The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-06-01
PROGRESS OF THE WAR


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more than two miles. The French,
in an effort to improve their positions
against the coming enemy drive.
have made two lightning-like attacks
recently. In the KENNEL region
they retook hill "A. After a few
days lull they drove forward swift
" near Locre. They had no inten-
ton of penetrating deeply into the
enemy lines. but confined themselves
to a gain which bettered their de-
fensive position. They captured
nearly 400 prisoners.
Near the nose of the Flanders SAIL
ent to the southwest of Locre, the
British attacked in the region of
Merville and gained some ground.
Enemy counter-attacks on a large
scale were repulsed.
In the Picardy zone there have
been numerous raids by both sides
and some advances. The Australians
broke through the enemy positions
and retook the village of Ville-sur-
Ancre.
In Italy the Austrians and Italians
have been engaged in accommodating
fights. A further Austrian attempt
to retake Mount Como was defeated.
The Allies in Macedonia rectified
their lines by an advance on a wide
front. West of Koritsa, between the
upper valleys of the Devoli and Osum
rivers, French and Italian troops on
May Is, 16 and II carried out opera
tons for the purpose of reducing a
deep salient in the allied lines. and
of establishing advantageous posi-
tons in t~he-region of Protopapa and
Cernevoda. Despite the difficulties
of the mountainous country without
roads, the Allies pressed forward IL
and a half miles.
Turkish regulars and Kurds have
occupied several Persian towns south
of Lake Urumiah. Their objective
is said to be Enzeele. which they plan
to make a base for flank movement
against the British in Mesopotamia.
Aerial warfare continued with in
tensity all week. The British and
French carried out many bombing
raids, and the Germans bombarded
London and Paris. In the raid on
London the Germans lost at least five
machines. This raid was evidently
in retaliation for the Allied air
raid on Cologne, where 81 persons
were killed and scores injured. The
attack on Cologne took place in day.
light and much damage was done to
the city.
The British bombed railway sta
tons in German Lorraine and the
railways near Liege. Belgium; also
a chloride factory at Mannheim. on
Rhine. which was attacked twice.
Bombs were dropped on the Metz
Sablon railway station. and also on
the docks at Bruges. An enemy de-
stroyer was sunk near Zeebrugge by
a direct hit from an ~airplane.
The armed merchant cruiser Mol
davia, with more than 400 American
soldiers on board. was torpedoed by
a U-boat presumably somewhere in
the English channel. The troops
were being sent from England to
France under British escort. Fifty.
four Americans were killed by the
explosion. All the rest escaped ex.
cept two men. who leaped overheard
and we're drowned.
The German submarine U-39 en-.
tered the harbor of Cartagena. Spain,
in a damaged condition.
British air squadrons attacked the
Austrian naval station at Cattaro,
damaging several hostile ships anc
the harbor works.
Apparently in revenge for success
full Allied raids. the Germans raidec
hospitals behind the Allied lines
They deliberately dropped on these
hospitals the usual bombs. which
were followed by shrapnel bombs &C
as to insure death to any who might
try to flee to safety. Several hundred
persons. including scores of nurses