Bisbee daily review., 1918-04-23
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 SANNIES SHOW GREAT BRAVERY.
Seicheprey Recaptured From Teutons in Hand-to-Hand Fighting; Germans Claim
 Gains; Americans Lose 200
lSpecial to The Reviawl


 FRANCE, April 21 Sunday an entire German regiment. reinforc- cd by storm troops, attacked the sec tor held by American troops near Seichsprey, General Persiling's men fought the most serious engagement they have yet experienced.
 The attack was made by a consid- erable force and indications show that important preparations were made for it. Unusual precautions were imme- diately taken along the whole sector of the front as soon as the German in tention was known.
 An extremely heavy hostile bom- bardment with poison gas shells open ed during the course of the night and lasted until o'clock in ;he morning. At that hour the dnemy infantry dashed forward. preceded by storm troops which had been brought to the scene especially for the attack. after preliminary training on ground simi, lar to the sector held by the American troops
 The assault was over a line 2000 yards in length and at several places the enemy succeeded in entering the American lines. They even entered and occupied Seicheprey, where the Americans holding that position of fered the most stubborn defense.
 Drive Germans Out
 Without a moments delay. after been lively artillery fighting
 The attack on the Americans at Seicheprey, east of St Mihiel, now ap- pears to have been a carefully planned operation which had as it's objective the piercing of American lines or per haps the splitting of the American and French forces. which are. holding ad- jacent positions there. It met with de fest however, and r4fe fine which was denteG by the fury of the Teuton at tack has again been restored.
 New British Budget
 Andrew BOnar Law, chancellor of the British Exchequer. has introduced in parliament the budget bill for the coming year. Great Britain's expend- itures for the period covered by the measure are estimated at about s14.- S60, ,JS5,000 of which approximately S4,- 210.25O,0O0 will be raised by taxation, leaving a balance of nearly $10,650.- 735.0G0 to be borrowed At the end of tEe present year, the national debt of Great Britain will be about S39, ,90O0,- 000,9G0 of which sS.160,000 GOO will be due to her from her allies. Up to the present the United States. according 10 statement by MT. Law, has ad- vanced about S4,45O,OG0,09O to the en- tente nations.
 No Official Denial
 The Germans claim to have cap tured 1S3 Americans and to have killed and wounded many more. and so far there has been no official American answer to the claim. The situation will result in a revival of considera- ton at the war department of the pro- pOsal that a daily statement be is sued from the headquarters of the American exDeditionary forces. The explanation heretofore given of the refusal to accede to the proposal has been that American troops are part of and are cooperating with larger French and British units and that an independent American ccmmunique would necessarily duplicate British or French statements.
 It is realized. however, that German clamis, unless specifically denied from authoritative sources will be regarded as statements of fact with inevitable resulting anxiety to the people Of this country. For that reason Secretary Baker is disposed to reopen the whole question with General Pershing. How ever. it is possible that instead of daily statements on operations. arrange, ments will be made whereby enemy