Republican farmer., 1918-05-10
drive FOE BACK one !
Third OF mile ALONG.
SOMME RIVER REGION
BRITISH LINES AT VARIOUS POINTS Arb
IMPROVED BY DASHING ATTACK OF
INFANTRY AUSTRALIANS ARE
SUCCESSFUL IN OPERATION.

Germany has not yet takeI
up the offensive in the west and
probably another effort agains
the Allied armies is held il
allegiance to be made simultan
eously with the heralded Aus
tro-Hungarian drive agains
the Italians. In preparation
for further enemy attacks OF
the Flanders battle field tn,
British and French have beef
improving their positions in thu
local operations.
The Allied troops in an attack be
tween Locre and Dranocourt have adj
vanced their line 500 yards on a from
of 1000 yards, gaining positions thai
strengthen the important section of thu
front between Scherpenberg and Mon
Rouge. The German counter attack
were repulsed. Berlin reporting Of
the same fighting attempts to max
out that the attacks were made ii
large force. 1t is said they were re
pulsed and that the French lost 80 u
prisoners.
On the southern leg of the Ly
salient, which is the one the German
must attack if they want to connec
this battle field with the one in Pi
cardy by wiping out the Arras Salient
the Germans have made no furthes
attempts to push back the British
from the gains in Hinges, earlier er
forts having failed. The artillery fir{
continues most intense on both legs oil
the Lys salient and south of th{
Somme in Picardy.
Further safeguarding of the south
ern side of the Lys salient was eff
fected by the British last night in thu
carrying out of a local operation
which resulted in the improvement Of
the British positions near LOGON
north of Bethune
1t is on the Somme front north
east OF Amiens, however, that thu
most important fighting of the las
"a hours has taken place. The Aus
tralians made dashing attack las
night in the important sector betweel
the Ancre and the Somme rivers and
drove their lines ahead nearly a third
of mile on more than a mile 'front.'
age in the Morlancourt region. Thd
attack of the Australians was so neat
ly carried out that they suffered only
slight losses and inflicted heavy casl
ualties on the Germans, taking 15q
prisoners.
Farther south in the Picardy area
the French stood off successfully d
German attempt at penetration. The
trial was made after a heavy bonn
bardment of the line below Hailles
southeast of Amiens, but the French
fire effected a complete repulse of this
enemy effort.
The coming of a strong push or
the Italian front is heralded official
ly from Vienna, which announces that
Emperor Charles and his military ad l
visers are now on the front. In the
Trentino, and the Tyrol, there have
been large movements of enemy
troops. Rome does not report any
marked infantry fighting, nor does
Vienna, but the italian war office.
notes great increase in the violence
of the Austrian artillery fire, especi-
ally on the Trentino front, where the
new attack probably will come in ar.
effort to force the Italians from the.
Piave line. Aerial artivity in north
ern Italy is intense.
Emperor Charles leaves his capt.
tai for the fighting front at time
when Austria is seethjng with DoliticaI
unrest. In Bohemia and all parts OF
his domain the liberals are protestingl
against his action in dismissing par
Lament. 1t is announced in a PAN
German newspaper that the food de-
partment has taken over control of
most Of Bohemia, Sin response to thel
demands of the German population"
Three members of the Austrian cabi-
net are reported to have resigned.
American troops on both the Touli
and the Luneville sectors have been
buster than usual with the Germans
Northwest of Toul the Germans at
tempted to occupy a trench formerly
held by the Americans which was
evacuated a month ago. The Ameri-
can artillery broke up the German
effort but further activity is not I'M
expected. East of Luneville the Ger
mans have been driven from their
line positions by the American gun
fire and patrol has penetrated 30oI
yards into the enemy lines Thel
Americans met German party of
seven. Three were killed and the
others were taken prisoner.
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