Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-20
Crack Divisions Have Not
Recovered From Fear
full Losses
EXPECT TWO ATTACKS
British, French and Ameri-
cans Ready For Any
Eventually
By Associated Press

From Ypres to Rheims the allied
armies await confidently the resump-
ton by the Germans of the offensive
! they began two months ago. Good
weather prevails along the fronts in
Flanders and Picardy but the enemy
has yet shown no disposition to take
advantage of it.
Lack of fighting spirit ir the crack
divisions it is reported is holding
back a renewal of the heavy battles.
Most of the first class units were
battered severely in the fighting in the
past two months and require more
rest before they can again take up
active operations. although the losses
have been made up from reserve
stations.
Allies Look For Feint
Indications are that the Germans
may extend the fighting front further
south and east along the Aisne into
/ the Champagne. 1t is thought they
may strike south of Loan in an effort
to gain the attention of General Foch
and his reserve army, while their
real effort is made further north in
an attempt to separate the British
and French armies.
Meanwhile, British raiding activity
grows livelier. In a successful opera
ton between the Ancre and Somme
rivers, east of Amiens, Australian
troops have occupied Ville-sur- -Ancre
and captured $50 prisoners. On the
same front between the Somme and
Arras, the British have carried out
minor roads northwest of Albert and
near Hamel. Artillery and aerial
work continues at high pitch. In ad-
dition to dropping many tons OF
bombs on important railway sta
tions, airdromes and billets, British
aviators Saturday destroyed FL Ger
man machines and disabled two
others.
Battle in Mountains
There is increased local fighting
on the Italian front, especially in the
mountains in the western Trentino.
Austro- Hungarian troops have at
tempted attacks in the Mantello and
Adamello region, but were driven
back by the Italians. In the Giudi-
caria Valley, in the same zone, the
Italians captured prisoners in break
ing up an enemy outpost.
1t has been reported through neu-
tral countries, that the Austrians
planned to resume their offensive
with an attack against the Italian
lines in the western Trentino with
the intention of reaching Milan and
Brescia and outflanking the Italian
line along the Piave. Except for the
storming of Casatassoon ridge north
of Monte Grappa by the Italians, who
captured prisoners. the activity on
the front between Lake Garda and
the Adriatic has been confined to
artillery mbardments.
Anti-Hun Demonstration
Four German airplanes were
brought down during an enemy raid
on London and the southeast coast
of England, Sunday night. This is
the largest number yet to fall before
the British defense. The raid was on
large scale and large number of
bombs are reported to have been
dropped. 1t was the first enemy air.
plane raid on England since April
IL, and the first on London since
March Z, when IL were killed and
As injured in the British capital.
Anti-German demonstrations in
Prague by Czechs and Jugoslavs have
resulted in a state of siege being pro-
claimed in the Bohemian capital.
The garrison has been reinforced
and the Jugoslavs ordered out of the
city.