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i weather, i 1 1 TT TTlt IX 7rr tr tcttv: rp-rr -rt ITU-Ar- TODAY'S NEWS TODAY m iUl ":" v H ! ' -FULL LEASED' WIRE SERVICE VOL. XXIV. No. 96. MM APPEARS A FAILUBE ;rman Drive West of Arm entieres Seems AlmosJ: Definitely Stopped AMERICAN TROOPS BEAT OFF ATTACKS Enemy Repeatedly Hurls His Storm troops against Amer icanss Only, to be Repulsed with Severe Casualties. Fighting heroically in hand to hand Engagements, British troops have ichecked the German drive in the re gion west of Armentieres and this en emy effort, like the one in Plcardy, feems almost definitely stopped. The Germans have spent thousands of lives in reckless and insistent "at tacks to break through the British lines or to destroy the British army, but the effort has been without the result desired. Against the American sector south of Verdun, German storming troops hurled themselves Sunday. Ameri can infantrymen beat the enems in hot fighting. The enemy withdrew to his trenches with the loss of nearly "i men. Northwest of Toul the Germans have not repeated the at tacks which cost them 400 casualties. About Neuve Egli?e and before Bail leul. Field Marshal Haig's battered divisions have been putting up a des perate resistance 'to the Germans. Xeuve Eglise has changed hands sev eral times in furious fighting and is now held by the enemy, after a fight in which the en,emy suffered griev ously. It is an important strategic -int as it is one of the outposts of :e Messines ridge. t Although thy,fc4ve been but a lit- ;e moreTJiania ?3iiie rrptn?iiaiiieui i 1L1 - -mJ-.-."! V.t.- itaaOf- - i; - "ermans have 'list een able toad T.nce more than several hundred yards. West of the town" they have been repulsed in heavy attacks and ?ouih around Merris their efforts also have gone for naught. On the remainder of the battle front in Artoi., there has been no fhanse. Near the apex of their sa lient at Merville, the Germans at tempted an attack but were dispers, f d by artillery fire. In Flanders 5nd along the Messines ridge, there have been no further actions and the Brit ish still hold the heights on the Sounth unchallenged. On either wine of the sharp salient around St. Mihiel. the American troops in the last few davs have been i meeting and beating off in fine fash-1tne same intensity that has marked it Ion numerous German attacks. The'for days and the British are pound enemy ha? not followed his efforts j in& ' the Germans hard. Another as r.orthwest of Tcul and east of St. Isault on Bailleul, four miles west of Mihiel where lift was remilsed in two Neuve-Eglise, is expected momentar- iay of hard fighting by the Ameri- ons in Apremont forest. The artil ! ine Iaiest reports mis iorenoon lory duel here is heavy with the Am- showed that, the British line was be Hiran gunners keeping up their endS strongly held as a whole in this ff thp pvphanp Sundays attack on the American I had Deen consiaeraDiy improved Dy j Treasury showed a total of $620,947,-s-prtor between Verdun and St. Mi-icounter strokes.,, 550, which is $67,000,000 more than Iriel came after a violent bombard-!' rnonr and was made by picked ene: v , t-.-oop?,. Prisoners were capturd by: the Americans and 44 German deadjRobecq on the Clarence river. Local j nd ir, wounded were found in the! counter attacks delivered on the t,er-, A me rir-an t,0n,i,0 wi,iiD iitt hpvnn.l : ThPm WOrCi "Ul n-rT-r nnomv riant I v,prp ".(i m 0T,0mv Hparl " i Th0 imorin-ne wit, OT,nHM nrt bayonets went out of their posi Tn? to meet the oncoming Germans. Two American aviators have brought dov.-n two German fighting air Planes, the enemy fliers being cap t'irpfj. There has br-en v --'ivity on the 4'i?ardy bp.ttlefron' ' on the re mainder of the Wcsl. front except for Hrtillerv rhipls fount Czernin has resigned as Aus- 'ro-Hungarian foreign minister and Emperor Charles has accepted his designation. The steps leading to the Count's act are not disclosed as J'if. hilt thf . nn hHrntlnn bv ihe pnvernniont nf th a TJ!m riArnr's 5are offer letter to France early in probably hastened his withdrav- a'- Semt-omrial a.ttemnts are etill fceins made to deny the letter but Either the Emperor nor ' Count Czernin has denied flatly the exist ence of the letter, which was not only a Peace move but divulged damaging Serbia. fount Czernir. remains in office un- t;i n j successor is anutmnceu. MISS WISE BEREAVED. Mother of Wilminaton Girl -Passed Away Sunday Afternoon. sympathy of the entire city is 'nded Miss Wesley Wise in the tieaUi of her mother, which occurred Yesterday afternoon at her home in neste-r, S. C. following a long pe- r!d of sickness. Miss Wise was call-. frl to the bedside about a week ago dTl rmainert thorp, constantly until the 'i be conducted there and inter ment made in that city. ATTEMPT TO CITY OF WILMINGTOh DESTROYED BY I The American