Teutons to pierce the allied
line and nervousness n depression
over the losses the Germans have sui
fered.
Operations in the Italian theater
continue of a minor character.
Comparative quiet prevails IN Mac
edonia.
Near veternik the serbians are re-
ported to have carried out a success
full attack against the Bulgarians and
annihilated the section they held.
Kaiser Wilhelm visited the scene
Of the English raid at Zeebrugge. He
is stated to have convinced himself
that the damage caused by the blowing
up of the railway bridge had already
been temporarily repaired.
An Amsterdam dispatch says that
1t is announced that the German min
lister to The Netherlands has left The
Hague for Berlin and that the Dutch
minister to Germany is on his way
from Berlin to The Hague. This in
: some circles is taken to mean that Hol-
= land. and Germany are near at war,
: it is stated that Holland will preserve
, neutrality, whatever happens.
f @Winston Spencer Churchill, introduc-
ing in the British house of commons
, the estimates for the ministry of mu,
1 %nitions, of which he is the head, said
: that during the five weeks since the
battle in France had opened they had
< been passing through the greatest
strain regarding the supply of war ma
terial that had occurred in the expe.
= rience of the ministry.
d Australian and English troops have
r~ecaptured Villers-Bretonneux and
taken more than six hundred thousand
prisoners in that region, according to
i the report of Field Marshal Haig.
1t is stated in high naval circles that
: the operations at Zeebrugge were a
d complete success, with the result thai
n the Flanders fotilla now will be oblig
ed to resort to the Ostend route il
n putting to sea.
Crews of the ships which Tx par
in the raid on Zeebruge ha~ mAnJ
thrilling stories of their adventures
One of them describes hoW. despite
the fact that the Germans discovered
their presence they made OGaR way
throuhg neavy gunfire, one Vessel get
ting to the wharf and remaining GOu
u On hour and a half.
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