The daily progressive-miner., 1918-03-23
FIERCE FIGHTING ON
 REPRESENTATION
Berlin War Office This hlorning Says German Troops Captured 25.000, Four Hundred Large Guns
 And Three Hundred Machine Guns


 LONDON March 2s-sis.ssn Thousand British prisoners and hundred guns were captured laS night 6y he Germans aecoras2s e9 . German oeselal communication
 La- evening. ths enemy reneved ehe assault begun dur ing -hs ay az1s. Caz5 positions q he British notably in region Cras E5aier1 throwing forty divisions agaiu Ge. with sh rsSu. above specified says the war of- fee <saeezas1. today
 BERLEN March 2s-The ocal stateran. of the war or- -1 from yesterday. including last night issued th morning s@s: The German forces captured twenty five ta91z British prisoners toa hundred large three hur5gs3 1a runs ar3 their first lire of defense for <evs-4l -ai.zs along the front
 British Version of Results
 LONDON, 1a-ch 23TEa office n reporting the hap pninzo- = western t1. yesterday and this morning says: -Po=-u- enemy a--acs delivered win great weight made up i--z- artillery e-sEe through British defensive q g Q1e.-sz H3= tha British roo7z the tha-r par t1 -..4 s1-5s l holding their West o S Quea9z ha falling bac II god order o their prepae5 positions zr-er 1sz- 4 1s -irae thare very hea4T fighting 9sa fresh e7szny to-ce<
 o- s9u-a=- -=sh ot -h= front he'd bg the British: - the Gez Ez osaz5 guns placed il small sector. z5 -l=s= g1zs ta- every twelve yards
 During -2s s below -6e British arcEa1Es 3ging low con- tin1zl~ ..z machine guns, doing grea. exec1a- c1ng General F5ags report las- night the aye-s Tad many rsst-,=z during sa= days fighting
 I German ec5sl statement -eteTel here il dispatches fru szrs hz- rez-rsz- tre Germans captured sixteen tho-z5 British soldiers z5 hundred h.s in -he Cam bra s7--1~ a=-~==z C-c5z=lz md zzrine31---
 E@@1E he aor= essss -his morning, General Haig -- 1iTzs5ars s--ei haEt million including man 1T1s e- s --cgs T=re hurled against the British wh1 zsz-ei 1T lsss bath sides No such eonee@-oa ot ariTrr has the bgzn ciad=s Gar=ral Hag n his report.
 IE7 zs--;1v -3s Germans terca3 +he Brsis. back into No-eT c-- flashing atzcs drove 1a e=rE accord ing 2s-s- eo--r-a-- -a= British heaaquarters. Lrzs E-- n: @ns s trapped a3d are probably captured the dis-a-ea adds.
 Germans close to Paris
 PARIS Gar11 23<s=--1s are o14g sizEcTo miles and ars 1aT b-re Paris w-E hundred and forty nil mee- z1-s a-4 z1 ;-A falling zt-an city every teen ziza-=s s g7 have atrea3y been zIed and wou-5=1.
 Kaiser ;a Supreme ConaraaRd
 BERLIN .-araa 22z1@ Enazror is reported to be in prem 1oa Vls roz and ts said have declared this 9z tazs 2z T.a4 ae s lzt zat.,@ before peace.
 Late News Today
 BERLIN lEarc1 z3-2s-e=1 Noe-atn Lez Cro;seres and MoelT-s German +c~s -1 szatr4-@3 -1e second enennvs pos5rs- @-1 captured -zg@z; F-zoo4z Morcniea The form village -=7 az1 ne arr=r F9 miles o=ind .hs former South o t= se= fo.ce broke through the hos tie hn ard 1T an uninterrupted forward drove enemy o7er rae Croz4t canal toward 1he west
 PARIS Ma-ea 23-The Germans began firing on Paris a gnt occc r1ss ZEng 3reze distance from Paris 10 the ro1r a- rs beginning U German offensive was more than ole a-n1-ed 1ilon1ate-s.
 l1@ a-o11sez-r taat inc city being boozrd=d of aclaA made -1is afternoon Measures for coun1e- aac. of the eneEy 7E-1 -@1-oa under erec4t0n.
 LONDON March 23-Une British forces are able to sstor he- 1@tioa aT counter the withdrawal On "oe onE nay & neess4r aTd rrr field of warfare. Ia4 pa1- aE which eh British been broken extends iron Arrzs 10 Lafer ff-esa niles below Quentin.
 The German offensive has 6eYe,g1d with almost unoarsIeled rspd One zon +or -h E shown General Hags report Hhen h@ -s= that tae C constantly brn2ing up fresh bodies of troops
 WASHINGTON. March zs-oseials fa Washington and the bzrdsd VE4.fA March z3Tae office announces today great suceezs bE the Teutons the western front
 EiTH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN THE FIELD March g. From D ninety divisions German soldiers or approxate . E Q T ldoa naenl are opposite the battle front
 ae British withdrawal n@ed panic; as the army conn Adzs are confident of an ultimate victory. All work ns q sooSais, and the oze positions strong
 WASHINGTON, March z3-Alszdy estasss of casualties a tn great Oss progres received y the British enn. bas -hs afon and the period ID morn ing gre that the German osses tosd 10000 and the British