The Elbert County tribune., 1918-05-17
REDS STAY 1000
Firms AND HUNS
LUDENDoRF READY TO SACRIFICE
MILLION MEN IN EFFORT TO
REACH CHANNEL.
FOE WINS HILL a. AGAIN
KAISER ASKS FOR 5oo,boo AUS
TRANS FOR BIG DRIVE ON
WESTERN FRONT.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
London, May 15.-In an attack
along a mile front near Morlancourt
/, the Germans penetrated the British
positions at one place. Field Marshal
Haig reports last night that at all
other points on this line the Germans
were repulsed with heavy losses, and
that the Australians later recaptured
the lost position.
Moscow, May 15.-Four thousand
Germans and members of the Finnish
White Guard were killed in battle
near Lahtis, sixty miles northeast of
Helsingfors, it was reported here. The
German bombardment killed many CT
villains.
After the occupation of TANNER
fors, eighty-five miles northeast OF
Abo, by White Guards, 500 Russian
officers and soldiers were shot. They
were executed in groups of forty or
fifty by machine guns.
| msterdam.-Emperor William is
sued a proclamation concerning Lithu-
ania in which he says 1t is assumed
Lithuania will participate in the war
burdens of Germany.
London, May 15.-German artillery
fire was violent Monday night in the
Somme and Ancre sectors, says the
official statement from Field Marshal
Haig Tuesday.
West of Montdidier, in Picardy, and
northwest of Toul, American artillery
men are harrassing the Germans with
heavy fire. Considerable damage
is believed to have been caused on
both sectors
Hill No. A. small but important
elevation near the Wyverbeek river.
north of KENNEL, about which such
sanginary conflicts have been waged
since May s, appeared Tuesday to be
in the hands of the Germans again.
Eleven hostile airplanes were
brought down. British aviators sue
cessfully bombed enemy hutments
near Asiago.
Lively fighting continues in the
Monte Como region, south of Asiago,
with the Italians throwing back repeat
ed Austrian efforts to regain the sum-
NIT of the mountain.
Paris, May 15.-Some of the hottest
fighting that marked the last few days
on the western front was for jumping
off" places. These operations are
unanimously predicted by French mill
tary experts to be preparatory to the
greatest phase of the German often
with the greatest calmness and conf
dence, although the people realize that
it VII be the supreme struggle.
German prisoners declare that LII
dendorff is prepared to sacrifice 1.000,-
600 men to reach the channel ports in
order to menace England with inva-
IN. Wounded French soldiers arriv-
ing in Paris stated the fighting around
Mount Rouge lin Flanders), west of
KENNEL, Dranoutre. and Mount KEN
mel. was worse in point of fierceness
than were the German assaults on Yer
dun.
The duration of the bombardment
with gas shells rained on the Flanders
mountains, they say, surpassed the
holocaust at Deadman's hill and Hill
304
On the Italian front, the fighting is
becoming sharper with the Italians on
the offensive. After the successful
operation on Monte Como, south of
Asiago. the Italians have wiped out an
Austrian advance post on the import
ant height of Col Del Orso, between
the Brenta and the Pave Austrian
patrol parties were repulsed north of
Lake Garda and along the line west of
the Brenta.
With the British Army in France,
May 13.-An important section of
high ground near the Vyerbeek river,
north of KENNEL, has been captured
by the French in a strong attack.
Both hill No "A and Goddezone farm,
which lie between La Clytte and Vier-
STRAIT, were stormed and occupied,
thereby giving the French positions
which had been a bone of contention
for many days.
The Germans also received a knock
on the southern battle front, where
they made a drive in an attempt to
capture defenscs on the elevation
south of Mailly-Raineval.