The evening world. Newspaper, March 29, 1918, Page 2

eee —_ s13r inane ereuaemananptie |e ensetmmemmemgernes eer Ft THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1918. ; Pl ‘RSHING’S TROOPS ALL EAGER TO GET INTO GREAT BA TTLE ! emareeres ore SEVEN DAYS OF THE GREAT BATTLE TOLD ON THE “MAPIII S GUNSCAUSE CANADIAN TROOPS Germans. The north, From t The resistance of the British yesterday south of Arras, along (he line a tan ey . of the Arras-Albert Road, was most gallant. Here the Germans advanced i F s ARRAS a L arapoun Yo time after time for heavy attacks in the region of Ablainzevelle, but In]! ( : ; gh D HAUCOUET S10 ‘PREPARE 10 STRI every instance they were thrown back. Latest reports said the line was ileus being strongly held. i vs In their attack south of the Somme upon Marcelcave the Germans | pushed southward from Cerisy and them gradually swung w estward until Marcelcave was occupied. | All told, while the intense fighting of yesterday and last night along t the extended battle front gave the Germans some further gains south of 2 BEAM TZ MonceieT OO INGERMAN LINES IN AID OF ALLIES American Patrol Penetrates Whole Arms Welcomes Foe’s Trenches to Depth Chance to Join in Great RAMSART BERL eS mid the Somme and a slight ay ance east and southeast of Arras, along the! EOE ae of Third of Mile. Battleh—Guns Active. greater part of the line the assaulting enemy troops were hurled back eet icaceaboniniinit dls : with heavy losses BATTLE FRONT HAS DOUBLED IN NINE DAYS OF FIGHTING Germans Have Recovered a Total Territory of 875 Square Miles, but Ludendorff’s Aim Is Far From Being Accomplished. LONDON, March 29.—The battle front of the great German drive | has grown to nearly twice its original size, as the combat enters its ninta} day. The territory recovered by the Germans is 875 square miles. | The offensive opened on comparatively a straight front, extending | from Arras southward and slightly eastward to La Fere, a distance of “about fifty miles. The area comprised in the enemy advance now consists of an irregu- lar triangle, with Arleux as its northem point, Montdidier as its south- western point, and the southern edge of St. Gobain Forest as its south- eastern point. Each of its sides are, roughly, fifty miles long, in an air ; line, while the base is thirty-five miles across, On the original battle line the fighting has extended northward from | Arras to Arleux, a distance of about five miles; and southward from La Fere to St. Gobain Forest, a distance of about seven miles. But all sides of this huge triangle are extremely irregular, especially the western side, Field Marsna! Haig, in his night communique, de-} scribed the fighting from “south ot tie Somme to northeast of Arras” as a “fifty-mile front.” The British and French lines apparently converge * at Warvillers, about ten miles south of the Somme. This includes slightly more than half of the present battle front. From Haig’s statement it} would appear, then, that the entire present frontage is between ninety.) and 100 miles. At several points, notably in the regions of Albert and Montdidier, the Germans have advanced beyond the point where their retreat began in 1916. The furthest German penetration is at Montdidier, which repre- | sents an advance of thirty-seven miles west and south from St. Quentin. | There is no reason yet to believe that Quartermaster Gen. Luden- WITH THE AMPRICAN ARMY IN) CANADIAN ARMY HBADQUAR- | FRANCE, March 29 (Assoclated pisns, March 20 (by Canadian Preas. Press).--Tho Amer! artillery yes= | J.)m.).—Al! units and all rants in the terday, after smothering the enemy (Canadian Army look to the future and ro ig eciecne ed aa Asveietd the possibility of their being @m- , dropped high explosiv lowed by a dense smoke cloud. Th 1p rieht Conk with Sige: Comes again shelled St. Baussant, the pro- |" Jectiles finding the targets for which | “at they sh they had been searching, hitting hid- | inion and den dumps and causing numerous) °f 1 forces explosions. While nothing approaching battle- Increased activity continues along | tke activity on the whole of our front the enemy line, Enemy wiring parties | 4s yet de ur army has been have been at work and much traffic | Pity day « ight. With moonfight | has been observed in tho rear of St.