French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-03-28
European.

European.
The town Of Chaunny, southwest Of
st. Quentin, situated on the road to
Compeigne, the gateway to Paris, has
been occupied by the Germans, and,
according to the Berlin official COM
m~unications, everywhere between the
Somme and Disc rivers the Germans
are pressing what they conceive to be
their advantage.
It has been definitely a~scertained by
the British war authorities that more
than a million Germans have been
brought to the western front in an en-
deavor to crush the British army hold
ing the line from the region Of Arras
tor the south of st. Quentin.
A Berlin dispatch says that the
American and French regiments TAX
en- to st. Quentin to reinforce. the
British were defeated, but no further
information than this mere statement
has so far gotten through the censor.
The German monster cannon, which
has been bombarding Paris, has been
located in the forest of st. Goba1n,
west efOLaon, and exactly rs miles
from the Paris city hall. The shells
ARRIVE at intervals of 20 minutes, but
the p~opulace seem to be unterrified.
A French official note says 'The
French front is intact. Any assertion
to the contrary is a lie"
A prominent American chemist in
Oo-;- ,-L0,o -n-,o - itI1o1l-FO- M II
itary reasons, advanced the theory that
the barrel Of the big gun bombarding
Paris is surrounded by a magnetic
field which keeps the shell virtually
free from the sides of the gun when
it is being fired, thereby eliminating
friction, the greatest cause of lost mo-
ton, thereby increasing the muzzle
velocity Of the gun.
While German and British troops are
struggling violently to the south, in
the opening clash of the spring cam
paign, the greatest protector gas bonn
bardment of the war is being carried
out by the Canadians ageinstzenemy
positions between Lens and Hill No.
20. Lethal gas is being used.
Finlanders arriving at Stockholm,
Sweden, on the gunboat Svenskund,
say hat the German transport Frank
land struck a mine and sank at Moor
land. The transport was crowded with
soldiers, annon and munitions and,
according to the dispatch, the entire
crew, all Of the soldier and Admiral
voA Seyrer were lost.
In a battle that has rivaled in feroc-
ity any that has preceded during three
and a half years Of. warfare, the Brit
ish on a 50-mile front, have withstood
a great German offensive i9 it's initial
stages. At some points the British
line has been bent back. Sixteen
thousand men and 200 guns were cap
tured.
The forward movement against the
British in The west was launched I'M
der the eyes of the emperor, Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg and General
Ludendorff, admittedly the greatest
military tacticians of the central pow
ers.
"The prize of victory must not and
will not fail us-no soft peace, but one
which corresponds with Germany's in
terests," Emperor William telegraph:
ed the Schleswig-Holstein provincial
council, according to a Kiel dispatch
to London.
British aircraft during the fighting
along the front in France aided ma
t~erially the infantry forces below,
killing or wounding many Germans
with their machine guns while flying
at low attitudes, according to a Brit
ish official communication issued re
Gently dealing with aviation. British
aircraft also bombed important mill
tary positions behind the line and avi-
ators accounted for numerous German
airmen in battles in the air.
Two German destroyers and two
German torpedo boats have been
sunk by a force of five British and
French destroyers, the admiralty an
nounces in London. One British de.
stroyer was damaged. There were no
French casualties, and the British cas-
ualties were slight.
The British have made another ad.
vance in Palestine, capturing three
towns, it is announced officially in
London. A counter attack by the
Turks was repulsed.
1--WE are at the decisive moment OF
the war and one Of the greatest mo,
ments in German history said En-
peror William in a telegram to the
Rheinisch provisional council.
Dispatches to- London from The
Hague report that a local news agen.
cy says that Germany considers her
relations with Holland altered by the
attitude of the Dutch government to,
ward the entente and the United
States and publishes a report that the
abandonment by the Dutch govern.
ment of its shipping loan terms will
be regarded by Germany as a cause
for war.
While dispatches from Russia con
tinue to assert that the Bolshextki
leaders are hostile toward~the inyad