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and he was compelled to try to turn
/ it as well from the south and west
This ne did, getting well around the
corner of It by saizing the big Po-
| legstert Wood at the foot Of the
| ridge. At the same time he launch
ed new troops from the army on Won
Quast's right, taking them from the
Fourth army, commanded by Won
Arnim. First two and later three
divisions of Germans charged al
Messines ridge from the east side on
Wednesday morning. In the course
of the days lighting they reached
the summit in two places, but by
nightfail were thrown back again in
counter attack by the British
Ninth division from nearly the whole
OF the highest part of the line, bare
ly holding on to the extreme south
ern point in part Of the ruins Of
Messines village.
This ridge was held by the British
during all Of Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, and its successful defence,
In which, among others, Scottish
troops Of the Black Watch especial
ly distinguished themselves, had &
determining effect on the struggle
raging in the plains below.
The Germans BY Saturday night,
April rs, had IN their center progress
ed far, for they covered between
four and FIVE miles from the cross
tnga OF the Lys. and the salient at
its deepest point was no less than
seven end a half miles deep on a
total front Of only ia miles. They
had great local successes, including
the surrounding or ArmentiereB and
IA. -
ris0n OF 5000 men, with a general
ed q total OF 10000 prisoners and
more than 100 guns. They had ex-
tended in q sort OF mushroom shape
westward az far a. MerviIle and
within hva miles OF Hazebrouok
Junction. though with dihlcult OBJ
stacle Of the Ndppe Forest in be-
tween.
But they had not in all those FIVE
days reaped the fruits OF their or
iginni success. Reinforcements had
had time to come up. and the British
line fluctuated without advance on
the part Of the Germans during the
whole fifth day. including the re-
capture az one point Of Neuye Eglise.
all Of which results turned upon the
holding Of the Messlues ridge on one
side and the continued resistance In
the neighborhood Of olvenchy on the
other.
The situation, then, on Saturday
evening. April H. tho nth day Of
the battle. was as follows:
The Germans, having brought into
play altogether 80 and possibly more
than 80 divisions, had created a
breach IN the old defensive zone ~
miles broad. Beyond this. IN q direc-
ton perpendicular to the old line.
fhrustang. that is, northwestward,
they had occupied an area somewhat
wider than the breach itself, running
from Melville TO the foot OF the Mes
aines ridge. a distance Of 18 miles,
while the extreme front 10 which
they had pushed ran In slight
curve outside BaiIleul and NeuVe
Esfiss So the whole area which the
advance had occupied during the Eve
days is like a capital letter 70" sol
drawn a. 10 bulge slightly 10 tho
left Of western end and of such
dimensions that It's extreme depth is
hnlf DIS length.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-20

Any one who looks at the position
OF Lille on the map and follows the
old Allied line down from Newport
east of Ypres, passing Lille and on to
near Bethune, will see that If the
enemy could effect a rupture in front
Of Lille, thrusting northwestward, he
would, by cutting the railway and
the road functions, not only destroy
all the Allied armies in the angle be-
tween the rest OF the line and the
sea, but would also uncover a very
considerable part Of the coast, in
Guiding the port OF Dunkirk.
His real object in this attack was
therefore first TO reach these points
Of junction in communication, mo-
tably Hazebrouck, through which all
railway communication from the
Channel ports passes, and to do so
before any considerable Allied re-
endorsements Gould arrive to stop
his push. He saw that he was con-
fined to a somewhat narrow front Of
effort unless he could carry Given
chy, upon his left, and reach Bethune
at once. For upon his right he was
held by the formidable Messines
Ridge, which he might hope to turn
after he had pushed over the Iys,
but which he could hardly hope to
take In the first blow by assault
Bethune. therefore, was the second
part OF his Immediate objective. 1t
was the comparative narrowness Of
the front he had chosen for attack
which made this second initial OBJ
ject OF reaching Bethune at the first
blow 30 important Such a sue
cess would have had the further ad-
vantage OF cutting the shortest rail-
way communication between the ALI
lied armies in the north and those
in the center OF the line. Upon this
railway Bethune stands as the point
where the track bends nearest to the
enemy's lines
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-20

