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New-York tribune., 1918-04-22
Foe Paid Big Price in Vain
Effort to Break Through,
Declares French Expert
[Staf Co7respondea,ce1

WASHINGTON. April 21.-A tele
gram from Paris to-day says:
"The military critic Henri Bidou,
writing in the journal des Debats,'
gives an exposition of the entire mill
ttary situation. He states that the
INITIAL man9uvre of 'Hindenburg was
an attempt to break through at the
Juncture Of the British and French
armies. Bidou shows what price the
enemy has had to pay for the attempt
He says
r "'Hindenbu has engaged on the
Somme at the present time nearly half
of his forces in France He has sacri-
feed at least 100000 men for a lost
objective.'
"Bidou quotes an i'm portant article
IN the Revue des DeuX Mondes' saying
that Germany's depots at the end Of
1917 dld not contain more than $4,000
men. If the German losses are alreadv
equivalent to half of this the situa-
tion can rapidly become serious for
her.
after March % The Germans were
stopped on the Somme, and the battle
has become fight to exhaust the op-
ponent, which means that it may be-
come disastrous for the enemy. Then.
without persisting in his efforts to
acnleVe the Hrst part of his pro-
gramme, he passes to the second. He
began on April 9 new battle on the
Lys. This battle appears to have led
the enemy to blind alley.
Now concludes Bidou. 'the hv-
potheses it is possible to foresce are ::
Whether the Germans will succeed in
forcing their way in the region be-
tween Ypres and Poperinghe or be
held up, as is probable, on the battle
field Of Ypres and on that of the Lys,
and the fight will there also assume a
wearing down character. disastrous to
the enemy; or, finally, they will bring
their efforts to bear upon another
front?
"'If this last hypothesis is released
Hindenburg will have lost the Battle
of the Lys, as he lost that of Amiens
and this time two-thirds of his forces
will have been sacrificed in vain
The Petit Parisien' writes:
The whole situation can be summe d
UP in two words: Solidarity of the
front from the forest of Nieppe to east
of Bailleul: consolidation in part Of.
fected at the single point which rep.
resents the least stability, that OF
Wytschaetc; finally, reinforcement
of the position before Amiens.'"
New-York tribune., 1918-04-22
Captured Maps Sho.u
Foe Was Confident
OF Breaking THROUGH

OTTAWA. April 81. - Telegraphng
from British headquarters in France
last night, Reuters correspondent said:
Captured maps prove that when the
enemy broke off his attack south of
Arras 10 develop his unexpected sue
cess at Arnentieres he calculated on
breaking through, but he has been held
now for almost a week He probably
WIZ try assaulting chosen positions
with masses Of men and guns.
"The evidence is that the chain of
hlllocks running from Mount KENNEL
Will be successively attacked. The
enemy may revert to his original plan
of separating the Anglo French armies.
but it is no longer possible for him to
rush the Channel ports. Prisoners ad
nit that the task set them when the
offensive was launched has been much
morse, more bitter than they imagined.
"The fighting of the past week has
indeed been glorious. The valor and
tenacity Of the indomitable British
troops has been unsurpassed. and onlv l
numerical superiority yielded the
enemy the slightest success. The thin
khaki line Of a week ago, which is now
varlegated with blue French uniforms.
VIII be much less likely to yield to any
sudden stupendous thrust"
New-York tribune., 1918-04-22
giving ground, but that they were
Fighting every inch of the way
"Losses of Americans
Extraordinarily High"
Is German Version

LONDON, April 21.---The following
is the official war report issued in Ber-
lin concerning the fighting on the
American front:
Between the Disc and the Moselle
lower Saxon battalions attacked the
Americans in their positions near
Seicheprey. They stormed the place
and pressed forward as far as two
kilometers into the enemy lines. Minor
enemy counter attacks were repulsed
and strong attempts to get it back were
held down and frustrated.
"1n the night our storming troops,
after the destruction of enemy works,
returned to their lines of departure.
The losses of the Americans were ex-
traordinarily high 1873 Americans, in
Guiding five officers, were taken pris-
oner and twenty-five machine guns
We're captured.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-22

