The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-04-11
rEuToNs HURL MASSES OF
TROOPS AT ALLIES REGARD
LESS OF BIG LOSSES.
JAPS AT YLADIVST0K
GERMAN RAID ON AMERICAN
TRENCHES AT ToUL coLLAPsEs
WITH HEAVY CASUALTIES.

Western Newspaper Union News Ssrvfcs.
Paris, April s.-Heavy fighting took
place in the Ore and Somme regions
but all the powerful German attacks
Saturday were repelled by the French
troops. except on the left bank of the
Disc, where the French were forced to
withdraw to positions previously pre-
pared, according to the war office an
nouncement.
The Germans are continuing their
plunging tactics in the Amiens battle
area, with their operations rapidly de-
veloping into a greatly masnified Yer
dun.
The similarity with the classic ex-
ample of a German attempt to beat
down an enemy by sheer force is
daily growing. This development OBJ
trudes itself because of the narrow
ing of the area involved in the attack
and the practice OF hurling great
masses Of troops at the defenders of
q narrow front, regardless Of sacri-
fices.
Saturday, the main attack was de-
livered on the allied center. after the
blow launched south of the Somme on
Thursday and that driven in to the
north OF the river on Friday, had spent
themselves.
Field Marshal Haig's report says
that a German attack on the British
lines opposite Albert Saturday was re-
pulsed and that British counter at
tacks in Aveluy wood placed the Brit
ish In positions formerly held by them.
The British on Sunday engaged in
sharp local fighting at various points
and repulsed German counter attacks.
They also drove off by artillery fire
two German attacks launched In the
neighborhood Of BucQuoy.
West of Noyon, a German detach-
ment which had gained foothold in
the French lines were forced out by
a counter attack.
The second phase of the great bat
tie along the Somme. which the Ger
mans began on Thursday last. has died
down and there are signs that the en-
erhy is about to thrust again on . big
scale"
Moscow-The British as we'll as the
Japanese. landed forces at Vladivos-
tok Saturday. The local authorities
had NO warning of this action.
misunderstanding to q semioffi-
cial dispatch from. Moscow. the fol-
lowing official statement has been Is
sued there: In reference to the land
ing OF Japanese at Vladivostok. the
council OF peoples commissaries is
undertaking political steps and at the
IBERIA to offer armed resistance to an
enemy incursion into Russian terri
tory"
A Copenhagen dispatch to the Ex-
change Telegraph Company says that
1t is officially reported that in the cap,
ture of Tammerfors the White Guards
lost 1000 men. while 10000 of the Red
Guards were either killed or wounded
or taken prisoner.
With the American Army in France.
April S.-Two German raids on differ
ent sectors of the American position
northwest Of Toul were repulsed with
enemy casualties. The Germans were
driven off before reaching the Ameri-
can trenches by accurate machine gun
and automatic fire.
Paris.-The accounts OF carnage in
the German ranks which has been
wrought by the fire of the allies. as
given in the official communication
and by correspondents at tho front.
are more than confirmed by stories Of
the wounded in French hospitals.
I'VE cut down the Germans as
harvester cuts down wheat" said a
wounded lieutenant back from Las
signy. I'VE went on cutting them
down until we emptied our cartridge
boxes.
Then our dragons on their mounts
came right up to the firing line and
brought us more cartridges"