steamer that caught ! fire off the Nova Scotia coast Friday night and was completely destroyed, mention of which is made in a Syd ney, N. S., dispatch, as reported by an agent of the marine department, is, believed to have been the City of j Wilmington, owned by the cotton ex porting firm of Alexander Sprunt & Son, of this qity, although it was stated from the offices of the com-1 pany this afternoon that no confirm-! ation of advices received from New j York concerning the loss of the boat! had been made by the skipper of the vessel, Captain Laird. According to advices received here today from New York' shipping inter ests, the City of Wilmington caught fire Saturday evening and after doing everything within their power to save the vessel she was abandoned by members of the crew and that all were picked up yesterday by the steamer Millais, who heard her dis tress calls and hurried to her assist ance. None of the members of the crew were from this city, her skip per being from Savannah. The City of Wilmington was en route for a European port and was carrying a cargo of cotton and food stuffs valued at from two to three million dollars. This was the value of the cargo alone and does not in clude the worth of the big steamer. The cargo was, of course, lost along with the vessel. The City of Wilmington was pur chased over a year ago by the Messrs. Sprunt, for use in their cotton trade. Rhp has hppn in thin nnrt snit .xA I been across once or twice since she! was made over. She was an oil- burner and worth a considerable sum onjponey ,a 'romi go tcqay. BATTLE NOW RAGING AROUND NEUVE-EGLISE Another Assault on Bailleul is Expected to Begin Any Moment With the British Army in France, April 15. The battle about Neuve Eglise near the Belgian border, which has been re-taken by the Germans, continued to rage this morning with ilv- morinern zone, airu in suine instances ... .t i . The Britisn last evening toiiowed j up tneir success ui domiudj- wiien j they pusneu tne Germans uacK rrorti man positions 3,000 yards to the east ; of this town, were completely success-, ful and the enemy again was iorce.1 to fall back somewhat. The British, in the course of the afternooft, also pushed out several posts north of the canal between the 'bawe and Clarence rivers. These operations indicate that, the defense of the Entente Allied trops has stiffened. ANOTHER BIG BREAK IN COTTON FUTURES New York, April 15 Overwhelmed by a rush of selling orders largely from the South, cotton sustained an other sensational break in prices dur ing the forenoon trading today. July contracts dropped to 29.45, a decline; A Pacific Port, April 15. Viscount of 130 points trom the high point otjIsniij Japanese ambassador to the the morning. . . United States, succeeded Ambassador October broke 122 points, selling as j Sat0f arrive,i here today en route to low as 28.85. This represented a loss ( Washington. Discussing suggested of values of not less than 435 points, (Japanese activities in Siberia, Ambas or more than $21.50 a bale, from thesador Ishii sa.id that if the imperial high point of the season early in Japanese government deemed necev April. . Isary to undertake the sending of a The selling was largely on hedging ; military expedition into Siberia such account and in an effort to readjust , intention would be for the benefit of values to the marked improvement m crop prospects, as a result ui iunuCi ra- rains in the Southwest. The break here was preceded by a drop of 100 points in the Liverpool market. Norwegian Steamer Wrecked. Baltimore, April 15. The Norwe gian steamer Hermod has been wreck ed on Winter Quarter shoal, off the Virginia coast, with the loss of sev eral cC fer crew, according to rd receird Sw today. The report whici was meagre, said the ship broke in two and sank in four fath oms tf water. The Hermod was an Jore of .1,928 tons rcst. .WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA. MONDAY AFTERNOON BRITISH 3 IE CA8UALTIES AMONG OFFICERS London, April 15. A casualty list published by the war office to day, contains the names of 504 of ficers. Seventy-nine were "killed, 285 died of wounds and 140 are missing. Presumably this is the ?rst cas ualty list from the heavy fighting on France in the past three weeks. ST. LOUIS DISTRICT IS LEADING LOAN RACE Over One-Third of its Quota' Subscribed New York Climbing Washington, April 15. According to latest advices to the Treasury Depart ment the St. Louis district has. ob tained a larger per cent of its quota of the Liberty Loan than any other district in the country. Subscriptions totaling approximately 3"6 per cent, quota of $130,000,000 already had been reported to the Federal Reserve Bank and this figure, it was said, did ntft include the subscriptions of the City St. Louis. ,.Th.e Ported subscriptions in this distnct hY States included: a,nas