Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-05-17
NEW HUN DRIVE
HERALDEO BY HOT
FIRE ON ALLIES
Germans Have About Completed
Preparations for Another Often
sive; Allies, Prepared, Waiting.
ITALIANS CRUSH TEUTONS
Kill, Capture or Rout the Entire
Garrisons Of Mts. Como
end Asolone.
ALLIES VcToRs IN ATR

h-rociateti Press suu1r1Ary IsT'red A. q "a m
Germany stiIl hcsitates 70 rcnrev hesvy
fighting on the main battlehcide 4 The
western front, but tho incTrase IN acTial
and artillery activity indicates shat Infan
try fighting on lnrgrr scale than y The
past two weeks soon again may - p
progress.
Allied and German g7Inncrs 50 harss-
sing the opposing lines vTth shcll tra
and tnrs fighting coutinUcs most MARRIED
on the front north ~ tho I.ys IN Flardcre
and soIth " .he >omn1c m picsriy IT,
has been 'he German policy n prrondr
4 strong infantry operation nth ferw
hours of the mort Intense artillery FRI hrt
the encmy CONFERENCE.-The have not get
reached Tho highest pitch. though it II
believed the German preparation for
another offensive move are about oyrn-
pleted
The German gyms havr bern per
sigteTrtiy 2rtive AT around the I.ys salient
where the enerny wer1ge protrndes tUFsyds
Hsnesrouck. the railway Junction which
Is The key ~ f1e Transportation gystern in
this whole area and AZ increase IN the I'M
tengitv IF The bornbardnrent there i RI
-ort"d bv hc london vs. NJ Ofice today.
ALLIED ArH>xrw ~cTgr- - p7.A~ys
Recentlv British and French aTr-nen
have been meeting NTH little 1prcatson
in dropping bombs on railway stations
troop ercampInenfs and ether military
targets behind the German lines Now
the enemy has beoorne most active and
has ATTEMPTED bombing RAIDS behind the
allied lines as well a. irving n prevent the
allied bOrnh~rr from carving % their
work
Fiftv-~1x German machines aTp RI
ported accounted Tor by London and Pans.
OF these - machines we're destroyed ov
allied sriatOrs. Berlin On the other hand
claims the destruction Of % a4be1 air
planes.
BOMB GERMAN TOwSz.
After battle with German airplanes.
British aIrmen On Thursday afternoon
dropped bombs on 5asrbr8cken- German
Lorraine. causing sc least one FIR. he
British then attacked the German 1i-1tanes
anew and destroyed FIVE Of the. ynue
losing one OF their own number
There has been no infantry activity,
except for patrol ralds, on ali the long
fronts from the North Sea % Swlt2er-
land, including the american sector.
American artlilerymen in Picaruy again
have caused fires In Montdidier.
ITALIANS RoUT AUsTRIANs.
Between Lake Garda and the Pave
the Italian troops are giving the Austrans
little rest. The success IN Gaming me
summit Of Monte Como, south 81 AslagU,
has been followed BY an operation AGAINST
Monte Asolone, Just east % the BrenLa.
st two places the AUSTRIAN trenches we're
entered, the part Of the garrison not killed
or captured fleeing.
Jenna SAYS the Italian activities spresat
20 Monte pertlc,,. east of -Asoione. B0tn
these heights are outposts Of toe form
dsbie Monte Grappa.
Along the front from ne -. El11
paSSs to Lake Garda enemy patrols hsyr
been repuised by the ltsii..ns. Between
Lake Garcia and the Brenta ami On tre
AsiAgo plateau the artillery FIRE has -
creased