Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-05-24
ALLIED ARMIES
MAKE GAINS
Australians Advance Lines Near
ViIIe-Sur-Ancre and Take
RrIC0Nlrc
100000 Men Ready
for Drive.

London, May 20.-In the face of the
growing menace of a German offensive
against Amiens, the key position on
the Pfcardy front, both the British and
French held the aggressive in this Sec
tor and scored appreciable gains dur
ing the day.
The fighting ~centered at two points
that have figured almost daily in the
local operations of the pact three
-MOrlancOurt and Hangard.
AT Morlancourt the Australians con-
tinued their series of daring on
slaughts against the German line.
Striking the enemy near Ville-sur-
Ancre, slightly to the northwest, they
advanced and further improved their
positions against the expected Ger
man drive and at the same time took
number of prisoners and machine
guns.
French Gain at Hangard.
At Hangard, where American troops
are engaged their French brothers in
arms took the aggressive. In a sharp
night attack they thrust back the Ger
man lines and gained toll of prison
| erS.
AS background for these local bat
ties was the growing intensity of the
German preparatory fire.
Every indication points to renewal
of the German offensive on grand
scale within a few days, possibly to-
mic
still the grand objective of the kaiser's
| effort.
British Front Is Quiet.
With the British Army in France,
May 20.-Beyond artillery activity the
allied front between Flanders and
Aniens has been absolutely quiet.
| Many aerial battles have taken place
and a number of German machines
have been driven down.
Germans Have 100000 Men.
Paris, May 20.-The beginning by
the Germans of formidable offensive.
| by which they expect to achieve final
success, now depends only on weather
conditions. The commander in chief,
the French troops and their allies are
waiting for the shock with the great
est confidence.
The Petit Parisien says the enemy
has massed nearly all his best troops
on the attacking front. Between the
Belgian coast and the Disc, it states,
40 divisions (about 100000 men)
have been distributed, 80 on the front
line or for direct support and the re-
| mainder behind the lines, to be used
| for augmenting the push at the princi-
pal point of attack. This newspaper
says the German plan is to threaten
Amiens, cut the railroad between that
point and Clermont and break up the
allies forces whatever the cost may be.
are being drawn together into a great
| intimate family whose heart being
used for the service of the soldiers not
only, but for the service of civilians,
where they suffer and are lost in a
maze of distresses and distractions.
"And you have, then, this noble pic
ture of justice and mercy as the two
servants of liberty.
Tells Indian Story.
II heard a story told the other day
| that was ridiculous, but it is worth
repeating, because it contains the germ
of truth. An Indian was enlisted in
the army. He returned to the reserva
ton on a furlough. He was asked
what he thought Of it. He said: No
much good too much salute not much
shoot Then he was asked: Are you
| going backY Yes
"'Well, do you know what you are
| fighting for?' Yes, me know; fight
| to make whole damn world democratic
party
No Party Purpose.
"He had evidently misunderstood
| some innocent sentence of my own.
But, after all, although there is no
party purpose in it, he got it right as
| far as the word party to make the
whole world democratic in the sense
of community of interest and of pur-
pose and if you ladies and gentlemen
| could read some of the touching dis
patches which come through official
|
nels there come voices of humanity
| that are infinitely pathetic, if you could
catch some of those voices that speak
the utter longing Of oppressed and
helpless peoples all over the world to
| hear something like the Battle Hymn
of the Republic to hear the feet of
the great hosts of liberty going to set
them free, to set their minds free, set
| their lives free, set their children free,
YOU would know what comes into the
heart of those who are trying to con-
! tribute all the brains and power they
have to this great enterprise of liberty.
"I summon you to the comradeship,
| I summon you to say how much and
how sincerely and how unanimously
Won sustain the heart of the world"