Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-05-16
HUNS FLUNG BACK
IN ATTEMPT To
REGAIN HILL "A
French Troops Ousted Them From
High Ground and Penetrated
Their Positions.
l. ALIANS AWAIT BLOW

Associated Press summary Issncd - .. m
Local fighting has dicd down in Flan-
ders and Picardy and only the guns arc
busy The artillery fire continue strong
all along these fronfs, ~ we'll as on The
Arras front and D. most Yoicnt north ~
Kennel and north and south " the
5prnmc from Albert - the Avre
These sectors have b~en the scenes u al
the recent hgh sing and ihoy prohab'
viii POE tho strongest enemy efforts whom
ever the Germans believe the tim" d
opportunc 70 strikr anew IN flandfr7 'he
Germans have brcn disappointed ,r fher
attcmp, 10 regain ITil - ae the French
not only drove thern from he high ground
but also penetrated the enemy positions
rFE~rH rr-DZR NOT HovR'HDwE~-
In Picarlv the Germans have NJ rc-
newed their counter attacks ~ l-vr 'tr
French from he W0o@i~d terrain rap'H~r1
near Haflcs German and French m Ter
FIRE continues hcavy north 81 The 4-r'
Thc enemy bonbardncnt of The rrnr'
lines hero has been rnDet intense for 'f'f
past two weeks but the German re,t
attempted NJ attacks excerpt ID react
against Slccrssful French local gains
General Pprshng has i-srch nis ar-f
official statement on American operation
~tfiff MS tFMgtf@ IfhBF fJFf-f ~F-f-|f}f- |Nt
nentlv simultaneously ulth An nnounor-
fnent from Washington that whore tme-
can British and French Rooms n fight
ing together and thc American rr 'i'
majority the control viii bo r hmoTesr
harde
The Germans Dut down 4Davv ha--
rage on the american lines mort hwrst Il.
TpuI Wcdne sdav rut 40 rfartr ft.ck
resulted in aerial fighting this sector
two American av1ators tavr accounted
for three German machines
ITALIANS AWAIT Ar~TETtS- ATTACK.
Increased artillery action + noted 81
the Lorraine front As IN the western
front the luI ia Italy remains unhroken,
but with expectations that 81 ln rance
heavy fighting will break Jut -oon.
Observers in London believe the hrralded
blow will be against the Italian lines from
n Elvi0 pass 10 Monte Grappa Just
east 81 the Brenta IN the hone % break
ing through the Italian defense and reach
ing Brescla and Milan. Rome reports
lively artillery and patrol engagements
along the mountain front and the dispersal
0f enemy trOops at two points there by
Italian batteries.
An attempt Ev enemy aircraft - rald
Pans Wednesday night was frustrated by
the deFld4 anu tLELtlcL-F t4fltit1t1 VI JIG
city. The Germans. however. dropped
a number Of bombs on the more distant
SUBURBS of the French capital. Aerlai
activity on the battle lines continues at
high pitch with French and British air
men dropping many bombs On railway
sections and concentration centers be-
hind the German lines
AUsTRIA&s APPREHENsTvE.
Germany Ambitions as regards aus
tria-Hungarv $ place In the NitJei Europa
plan. German newspapers Indicate, we're
realized III the convention agreed lpon by
the TWO emperOrs 80 their meeting
The agreement winch D. NOT yet signed
calls for an alliance for p Years with
closer economic relations ana more
severe military Obligations Vienna +
reported - look with apprehension "a
the probability that Inc A,i>tru-IllHgarian
army VIII be PrussianIzcd and believes
such step more important .lan An,
other feature oi the new alliance