The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-17
Men of New National Army Are
at Front.
Probably Those Who Paraded
in London Recently.
AIR ACTIVITY ON INCREASE
Enemy Flyers Striking BACK
More Now.
Artillery Activity Is Also on
the Increase.

America is contributing " INC S't
fening Of the allied line not only III
Picardy, but in Flanders.
American troops, today's dispatches
report. have arrived on the Brltish
front and are finishing their training
among the troops holding the line
which bars the way of the Germans to
the English channel, their objective IN
tho north. So far as is known these
Americans are the first troops to get
into the fighting zone as units br1sad-
cd with the British. They are part or
the force which has been dispatched
from the United States in the new
movement of troops forecast soon att
or the German offensive was started in
March.
With the American Army in France,
NAV 17.-Trops of the new American
army have arrived within the zone OF
the British forces in northern France
and are now completing their training
in the area occupied by the troops
which are blocking the path of the
Germans to the channel ports.
New American Army"
The American troops referred to as
the new American army IN ois
patches today reporting their arrival
in the zone of British operations in
France are the forces being brigaded
and trained with the British, probably
on the Flanders battle front.
They are not troops detached from
General Pershing's present forces, but
are part of the new movement OF
troops from the United States forecast
b. Premier Lloyd George some time
ago.
Paris, May Announcement was
made here today that American
troops have arrived in northern
France, in the zone occupied by Brit
ish forces. The announcement con-
cludes with the statement that the re-
iations between the British and
American officers and soldiers are ex-
tremely cordial.
In Line with Policy.
washington. May 17.-Movement of
American troops to northern France
announced today from Pershlng
headquarters, is in line with the
agreed policy of General Foch to util-
ize any forces where he believes they
will be the most effective.
No announcement was forthcoming
Immediately here today as to the
move but it was assumed further
Identification would await some bat
tie.
The shift means the United States is
steadily taking a larger part in the
western struggle.
The men located on the British front
may be troops only recently arrived.
Big Guns Active.
(By the Associated Press)
London, May 1.-THE German ar
tillery fire is increasingly active from
LOGON to Hinges along the western
side of the Flanders salient and be-
tween the forest of Nieppe and Met
eren on the northern side of the sa-
lent the war office announces.
Paris, May 17.-Violent artillery
fighting in the region of Hailles,
southwest of Amiens. is reported in to-
days official statement.
Germany still hesitates to renew
heavy fighting on the main battle
fields of the western front, but the in
crease in aerial and artillery activity
indicates that infantry fighting on a
larger scale than in the past two weeks
soon again may be in progress.
Allied and German gunners are
harassing the opposing lines with shell
fire and this fighting continues most
marked on the front north of the Lys,
in Flanders, and south of the Somme,
in Picardy. 1t has been the German
policy to precede a strong infantry
operation with few hours of the most
intense artillery fire but the enemy
bombardments have not yet reached
German preparation for another Of
fensive move are about completed.
Hun Airmen Fighting Back.
Recently British and French airmen
have been meeting with little opposi-
ton in dropping bombs on railway sta
tions, troop encampments and other
military targets behind the German
lines. Now the enemy has become
most active and has attempted bomb
ing raids behind the allied lines as well
as trying to prevent the allied bomb
ers from carrying on their work.
Fffty-six German machines are report
ed accounted for by London and Paris.
OF these forty-three machines were
destroyed by allied aviators Berlin.
on the other hand, claims the destruc-
tion of thirty-three allied airplanes
After battle with German air
planes, British airmen on THURSDAY
dropped bombs on Saarbrucken, Ger
man Lorraine, causing at least one
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