The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-03
QUIET IN WAR Zone
means ALL is WELL
London spapers View
Situation s IRE Cheerfully
YANKS ! FIT AND FINE
They Arr !; er Tired of Taking
Shot al Enemy; Fight
News
PRESS SUMMARY

W VI II n
Seemingly stunned by the severe
punishment inflicted by the British
and French, the Germans in Flanders
gave up temporarily their attempts to
gain further hill positions west of
Mount KENNEL. Ii is believed that
Won Arnim is reforming his shattered
units and bringing up new reserves.
The German occupation of KENNEL
has not been followed by further ad-
vances.
No important war dispatches were
received from early morning up to
noon and it is possible that the Ger
mans have not yet attempted any new
attacks.
American Army, On the French
Battlefront, Tuesday, April 30.-The
situation along the American sector
gradually is becoming stabilized
There has been no infantry encoun-
tiers in the last forty eight hours al
though small parties of patrols clash
ed. A German airplane was brought
down by Captain Norman Hall of Col
fax, Iowa, and Lieutenant Eddie Rick
enbacher, former automobile pilot
Rain and poor visibility has not stop
ped American artillery activity.
London, May 1.-The French last
night improved their positions in the
neighDorhood of Locre, on the Elan
ders front, The British rushed Ger
\ m q in, 12
took prisoners.
Paris, May There were artillery
lduels Of some intensity last night on
the Somme front near Villers Bret
onneux and both sides of the Avre
southeast of Amiens
Germans Were Repulsed.
UNITED Press Dispatch]
London. Eng, May In local
attack on the British position at st.
Julian, three miles northeast OF
Ypres, the Germans were repulsed
today The French made a success
ful raid in the Meteren sector. cap
turing some prisoners. The French
made successful raid in the vicinity
of Noycn.
Germans Bringing Up Artillery.
limited Press Dispatch1
with the American Army On the
French Battlefield May The Ger
mans have brought up additional ar
tlllery opposite the American front.
The artillery duelling between the
Americans and Germans is growing
more and more intense. One village
has been completely wiped out The
Americans are able not only to bar
rage the German lines, but to shell
towns and villages back of their line.
The Americans are getting trenches
dug and perfected, and if the Ger
mans do not soon make an advance
on the American line, the old trench
warfare system will again be in
vogue at this place, instead of the
half-open warfare that has been pre-
vailing.
Paris, France, May Violent ar
tillery activity is reported in the
nelghoorhood of Villers Bretonneux.
Won Arnim Has Paused.
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch
British Army in Flanders, May L.
Won Arnim made no further move on
the Flanders front last night nor was
an attack expected. The heavy defeat
suffered by the Germans Monday
- 'iCHA " pduSc anu Dr1ng uD
fresh troops for the drive in the Kem-
mel region.
Airmen Are Modest.
limited Press Dispatch.J
On the American Front in France.
May Captain Norman Hall and
Eddie Rickenbach American avia-
tors, have the honor of DESTROYING
German aeroplane right over the
German lines. Each modestly gives
the credit to the other. The German
plane went down in flames. The
Americans few so low that thev were
within range Of the German infantry
men below, but they escaped safely
back over the American lines.
London Papers More Cheerful.
UNITED Press HispatchI
London. May Failure resulted i'm
the German attacks southeast of
Ypres Monday and the immense en-
envy losses were commented upon
here in more hopeful tone which
marked the contrast to the recent
comments regarding the German
smashes toward channel ports The
soncensus of opinion is that the en-
envy suffered the most severe setback
since he started the offensive, March
FL, and the papers claim that on this
single phase of the battle considered
separately the allies won the great
victory on Monday