the most desperate kind, but the en-
emy realized that there was little
chance of any further exploitation of
ms success IN any direction but the
most northwestern sector where. dis
covering weak spot, he concentrated
full attack. Nevertheless. the net re-
suit to him was n small gain Of terri
tory at cost of severe losses in
riictnd nt at a critical moment.
"lhe situation, though serious
gives ground Tor confidence, hut tie
nsmung must continue for lengthy
ments are being exhausted. The en-.
envy reckoned on an impetuous rush
OF hlghly trained troops to smother
the British lines and shatter the mo.
rale Of the whole Entente.
:, "He concentrated on the British
line alone because the manpuyrinr
space to their rear was so restricted
and also because decision would
give him the coast He also cxpected
thereby to affect the French rer.Iu moraia
to which he has been exercising hi, hi,
"noie ingenuity Of propaganda bv
calling into question their mutual
loyalty. But the Allies, having de-
clded on French commander in Whom
they nave implicit faith. are now will
ing to face all losses till the time ar
rlves for counter stroke.
"Since the enemy selected the Brit.
iish for their attack the British must
bear. the brunt for the time. Neither
the inevitable losses nor the yielding
Of unmportant ground succeeded in
shaking Allied confidence in thei,
troops or leaders. The German meth
ods OF trying to rush soldiers into
precipitate. action and trying to un-
deermine the patience and confidence
oil the civilian populations are we'll
underatood.r
New-York tribune., 1918-04-22
Medals Bestowed
Upon Ten Officers,
100 Men of '69th"
19Members of Famous New
York Regiment Return
Here as Instructors

Ten officers and 100 men Of the
165th Infantry, the old Goth. have been
decorated for bravery in action, ac-
cording to Lieutenant Eugene T. Ev-
erett, of Company B, who returned
with eighteen other officers of the
Rainbow Division a few days ago, to
act as instructor for the men in train
ing here.
Lieutenant Everett, the first man of
the old Irish regiment to return since
they underwent their baptism of fire,
was "at home" yesterday afternoon at
the Astor Hotel to the families of men
in the 165th. Fathers. mothers, wives,
sisters and swcethearts, they focked to
the hotel to hear the officer sing the
first saga to be heard here for the
G9th in France.
The tale that the officer told most
feelingly and oftenest was of Tom
Minogue-Tom. who before the war
lived with his widowed mother at o19
West Sixtv-sixth Street
Tom is dead. but the 165th will keep
mis- memory green. For he died like a
man-while crawling through No Mans
Land in an attempt to save comrade
who lay wounded there
After patrol had returned to the
trenches from a round of No Mans
Land it was discovered that one man
was. missing. Minogue volunteered TO
find him, despite the fact that the
Germans had their "wind up" for some
reason and were failing the ground
with machine gun bullets.
Minogue took twenty-four bombs,
crawled through the wire and started
across No Mans Land on his stomach
The Germans laid down a barrage. By
its flashes the men in the trench could
see Minogue still pressing forward
toward the wall of steel behind which
his comrade lay, perhaps still alive,
perhaps dead.
1t was not for the soldier to decide
which. He went on into the barrage
and twenty-pounder she'll burst above
him. So died Tom Minogue, of the old
Sixty-ninth
"The men of the platoon" said Lieu
tenant Everett yesterday, took up a
collection for Toms mother and paid
for the perpetual care of his grave.
When they get back to New York they
are going to erect a tablet in Toms
church, a memorial to his herosm."
New-York tribune., 1918-04-22

