Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-05-16
LOCAL BATTLES
ON WEST FRONT
May Be Prelude 10 Great New
Smash by i4uns-Ready
TO Strike on Two
Fronts.
BY wiLLlAM pA,LIr s.wMs.

O0!.ed Fress START Correspondent.
With IN. British Armies IA France.
May ic.-Gnc of the lauscst conceatr~-
tons of troop; e*er asxc,ablcd on 1Ac
battlefield lies today Inside tne S-s~s
bulge in The Line ,r!.;ck says down
past Arras. Anl;ons li;o Motto de.
North Of this, il tie saiier;. pointing
toward 1I~azebrouck. IL q secondary
concentration, but .rcpo-tioaateiy i'm
portant, r,ile for m'l+.
These are ready to strike.
Facing them are the g.llsn.. French.
thei inp%ertCipable British and tbc van
guard of eager Amer!csns. "ait.ng for
the show to bsgiE.
VIII H~;ndcnhurg Ii: aEa:a a~sss:ns.
the Flemish hills?
VIII he make another s.nash toward
Aniians"
Will re h;s s~o-:hwav.a toward Com
r.sgn?
Or iii: :e .riaenly srrrvs to a
:o.aily different scene
Tho -ntvrc Will settle these ques-
,;on.. H:.t the bulk of hi. army ROW
aDrea.s 10 bc opposite tho two ~tl.eaters
named.
Shift in Command.
ADVaTe .l.,y there hss been Z. shift in
arc tta;,: Ito.vn Prince Bupprecht of
Eataria tow commands only ne
Fourth "::,i Sixth armies, down to- near
AIras. A~iaci"nser is reported opposite
the British. right flank. seemingly
xandwiched between RupErecht and
Grown Prince Frederick Wilhelm of
Prussia. All are plent;ful'y supplied
With canaon fodder.
Won .Armln has aDout le divisions
t22S,000 mem between Yrres and
Bailieul Ga front OF about eight milcs)
in the line and reserve. Won Quasi has
80 divisions 5000 900 mem between
lSailleul and Lens %(roughly q 25-mi!c
front). Won Below has Is divisions
QS0,ooo men) between Lens and lsa-
palrae !aoout 20 milcsl. Won Der MAJ
witt has 70 divisions $3.50. 900 men>
between Esara,ilnc and The Avre river
tahont % miies). Won Hutier has 81
divisions (420.0 men) from the Avre
to the Noyon region (abOut 50 ,nsiesi.
These total about So divisions $780,
600 lnenj in the line and sonic 60 a.
visions t120.000 melD i'm reserve.
Cne Small Retirement.
Counter attacking stubborr,:y last
night. tho British rccapturcd their orig
inal lin southwest OF Dicl1ebush iaGc.
To-day. at the extreme right OF this
small battle front. trey We're compelled
to retire, owing to heavy machine gun
fire. .
Fighting continues about n small
pocket which the Germans occupy at q
strong point east of Mile kru3sen -
milo northeast of I.aciyite.
The French witilstooG a German at
tack almost completely stopping the
storm troops ON tho east bank of the
Vyverbeck (Which flows norlaeastward
into Dic,lebuscl lal,el. which the en-
elny was unable 10 cross, owing 10
field gun fire.
The latest reports show the FRENCH
line intact. The Germans failing 30 re-
new the Struggle.
AT 3 o'clock this morning ;ic Ter.
mans laid down - barrage northeast OF
Amiens. At Ans this sector apparently
had quoted without any attack.
On the resi- OF the Iro-'. INC guns ere
ceaselcss...y puuading. Hea.: EucGuoy
the BRITISH, were Slightly tarcea back
from positions wi.ioh they won yes
terGa:.
Simnrs' disna.ch would indicate tllas
Maci,cnsen. the con1ucrcr Of Serbia anc
the director OF the last his, IttliaH uriNe.
is in command of The German armies IN
the A.a:-nS region. where AMe:lcan
troops are fighting. The. disnatch sa:o
.his German commander is reportet op-
posile the "sritlal right raak.' wh!ch Is
:,cai. Niliecs.~ I2rctcnueuA, just south CT the
Under M~ackersen, 80 field commander.
apparently is Won Der Marwltz, whose
con.ro! extends from %sa.aa1ne 70 the
Itvrs.
| low TIC .Avre. however. thsi also appar-
entity a.. faced by the a.r..-a under tho
| diroc. co:,.na..d Of Nou H,,t'e:, who In
turn is undc. the German crown 2:!n.e.