The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-22
Artillery Also Active West of
NOyOn.
British Raid Trenches South
east of Arras.
FLANDERS FRONT IS GASSED
Italians Are Victorious in Sew.
eraI Local Actions.
Allied AyiatOrs Are Giving Hun
a Hard Fight.

Paris. May 22.-Artillery fighting
of the most violent character occurred
last night on the front southeast OF
Amiens, the war office announces.
Heavy artillery fighting took place
also on the southern part of the battle
'front.' in the neighborhood of Plemont,
west of Noyon.,
London, May 2z.-In the sector
southeast of Arras. German trenches
were entered at two points last night
by British raiding p-rties. says today s
official announcement Prisoners and
machine gun were taken.
On the Flanders front the Germans
carried out I heavy gas bombardment
of the sector to the northeast of
Bethlne. The announcement follows:
"A number of successful raids were
carried out by US last night on differ
ent parts of the front. In the sector
southeast of Arras our troops entered
the German trenches at two points
and captured fourteen prisoners and
a machine gun. Other raiding parties
brought back few prisoners from the
enemy's position in the neighborhood
of LOGON and in the sector between
the forest of Nieppe and Meteren."
Italians Repulse Attacks.
Rome, Tuesday. May 21.-Italian
troops in the mountains west of the
Brenta have broken up enemy at
slopes of Sasso Rosso. On Monte
Spinoncia, west of the Piave, says the
official statement from the war Of
flee today, an Austrian position was
destroyed and fifty-three prisoners
captured.
Germany's spring offensive launch
ed in the hope of forcing the allies
to conclude peace enters it's third
month today. The allied armies are
still intact and awaiting further enc
my attacks, while American REIN
forcements are hurrying to France.
Great losses sustained in Picardy and
Flanders have forced the Germans to
halt and reorganize their shattered
divisions
Allies Regain Ground.
In the weeks since the repulse of
the last strong German attack, that
north of Mount KENNEL. the allies
have succeeded here and there in Bit
ing off important positions. Enemy
counter attacks have not been vigor-
Gus and all his attempts to regain the
lost positions have failed. The latest
German failure was northwest of Mer-
vile, the apex of the Lys salient. At
tacking new British positions on a
front of two-thirds of a mile, the Ger
mans, altho in strength, were thrown
back. The British line remains un-
changed. Smaller enemy attempts
by the French.
On the sectors southwest of Ypres
and west of Amiens the Germans have
shown no indications that infantry at
tacks are about to be renewed Meth
er has Gen. Otto Won Bellows army
east of Arras undertaken new opera
tions. However. Berlin cannot delay
renewal of the offensive much longer
and that is the time the allies are
waiting for as they improve positions
at various points.
British aviators since March 21
have accounted for 1000 German air
planes and have dropped more than
1000 tons of bombs on enemy military
targets The aerial campaign against
the enemy continues unabated. both
British and French bombing SQUAD
rons being busy.
In patrol actions in Lorraine Amer
lean troops have captured German
prisoners. Both American and Ger
man artillery is more active than
usual in the Woevre and in Lorraine.
but no infantry fighting is reported.
Italians Are Victorious.
On the front between the Piave and
Lake Garda the Italians have been vic
torious in several strong local engage
ments with the Austro- -Hungarians.
On Monte Spinoncia, west of the Piave
the Italians wiped out an enemy post
and captured SO prisoners while their
new positions at Capo Sile on the
PiaVe have been extended further.
North of Bagdad in Mesopotamia,
the Turkish resistance to the advanc-
ing British still is weak. Mounted
troops have occupied Fatha, north
of Tekrit on the Tigris, the Turks flee
ing after slight fighting In the
Kirkuk region the Turks have not mo-
Tested the British in their removal of
military stores from the captured
town.