New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 23, 1918, Page 1

BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT SATURDAY MARCH 23, REAK B IS AT L Break in Defensive System West of St. Quentin, in Progress Four Miles Behind Trenches Origi U. S. A, LIKE BRIGAND, HELD AMFRIGAN DEFENSE 'ARTILLERY PREPARATIONS |Offensive Believed o Have Been Sta . ) Against French Line to the South---Sh PISTOL VTO HOLLAND’S HEAD{ F['fig fi mi fi% HEAVIEST OF ENTP}E WAR/ Being Hurled on French Capital From F Allies Acted Like Com- [iERMAN AND ENGLISH Beavy Atack Made on Town | B e [Pritl O By| DPlacements 62 Miles Away. CHURCHES OF GERMANY e mon Thieves, Says Dutch T i === Sheer Weight of Steel Deputy — Agitation for EMTURS EUNHDENT NOI‘[l}WGSIiflTOUl e e 600,000 Infantry Partici- PARIS BOMBARDED AT LONG RANGE. been ardered in all churches | Break Increase: | e }FUMES CLING TO GROUND under the Archbishop of Mu- ate in G al Assault, | . 2 nich for the success of the op- p xeneral Assault. 5 B Berlin and London Press || erations on the west front, says e Paris, March 23.—The Germans have bee - re " a dispatch from The Hague to 3 i i - The Hague, March 22.—Seizure of | Claim Victory for ll’l'cmcn(lo\h Explosion in Hun Muni- the Daily Mail. A pastoral let- London, March 23-—The artillery | finng'on Pan,s with lqng range guns. ® e tion Dump Tollowing Shelling By ||| L5, Eom the arohbisnop to all ||| eparation of th Garmans into| the Since 8 o’clock this morning shells of 240 mill L S, i V| churhes Geclarcs tho bour for |l drive against the Britisn 1mes wnicn || Meters have been reaching the capital and suburb struck. now is in prog deserined by || at intervals of a quarter of an hour, killing abo Dutch shipping by the Allied gov- ernments was unjust, Dr. Louden, the Dutch foreign minister declared to- Yankee Gunners—Patrol in Moon- | day in the upper chambe a decislve engagement has ORI CE e G el OB o fi (it e e o || e ki (5 50 LR ALY the British front. “The thing that ntiles.) the demands of the associated pow- lines northwest of Toul last night. N¢ mustard gas from s s hung low Dutch people. Tt is a protest imbued | leaders of the Central Powers have > lines for s 1ours, 15 ya strenzth of || An air raid alarm has just been given. i American regards neutrality as | though it may bend, will not break, | in the gas attack contained a certain of the front, wire ce d to he an oh- which are unanimously hope- ending.” ot and ft. firing a few minutes gfending, fighting between the British and G sl el 5 b : ey of the tist ligen & , & = s LEARLER o f e 11 i ysitions o &nd said he hoped it would not be the | & 1 1 intelll S by e ol aokola : § e . : battlefield are holding their positions. he hoped it would be hoisted at half { first explosion was followed by tw | work e S R London, A\m]nh 23.—The German light Raid Discovered By Enemy. i e e tl'w‘»\n W h‘n took part in it as the most | 10 persons and wounding 15. The shortest distand ” o e newspapers reflect a feeling of confi-| yith the American Army in France violent they ever endured, according from Paris to the front is ove: i o though the Dutch government. in it5 | ness of the moment is Tecognized, ac- | 1. (“‘“““i‘-‘ Ly el PRE ENT [lfl FR NT et v of the: | The announcement that Paris was being bon NIy et At o : St ot e i b attack against a certain town in our ! ghting up to the present, s the = reply, went as far as possible to Meet | oording to the Dutch mews agencies, | 2 St [ eamresmoniont i s el em L barded was made officially this afterncon. o ITRe rodondln s iurataaty oo ibtn 4;Lé:lulx Exchange Il}‘!v*;,'(r oH dimatoh | g s 1;mnl the terrific impac ‘ontinu- | | Measures of counter-attacking the enemy government will find an echo in the | from Amsterdam. The German news- T [linsrsien s | yl : . : . ; o ! annon are under execution. N Sors e a 3 sholo | pape. SISt the tmilitars and b oliti Upon one corps front there was a tw hambers and among the wholo | papers insist the n i e e el G T Defenders Not I)xaheartened} Bun £ - 1"-, B et 1 the principle of right.” s . B g batteries firing the she! vere located O =i the mortars, 1 ¥ nemy brouzht | S Bt e ol left xu?thmx, ||r1(1‘(1||.