The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-06
GERMAN LUCK
DESERVING THEM
ON VEST FRONT

Have Been Unable to Get Their Offensive
Started Again Despite Tremendous Ef-
fort of Their commanders-The
Smaller Attempts Have Failed.
With the British Army in France, Sun
day, May tBy the Associated Press -
Luck seems 20 be going against the Ger
mans along the crucial northern battle
front. Sunday still found the Prussian
commanders working desperately to whip
their organizations into shape for re-
newal Of the delayed offensive.
The allied artillery has been maintain
ing an incessant bombardment of enemy
territory and Friday night before the
projected German attack the French and
British gunners played havoc with the
German preparations. The allied troops
also have been successfully carrying out
local operations
Yesterday the allies occupied large
number of important positions at various
points along the front of 1000 yards
west of KENNEL The British also made
an advance of 500 yards along the front
of 1000 yards northwest OF LOGON. This
morning the Germans tried TO regain
some Of these positions but were re-
pulsed. An enemy attack yesterday
morning in the LOGON area under cover
of heavy barrsge likewise was smashed.
On the southern battle front the Brit
ish last night near Sally lie Sec ad-
vanced their line in a minor operation
without casualties. The German prison.
ers taken in all these local engagements
make a considerable total
The spirit of the allied troops remains
at the highest pitch. They know that
every days delay is in itself a victory
for them. Each "A hours that slips by
makes America loom larger on the horiz
on and brings the much needed overseas
troops nearer the battle lines
Interesting comments by German civil.
ians have been furnished from an enemy
mail bag captured by the British before
it was delivered to the soldiers along
section of the Flanders front.
Che letter said:
Peace does not seem to be coming
along as we fondly hoped, All this in
the west is too wicked for anything.
-Four years OF it now and no sign of the
end We hope every day it will come to
a decision and that the British will be
driven into the North sea, but they stand |
firm"
This letter was from Berlin and dated
April 25.
Further details now are available from |
various sources regarding the new Ger
man tanks, several OF which made such |
a poor showing at ViIlers Bretonneux on
April "a. The machine weighs 45 tons
and is so unwieldy il is unable to nego-
tiate broad trenches and cannot move
over ground torn heavily by shells. The
tank is pointed at both ends 1t is APP
% feet long. nine and one
half feet wide and II feet high. The
,rmor il Of a poor quality of steel and
varies in thickness up to 30 millimetres.
The armament consists of a 2.2-inch
run forward, which fires high explosives
md case shot, six heavy machine guns,
.wo on each side and two in the rear II
S equipped with two horsepower,
our -cylinder poppet valve engines with
IN electric starter and one man can con
rol and drive it easily. Its top speed
N good ground is 10 miles an hour. A
rev of 10 is carried, consisting of one
,fficer, three glnner~ for the forward
nun, two drivers. two mechanics, 10 ma
hine gunners and one sgnalman. !