The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-05-07
Fresh Allied Forces Advance
Lines Considerably Into
Enemy Positions.
AMERICANS IN
STORM OF SHELLS
High Explosives and Poison Gas
Rained About Sector Held
By u. S. Troops.
A. p. Summary.

n. =. summary.
Australian and Canadian troops are
fighting in the British lines along the
vital sectors of the front. Austria
lians have advanced their line three
quarters OF a mile near Morlancourt,
East OF Amiens. The Canadins have
appeared in the Arras sector, further
south than they have been since the
German offensive began.
Americans near Montdidier have
been under a storm of shells the last
two days, high explosives being min
gled with poison gas. Official reports
INDICATE that heavy fighting prob
ably will be resumed.
Heavy rains have done much to de-
lay the German drive, but the allies
artillery fire on the Germans assem-
bling for attack has evidently had it's
effect.
The British forces have been COM
PEELED to abandon the town OF Es Salt,
east of Jordan. but maintain control
of Jordan crossings further south.
A feelingsis along the French front
that Germans may attack Ypres, Ar
ras and the Amiens sectors stimuli
taneousIy in the hope to cut through
the line in Somme sector and elimin-
ate the Arras sector.
Little of the relative internal Sit
uatioi, in Austria comes out, but Ser
bian sources report there has been
serious clashes between the Slovenian
and German in Austria.
Germany has not yet taken up the
offensive in the west and probably
another effort against the allied ar
mics is held in allowance to be made
simultaneously with the heralded
Austro- Hungarian drive against the
Italians.
In preparation for further enemy
attacks on the Flanders battlefield.
the British and French have been i'm
proving their positions in local opera
tions.
The allied troop in an attack be-
tween Locre and Rraucourt have ad-
vanced their line 500 yards on front
of one thousnd yards, gaining posi-
tions which strengthen the important
section of the front between Scher-
penberg and Mont Rouge. German
counter attacks were repulsed with
loss Berlin, reporting on the same
fighting, attempts to make out the at
taclxs were made in large force. IL
says they were repulsed and that the
French lost three hundred prisoners.
on the southern leg. Lys salient.
which is the one the Germans must at
tack If they wish to connect this bat
tie field with the one in Picardy by
wiping out the Arras salient. the Ger
mans have made no further attempts
to uush back the British from their
gains at Hinges earlier efforts having
failed. The artillery fire continues
most intense on both legs of the Lys
salient and south OF the Somme, in
Picardv
Further safeguarding OF the South
ern side of the Lys salient was effect
ed by the British last night through a
local operation which resulted In the
Improvement of the British positions
near LOGON mort OF Bethune.
II is on the Somme front, northeast
Of Amiens, however. that the most inn
portant fighting OF the last twenty
four hours has taken place. The Aus
trians made a dashing attack last
night in the important sector between
the Ancre and Sornme rivers, and
drove their lines ahead nearly a third
o mile on more than mile front
age in the Morlancourt region. The
attack of the Australians was so neat
Is carried out that they suffered only
slightly losses and inflicted heavv
casualties on the Germans taking $50
prisoner
Further south in the Picardy area
the French stood off successfully a
German attempt at penetration. The
trial was made after heavy bom-
bardment of the line below Hilles
southeast of Amiens, but the French
fire effected a complete repulse OF
the enemy effort.
The coming of a strong push or the
italian front Is heralded officilly from
Vienna which announces that Emper-
Or Charles and his military advisers
are now on the front In the Trentino
md the Tyrol, there have been large
movements of enemy troops. Rome
hoes not report any marked Infantry
fighting. nor does Vienna, but the
italian war office notes a great in
crease in the violence of the Austrian
artillery fire. especially on the Tren-
tino front, where the new attack prob
ably will come in an effort TO force
the Italians from the Piave line
Aerial activity in Northern Italy is in
tense.