- to spare the peo- | ¢, +ho right of Richecourt and ot by Germans’ Success up inl&uch S el ] d States after tho foreign min- | Ple this tribute in blood. 3 ry was busy all morning with a s such an over ming it of iron| T T SR had completed his statement. | Confidence that the Allied lino, | retaliatory shelling. The town shelled In First Rush. and high exy : t in most parts | London, March 23. *PO\\'CV ful enemy attacks Semebinihol s We rofuse | 5 exprossed by the morning news. | PUMber of Americans. R — acic and frenches were oniiternted. | livered with great weight of infantry and artillery h to turnish war materials to the Adlies| o0 5 - = | Our artillery today dropped a num- Eeiioh Avmse Grpderos the same time all of our know n‘ broken through the British defensive system west of —that is the head wnd of our L 3 i ber of large shells into Joli wood | S £ | battery positions were drencihed with tul of the outcome of the desperaie . | France, March 23, 11 a. m, (By the | gue But their g B to! Quentin, the war office announces. Senator Cremer asked what fi i Pl e eiredidine et iniBioniinelG et Associated Press)—The British gal- | reach all o at The British troops on the northern portion of would be flown from the scized ships 2 ing a tremendous explosion followe 3 are still presenting a | thev r z 2 Ded 5 ice in divining the enemy’s inte g ok 5 sl 50 D A Gl Fa ) . n it g 3 ; 11 Dutch flag, but If that flag was used, . §ravi%, 0y GNITINE the Gnemvis 1800 | enemy munition dump blew up. Tho (=00 TORE C RR8 HSEER Y SHEATRE | & corps valuanie The British west of St. Quentin are falling back mast. Referring to Iresident Wil T e T O{h cTl lso) sever M Ot el troops have withdrawn their lines in | +jon. fo n i the eane good order to positions further west. Very heavy fig C LER e b e e e s made direct hits in the cnemy’s certain places for strategic reasons. moriing Tecc i ce spot ing with fresh enemy forces is in progress. President Wilson calls himself our !y, gy &0 0000 T8, e { and third line trenches. All day yesterday and much of last | €ral 1sand G nd. Well, Heaven preserve us|pone b &S00 08 hosen be-, Tho Germans again have been giv- . oo o5 o 5 e e The war office stated rhelt are prepared positions friends.” ' P sl e e e s S £ le of the accuracy of the s conilnusdRioRrazeolif et ¢ 4 i > OnE frisnds cause the undulating land here usual- &0 @0 €XAMDlo OF - b inereasiag ol oy | TERCHED {hree tha ¢ ! hind the British towards which they are falling back. senator 1 he hoped the |y pecovers from the effects of winter | fife Of our 37 millimeter guns. An : With increasing violence as fresh Ger- | in 5 sunken i Bl ) Dutch would not take reprisals, (ome weeks ecarlier than on the €hemy machine gun emplacement man divisions were hurled into the 'to advance ew st R e ).000 prisoners, 400. guns ang which could be carried out easily | ¥ranco-Belgian frontier, may not rep-| Which had been annoying the Ameri- fray in an attempt to smash through |were seen and they mostly flew losw, | LOFFble Slauzhter Among Att | pachine guns have heen taken against the unfortunate interned| regent the main and ultimate feature | ¢ans for the past two days was locat- the British defenses. More intense | peppertng our trene th thelr tih Army Headquarters in Tae iwo villages tuken on the prisoners in Holland | of the enemy’s oftensive. It is felt|ed and then the battery of “little fel- | fighting is expected. machina guns. g S e | lalne MUy front were Vi + Compared to Violation of Belgium. ' there may vet bo a sudden attack 10Ws' as they are known along the | The operation is so vast and s e L | i Sl SR Vi uCouLE axd, Moreliion LN Deputy Vanckel, a socialist, de-! glsewhere, but there is no doubt of ! front, got into action, firing rapidly. {changing with such kaleidescopic . i . e Mk ! is out -2 miles and ircd the selzure of the Dutch fleet | the ability of the British to hold the{They put th \placement gun crews | rapidity as the line surged backward “Thi the i e | S and