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nounced, but the enemy apparently is
not fully prepared for his next blow.
The allied forces are making ready
their defences and it is believed the
Germans will not delay resumption of
heavy fighting much longer
German raids on both the northern
and southern battle fields indicate the
enemy is feeling out his adversaries
who realize that the longer the Ger
mans hold off their new attack the
heavier it is likely to be. Southwest
of Ypres the Germans are massing
large bodies of troops in the northern
leg of the salient probably in prepare
ton for further attempts to overcome
the Mont KENNEL positions and out
flank Ypres. They have carried out
small raids in the vicinity of La Rassee
and Festubert, where the southern
leg of the salient joins the old battle
line.
Robecq Positions Improved.
:, In the center the British have fur
Their improved their position around
Robecq- On the Picardy battle field
the Germans. show increased activity
north of the Somme to Albert This
is at the base of the triangle whose
apex is the juncture of the Somme
and Ancre rivers almost directly east
of Amiens.
1t is not improbable that the Ger
mans may attack simultaneously the
British lines in Flanders and those
directly north of the Somme in an ef-
fort to wipe out the strong Arras po-
sition. Field Marshal Haig has held
stubbornly to the Arras sector for a.
month and his line south of Albert
has fought off numerous enemy at
lacks since the first week of the Of
fensive movement. South of the
Somme the German artillery fire con-
tinues strong on the Montdidier.
Tons Of RounbS nropv>o,1
Angio-French airmen are harass-
ing the enemy by dropping many tons
of bombs on his military establish
ment behind both battle fronts In
aerial fighting 81 German airplanes
have been accounted for by allied
aviators.
The Germans have not repeated
their attack on the American lines
east of ST Mihiel. General Pershing
is understood to have reported to
Washington that the American cas-
ualties in Saturdays brisk fight total
ed 200 and that those of the enemy
were between 800 and 400.
Fighting operations in Macedonia
altho evidently not on a large scale
are quite active. British, Serbian,
French and Italian troops have been
engaged with the enemy on the front
between Monastir and Dorian.
Activity East of Rheims.
operations on the Somme front and
east of Rheims are reported in today's
official communication.
The statement follows:
Rather spirited artillery engage
ments occurred on the Somme front
and east of Rheims.
German raids between Lassigny
and Noyon, northwest of Rheims and
in the VoSges were without results.
Prisoners remained in our hands.
Everywhere else the night passed
in quiet"
Increasing Bombardment.
There are evidences of German con-
centrations for a renewal of the great
battle on the Somme front. Field
Marshal Haig reports enemy activities
of this nature in the vicinity of Villers-
Bretonneux, where the German wedge
south of the Somme has been pushed
furthest toward Amiens. The enemy
masses were taken under fire by the
British artillery as were similar con-
centrations north of the Somme, near
Serre, seven miles north of Albert.
The Germans are heavily lombard
ing the region west of Albert and the
entire northern side of the salient
along the Lys. on the Flanders front.
The Paris war office reports consid-
cradle artillery activity also in the
Somme battle area.