Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-05-21
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WAR SUMMARY

The one thousand three hundred
and seventy-eighth day OF the war,
sixty-first day of the big often
sive.
AMERICAN FRONT.-Major Ra-
oul Lufbery, of the American avia-
ton corps, former member Of the
Lafayette escadrille, was killed by
machine gun bullet during a run
ming fight over the American lines
Sunday morning. His body drop
ped from his machine and was re-
covered in the American front line.
The official communique issued
from American headquarters Sun
day, said that all fronts occupied
by American troops were quiet,
save for mutual aerial activity.
American aviators brought down
two hostile planes.
BRITISH FRONT,-Field Mar
shall Haig reported that hostile can
nonading increased last night on the
I2-mile front from Albert north
ward to Bucquoy. It Is IN this sec
tor that many authorities believe
the next major assaults by the Ger
mans will be attempted.
Haig also reported a successful
British raid in the Albert sector and
the repulSe OF a German raid north
OF Hinges on the southern portion
of the Flanders front
German prisoners admit their air
planes are now poorly constructed,
and OF inferior material. many Of
them coIlapsing in midair. This has
led to heavy casualties in the Ger
man aviation training camps.
FRENCH FRONT.-The Germans
have concentrated 1850, 900 men, in
Guiding 100000 infantry OF their
best divisions, on the west front
from the North sea to the Oise, in
preparation for resuming their Of
fensive. OF these, $4,000 are in
the front line and 6s6,oo0 are in
reserve.
BRITISH NAvY.-The admiralty
announced that the majority of the
German torpedo and submarine
craft which previously operated
from bases in Flanders, has been
locked in Bruges, obviously as a
result of the blocking of the har-
bors at Ostend and Zeebrugge by
the sinking Of concrete-filled ships.
Bruges is Is miles directly north OF
OSLe0Q anu . AuAAC0 I'LL SS~Ag 1NN~@
of Zeebrugge
ireland: Dublin dispatches de-
clare that ireland Is normal. fol-
lowing the discovery OF alleged pro-
German Sim Fein revolutionary
plot. One hundred and fifty arrests
are said to have been made ,tnclud-
ing all the principal leaders of the
Sim Fein.
A dispatch from Hofyhead an
nounced the arrival Of forty-stx
Sim Fein prisoners, including Ed
ward de Valera, their leader, aboard
a British war ship. Seventy others
were expected today.
Austria: Prague declared under
martial law, following street Aght-
ing and. demonstrations by Czechs
and Jugoslavs, who are agitating
for separation from dual monarchy
and immediate peace. Crowds pa
raded the streets, cheering for Pres
ident Wilson and Premiers Lloyd
George and Clemenceau-
Russia: Bolshevik and Turkish
forces were reported in Petro-
grad dispatch to be still fighting
for possession Of Baku, the center
OF the greatest oil district in the
world, on the eastern shore Of the
Caspian sea, which the Bolsht wiki
captured last week Two thousand
are reported dead and 5000
wounded.
England: Four enemy airplanes
were brought down southeast OF
London in a attempted raid on Eng
land last night.
French navy: French travel Nall
" sank a German submarine. cap
turing the commander and hberat-
ing the captain and crew Of a Span
ish sailing vessel which the sub
marine had made prisoner.