J9',62?'85,05.. Jen,nessee' i0,VDSr,10V; MISSISSIPPI, ,OUU. - 1Mev Yorfc- Exceeds Day's Quotq New York, April 14. Third Iberty Loan subscriptions in the New York Federal Reserve district totalled $248, 400,000 at 11 c iock today. This was an over-subscrii:tion day gain of $10, 327,550. Formally Launched in Atlanta. Atlanta, Ga., April 15 This city's campaign in behalf of the Third Lib erty Loan will be formally launched at a mass meeting tonight. Governor Hugh Dorsey, of Georgia, and Lieuten ant Merrick, of the Canadian expedi tionary forces, will be among the speakers. Atlanta's quota is $9,000, 000. Active canvass for subscriptions will begin tomorrow. Charlie Chaplin in Columbia. Columbia, S. C, April 15. Charlie Chaplin, movie comedian, spoke to the men at Camp Jackson at 11 o'clock this morning at the Liberty theatre, in behalf of the Third Liberty Loan. Later in the day he delivered an ad dress to a large crowd in a down town theatre. Total Is $620,947,550. Washington, April 15. Liberty Loan subscriptions tabulated today at the - was reported Saturday. This did not inciuae reports trom tne Minneapolis district which started its campaign to- day. N ew England Doing Its Duty. Boston, Mass., April 15 In the first week of the Liberty Loan cam paign the Boston Federal Reserve district, comprising New England, sub- scribed $68,590,000, or more than one i fourth of its allotment ARRIVEDJfAWERIGA Declares Japan's Only Motive is to Protect Allies From Germany ; th Entente Allies and not for Japan He declared any suggestion of a Japanese-German alliance to be absurd. "Germany may establish bases in Pacific waters by a successful drive through Siberia," he said. "In this event," he continued, "it would be up to Japan to sweep them away. We cannot guarantee that Japan could do this but we would try our best and we must not relax our vigilance." He admitted that there was a pos sibility of Germany gaining a foot hold in the Pacific by successful op- Sfbena. Ainuassnuui would not discuss the landing of Jap- nese troops at viamwotv-. AMBASSADOR ISHII IS L WASHI AT FUNERAL OF STONE Missouri Senator Died Sunday Afternoon as Result of 1 Paralytic Stroke Washington, April 15. official Washington turned from its war du ties today to attend the , funeral of senator Stone, of Missouri, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Com mittee, who died at his homo lv re yesterday as the result of a paraly tic stroke suffered last Wednesday. it was announced that the service would be conducted at 4 p. m. today witn Key. J . Forrest Prettvman. chaplain of the Senate, in charge. The family ana a congressional commit tee will acconipany the body to Jef ferson City, Mo., where it will lie in State Wednesday at the Missouri capitol. Burial will take place at Nevada, Mo., Seriator Stone's old home. FI VE SOLDIERS KILLED IN WRECK New York, April 15. Five soldiers were reported killed, eight serionly injured and 35 slightly injured early today in a wreck on the Long Island railroad near Islip, New York. All of the dead and injured are said to be stationed at Camp Upton, at Yap ahank, N. Y. The injured were re moved to the State Hospital at Cen tral Islip and to hospitals at Camp Upton The hospital authorities in refusing to disclose the names or the killed and injured said government officials had taken charge of the situation and had ordered that no information be given out. A car near the middle of the 13-car train jumped the track, taking four others with itf Three of the cars top pled over an embankment. The ac cident is believed to have been caus ed by a broken rail. TEXAS TOWN HIT BY HEAVY SYCLONE Fort Worth, Texas, April 155. About 60 houses, including a two story brick school and several churches were derOfllished by a storm at Boyd, 30 miles North of Fort Worth, late Sunday afternoon, accord ing to reports to Fort Worth by mes senger this morning. No one was in jured. Both telegraph and telephone wires were down this morning. OFFICIi NGTON CZERNIN QUITS AS A USTRO-HUNGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER Amsterdam, April 15. Count Czer nin, the Austro-Hungarian foreign minister, according to a ispatch from Vienna, has resigned. Fmperor Charles accepted the res ignation and entrusted Count Czernin with the conduct of foreign affairs un til his successor is appointed. An official statement received here today from Vienna asserts that the latest statements of the French, min ister, M. Clemenceau, concerning the conversation between Austria and France regarding the possibility of opening peace negotiations do not al ter the situation as regards the ma jority of Count Czernin's declarations. The Austrian foreign ministry, the statement says, is unable to ascer tain who was responsible for deliver ing to the French what is said to have been a forged letter, substituted for the letter which was