The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-10

official commun lCltlon. IN otfFI @cN
! tors enemy troops were hILni|Icd OS LILO
Italian hrc-
Brush aviators bombed the aviation
! ground at Motta III Liyenz2.
ON THE FRENCH FRONT IN
! FRENCH Wednesday. May Silly Tie
Associated Press. 1.-The German irtll-
! kry, under orders from tho lrnSSiah
aud Bavlrian Crown princes. Is ooihS
its utmost IL turn Nmirns INTO ano'nt'
: Khcims. I'irardy'S capital has alreaoy
suffered terribly from this effort TO
carry out the German idea OF STRIKING
terror into the fatlerlhIds enemies ~
the destruction of their most iuFeu
works OF art, and every day adds 10
its suffering.
The correspondent to-day went all
over the abandoned city and observed
the effect OF the bomhardTnent which
has turned parts OF the town into heaps
of ruins and killed So men civilians, -
women and : children beside woundinS
G. men, IS women and - children. be-
fore the population had an opportunity
TO evacuatc The place. Since the Ger
, mans have been within c;Ilnon shot OF
AmicnS they have hurled no fewer than
$500 shells mostly G-iuch aud S-inclL
into the city. Every indication points
! 70 4 systematic effort 10 destroy the
! public buildings. AS the cathedral has
been struck by shells which have pieced
the root and wallis and the object OF
firing necessarily upon The town cannot
. he explained except upon the assumption
that 1t is carried out with the purely
| barbarous idea OF the destruction OF the
, beautiful objects it contains
, This follows from the fact that no
: troops whatever are in the city and that
: The railroad passing through IT Is not
/ in use Tho cannDnadc generally ceases
! At nightfall, only to 30 replaced by air
raids, which occur almost every night.
! Aerial torpcducS to the number Of 6Su
have boom launched from uirplanes upon
various part OF the city. AZ most Of
! the shells and torpedoes are of the In
cendiary typo they have caused enor-
nous damage, 80 that up to the present
1900 houses have been destroyed. When
! the hremen. who Gallantly stuck TO their
posts, have attempted TO e1ungufsh tho
! flames, the German gunnerS, seeing the
glare CT the 1re they bad caused. have
! continued to throw in shells upon the
spot while at night the German armcu
/; have circlcd high over the blaze and
+; dropped more bombs.
| The cathedral which possesses the
, far escaped serious damage but any
moment may see rreparable injury done
: it as projectllcS continue to fall all
around it
The task OF tho authorities in get
! ting the people away when they discov-
cred the Intentions OF the Germans "a
; destroy the city was q tremendous one
| as tho refugees frum tho devastated
/ districts had increased the population
to 10000. all of whom had to be re-
moved from danger within q few days
! The arrangements. however, worked
perfectly and all the people are now
safely housed elsewhere.
Al traffic Il forbidden to enter the
city 80 that the enemy may not bc
! given ground for declaring the bonn
/ bardment one Of military eNgeucy.
| WITH THE BRITISH ARMY N
! FRANCE, May 9.-(By tho Associated
Press. )-fightinG was still in progress
this morning near Vicrstraet On tho
! front southwest OF Yprcs. AT one time
the British were forced back slightly by
machine gun fire All tho rest OF tlir
original tefcnscS. however. appeared l.
be- again in the hands Of tho defenders
! in the Worm .ZecIr-l ACIyttc sector.
+AlltT LielE hts SUCCESS III yesterday
fighting the Germans were unable [,
gain further ground despite rcpeatr,
SmashcS at the allied line. Filter s1ruS.
giles took place about klcinc Nicrs.rac-
Cabaret. west ef NierstraCt, and in tn:
! ridge wood. but tho British chung des-
peratcly To their positions.
d.. Tn" British crgaIlized n cnunter-at
tack during the night which WAS SO viz.
oruuS that the Germans were unable I,
withstand II and gradually fell bach
until they had abandoned all the Gruun,
gained,
Tho eneny's move undoubtedly was
an attempt TO Improve his positions b;
way OF preparation for II bigger attacL
to come. The assault was drliver,r
with great determination and BY uour
the british front line ~ the ridge wood
%hlle in the center OF tho sector neal
Ei"rStraet the attacking forces Ia.
pushed in q considerable disianrr h,,
yond tho defending front line. Eu.l
flanks of the Germans wcr" held up h.
the artillery fir"
Hard fEhtinH continued ihr"uSh,u
the day. especially in Tho center
a vigorous c"uut"r-:itack last nigh
resulted In the r"-';SthbltShIn nj at ia.
allied lfc In III" l""r;n"HrrI"-l AT 1ytt,
s"ct"r whcro the Gcrrntn$ IN :, lor,
attack yesterday Suucu.t"d in maxim.
some advance. This upcr;,II.n, though
comparatively small ri"vrlor"I har.
! fighting throughout most IF rh. ,I:,y I'M,
into the night