Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-02

Apparently the Germans are not pre-
pared To break the sec0nd ton IN the Fizn-
derg battle until -till moro troops and
greater concentrations n cannon are
Hassed along tho few important miles
Of tho front southwest " pres sign
are not wanting that General gnn trnir7
is bringing 20 reinforrements and SUD
plies, but The Anglo French troops
stirred by the brilliant repulqe ~ the
enemy which caused him 10 cease his
attacks for the second time wait con
lidendy.
As the first ora7- z the hard fzhfinq
was followed Dv stronger -ttacks
probable hat Jniv se difficulties rf
transport and supply comn4l the ararnv
10 withhold further ssaUits agalnst file
Allied positions from tr Mont herlmei
region westward Except ior Mont hem-
mel and a small g4rp ~ the east including
the Messines ridge The Germans arr III
much lower ground than the French and
British and must either rght ~ ~ le
compelled eventually n Withdraw before
the snotherlng FIRE of the Allied a-tillerv
HEAvy FIRING AROUND LocEE-
Heavy artillery firing ana thc usual
outpost actions continue along the front
Around the important sector III L3crc
the French have been shelled vpry heavily
By the enemy. On the southern lpg ot
the salient the German guns nave leen
active N the region oi BethiIns. oauth-
ward, in Pcardy only Jle artillery nas
been active.
American troops east Of Amiens have
engaged ne German infantry f3r The
hrst time on the great battlefield and
have emerged VICTORIOUS.
AMERICANS DEFEAT ENEAfT
After snelling heavily the Amencan
positions near Nillers Bret0nneaux. south
ot the ~oume and IN lhe direct route "
Amlens three enemy batJalons attacked
Tuesday llgnt harp -gnung tOOA
place all along ne Inc and the 1eFrnanz
we're repuiseL. having sustained severe
losses and ealug Gead ana wounded
"a the reiG The american losses
are reported lis rather severe.
lighting Tor democracy anu .or free
dom of their home .snd, Bohemian ana
>iav detachmenLs now are facing AJsJrC-
Hungarian troops along the sectors IN
northern Italy. Apparently these units
have been recruited from former -as,-
dents Of me dual monarchy anu from
deserters from me enemy RANKS.
AUsTRIANs sEE MENACE.
AusJro-Hungari4n commanders, vno
nave many thousands 0i Czechs and >iavs
IN their units. are sad % be fearful of the
effect this move may have on their troops.
This and the TACT tlat he Czechs at
Prague a1d elsewhere and the SiaTs ID
Carniola and southwark nave become
openly hostile to the Austrian government
may explain Why the enemy offensive
against Italy has been delayed.
Berlin has heralded and urged sa
offensive but Austro-Hungarian attacA,
have not yet developed.
SUCCESSFUL ATTACK ON IuRSs.
Although ConstaDGnopie and Beru
recently announced the rPuse q. tbc
British westward across the Jordan
General Alenby's men east of the river
have captured nearly 800 prisoners IN a
successful attack against The Turks
sourn Of rs salt. toward which -hc British
are advancing. Mezrah, Rc,, % the
Jordan. has been occupied ana tcralao
troops along the Hediaz railway recently
have taken more than 500 prisoners.
May Day apparently passed q'netly
In The Central Empires. Few news dis
patches OF Wednesdays date. however
have been received from " ithin Germany
and Austria-Hungary.