to hare been delivered. Neither Prince Sixtus, whose character is beyond suspicion, nor any one else, is accused of falsi fication, continues the statement, which concludes: "The affair is herewith declared to be at an end." The recent puVfication by the out as to probable peace terms. French government of the futile peace j German newspapers have attacked appeal sent out by Emperor Charles ; both Emperor Charles and his for of Austria-Hungary in March, 1917, i eign secretary because of this letter and the efforts of the Emperor and the Austro-Hungarian foreign office to explain this letter to the satisfac tion of Germany and the German Em peror, probably were the most potent influence in bringing about the resig nation of Count Czernin. Since he was appointed foreign minister on December 23, 1916, In suc cession to Baron Burian, Count Czer nin has been very active in attempt ing to bring about peace and the mod erate tone of his speeches "has been In striking contrast with that of the German chancellories and the foreign Secretaries. However, his participa ton in forced peace upon Russia as well as that upon Rumania, did not show that his actions kept step with his words. ! f IU In the "peace offensive" of the pres ent year Count Czernin in the Aus trian Reichsrath on January 25 sub mitted an exchange of views between Austria-Hungary and the United States. He announced also that Aus tria based her negotiations with Rus sia on the policy of no annexations or indemnities, but there always was some aoubt whether his pacifist man euvers were honest or were inspired by Berlin in an effort to bring about1 PROFESSOR'S WIFE IS C1NGJ0R RIVAL Calls the Woman "Silly Lit tle Thing" and the Profes sor "Silly Boy." Chicago, April 14. The case of Dr. William Isaac Thomas, Chicago Uni versity professor, charged with disor derly conduct, was continued today in the Morals Court to next Friday. Mrs. R. M. Granger, wife of an army officer in France, with whom the edu cator is alleged to have registered at a hotel as man and wife, last Thurs day, was not in court. It was said she was still at the professor's home, where Mrs. Thomas, assisted by a son who is a hospital interne, were trying to sooth her shaken nerves. The continuance was taken at the instance of Peter Sissman, attorney for Dr. Thomas, who said they had no time to prepare his case. Dr. Harry P. Judson, president of the University j of Chicago, where Dr. Thomas holds the chair of sociology, was expected to return from Wash ington today. Faculty members met Saturday to prepare a formal state ment of the case for him. It is un derstood to be a resume of facts ad mitted to Federal officials the sail ing of Lieutenant R. M. Granger, Sig nal Corps, for France; the farewell of his wife and the immediate solace she found in the company of Dr. Thomas; their long talks in the se questered shadows of the university the denoument at the hotel Thursday night, when they were taken into cus tody, and the charge which brought the professor into the disillusioning yui litis oi me Morals Court. H f TU a . , . iuuuias interest in young Mrs. Granger she is 24 while the professor is 55 showed no signs of aDaiement today. Years ago she ac cepted her husband's advanced than. ries of relations between men and women the "wider view" as mam intellectuals term it, and she is now motnering botha the girl and her hus band. The girl she has caleld "a silH little thing," ami her husband a "siliv hnv" 'So stupid of him," she said. MANY ALIEN WOMEN TO BE ARRESTED SOON Washington, April 15. Many Ger man and Austrian women are under surveillance by government agents and will be arrested and interned a3 soon as President Wilson signs the bill which includes women in the class of enemy aliens. It was said today the number is more than 100, a split among the Entente Allies. Count Czernin on April 4, in aa ad dress at Vienna, declared that Pre mier Clemenceau had sought peace negotiations with Austria. The French Premier replied that Count Czernin lied. The French and Austrian foreign offices then issued statements explain ing the unofficial negotiations in Switzerland. Early last week, the French govern ment declared that Emperor Charles and Count Czernn both had said that the claim of France to Alsace-Lorraine was just. This brought a denial from Emperor Charles in the form of a telegram to Emperor William, to whjjpi he reiterated his loyalty to the German cause and denied that he had said France was justified in wanting Alsace-Lorraine returned. This Immediately brought from the French government the publication of a letter from Emperor Charles to his brother-in-law, Prince Sixtus of Bourbon, which was autographed, and which the Emperor asked be given to President Poincare. In the letter the Emperor said that France should have Alsace-Lorraine and that Belgium and Serbia