= London April 19-(By Cabe-The original object Of the
enemy the I front to reach quickly possible the
functions of Hazbrouc and Behune That would have cut Oft
supplies all the British forces the east of these points and
would have given him extremely important result He failed
reach these points and held front OF the second place
from the first day at Givenchy and first place
the day Neville the eleventh day and he
Wis still held the front these points During the intervening
week the defensive has had reinforce continually Mean
while finding himself held the chief the western side from
GiVenchy diverted his attack to it he could
the northern side the British line is strengthened by the
chain o hills running from KENNEL to Castel If the enemy
these hills the enemy would not have decision but the
British front would have swing back to
Dunks No retirement from the Ypres district have
fortunes of the until Dunkk uncovered
Dunkrk uncovered the Germans become far
stronger by and might within of Calais The
enemy hardly take these hills by direct attack he work
get and Of them and he is working eastward by
way gap behind NeuveEgse and turn westward by way of
Meeren Up Friday night he had been held both of these
points The test Of his initial here would be the decision
of Mount KENNEL
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Breaking Of British Railroad Lines Foe Object uFZanderS
Beoc Analyzes Hazard to Defenders If Hun Hosts Gain Success
u. S. Control
Puzzles State
Baby Railroad

Bismarck, n. D., April z0.-The
Midland Continental. North Dako-
ta's principal short-Iins independ-
emit railway, is puzzled over the
question OF federal control.
Regional Director Ashton has
written the Midland general offic-
es at jamestown for It's views on
the matter.
Under the railway control bin,
President Wilson may, any time
tion OF the national system. The
Midland Continental hasn't quite
made up its mind whether IL
wants to be reiinduished or not.
The company operates 1884
miles OF track. spurs, sidings ana
everything included.
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-20

The second blow of the Ger
man offensive, for which the Al
hes have been waiting ever
since the first great movement
was checked on the front near
.Amiens, was delivered not, as
had generally been expected,
by q renewed assault upon the
point of junction between the
British and the French, but
some seventy or eighty miles to
the north, Immediately in front
of Lille. This has now been
continuing for more than a
week, and what remains to be
seen at the moment of this.
writing is whether the initial
advantage Of the Germans,
which proceeded rapidly during
the first few days and continued
to progress through the third
day and half Of the fourth, and
which in general was checked
during the latter half Of the
fourth and the fifth days, can
or cannot be developed with
sufficient rapidity to imperil
the considerable forces of the
Allies which are being held
north and east Of the functions
particularly Hazebrouck-
menaced by the German adj
vance.
1t It cannot be developed, that
Is. If the enemy cannot find re-
enforcement more rapidly than
the Allies can within the next
few days tfor the whole thing
IS q question Of numbers), it is
clear hat this second German
offensive will have failed and
that the result will be negative
to the enemy. This is true be-
cause the total losses to the side
which takes the offensive in an
attempt Of this sort must al
WAYS be much higher than those
az the defence, when the attempt
fails. and it is the relative
numerical position Of the con-
tending armies at the end OF
auch a movement that counts
for the future Of the war
Little Success
At Great Cost
Precisely as in the case OF the
m,sel larger German effort
f1rther south, in 'front.' OF
Amiens. the very high expendi-
tIrre Sc men which the enemy is
deliberately mourning win bel
wen worth his while If be can
oet through to the British juno
tons and cut off considerable
body ofAlliedt troops. Suchasuc-
cess. though it would not lead
Immediately to a decision, IS
r4ight have been the case with
4 corresponding success in the
biz effort on the south, would
IS 8 very serious blow to the Al
lie II would Immediately
change the balance In numbers
81 ths opposed forces; it would
heavily handicap British com
munieations across the Channel
and II would half strangle the
supply Of the armies on the
northern part Of the front. II
no reach those functions Of
the Allied communications IN
time is still the enemy's object
Is this second offensive; to az
cumulaHs resistance rapidly
enough To check him is the cor
pondinE object "a our slde.l
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ceruan ives VardA mers and 1t the esas Ridge Tk
French IN Germans now d the He he smaller t dnt con
coz ber m The las 0 hee lin a evla u sho the o sep
10 re b &
Il the line offensive the hd at Bhe nj ever bdk met
Q a o for a
a o h o t "a a %
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Aubers and lies about five miles
from the river.
HAVE GAINED ONLY
AT WEAKEST POINTS.

