Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-23
HUNS PREPARING
TO STRIKE AGAIN,
ALLIES WAITING
Haig Realizes Longer Blow Is
Withheld the Harder il Will Be
Foe Msssing Big Forces.
BRITISH LINES ST RoNGER

Associated Press =Iumary-s p ~n
View thrl=ts on the western front bv
the Germans are -tii held Iu aDevsncr
RaidIng actlvItv ha- become more prn-
uOunced but HE enemy apparently II
not tllly prepared flr nls next blow
The Allied forces are making ready their
defences and t Il believed rne Germans
UIll not DELAY resumption oI heavy hght-
lng much longer.
FEELING STRENGTH on ALLIES.
German raids in both the northern
and southern battlehelds indicate 1e
enemy Is feeling ont hIs adyersares VINO
realize that the longer the Germans hold
Of their new attack the heavier IL is
likely 10 be. Southwest cf NDres the Ger
mans are rnasslng large bodies 81 troops
on the northern leg 0f the salient PROB
abiv 10 preparation for further attempts
To overcome the Mont KENNEL positions
and 0utaank Epres Thev nave car-
RED out small raIds a ne vicinity ot
La Bassee ana LestlberU. where the
southern leg 81 the salient Joins the I'D
battle Inc. In the centre the British
have further improved tneT position
around hobecq.
aUS ACTIVITY rs PtCARDT.
0n he Picardy rarJienetd me Ger
mans snow increased activity lortn oI
the ~omIae IN the region of Albert. This
Is at the base ID the triangle whose apex
Is the lunCtlre oi the ~omme and Ancre
rivers, almost s.recJlv east Il Auiens.
ID IS Improbable THAT the Germans may
attack simultaneously he British ines
and those directly north - ht ~Omme ~
in effort 10 wipe s41 be -trong A-r.s
position.
HAIG HOLDS TO AEAA- ,EtroR.
Field Marshal Hang mas held suubborniy
70 the Arras sector Tor IS month 4lI me
line south OF Albert nls fought 90 n4mer-
otis enemy attacks since the Hrst wees 2,
the offensive movement South I'd tile
>omme the German artillery ire 'Hu-
tluues strong 1u 'he NCu-udIer-\pyQu
sector
Augio-trench armen are a.Er.As>.nE Tie
enemy by dropping many toms q bombs
on his military establishments 1tliu4
both bACtielroujs. IN aerial fighting 81
German lirplancs have been accounted
for by tllied ayia,ors.
10 REPEATED srTAcA uN rHA LMEHIrN AS.
The Germans have not repeated their
attack on the American lines essst 81 ST.
Nihiel General per~hiug IS understood
American casualties M saturday rrl>A
night exceeded POO and th4, those oi tlc
enemy were between 300 .nd 400
Fighting operations in NIaccdonla, ...
though not On i large scale. are quite
active. British. serbian. French snd
Italian troops have been engaged with Tie
enemy ou the front between NonasJir and
Doiran. At Netrenik the SerbianS cap
tIred an important position from he
BulgarlsuS and held il against counter
attack The Allied artillery has been hr-
ing heavily on the enemy positions
Associated Press summary, issued q.
IL a. m:
There are evidences oi 0crmsn eou-
centrations for renewal of the groa
battle on the Som-ne front Field Marshal
Haig reports enemy activities Of this
nature IN the vicinity If Nilers-Brcton-
neux. where the German wedge suuth 1f
the Summe has been pushed tarthes
toward Amiens The enemy masses
Nere taken under lire bs the British
artillery as were similar concentrations
north 0f the Somme, near Serre, seven
1 mies north If Albert.
( The Germans are heavily oombdrdmg
the region west Of Albert and the entire
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