were pressing close to the vicinity
when the station finally was aban-
doned. At Grevillers, for instance.
where the Medical Corps hung on un
III the second day, the enemy was so
close that, as the patients and equip
ment were moved out, British batteries
rushed up and began firing at the ad-
vanclng enemy.
When it was no longer possible to
remain IN advanced stations every
available lorry and ambulance-and
they were all too few-were called into
use: The severely wounded were car
RED back in ambulances, but every
man able to walk was forced to tramp
back to the new station.
Inc nurses, among the first to go,
went IN ammunition lorries, any sort
OF conveyance able to give them lift.
All the tents and light equipment as
iar as possible was carried back. Such
liight articles as could not be got into
the lorries were thrown helter SHELTER
on trains moving westward and left to
thcir tate. These things are beginning
TO turn up in all sorts of places, Paris
having corrected a large number Of
bundles which came from many points
| along the line.
Iron beds and other heavy things
had 10 be abandoned and in some in
stances considerable stores of medi-
cines, but most of these were destroved
and a torch applied to the huts. The
precious surgical instruments were
taken IN charge by the surgeons them
serves. VINO IN many instances piled
them on wheeled stretchers and started
back along the congested highways.
One physician pushed MS little yehi
cle forty niles and others covered dis
tances upto twenty-eight miles. Re-
pofts snow the amazing fact that every
tI one OF The thousands Of patients in
these many stations was taken safelv
out and that none suffered from their
hard journey. Operations had to be
postponed often, but here again for
tune was with the British, and no i'll
eHects have yet been seen from these
delays
Crippled soldiers who had to hobb]e
afoot are none the worse for their tyin
and, in fact, physicians who examined
them after the tramp pronounced them
particularly good lot of patients.
seventy badly wounded men had n
ma narrow escape at Roye on March 26
ond line Of hospitals. AS the Germans
swept up all the patients with the ex'
ception OF these were got out. but
there were no vehicles availahlo ~
move the last seventy. Medical officers
and orderlies remained behind to look
after them. wv"
On the road leading back from Rove,
several motor ambulances came nm nnd
doctors begged these to 20 and brine
out the wounded men still in the town
lhe ambulance men agreed, and tbs
last one TO get away with its load Of
wounded came under the rifle fire of
the German infantry.
The difficulties in moving the stations
back increased the hardships Of the
wounded who had walked. While sur
g'cai instruments and the essential
medical stores were got AWAY, most Of
the doctors and nurses lost their per-
sonal belongings
Despite all this confusion the mcdi-
cal corps continued to set up it's new
stations as 1t fell back.
No instances havsu been reported
wh~rc any man had TO 90 without
New-York tribune., 1918-04-22
British Lines Bend,
But Do Not Break.
Says French Press

PARIS, April 81 The great Ger
man offensive has now been going on
for month, and the French press is
Unanimous in its optimistic attitude.
The "Temps" says:
"The formidable assaults which for
a, month past Won Hindenburg has
thrown against the British army, have
not succeeded in breaking our ally's
resistance. They have given ground,
but Germany's soldiers always find
confronting them lines which may
have been bent, but have not been
broken After a months operations
the enemy, with the battlefields evcry-
where strewn with the bodies of his
soldiers. is compelled to abandon the
attacks"
The "Intransigeant" says: "The
struggle is entering it's second month.
Calm reigns. The third attack is be-
ing prepared, perhaps as tremendous
as the previous two but our optimism
New-York tribune., 1918-04-22
British Resistance Most Glorious
In History, Say English Writers

LONDON, April 2l.-Writers in the
Sunday newspapers, reviewing the
fighting in Flanders last week, empha-
sized the splendid resistance offered by
British troops to the German on
slaughts, which, "The Observer" says,
is a GLORIOUS and solid achievement
second to nothing in our history" This
newspaper continues:
$50 far we hold like a rock. On the
roads to Calais and Boulogne the Ger
mans, instead of gaining another ten
miles, have not gained ten yards. We
DO not mean that the issue already has
been definitely decided against the
enemy. Beyond all doubt there will
soon be third and bigger attack. But
in one respect the conditions are
y, for the better.
army for nearly q month has borne
e-fourths of the fighting against
the enemy, but last Wednesday French
reinforcements reached the northern
battle. Italy is sending her troops to
France. Every week America is speed
ing up the Atlantic transport. 1t is q
long battle of reserves.
But the record Of last weeks fight
ing, i'll which the British army till now
has saved the northern field and the
general cause, strongly suggests that
palgn was his best, and that however
the coming battles may sway we shall
wear him down."
Henry Spenser Wilkinson, professor
Of military history at Oxford, writing
in the Sunday "Times," says that al
though the qualities as fighters have
been proved on hundred battlefelds
century after century, yet there never
has been more striking manifestation
Of their courage, determination and OBJ
stinacy than the battle of the last
New-York tribune., 1918-04-22
British Airnen Dron
IL I ozas Of Bomh.

