Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-05-24
WAR SUMMARY
TUESDAY
u3SSth Day Of the War. SD Day Of
the Big Offensive.)

13SSth Day Of the War. SD Day o
the Big OnensiveD
AMERICAN FRONT: The officia
communique, issued from American
headquarters. reports nothing new on
any of the American sectors. excep
mutual cannOnadinS.
An American patrol on The Picard,
front. penetrated the German wires neal
Cantigny. defeated a large German pa
troll and returned without a casualty
Great aerial activity continued day anC
night along that front. Bombs dropped
by the Germans narrowly missed an
-tmericaE hospital.
On the Lorraine front Captain David
Peterson. Of Honesdale. Pa, brought
Gown a German biplane north of Nancy
Captain James Norman Hall, who was
brought down behind the German lines
May L. is in a German hospital. only
slightly wounded.
THE UNITED STATES: Americas
first field army, consisting OF about 2O0,-
600 men. has been formed i'm France
according TO an unofficial report from
Washington. Army officers suggested
that Major General Liggett probably
would. DC its commander. He is expect
ed 70 receive the rank of lieutenant gen.
eraI simultaneously IL was announced
that American forces on the west front
are expected soon % equal those OF
Great Britain.
BRITISH FRONT.-william p.
Simms cabled that General Mack
ensen is reported on the west front,
prepared to resume the German Of
fensive as soon as Field Marshal
Hindenburg's constant thrusts and
feints reveal some weakness in the
Germans have concentrated 1,2OO,-
600 troops. about 40 per cent of
which have not previously partici-
pated in the offensive. He said the
Germans nave now attained their
maximum strength and that any
future levies, no matter from what
source. WI enable them TO no more
than maintain their present effec-
tiveness.
He declared the weather is the
best for offensive purposes since
the start of the war and that Hin
denburg is wasting valuable time
in not striking while conditions are
so favorable to him.
Field Marshal Haig reported sue
cessful British raids northwest Of
Merville on the west portion of the
Flanders front and southeast or
Arras. between the Flanders ana
Picardy fronts last night. A Ger
man counter attack in an attempt
to retrieve ground lost in the Mer-
willie operation failed early this
morning. He reported the Germans
heavily bombarding British lines at
various points in Flanders and
southwark to the northern flank or
the Picardy area.
IRELAND: The arrest of more
than 100 Sim Feiners has LETT that
organization without capable lead
ers and the alleged pro-German rev.
dictionary plot appears TO be deli
nftely scotched. While the Irish are
doing a lot of talking. he said, they
are not following up their talk
with atcion.
GERMANY AND AUSTRIA: Re
ports received at The Hague from
Vienna and Berlin stated that Ger
man Chancellor Hertling, German
Foreign Minister Kuehlmann and
former Austrian Foreign Minister
Czernin opposed the recent Austria
German alliance effected by the
two emperors because they were
ignored by the military clique. This
is accepted as indicating a further
widening OF the b reach between.
the people and the military.
. ITALIAN NAVY: Admiral Del
bono in an interview published in
Venice, declared that a great many
Austrian submarines have been
sunk in the Mediterranean and that
allied officials bellevue they are
the masters of the submarine stu
alton in that zone.