Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-25
British Forces, However, Hold
Germans in Check and
Repulse Assaults.
GET 81 GERMAN FLYERS
British Air Fighters Lost Only
Nine IN These En-
gagements
FIGHTING STILL GOING ON
e Associated Press - Tvcry F~cniur
THE SITUATION TO-DAY

Persistent attacks with strong forces
of infantry and iayieh usr If 9r'illor.
have not enabled the Gerrrau r. hrak
through tie British defourc and after
fonr dave. The great offensive blow rs
northern Francn baa uo' rct brought
decision fof the attqckorz Ilnqvr nplt
ing IS ~ progress around Eapaunc. near
PernnrF and vhorr tho Frrnrh and
British fronts jnln
Field Marshal Haig Rifhirauai prr
vinuslp planned ~ rasr of lyaE. er.n-
attark has hern executed il marrrr
Described rs mazfcrit and great ,rnllit
Tor its success IS given fo hf .uail units
which sometimes nifnuuhorrd eight III
ono rlunr r. their posts lnd rnpodod
the German advance Tho Rriiish raye
rnadc fow counter ATTACKS huf rvrrv ono
attempted has hrcn success sffl British
efforts are centred on withdrawing 4-
occas,nn requires and permitting thn
oncmv ~ woar himself orr before .7lo
British defence
~'ind4v the Hghing forces in Tho
north reached TO old battlefield 81 fhr
Iommc from. which he Germans rc-
treated vear ago Ngan Hapaune and
porpnnc arr fhr centres nf the most butter
fighting Rapaure is the kcv position
between lrras and Alhort and t'erlr
reports hat glgantlc struggle Is hoIng
mad" far rs possession ha capture
of Perpnne is claimed Nv be t,rrmau-
bit haavt fighting i~ faklng nIaoo north
u y and snnthward eIong the ~orDme river
HFrn r. - pRrrsH
E'etwoen Bapaume and Peronnc o.
Germans have reached the Transloy-
onhles Nanrppas line. where thrv arc
hcld up bv the British on the southern
end Of he great battle Itno he German
have reachcd hauny ~ important point
On The thsg river southwest nf Ia Fcres
Here. however, their advance has not
been So greht as directly west If ~ Quent
ian wherc hey have progressed more
than ~ mlles The British and French
battle Ilucs meet uoar Chauny. and fbe
French lines along the hemln- Dcs
DANES and eastward toward Rheims
would be mcnaced if he ',rrmans adj
yancod as far as Cotnpelgnc. pn inc road
20 Paris But Compeignc If p good 2O
mules southwest If Chaunt
The intensity 81 thc struggle s shown
by he official announcement hat Erlt-
ish avlators ON Saturday brought down
- anerny machines Thc British Inst
only ulns IN addition 20 carrvInU ont
iheW work ~ lac lighting zone British
airmcn again have dropped bombs sue
oessfully on Mannheim, Germany
Berlin claims Franco Amcucau 5c-
tachments udcd the British in be Gght-
ing Saturday, but he identify 81 he
american UNITS havc not been learned
1t Is possible that american aud French
troops from the -Dc>-Dame- -cr-
tor have moved up ~ The Oisc of north
of t. but more probable that Nmercau
engInccrs with The British arm, were
concerned Berlin also hs- announced
the capture oI Ham. h.twcen perunnc
and Chaunv ud rlmm- hat thc uluu-
her of prisoners has increased 80 10000
There has been litfie except ARTILLERY
ire activity on the REMAINDER uf bc Brt-
l~h front and an the Freuch sud
american sectors The German artillery
FIRE has been violent along he Chtmlu-
i)eS Danes. IN the hamplgne north
east OF }erdun and IN hls3cr
Tho Dutch cabinet Is reported 81 have
decided - refuse The pr0Ger oj many
thousands Of tons of }oodstulfs made
by the Slllcd powers ia return ior he
use Of Dutch shipping The food ats 10
bc placed At Holland $ dispersal aud
was to be carried on Dutch ships