LONDON, April 21.-The Brit,., ~
c.ai communication dealing with s,;a ui'
tion issued tonight says: ~" ava
The weather improved Saturdsr L..
thick clouds prevented flying at at ! hut Sus
attitudes. Twelve tons Of bombs mV. m,ga
or9I cropped ,ag auring the day on various tsr.
the Thourout railroad junction aad
During the last few days ow;r.
better weather, there has been sn',s y 70
air fighting. Six hostile machines ,nose m0s
downed and three disabled. Tbras we're re
our machines are missing. s' VI
"Our night-flying squadrons bou,,, =,
Bapaume and enemy billets ami T"'esa .s
roads IDS. leading to the the front HostiIs sis
at Chaulnes, where a large fra f,,a,nea me
caused, at Juniville, twenty m;Iss Was
northeast Of Rheims, and at Rethae I.,eS
Vile. All our machines re.urnes% '1en'
New-York tribune., 1918-04-22
u. S. Troops Pour
Deadly Fire Into
Advancing Foe
(By The Associated Press,

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE, Saturday, April 90
German forces which attacked the
American positions west of the Rem
ners Forest, northwest of Toul, to-
day came across No Mans Land in
three waves. They had been espe-
cially trained for this operation
The Americans, although greatly
outnumbered, fought for every inch
of the way, giving ground slowly
and pouring deadly machine gun,
rifle and automatic fire into the
advancing enemy.
The German barrage began lust
before sunrise, following heavy
bombardment on the American
front and rear positions in the
course of the night. In an attempt
to put the American batteries out
of action the Germans used an un-
usually large number of gas shells,
but our artillery replied vigorously,
hurting hundreds of shells across the
Teuton lines.
A counter barrage set down by
the American artillery caught the
advancing Germans and killed a
number of them before they had
an opportunity to reach the Ameri-
can trenches.
The Germans entered the she'll
torn village of Seicheprey in the
forenoon, but only remained short
time, being driven out again by a
brilliant counter attack made by
the American infantry. The COM
mander of one unit holding an out
post reported at one stage of the
attack that his men were SLOWLY
New-York tribune., 1918-04-22
tackled the Germans with hand gren-

tackled the Germans with hand gren-
AIDES, killing many of them. Furious
hand to hand fighting ensued in the
village streets, the Americans fall
ing back only when they were great
ly outnumbered.
Later the Germans were driven
out of the village, but they had con-
cealed there boxes containing high
explosives, to which they had at
tached wires stretched across the
streets. Some of the advanced guard
stepped on the wires, causing ex-
plosions, but steps were Immediately
taken to clear out these German
traps.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-22
Light Warships Clash
East of Helgoland
Germans Retire Behind Mine
Fields After Exchange of
Long-Range Shots

LONDON, April 21.-British and Ger
man light forces clashed on Saturday
in the waters east Of the great German
fortress Helgoland, the British Admi-
ralty announced to-day. After the ex-
change of few shots at long range
the German warships took refuge be-
hind their mine fields. The Admiralty
announcement says:
Helgoland Blight Saturday obtained
touch with enemy light forces, who
retired behind the mine fields. A few
shots were exchanged at an extreme
range. One enemy destroyer was OBJ
served to be hit. All our ships re-
turned without casualties"
New-York tribune., 1918-04-22
Huns Concentrated Attack on
British Line to Win Coast Ports

OTTAWA, Ont, April 21.-The fol-
lowing official report of operations on
the Western front up to April 10 has
been received by the Governor General
of Canada and was issued to-day
through the Office of the chief press
censor:
"!n the operations of the week end
ing April - the Lys battle has ab-
sorbed almost all the German energies,
stralnlng at the same time the British
defence to point at which only real
Ration or the stake involved could en-
able successful resistance to be main
tanned.
"The enemy advance has been divert
cd from the south by the solid wall
encountered at Givenchy, and westward
the pressure is being gradually removed
to the front and north flank of attack.
Arnlentleres was evacuated to avoid an
encircling movement, after which two
German armies. north and south there
of. joined hands. The British divisions
on the north and south hanks re-
manned firm, but the attack in the
centre continued till it crossed the
River Lave. captured Mervile, Merrs
and Ncuve Eglisc, after which the ad-
NduNc dPpchIGO W DC CnGCkeQ.
"rhe struggle then narrowed to one
for three points, Bailleul, Nieppe For
est and Mont KENNEL. having for it's
main objective the capture OF Haze
brouck. During the weeks f1uctuatine
fighting these villages changed hands.
but at the end Bailleul fell and the
enemy occupied Metcren, Wulvorghem
Wytschaete and practically the whole
Of the Messines Ridge fell to him. The
forward line eastward Of Ypres then
became untenablc and was abandoned
without the knowlcdg Of the enemy.
THE fighting at every point waa of
New-York tribune., 1918-04-22
Italians Make Gain,

