Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1918-05-25
LATEST news FROM
ALL WAR FRONTS
THE GERMANS HAVE ABOUT COM.
PLETED THEIR PREPARATIONS
FOR ANOTHER DRIVE.
ALLIES READY FOR BLOW
Large Number OF Americans Are Be-
Ing Brought to the Front and
Big Guns In Action
Constantly.

Although the Germans In Flanders
and Picardy are keeping up inces-
sanity their preparations for re-
sumption of their spring drive there
Is as yet no Indication that an attack
on a large scale is Immediately i'm
minent.
For several weeks past the enemy
has been engaged assiduously in bring
Ing up guns and supplies of all kinds
and also new forces to reconstitute
the units which the American, British
and French guns cut to pieces as he
tried at various points to break the
allied line, and the feeling now is that
the work Is fairly we'll done and that
any day may witness the commence
ment of another great offensive on
the western front.
AS ready as is the enemy for the
battle stand the allied armies, so far
as men and gun power are concerned,
and confident that no advantage viii
be gained over them except, as has
been usual by the payment OF an aw-
full price Of men fed to the guns
Large numbers of Americans daily
are being brought to the front, ready
for immediate service or are reinforc-
ing the units under intensive train,
Ing Immediately behind the battle
lines.
Meanwhile the big guns continue
roar in mighty duels on various SEC
tors and here and there small bands
of infantry constantly are leaFing
their trenches in raids or small at
tacks with the object of capturing
pieces of terrain which may be -
strategic value when the big fight. be
gins.
The latest of these small affairs
where a bit of ground was required !,
has been successfully carried by thea
British in the capture Of the village offl
Vile Sur Ancre, on the Amiens secle
tor. Not only was the position taken 4
but with it $50 prisoners and 20 may,
chine guns fell into the hands OF :
Field Marshal Haig's troops, whose
own casualties were slight.
In raiding operations northwest OF
Albert and near Hamel, the British
also were able to take additional pris-
oners and machine guns.
That the Germans have the capture
of Petrograd in prospect seems evi-
dent from their latest operations in
the Gulf of Finland Here they have
taken the Island of Bjorko. which lies
only thirty miles northwest of the
Russian capital.
Dispatches from Russia show that
again there is considerable activity in
Trans Caueasia and In Persia. At
Baku, on the western shore Of the,
Caspian Sea in Trans -Caucasia, the
Musselmans and bolsheviki have fought
a battle in which, according to Mos
cow newspapers, two thousand per
while in Persia the Turks.
have occupied several towns south
of Lake Urmia. The operations in :
Persia may indicate that it is the pur-
pose of the Ottoman forces to harass
the British line of communication :.
along the Tigris River.
Advices from Amsterdam say that
fourteen persons were killed and
large number injured in the bombing
raid carried out by allied aviators on
Cologne Saturday.
Among the rugged peaks Of the. ;
Asiago Plateau, east Of the Brerta
river, the Italian front has. again.
.lamed into violent action The ag~
sressive has been taken by the ItaI-
ans, and the Austro-Germans, instead
If launching their long-expected as
'ault on the Italian lines, have been
compelled to fight hard to maintain
he positions where they have stood
since last November. -
The fighting seems to have, centered ;
IN the comparatively short section OF
he battle line between Monte Aso-
one and Monte Pertica The two
heights, about three miles apart, rise
o an altitude of about 5000 feet, while
between them there is sort of sad
He" on which the Teutonic forces
ave taken up strong positions. Both )
he Vienna and Rome official state
nents tell of bitter fighting on this
ront, the latter stating that the Ital-
an soldiers have entered Austrian
renches near Monte Asolone in two /,
laces.
Here and there there have been
atrol engagements, but these fights
ave not approached the magnitude of
battle at any point.