The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-22
OUTBREAKS Have
TAKEN PLACE IN
SEVER AL CITIES
IS BERNE REPORT
Vast Estates of Prince
Furstenburg, Kaiser's
Friend, Plundcred
Official French and British
Reports Show No Major
Movements
(By Associated Press.)

(By Associated Press.)
| London, May 22.-Martial law has
been proclaimed in Bonemia and in
! consequence Of popular excesses."
many persons have been imprisoned.
says a dispatch to The Daily Mail.
from Berne. quoting The Slovenskt
! Parod.
Outbreaks have occurred in Ptlsen,
Nachod and other towns. The vast
estates of Prince Furstenburg.
close friend Of the German emperor,
have been plundered and the build
ings on them burned. =
DR.. Won Seydler. the Austrian pre-
mier 1t is added. has summoned the
Czech deputy. Stanek. to discuss the
clined and has warned the premier
| against a policy Of violence in Bohe-
mia, fearing evidently that the in
discriminate hangings and shootings
in Galicia at the beginning OF the
war are to be repeated in Bohemia.
The French Report.
Paris, May 22.-Artillery fighting
Of the most violent character occur
red last night on the front south
east Of Amiens, the war Office an
nounces.
Heavy artillery fighting took place
also on the southern part Of the
battlefront, in the neighborhood of
| Plemont, west Of Noyon. ~
| The following official announcement
was given out this morning:
Enemy aircraft having been re-
ported by our lookout posts making
for Paris, an alarm was given. The
different methods Of defense were put
into operation. A violent curtain OF
fire was thrown up and our squad
| rOnS took the air"
The British Report.
London, May 22.-In the sector
southeast Of Arras, German trenches
| were entered at two points last night
by British raiding parties, says to-
days official announcement Prison
ers and a machine gun were taken.
On the Flanders front the Germans
carried out heavy gas bombardment
of the sector TO the northeast of
Bethune. The announcement fol-
| lows:
"a number Of successful raids were
carried out by us last night on diff
ferent parts of the front. In the sec
tor southeast of Arras our troops en-
tered the German trenches at two
points and captured fourteen prison.
ers and a machine gun. Other raid
ing parties brought back a few pris-
oners from the enemy's positions in
the neighborhood OF LOGON and in the
sector between the forest OF Nieppe
and Meteren."
North Of the Ypres- Confines
canal sixteen prisoners were cap
tured by us. A hostile raiding party
approached our lines last night north
Of Albert. It was repulsed.
"THhe enemy's artillery showed
some activity during the night in tlB
neighborhood of Dernancourt, and
considerable activity east of the for
est of Nieppe. The sector northeast
Of Bethune was heavily bombarded
with gas shells"
American Activities.
With the American Army i'm
France, Tuesday, May 21.-The Amer
ican artillery northwest Of Toul
launched a sudden and terrific local
gas attack upon the German posi-
tions and cantonments within the
Gerecamp wood early today. Severe
punishment was inflicted upon the
enemy. How great is not yet known.
The deluge of American shells fell
in three waves and within half hour
the woods in which it is known many
Germans were sleeping had been
drenched with a large quantity of
poisonous gas.
In lively patrol actions Monday
night and this morning, east of Lune-
vile. German parties were twice de-
Heated by the Americans who cap
tured two prisoners.
An officer and twenty men while
exploring the area northwest Of An
cervillers, east of LuneviIle, sighted
four enemy patrols and established
contact with one Of them. The enemy
party, numbering 16, took up a po@'
sition in an unused trench from which
they were driven by the rifle and
grenade firing Of the Americans. The
Germans were then rushed by the
Americans who took two prisoners,
one so badly wounded that he died
later. There were no casualties on
the American side.
Four hours later an enemy patrol
made q bold attempt to rush one OF
our outposts but was driven of. One
German was killed and his body was
brought back to the American lines
for Identification purposes.
Northwest Of Toul an American
patrol trayersed the Appremont-
Varneyille road and found a high
tension cable used for charging the
enemy wire. They cut the cable and
brought back a large section of IT.
Another patrol came on a German
party southwest OF Appremont ana
sharp fighting resulted. Tie Aneri-
cans used their pistols, rifles and
hand grenades effectively and the
Germang were forced to retire.
A corporal named KlicIE, from
New England state, carried out
personal patrol" late yesterday az
ternoon. He craWled to the enemy
wire to investigate what he thought
was a periscope and saw German
step up to the firing trench. Bullets
were exchanged but the American
returned safely across No Mans
Land.