HAVE GAINED ONLY
AT WEAKEST POINTS.
Behind it, and hidden by it. is the
large town of Lille, which the Ger
/ mans occupy. At a rather greater
distance to the north OF the Lys run
the more considerable heights which
come around the south toward the
Lys in a ridge known as the Mes
sines ridge, which upon its summit
carries the ruins Of the villages Of
| Wytschaete and Messines
The double front OF the two armies
ran below-that is. to the east of the
Messines Ridge, thence on south
ward in front OF Armentieres in a
bulge which included that town, and
which was held by the British, and
from Armentieres southwestward.
generally parallel with the river, to
Neuve Chapelle, and the neighbour
hood Of Givenchy. The enemy's OBJ
servation posts, docking down from
the Aubers Ridge to the plain, saw
before them the weakest part Of this
line so far as the British were con-
cerned-to wit, the flat ground be-
tweens Armentieres and Givenchy,
where there was no rise in the
ground that could be defended. IL
had indeed a certain natural strength
from the multitude Of the small
dykes which cut 1t up and each OF
which formed a sort OF fortificat ton.
AS everywhere else ia the trench
line. IL was organised into three de-
fensive zones, the last and strongest
Of which was not much more than
q mile south OF the river.
This sector between Armentieres
and Givenchy was a matter OF
about twelve miles 1t was garrison
ed on the Allied right BY troops from
Lancashire, England in the middle
By a newly arrived Portuguese divis-
ion and on the left. at Armentieres,
by an English garrison OF a COM
position which has not yet been
divulged. These three divisions, the
entire British garrison. were first
faced By the 9Th German army, that
Of Won Quasi who commanded al
together about ~ divisions. With
perhaps eight Of these and certainly
with more than six. he launched his
attack after a heavy bombardment
between and 8 o'clock on the morn
ing Of Tuesday. April 8. The weath-
er was thick with mist, and before
the first Smelling. which (though
very severe and carried Far behind
the Iines) was short. no indication Of
a special concentration Of German
forces had appeared
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-20
PLANNED TO CUT
THE SUPPLY LINES.

The enemyis object was here, as
Il had been elsewhere. 20 break
through the main defensive zone,
with It's triple line OF defenses. irn-
mediateIy to pass over in the same
movement the slight obstacle Of the
Lya river, just behind, and. pouring
through this gap, % extend north
ward until he should have reached
The railway functions upon which
depends the supply Of all British and
Allied troops north and east Of this
point including. Of course, the large
number which occupy the crescent
shaped position on Passchendaele
Ridge, 81 front De Ypres. eaptured ln
The lighting LAST sumner and fal,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-20

