Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-01

The American army in France is to light shoulder to shoulder with the British and French troops who now are engaged in the titanic struggle with the Germans in Picardy. General Pershing's entire force has been given into the hands of General F'och. the lew seneralissimo. who is to use the men where he desires,
 More than 100. 900 Americans, in tensively trained and fully accoutred, are available for immediate use in aiding to stem the tide of the Ger man hordes and large numbers of them. on railroad trains and in motor trucks. and even afoot already are on their way to the battle front, eager to do their part in defeating the invad- e=s.
 The miserable weather which has broken over the country is proving no deterrent to the Americans as they push forward from all directions to- ward the battle zone.
 Furious Fighting in Various Sectors. From the region Of the Somme southward to where the battle line turns eastward furious fighting has continued on various sectors, but ev- erywhere the enemy has been held and even pushed back at some points -AHeAEA-A llN AQiAlAHuGQ u lTTON great masses Of men into the fray, nowhere has he been able to gain ground. exr rePi an infinitesima tract from the French north of Moreuil. British and French machine guns and rifiemen. as in days past, again tore great holes in the ranks of field gray as they en- deavorcd to press on.
 Great Losses of Germans.
 So great have been the losses Of the Germans in front of the British north of the Somme that Sunday saw them unwilling again to take up the sage Of battle. Along the Scarpe the British themselves went on the offen- sive and to the east of Arras captured the village of Feuchy. On the south ern end of the line. where Von Hin dcnburg is endeavoring to pierce through 10 the old German positions as they stood before his retreat in 1916, the British and French troops, lighting together. have met the enemy in furious combats, but everywhere defeated him with sanguinary losses The town of Moreuil changed hands four times, but finally rested in the hands of the British and French, while the woods to the north of the village were captured by the French. In the bend Of the line between Moreuil and Lassigny the Germans made frantic efforts to break through, but the French held them in their tracks and In addition recaptured several vil- lages.
 Allied Armies Take Prisoners.
 Not alone has Won Hindenburg lost large numbers of meE killed oi wounded. but both the British and French armies have taken consid- erable number of new prisoners ana also captured machine guns. At last accounts the Germans had launched z Fresh attack in the region betweer the Rivers Luce and Avre and fierce fighting was in progress.
 The reports from both the British ard French war offices seemingly in dicate that the allied troops nav, reached the limits of their retrograd' movement. In any event they hay, cancelled the engagement Field Mar shal Non Hindenburg made with him self to take dinner in Paris on Al Fools Day. Instead of the truff1es ant ether viands with which the German commander -in-chief had predicted h. would regale himself in the Frencl capital on April l. his fare will be tha of the German army. and instead o passing triumphantly through tn houlevards of the city victor owe the French and British troops he vii be busily engaged in lodging the sho and shell hurled at him by them an endeavoring to withstand the heav thrusts of their infantry against hi battle line.
 On Other Battle Fronts.
 On the other battle fronts the fight ing continues of a minor characte although the manoeuvers in the Ital ian theatre still seem to indicate tn near approach of hostilities of a ma jor character. The British troops ar now holding portion of the Asiag plateau sector over which strategist have predicted that the Teutonic al les would endeavor to pass in thei attempt to gain the Venetian plail
 The terial activity in this regio continues intense. Since the Britis flying corps began operations ther they have accounted for eighty -thre enemy planes and themselves lost .onl ten.
 Considerable dissatisfaction contir ues to prevail in the Dutch govern ment over the seizure by the Unite States of Dutch mercantile marin vessels in American ports An offici statement says it was an act of vic lence which Holland Twill oppose wit s1 the energy of its conviction and i wounded national feeling'