The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-01-19
WEATHER BLOCKS
ARMY MOVEMENTS
Artillery DueIs the Only Activity
Reported on the Various
War Fronts.
SAYS ALLIES LOST 119 PLANES
Berlin Also Claims Destruction of Nine
Captive Balloons in December
More British Raids.

Washington, Jan. lion the fight
ing fronts the infantry is inactive. ex-
cept for small raiding operations, but
the artillery duels continue intense on
various sectors. In Northern Italy
snow has fallen to a depth of from
three to five feet, bringing the opera
tons to a halt The movement Of SUD-
plies to the enemy armies in the hills
is being greatly impeded, and the in
d1cations at present are that fighting
Of great intensity viii be impossible
while the snow lies on the ground
Says Allies Lost 11e Planes.
Berlin, Jan 1.-THE official state
ment from the general headquarters
today says: In December the enemy
losses in aircraft on the German front
amounted to nine captive balloons and
119 airplanes, Of which forty-seven
dropped behind our lines; the rest
were observed to fall behind the
enemy's lines.
We have lost in battle eighty-two
airplanes and two captive balloons.
British Made Three Raids.
London, Jan. 1.-THE official re-
port from Field Marshal Haig's head
quarters in France tonight SAYS:
Early this morning we successfully
raided at three different points the
enemy's trenches southeast of Ypres,
inflicting many casualties and captur-
ing few prisoners and two machine
guns.
The hostile artillery was active in
the day south of Bullecourt, west of
Lens and east of Ypres.''
Plan to EnsiaVe French Now.
London, Jan. ia German official
statement, according to an Amster-
dam dispatch to the Central News,
says,
AS a reprisal for the retention of
the inhabitants OF Alsace-Lorraine
against the law OF nations six hundred
French viii be conveyed to Russia
from January 6, and within a few days
four hundred French women viii be
sent to the camp at HOlZminden
CDutchy of Brunswick
Weather Don't Stop Fighting.
Washington, Jan 1O.-Bad weather
continues to prevail on most OF the
major battle fronts, but nevertheless
the heavy artillery duels are proceed
ing at several points and infantry at
tacks Of small proportions have been
carried out
The Germans in one of these maneu-
vers, which apparently was more in
the nature of a raid than an attack by
large forces, entered British advanced
posts north of the Ypres-Staden rail-
way, but later were forced out by a
counter-attack. On the famous st.
MihieI salient, southeast OF Verdun,
which has described a sharp wedge in
the battle line since the early days of
the war, French troops have raided
German positions on a mile front, de-
stroying the positions and retuTnedd
to their own line with 17S prisoners
and some machine guns.
The German war office admits the
French success in invading the Ger
man position, but says the French
were elected from them in counter
attack
Italians Confident.
Italian Army Headquarters in North
ern Italy, Jan. 1O.-Snow was falling
along the mountain front and an in
termittent enemy artillery fire was
in progress during a visit which H.
Harvey Carroll, Jr, an American con-
sui at Venice, paid to the Asiago pla-
teau on that front as a guest OF the
Italian general staff.
It was a difficult and dangerous
climb up the slippery mountain
heights to the summit of a hill 1000
feet high, which Consul Carroll as
cended. The enemy positions on
Monte Mellette di Gallo and Monte
Badenech were seen to be heavily COW
cred with snow, which extended down
to the Frensela valley, through which
the Austrians are seeking to push
their way to the plain The consul
visited the Bersaglieri brigade, which
had borne the brunt of the mountain
fighting, finding the men well cOndi-
toned and rationed, in fine spirits and
confident that they would be able to
hold any further attempts OF the
enemy to advance.