In this connection it must be
noted that the enemy depends
very much for his success upon
the superiority Of his railway
communications in his particu-
lar sector. The journey by
which relief can come up for
the Allied armies is much longer
than the journey by which re.
Inducements can be brought
In other words, the enemy has
the advantage Of interior
lines"
He also has the great advan.
tage that there is but little
space here over which tho Al
lies can maneuver heavy forces
behind their lines because of
the proximity of the sea coast.
1t is impossible for them to
Withdraw any considerable
force overseas rapidly, because
sea communications depend up
on highly localized evacuation
points. But against this is the
compromising fact that the
enemy has chosen to attack on
a sector where reinforcement
from the British Islands is
much more rapid, just as rein
forcement from the southern
part Of the line on the continent
is slow. Boulogne, Calais and
Dunkirk are Immediately in the
rear Of the field of operations,
and they are on the three short
est lines OF communication be-
tween the continent and Eng
land.
Used Thirty Divisions
In twenty-five Miles
The second German offensive
opened early in the morning Of
Tuesday, April 9. There has
been thrown in by the Germans
altogether upon a front of some
forty kilometers, or twenty
five miles, from the village Of
Hollebeke, near Ypres, to the
ruins Of Givenchy, thirty iden-
titled German divisions. The
reader will at once notice that
the weight Of this attack ID far
less than that of the main effort
from which the Germans had
hoped to obtain a decision four
weeks ago. Tt has apparently
involved so far heavy fighting
on the part Of only half the
number Of men who were en-
gagged In the great southern ac-
ton In q corresponding period
Of time. There between so and
IS divisions have appeared in
the first five days.
To understand the action So
far as it has proceeded we must
have some idea Of the ground
over which it is being fought.
The plain Of Flanders in this
part is traversed by the little
muddy river Of the
Lys, which runs in very wind
ing channel through MeFville,
Armentierea and Warneton,
with perfectly fat, marshy
banks on either side and hanked
By wide dyked fields. Its direc-
ion is nearly northeast. Out on
this plain, as you look south
eastward from the river, rises q
long lump Of land which would
be insignificant elsewhere, but
which forms a distinct ridge I'M
a district SO fat as this. IL is
called ia this war the Ridge Of
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ALMA BiLES, PArkland. ......... 1880
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BERTHA CLAUS. n. Norfolk .. laO0O
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ADA WILSON, pl3 Houston. ...... CLIO
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DISTRICT NO. 2

Comprise. all that part of the territory In
the CITY OF Tulss bounded on the north By
the Frisco Railroad. on Ahe south by the
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tincludinH Main street,, and On the east
by the citfolimlts,
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SATURDAY
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RAILROAD RUMBLES
Former Local Pastor
Talks to p. II. Il. Vets;
Reunion at AltOOna

worthy to again meet when our time
comes to follow.
Resolved: That the foregoing reSo-
lutions be entered upon the records
of the association, and that n copy
be sent TO their families"
Veterans Entertained
During the afternoon the veterans
were the guests of the Silverman
Brothers at the Strand Theater, and
later visited the Cricket field and
were Photographed.
Including those in attendance was
isaiah Reese. Sr., 1922 North Third
street, this city. vetired shopman,
who on Sunday celebrated his nine
tieth birthday anniversary. He was
the Oldest member present. Passen-
ger Trainmaster w. Brooke Moore.
l.. c. Clemson, road foreman of en-
gines who will be retired within a
year and are among the pioneers
in the Pennsy service were also on
hand and were important factors in
looking after the comfort of the
visitors. They were assisted by many
Pennsy men from the official forces
who were former Harrishurgers. The
officers were reelected: y. W. Smith,
president; r. L. Hunter. vice -presi-
dent: w. 3. Moore. secretary-treas-
urer: f. II. Greorgy. Harrisburg
chaplain; executive committee, l.. c.
Clemson. Harrisburg: T. ]. Scott
Mittiin; II. +. Gamble. Altoona: II.
Rrubaker, Altoona; ]. Fl. Davis, AL
toona.
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French and Americans
Clash at Movie Show

Paris.-French and American SOL
diers almost clashed in a moving
picture house here the other night
because the French mistook the ap-
proving whistles of the Americans
to signify criticism.
When a picture of Premier Glenn
enceau was flashed on the screen
there was a chorus of enthusiastic
whistles from the Americans. The
French were aghast, taking it for a
sign of ridicule. Despite the friendly
feeling between the two races of
fighting men. the poilus made rush
for the Americans. The clash was
only averted by explaining that the
Americans were registering their ad-
miration for the French Premier.
In France whistling denotes bitter
criticism, displeasures and disap-
proval.