The Arvada enterprise., 1918-05-16

HOme.-ltallin troops StOrmcC Mouto
Como pnd took about 100 prisoners.
two guns and four machine guns.
With the British Army in France,
May 13.-An important section OF
high ground nea: the Vyerbeek river.
north of Kennel, has been captured
by the French in q strong attack.
Both hill No. A and Goddezone farm,
which lie between La Clytte and Vier-
STRAIT. were stormed and occupied.
thereby giving the French positions
which had been a bone Of contention
for many days.
The Germans also received knock
on the southern battle front, where
they made a drive in an attempt to
capture defenscs on the elevation
south OF Mailly-Raineval.
Rome, May 13.-ltalian troops Sat
urtlay stormed an Italian post at Col
Della Orso, on the northern mountain
front, destroying its garrison, the war
office announces. In hand-to-hand
fighting with bayonets and bombs the
Italians captured a machine gun.
Other patrols put enemy detach.
ments to flight with losses. War ma
terials were captured in the Asolone
area. Enemy parties were repulsed
north Of Monte Mantello. in the La.
yarina valley. and to the right Of the
Brenta valley.
Seven hostile airplanes were
brought down.
Paris.-The Germans attacked the
French lines Saturday after violent ar.
tillery fire southwest Of Mailly-Raine-
val and gained a small section of ter
ritory. which was retaken by the
French by . brilliant counter attack.
The Germans suffered heavy losses.
London, May 12.-Another week has
passed without renewal by the Ger.
mans Of the offensive they began
March Fl, which was halted before
Amiens early in April, and came to
q definite pause on it, right flank be-
fore the barrier Of the Flanders hills.
Just as the month Of May was open.
ing. Ever since the costly defeat Of
Gen. Won Arnim's army In desperate
assault on the front southwest Of
Ypres nearly two weeks ago, the be.
ginning Of a new effort by the enemy
either here or on some other front
has been looked for from day to day
Betterments Of the allied position
reported Saturday included an ad
vance by the French on the Flanders
front, in the neishborhood Of Locre
where the approaches to Mont Rouge
one Of the bulwarks Of the allied line
have thereby been made more secure
Far TO the south Of the Somms. on
the sortherly side Of the great Mont
didier salient. French troops likewise
carved = sire out Of German.held ter
ritory. near Orvillers.S orel, seven
miles southeaat Of Montdidier.
Tho British carried out profitable
rsiding operations near the westerly
end OF the Lys salient In Flanders.
TrooIs Of the new National Army
Of the United STATES paraded through
London Saturday. three battslions Of
them. to the plaudits Of large crowds
and the compliments Of King George
Premier Lloyd George and other nota
bles. -
With the American forces on thl
French Front. May ll.-Amcrican bat
teries bombarded the enemy lines
heavily. the shells causing fires In the
villages Of Cantigny and Mesnil st
Georges (wsst Of Montdidier) held BY
the Germans.
German submarine operations from
the harbor Of Ostond. Belgium, have
been seriously haiape. ed for time, II
not rendered impossible. by 4 daring
raid upon the harbor BY the British
Friday morning.
An official statement issued BY the
British admiralty says the channel
leading out OF tho inner harbor has
been completely blocked by the hulk
Of the old cruiser vindictivc. which
was Unanswered into position under
heavy fire and then sunk by bombs.
washington. May ii.-ltaly's con,ri.
button TO the reserve army Gen. Foch
Ia building up behind the lines In
Franco for supreme emergency uses
numbers neatly n quarter OF \ million
men. official dispatches say. and the