th ack | latter about 2 miles behind President Wilson under the pre-|cpemy just as they barred the road ta | out of commission. and forward that it is impossible to | British t to serve t places, but the British generals had | fovmer British front.) text of wur necessity, 1 bad as the | ypres. ese small guns, which are about | visualize the scene sufficiently to give | Suns in sks and it was ¢ forcseen this eventuall nd made o T violation of Belgium by Germany on: The Daily News says: of a one-pounder, are easily 'a connected and accurate account of | cult t: irst. they did 1 o o Sy Kaiser Personally in Comma oretext. “Although the Allied strength will | moved from place to place even in |it at present. | har i =t e masses ol Gerin 6 e et itaeic it s not impo i London. Marck —Today’'s “We will our independ- . reach its maximum only as the full | the trenches. They also secured di- | TForty-nine German divisions have | ho' canie on in denser formu- | o iise unsound to mpt to holq | Man official announcement rea ence, come what may,” he said f of America’s contribution to the rect hits on the junction of commun- 'peen identified thus far on the front | t h ofore, yet all reports | ¢p | here states Emperor Willlam i “The American people have been | war is felt, the opening of the great- on trenches as men were passing |and prisoners have been taken from | st 3 magni G e e command on the western front. misinformed and their in a | est battle the world has known is re- into the entrance of the dugout which |18 of them. Some estimates place the S r suentin one of our| gyenn S ey A crossing over the Ofse we will be great when they le ! ceived with something like relief, | @ number of the enemy were seen t0 | number of German divisions engaged | divisions had to bear up a e e i AN ch ihe Ahone La Fere (12 miles south of St. f truth.” | The salient fact about the offensive enter and from which smoke was is- | a4 high as 90, but it is impossible to | repeated assaults of no than | (i) he the opposition he | tin) was forced by Jaeger battal fooft, an an | now in progress is that its authors suing. None of the enemy was seen |cay whether this is accurate. six German divisions, possibly 90,000 | it is said. come out. Intermittent artillery AR front line trench everywhere. meets. it ) sing the situation as a whole, the | = g S . . & o o - B € 3 + letween tlie Omigon stream cannot afford to 3 They cannot ' to men and only vhen the < aults 3y s are wi sati B¢ e re 4 it id v British are well satisfied with the re- | ;. gomme, after the capture of | | affora to face a country left, after an- | duels has been in progress all da 1 ceased with darkness did our trooPs) .y of the first stage of the fighting / 4 tol { other summer of battle, to count its|both on our Toul front and in the | BARNES DEFIES GUIG EY withdraw to strong positions behind | mpe: undoubtedly lost several ruined | 1o Snemy position, the Gerg like common 2 Secior rhere A : , = S i made their way through n gains and find them no more than = | Luneville _~“L"*" : PGS 2 | the canal system hetween St. Quentin | Giljgges and the Germans robably. v pugh Holnon 3 Lroopsars 1 s wnd the Oise. will make of their capture, but . . Raid on Enemy Trenches. | Says Mayor Licd, Challenges Him to | “It fs estimated that all to£ether | tho defenders have held on amazing- | jpjey “)“"";""D.\. penetrating intd l nearly 600,000 Germans pavticipated i third hostile position id the r.fl(,;q‘:RUMANiA MAY JOIN TEUTONS Three of our patrols reached the; ghow Contract Was Cancelled and | {1 tne offonsie il i well ;‘]m '\\urlf;(zd terrlnle slaughter i) advantage of the | enemy’s line early today but in the g among the attackers. 