should be restored. He also asked that London and Paris be felt1 and attempts have been made to show that it was not written by the Em peror. It has been reported in Vien na that there was no attempt to hide its authenticity but that the French version was garbled. I has also been reported that the letter was written by the Emperor's mother-in-law. Count Czernin was in Rumania when the letter was published by the French government and he was sum moned to Vienna Friday. Count Ottokar Czernin von Chuden itz, a wealthy Bohemian land owner, was minister to Rumania when that country entered the. war. Within six weeks after the death of ' Emperor Francis Joseph, Count Czernin was ap pointed foreign minister by Emperor Charles. Count Czernin is a very close friend of Count Berchtold, for eign minister at the outbreak of the war, and who has been reported as the political mentor of the young Em peror. Count Berchtold has been op posed to the Pan-German war party, and his resignation was brought about by them. In addition to being foreign minis ter, Count Czernin was Premier and P.hancollnr nf the final fimnire. He ia about 61 years old. 1 ' , - m TURNING POINT OF WEST FRONT BATTLE IS BEING REACHED COLLIER CYCLOPS The Big Vessel is Long Over due From South American Waters ALL PATROL SHIPS SCOURING THE SEA Orders Go Out to American and Allied Vessels to Take Up Search- Speculation as to Its Fate Washington, April 15. Orders for greater efforts to find the missing naval collier, Cyclops, overdue from South American waters for more than a month, went out todav to American ships. ' In addition, Allied naval craft on patrol duty in the South are aiding In the search. So far not one word has come to clear up the mystery of the collier's disappear ance. Secretary Daniels said today, however, that he still slung: to the hope that the vessel would report, as many other navy ships have done, after they had been given up for lost. Naval officials were no nearer today tj a solution of the disappearance than they were three weeks ago, when anxiety over the safety of the ship first developed. There is abso lutely nothing on which to found an explanation. The big carrier has sim ply tanished from the sea. ' No possible theory was rejected by officials in seeking an explanation. Suggestions heard most frequently were that German agents had boarded the ship In port and captured her from her people at sea; that she had broken in two and gone down in a sudden squall: that she had been overtaken by a submarine and sunk without trace, and that an internal explosion had sent her down. All of these suggestions had flaws in them, it was said. A theory that she had been captured by a group of German agents aboard appeared to be the only thing that would account for the silence of her radio equipment. Since the ship failed to appear na val vessels have patrolled all coasts in the vicinity of her route looking for wreckage or survivors. Nothing has been found. Every vessel known to have been anywhere, in the region at the time has been communicated. None saw or heard anything of the collier.' Reports from every source showed nothing to warrant the storm theory. It is the mild season of the year in those waters. The route the Cyclops would have followed was somewhat sheltered. The ship had aboard an insufficient quantity of coal for a journey to the nearest German port had she been captured. Some officers think that if the ship was eaptured her captors may be holding her out of trade routes waiting for a chance steamer from which to secure fuel. The explosion theory is mei'Jiy the fact that only sufficient ammunition for her few guns was on board. The ship's cargo of manganese ore was not explosive. Secretary Daniels said the depart ment had no word that would indicate the presence in Southern waters of a German raider. The sea lanes are busy with shipping, yet no vessel has sighted any suspicious craft. It is the absolute silence of the' radio that makes the case one of the xaost mysterious in naval annals. That fact alone inclines officials to the view that the ship might have been captured by persons aboard, for in no other way would it have been possible to silence calls for aid. In case of a storm or an attack by en emy craft, or even if the ship were torpedoed, there would have been time for such calls. One of the Cyclops' engines was damaged, but it is not believed the engine trouble had anything to do with the disappearance. Constructors said the Cyclops was one of the staunchest craft of the auxiliary fleet of the navy. They could not believe that, a squall of such Intensity as to 'overwhelm her had been encountered. The possibility was suggested that explosives might have been put aboard mixed in large quantities with the manganese ore and a time bomb set to explode the mass. In that case, however, the sea would