Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-05
ROME DOES NOT Talk
OF AUSTRIAN DRIVE

LoNDoNi may VIENNA ais
patches have reported Emperor
Charles leaving for the front and
have announced greatly increased
activity along the Austro- Italian
lines, who're renewal Of the Teu-
tonic, offensive has long been
Threatened. Tho Rome official
statement does not give like pic-
ture Of the front line sctivitiss but
records intensive aerial operations
with the cntente 'alrmen evidently
having the better Of the escouuters
and bringing down fourteen enemy
machines.
The German offensive in Fiand-
ers has been held up now Tor vir-
tually five days since the snemy
waves last dashed against the
rock ribbed defense Of the British
and French and the Ypres line
stood firm under the attack.
General Won Arniui evidently has
been forced into this inactivity by
the severity OF his losses and th4
time necessary 10 marshal new
forces for a fresh blow.
Conccdcdly. however. the eheFnys
has fresh troops for thrust Of
even greater power II he thinks u
advisable to employ them here. and
there have been indications for the
last day or two that he was prepar- .
ing to do so.
Thrust Impending.
{ One such hint sof an impending
thrust developed Saturday morning.
when the German artillery began
violently to pound the Franco British
Inc from Locre 10 the south OF Yprcs,
where, his main effort Of April -
was made. The b6mbardment was
not speedily followed up by an at
tack. however, as was the case last
Monday
Meanwhile there has been
strengthening OF allied defenses ~
Important points along both the
northern and southern sides of the
Lys salient. The French have thus
operated successfully In the focra
region. which is one OF the main OBJ
jective points Of the Germans as IN
approach to Mont Rouge, and the
British on Friday night strengthened
their lines In the vicinity Of Hinges,
northwest OF Bethune. The Somme
front has been threatening to break
out into It's former furious activity
for several days past, but aside from,
the recent thrust by the French,
which gained them commanding
ground In the AVre sector. southeas9
of Amiens, and similar operations By
tho British around Vtllers- Breton
neus. just as IN the north, the fight.
ing Has been left almost entirely ia
the artillery,
Guns SIN room;ny.
The big guns are still hoonnina
thrcateningly in the Avre region and
elsewhere around the great Mont-
didier salient however.
In Palestine, the British have again
met and defeated the Turks In en-,
gagements in the vicinity of the
River Jordan. Attacks by the Otto.
man troops or two successive days
were beaten off with heavy losses 10
the enemy and in the fighting thu
British took more than 500 prison
ers. Dispatches from Paris announce
that another Of the German long.
range guns engaged In bomhardips
the FrenchNoapltal has been put out
OF action through direct hit by ths
French artillery.
TURKS BEATEN OFF
IN REPEATED ATTACKS
: LONDON. May 4.---Turkish forcss
in Palestine which crossed the Jor.
dan river on Thursday made an at.
taCk on q British position and wAr,
rspnlsed. the war office announced
on the following day they again at.
lacked having received considerable
endorsements. and were beaten OF
with heavy losses. The British took
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