50 Gérm#in Divistons in Battl well and his nners did good serv- The fighting today was greatest in ) and fought across the MHeigh myriad of nameless grav States was taking X : s to create its own merchant fleet | * e brilliant moonlight they were discov- Hints He i3 “Slacker’ Srgls e | . d were driven out by brisk | The quickr with which the ysniensity on two sectors—one north- sodideclaredftininnman. SlE e I vel e romter Attempting to Form Al- ;:Zghfi:‘plg‘u:\';yn:‘;:;m;:mtic rifle fire.; Luther M. Barnes defies Mayor | guns were brou forward into No of Cambrai and the other south- | | Our infantry discovered one cnemy | (G¢orge A. Quigley to do his worst | Man's Land the infantry had R L e e e / i asting any possible discredit upon | advanced was marked I N front about Bullecourt while ’ : vere driven off and it is be- now famous stone contract with | muny places the advontage e L othn GenterA would fail to I :)v 1ts n.‘.w cnmpuli: iam, March ienna | There was increased aerial activity licly \‘Mw"fl t "H‘vi‘“fly C?llm‘i“ _IM\:' argely superior i atbe airmen were most active, t}\e Rmim- tors the United States and Japan out | newspapers statc that the new Rus- |today. The weather was warm and it cventually cancelled by the Cec ol = 5 Liviators fiving at very low altitudes S S e stan premier, Alexander Marghilo- | was generally clear, except for a haze | Public works ‘_flv' ai Teagon v‘" nl<|1‘ 162 MILES R 7\( ()]‘ and using their machine guns against tente powers he asserted, were t- | man is striving for an alliance be- | which obscured visibility :\Tntvv the | would ”‘," 1;‘0\_ sv'f‘_‘ _v”‘ ‘P;‘)"‘- “n‘ . i > e Hhe opposing infantry. npting to place blamoe upon Ger- |tween Rumania and the Central Pow- | low ground. One machine with an |then advised the curlous to Inquiret (CREAT GER N GUN The statement follows: ers. This idea is heing discussed | American observer at its gun emptied | for the real reason from Chairman “Heavy fighting continued un- Ernest N. Humphrey of the board of Gl ats hours last nightion the London, March 23.—The Gerg forced their way into Mory byl dashing counter attack drove f out, Reuter’s correspondent at B headquarters, telegraphs. A | party was surrounded and proH captured, There is reason to belleve 50 man divisions are flowing into 'struggle, the correspondent st and probably half as many mor in close reserve. Under the onslaught the British are falling very slowly and in excellent oy At many places they are withdra voluntarily so as to maintain an broken front. The Germans this morning pressing hard the British forces fending Hernmies (about Yo back of the old line, in the re southwest of Cambrai) The scenes of activity Dhehind battlefront baffle description, {leverywhere there is the same this, was naturally seeking by neutral tonnage, to out the liance With Central TPowers—Ilas D z in its own merchant marine, arising patrol inside our wire. These Baset e heticall the iV f bullets at a G plan remselves were do sympathetically in the iVen press | a stream of bullets at a German plane e | & ‘1""x‘;~‘In\:utr?."\l‘:(w}‘:"n placed in a pre- | :s‘.x dispatch from that city which was observed descending rap- | public works or W. H. Hall, city en- i R . whole battlefront. During the arious position not by submarine idly, as though in trouble, behind our ginec ) ' - Applied Locally Vividly Shows Fftce- | afternoon powerful hostile at- carfare, he said, but by Americ o| M. Marghilor ader of the | line: Referoinspcodthis jatatenien ’”j“' 1 {vercss of New Weapons i tacks, delivered with great weight fusal permit exports of food- | conservative party and long has been | Ten German machines crossed our v the mayor, Mr said this | of infantry and artillery, broke fodder 1 fertilizer to uro known as pro-German. He opposed | lines last night and circled around, | morning Y.~\~\» bre the may- oo in Battic through our defensive system neutrals to prevent their intervention in the war by Rumania | apparently secking out targets which [ or's statement as published in the lo- ) west of St. Quentin. Jortation to Germany and secondly |on the side of the Allies. When tho | {hey intended fo bomb. but American | cal papers as an absolute falsehood, | For the purpose of Showing the exs Our troops on this part of the + the neutrals being forced, through | Germans invaded Rumania in 1016 | anti-aircraft guns kept them so high{and I defy him to produce f‘\\\(r;v\rlj tent of the range of the hig sung being battlefront are falling back in ertof rvation, to surrender their | he remained behind at the time the | that no explosives were dropped. hat the contract of The White Oak | ysed by the Germans in the present good order across the devastated g | capitol was transferred to Jassy and . - — Crushed Stone Co, was ever cancelled, antic offensive, a few exafiplies, ap-| area to prepared positions e was in Bucharest when it was cap- | GEN. ALFTERI GOES TO FRONT. 