The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06
VISCIOUS TRUSTS
BLOCK HUN PLANS
Allies Maintain Mastery of Air
In Every Sector on the
Western Front.
GERMAN TROOPS LACK IN DASH
Counter Attacks Are Few And Much
Weaker Than FormerIy-Recent
Allied Gains Important.

Washington, May 22.-Striking vic
iously at the enemy at various points
along the western battle front. meet
ing each outburst of German artillery
with a thunder OF cannon fire and
maintaining the mastery of the air in
every sector from the North Sea to
the Swiss frontier, the armies Of the
Entente Allies are preventing the leu
tonic armies from quietly perfecting
their preparations for coming battles.
With the knowledge that the pass
age of each day brings new American
legions to help crush the next Ger
man offensive, the Allies are finding
satisfaction in the fact that the Ger
mans have as yet been unable to
launch new blow in the struggle
which Berlin had expected to be the
decisive one of the war.
German Dash Is Gone.
For the most part, the Germans
have shown but little Of their habituaI
fighting spirit along the line in
France. They have been thrust back
in four sectors and the Allies have
succeeded in winning ground which
will be of great Importance in the fu-
ture. The Germans have counter at
tackled in only one instance and this
movement was carried out so slowly
and with such lack of dash that it
was easily broken up before the leu
tons reached the new Allied positions.
The attacks by the French, near
Locre on the northern side Of the Lys
salient, and of the Australians before
Amiens, which have already been re-
ported, now appear to have been more
successful than was at first under
stood. Near Locre, the French have
not only taken strongly fortified
points, but they have made secure
their lines on each side of Hill A,
which they recaptured from the Ger
mans recently. The Australians, too,
have won ground which is of tactical
Importance along the Amiens sector
They have gained higher ground which
lends itself well to defensive tactics
and viii be valuable when the time
comes for stern battle there.
French Make Gain.
With the British Army in France,
May 21-The success Of the whirl-
wind attack of the French troops who
are fighting alongside the British in
Flanders has brought about a decided
| improvement in the allied positions.
| The French made no attempt to push
forward to a great depth and all OBJ
jectives sought were gained.
/ London, May 21.-In sharp opera
tions around Locre, French troops
/ made an important advance on a front
/ of more than two miles and captured
/ more than 400 prisoners, according to
Field Marshal Haig's report from
] British headquarters in France to
/ night. The text of the statement
! reads:
During the night French troops
| carried out successful operations east
jectiVes were gained on a front OF
some 1000 yards and more than 40C
prisoners were captured.
Local fighting occurred early this
morning north OF Alcart as a result
/ of which a few Of our men are miss
ing. A party of our troops rushed e
German post east of Hebuterne and
/ captured a few prisoners and two ma
/ chine guns.
Hostile Artillery Active.
1.-The hostile artillery has shown
considerable activity today with gas
shells in the section north of Bethune
There were violent artillery &C
! tons in the region Of Hangard and
south of the Avre. French patrols
operating west Of CasteI captured
prisoners.
North of Reims near Bermericourt
French detachments penetrated as fan
as the third German trenches, carry
ing out destructive operations on the
enemy's defensive works They cap
| tured prisoners, one of whom WIS an
| officer, and valuable war materials.
1.-The Germans attempted incursions
against the French line in the Van
cIerc-C hevalier wood region without
result The night was calm on the
rest Of the 'front.'
Raids on Macedonian Front.
There was little artillery fighting
| anywhere along the Macedonian front
Saturday except west Of Lake Och
rida, where the enemy batteries bonn
barded Pogradets and Mumulishta
Near Henendos, in the Struma region
Greek patrols put enemy detachmentl