he covered with wreckage. ' Mechanician Killed. New York, April 15. Max Bessler, mechanician for Lieutenant Joseph Stehlin, of the LaFayette Escadrille, was instantly killed at Sheepsheads Bay today. Bessler was- testing the mechanism when the roller started to revolve, hurling him to his death. MY VANISHES FROM THE n PRICE FIVE CEN1S American War Department's Weekly Review of the Mili tary Situation GERMANS FAIL TO . ACHIEVE VICTORY Enemy Will Soon be Forced to Resume Old Tactics Ad Vances Count Little Toward the Real Goal. - , Washington, April 15. The turning point of the battle in the Western front is being reached, says the War Department's review of the military, situation for the week ending April 13, published today. The Germans have failed in their purpose to achieve victory in the field, the statement con- . tinues, and will soon be forced to re sume their old tactics. "We must bear in mind," the review says, "that the enemy Is waging a battle of annihilation to achieve vic tory. He is fighting today with the ' sole aim of annihilating the British armies. Thus, terrain conquered counts for little. "While it must be admitted that German operations since the begin ning of the present offensive have re sulted in more than a mere ploughing up of part of the Allied trench sys tem and the capture of local objec tives along a wide front, nevertheless the aim of the German higher com mand to obtain a decisive .strategic success by these assaults has not been attained. " "The turning point in the West is being reached. The Germans have scored a distinct advantage which it would be unwise to endeavor to be little. Yet they have failed in their great purpose to achieve victory in the field and will soon be forced to resume their old tactics, seeking to gain limited objectives, striking" first at one point, then at another, in order to render the Allied position unten able and give themselves greater se curity." The review of operations follows: "As the time passes it becomes evi- . dent that, the enemy is striking with renewed vigor at the weakest point he can find opposite him. "In the offensive in Picardy, the Germans sought for a rift in the line where the French and British forces joined. Failing to achieve any defi nite far-reaching results from this -operation, they promptly returned to the assault elsewhere and plunged forward hoping that by driving a wedge into the sector along the front held by Portuguese and British units they may be able to roll the British towards the sea and effect a break through. "This is the operation attempted this week in the region of the famous battle ground of the early days of the war in front of Lille. "Here, on a frontage of 16,000 yards stretching from Armentieres to the La Bassee canal, the segment held by the Portuguese troops, flank ed on either side by British divisions was penetrated after an intense bom bardment. "On the first day of the assault the enemy was able to penetrate to a depth of from two and one-quarter to four miles on a front of 11 miles. "On the second day the front of attack was extended to 20 miles while the impetus of the offensive was con- : siderably slowed down and only able V to reach a maximum, additional depth of two and one-quarter miles. The fiont of attack has since been further extended and the British have been forced to abandon positions to the North and South of the Lys and West of the Lawe. "The enemy has made headway along the LaBassee canal to within the immediate vicinity of Bethune, while other points Northwest of the city of considerable tactical import ance have fallen into the hands of the enemy. "The enemy now finds himself with in 40 miles of Calais. The main lines of communication to channel ports ra diate vertically from this battle front and thus facilitate the German ad vance. "If the enemy can muster the drir ing power he will in all probability continue his assaults, hoping that by an enveloping attack on ' an oblique front, to use the classic Prussian def inition, he may score a complete an nihilating victory. "There has been less activity alonf the Southern flank of the Picardy salient. Here the line taken over by the French is now fully c&nsolidated. After the bloody battles which hav been raging in the area between MonU didier and Noyon the enemy, fearing a counter attack along this flank of their new, deeply-curved salient, struck repeated blows to give them selves elbow room South of the Oise. "The Germans, by stubborn and costly driven thrusts, were able to force the French out of the triangu lar area formed by the Oish, the Al lette and the" old line stretching from the LaFere to Anizy-Le-Chateau. . "An an approximate 12-mlle front the enemy advanced to a depth raaf Continued on Page Seven). mm Mi my Mm ml m df - - Ill y 1-r !' 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