'also that the Beaton & Cadwell steam | plied locally, are given: Were it pos-| farther west. = atoe tured = 2 \ting plant ever froze up.” sible to mount such guns on a bat- “Our troops on the northern z o U M‘N,' e Ttalian War Minist seaves Office for uch metho Mr. Barnes adds, | tleship and a ship so equipped an- portion of the battlefront are ordered forganization and qulet LR 200N S N,'Zf;:l,,wll‘.;“ S W R (e i fService s i e R VRO G5 B G e T Gl e T e o i holding their positions. iidence: eritia gy here Ronter 3 2 . o to the dignity of the office and ven, it could drop shells in the city “Very heavy fighting Wwith he wet commenced itation to have FORTUNE GOES TO FAMHJY ome, March 22.—General Alficrii o one but a ‘slacker’ would make ' of Springtield, Ma Poople of New fresh hostile forces is in pro- although the the Dutch government requested to e has retired as minister of war to take \ch careless remarks.” Britain would undoubtedly ar such gress. v local mists off relations with the United | . . a command at the front. He has < Hab Vil e SRS IBore i overhoadl because of the requisitioning | No Public Bequests in Will of James | oo sycceeded by General Zupelll | piyANTAN PARLIAMENT OUT. Again, if such a gun were mounted ch ships, is contained in Stillman With Estate Estimated AS Vietor Einanuel accepted Gen- | s A Rumaniall Mot _‘Phe . in Willimantic, it could drop shells Throughont the night the battle- .15 miles below Arras. Tt 8 ge Telegraph company’s id - i ‘¢ resignation owing to his sl 3 : " iinto the city of erbury front extended southward and it was about four miles back of the which, received fr. Copen- High As $100,000,000. sistenc: it he be permitted to go The United St: Army equipment | reported thi- morning that French held by the British before the en, ductes’the Folitikenis Rotters iy S heen ope i for the artiflery previous e war|army now was engage i mans an their offensive, dam correspondent. New York, March The millions Yol AGESEL Gy Shier hiend thalin ee e DN N B e O b e S e e ol ubone 30 milesie S i ¥our Iour Bombardment, — | of the late James Stillman, who was | Griando { fan, ! dered A ein inted at Sandy Hook, oY Claima 55 000 [Prisoncrs Betors ey atiasion snie Ordc Ships Seized. | head of the National City | nd he sery as fo ¢ \ U — I N Y o vimed that a shell erli, March 23—Between Fontaine | sector between the canal Du N March 22.-—Instructions | one of the richest men in the country, | a y alie - WEATHER, Y could dropped into Tarrytown, | jes Croiselles and Mouvres German .and Crolselles, on the northern taking over of Dutch ships | all go to his relatives. His will was | (onimission represent e ¢ : forces penetrated into the second {the Germans for four hours smd nt officially today to all ports | filed for probate today. i B supreme war council Hartford, March 28—I | 7 e enemy position and captured two 'cred the British with every conel nited Kingdom. Between 20} .1 ue ‘gf tthe/ estate is not dis- | sailles. General 4 point- for Now i POOLING Ol PLANNED. villages, army headquarters an- able form of hate which a gun cd 25 ships, aggregating ahout 3 « da the »will. Estimates have | od iministe i v shortl Cinity [o% dght Waushington, March 28 -Pooling of | nounced today British counter at- [ throw. The enemy depended > 1 ween $40,000,000 f Sling fuel oil supplies in the west as well | tacks failed. 1 e Continued On Seventh Page) 1 ¢ nog 91 g il health fj as in (he east is planned So far the statement Ann(»uu(e‘\l (Continued On Seventh Offensive Against French. Mory is on the japers announce that the Ru- | manian parliament is to be dissolved, chi ge) |