The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-03-29
GREATEST BATTLE
RAGING IN FRANCE
MONSTER TEUToNIc OFFENSIVE
LAUNCHED ON FRONT so
MILES ~ LENoTH.
ALLIES GIVE SOME GROUND
Germans Claim Capture Of 5000 Brit.
ish Prisoners and 200 Guns
Attempt Made to Regain
Hlndenbura Line.


London March q In battle that
has riyalled In fer0city any that has
preceded u during three and half
years of warfare the British on n ~.
mile front have withstood great Ger
man offensive IN It's initial stages A.
some points The British tire has bent
back. but not "a much NJ had been *
peeted BY military experts acquainted
with the forces the Germans had
brought up and the powerful guns
they had upon and behind Tie line.
A. the result ~ the struggle IN that
part 81 the front Just west Of Cambria.
where Abe fighting was apparently hot.
test, the British Ane has nowhere
been broken aud Field Marshal Haigs
men have hfllcted frighful casualties
on the enemy.
A. an Indication ~ the sanRulnary
nature Of the fighting the Berlin for.
slRn office states that 1900 men aud
90 guns have been captured This
may be compared 10 lhe British losses
In the German counter offensive ~
Dccenber e. 1917, when 1900 men aud
100 guns were captured.
The first reports Of Infantry fight
ing we're Indicative of m attempt ON
the part of the Germans to drive
wedges into both sides Of the Cam.
brai salient. Isolate the British troops
further east and regain the Ilinden-
burg line fr0m which they were driven
on Nov, -, ihiT by General Byng's
sudden blow Subsequent dispatches
have proved this was, Indeed. the plan
~ the German general staff The
fighting 0n the rest of the 5OmlIe
front was hui side issue 10 the ter.
rifle onslaught aimed a. (iauche wood
end LaRnicoart, The south aud north
bases of the salient
There u no data upon which II Is
possible ~ estimate the success at
tanned by the Germans to the south
hJit names ~ towns where the armies
bnttied on Friday show that ON the
northern ode ~ the salient the Ger.
mans heut the llne back about two and
a half miles, II WAS reported that ST.
Ledger Was the scene Of hard strug.
sic and that noiEnes had been retaken
by the british, These points are about
four lnllIlmeterS or .ls miles, back
~ the british lines rs they stood be
fore The Hrlush first line positions
from Arras 10 la Fcre were cap.
iuresl.
kalssr's Supreme Effort.
The concentration 1T iaen aud artlk
lerg on the British trent ~ shown Ia
official reports demonstrates TINT the
Germans are making determined at.
fort e. snm~h the Hrttlsh front Forty
divisions or nhout 100000 Tcntonlc
troeps are IL the eight The total uun-
her ~ epanan the Germans ARE en-.
pleyins cannot he estimated. hut un.
ofFiciHi reports say that there We're
.tAAi guns Uu one small ststor Aus.
TRAN aud Hungarian trcatS have undo
their appearance ou the british front.
Kaiser Sees start Of Flight,
The Htturk was launched under the
eyes ~ Emperor William. Field Mar.
shat Won Hlndehhurg' aud General
l.ltendarff the three guiding spirits
~ the ticrmau war machine. The
FRENCH report fighting Ia various see.
tors, especially Ia Champagne and Lor.
rMlne.
Fighting IN Italy.
HeAsllltics are not lhated to the
fFani Ia France. hut the Italian battle
line ia beginning to show signs Of ac.
uVlty beyond the ordinary, An Aus.
triHn attaek Ia the Frenxela valley
was checked by the italians after an
advanced post had been taken The
FFenGeia river tsaa vnnclusnt of the
hrenta aud drive there would he for
the purpose 80 gglulug touthold on
. road "a the IislHs ~ northern Italy
ea"aFnisa Pound Away at Hun.
American cannon have continued
ths terrific pounding of the German
uaes iu the Lnneylllc sector aud raid
tina parties have found that the Ter,
man tresnrhrs there have hern deual.
tshed, SO complrte i thr evacuation
Of the oermaa first lines. that an |
American patrol crusesd No Man's /
laad without artillery assistance aud I
without being frrd pn ~ the rnsmy 4
HE t'eunsns continuing Sbrlr at |
vance Ia southern Russia. have zap,
tared thu flty ~ nyhrukoy. a miles /
northeaN % udeSsa The Germans /
are also continuing their Invasion FUR, /
thsf noFth. chaotic conditions arr ~. /
ported la uorihrru Russia. where she /
people are flcvink ~ best they rnay i
from tiss ipyading TeutuHs
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