ROME, April 21.-An Official st.,.
ment issued to-day by the Italian W.. w.
Office says: "'
"Wcst Of Mori our storminp part;e,
attacked hostile outposts in The SAM
area and after violent struggle de-.
stroyed two of them, while the occu.
pants of third were put to fight.
''In the Asiago basin our artillery
carried out repeated concentrations
against enemy positions"
New-York tribune., 1918-04-22

is reasoned and justified. They shall
not pass"
Lieutenant Colonel Rousset. in la
Liberte," says:
where will the enemy strike now?
All the roads leading to the objectives
desired are barred. The essential
thing is not to waste precious re-
serves. which may turn the tide at any
moment"
New-York tribune., 1918-04-22

If there's one thing a man
is sensitive about, it's his
hat. It's either a dream" or
a nightmare!
. Now our statesmen are
students of the art of pleas
ing and of hat psychology.
and while we don't mean to,
we're afraid sometimes that
we may make enemies for
ourselves and never have a
chance to turn the other
cheek
Only the other day we
were lucky enough to be able
to buy back from a customer,
at the full purchase price, a
hat which, back in 1916, had
been sold him as the very
latest thing" though from
the sad way it sat on his head,
it might well have been the
last thing" had we not un-
earthed his grievance.
So, while we try to sell be-
coming hats along with every
thing else men and boys wear,
and teach our statesmen the
psychology of dress, the SAT-
est referee is your wife.
mother or sweetheart. Thew
know, and you know that
they know, if you'v We ever
watched them shop for them
selves.
1t the censor doesn't pass
it, come for another hat. suit
four-in-hand or whatever it is
or, your money back"
n Subscribe
kIN Third
"Oyer there" XXfn
ROGERS PyEy COMPANY
Broadway Broadway
at 18th St. THE At y4ts g.
DroadWay Corners" Fifth Ave.
n Warren 1t fist st.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-22

treatment through lack of facilities or
of doctors.
During the first day most Of the
we unds were caused By snellhrc, but
afterward they were due mainly to
machine gun bullets.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-22
Anglo o-French
Lines Ready
To Meet Foe

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New-York tribune., 1918-04-22
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The Washington herald., 1918-09-23
PURELY PERSONAL.

Miss jeanette wilkinson and Miss
Anna Crisler. OF Jackson. Mis,., have
arrived in the city TO do government
work
Mrs. Albert P. Tibbets and small
son have returned from q trip to New
York city.
Miss Isabel Crane. OF Baltimore. has
taken a position in the War Depart
ment.
Mr. Robert E. Henault. jr.. has
been appointed emergency compositor
in the government printing once.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Greeley. Of
Chevy Chase. are spending a month
in New York city. 80
Mrs. Lee Israel and daughter. who
were the guests of the formers aunt.
Mrs. Silss ROsenthsl have returned
to their home at Charleston. S. c.
George R Reynolds OF the Bureau
OF Engraving and Printing. has re
signed.
Philip v. SmsIlwood. Of the Post
Office Department, is in Buffalo for a
short stay.
Claude W Hughes, OF Monroe. Va.
has received position as sten Ers-
pher in the War Department
Robert N Sells. OF the navy yard
has returned TO work after a shorl
stay IN the hospital caused by a lac
Grated arm.
Leonard T. French. e the census
bureau has received q promotion
The Washington herald., 1918-09-23
new CHURCH
OPENED HERE
Mount Vernon Place Meth.
odists Hold Services in
Fine Building.

The opening Of the Mount Vernon
Place Methodist Church South at the
intersection Of Ninth street. Massa-
chusetts avenue and K street north
west, was held yesterday morning
with the morning service.
The building will be the home of
the old Mount Vernon Place Church,
erected in 1859 at the corner of Ninth
street and Mount Vernon Place-one
Of the landmarks of Washington. The
new church building is OF white Geor-
gia marble with solid columns IN
front which are perhaps the heaviest
ever placed in position in Washington.
Large Class Rooms.
The building has q dozen or more
large assembly and class rooms, re-
ceptiOn halls, Offices and all modern
appointments. TOday's services were
held in the Sunday school assembly
hail on the first f1oor. The main au-
ditorium still lacks some finishing
touches An organ to cost $4,000 is
being made for 1t.
The pastor. DR.. Clovis G. Ohappell
was in charge Of the evening service
last night. The morning sermon was
preached by DR. II. A. Boaz, of
Louisville, KY, secretary of the board
Of extension OF the Methodist Church.