|"/&hts, there has been great serial Baussant, where quantities of iron “tlvity, our planes being busy be- material have been unloaded, The road !!"4 cnemy lines, while hostile between St. Baussant and enemy "chines bave bombed villages on @reas has been 40 heavily travelled in , OUr front, ip some cases flying #0 low the past few nights that deep road ‘hat they have swept the streets with ruts are now visible from the Ameri- r machine guns. can lines: ries of French civilians American 37's fired twenty-fiv et with on the road mev- rapid shots into-a large enemy work shell area, but there fs j party and peoetiared| tne eee) wag ae al clan evacuation, and jeft a number of deac he ground hope and confidence have increased rous airplanes. y ate | Samvle for a decision, has hastened | have again been subjected to fina! defeat pa shells, s to Hill 70 we LONG RANGE SHELLING = Ss iro mr : worn We n the eas, Thirty minutes our guns 4 opened up in which lasted for ff- nd swept the enemy support and front line areas. alpen nactt Ends Sen- | MaABGrRRNEO & steadfast determination tbe worthy of the Do- orihy o fthe high record Bombardment by Distant Started Again at 3 o'Clock in Afternoon, maeees | PARIS, March 2%—The long-range| war paren bombardment of Paris was resumed * Paria, shortly after three o'clock this afters] PARIS, Mar ‘The Inter-Allted noon, Council on War Purchases and Fi- —<—— inances has coneluded tts sessions |'SHOWS FOR BOYS AT FRONT, here. The United States was repre- | bahia |scntec by Oscar T. Crosby, Assistant etary of the Treasury, who pre- 1, and Poul D. Cravath, Great Rritair Was represented by J, Auaten |Chamberlain and Baron Buckmaster France by Btionne Clementel, Min imerece, and Deputy Pai ly by Prof, Attolleco and ab teen | Sothern and Ames E 8 | With Tr AN ATLANTIC Jon an An March ii, Southe Ames had ret | with th i, g ‘ dorff has increased his prospects of winning the great political gamble—| _ CHIRY | character of O.eD. which is the real character of the German super-offensive. Ring 5 i Mr. Bouthern said that « P| NAGEL ly on Tuesday, March 96, : ; cou is ‘ : orehing Every effort thus far made to draw in the Allies reserves has failed. The Wteitoaie the visiniie eh ere the fh TE. tower ‘1 territory over whict a therh Wan dikor LAGT? t that dive vetoved son of Allde a slaaghias alias tess . ena ess ed nO stripes in the vicinity of Noyon indicate where the French jucuing Mericourt, show territory over which there also heay; weeks Meanwhile, the German line has been compelled to take an increasingly! — rago sharp gains, and those extending from Albert to Proyart, fighting between the British and the Germans, ten natanden at 18 ee precarious shape. Simultaneously, the German command has been] ————— — — — |w Greonwood forced to drain its own reserves past the point of highest effectiveness, | present drive since soon after they were begun and made active prepara-] dropped from March 22 to 26 on convoys, trains and enemy troop conaia | SCHENCK-—ALEXANDER @CHENO, a sabewie : ; ‘aie é ‘ Pe Toe se a Services at CAMPBELL FUNBRAR The time undoubtedly is approaching when the Allies’ reserves, still] tions to face it. Gen, Bell recently returned from the battlefront. lone, Walch wurtersa he roll siapee Pee re eee, eee TWO MORE FLYERS KILLED. | cuurcn, Brosaway, eon ot, Briday, ‘ 1 % A ‘ . vA nding a os ¥ io rth, intact, will be able to strike where they please. Gen, Bell explained some of the scientific means used by a modern] pits attacked with machine guns enemy contingents, firing thousands of Lthlisbod ; * . rieidive: no) Geren rata . "| Canadian Corps Members Meet army to detect gunfire and gave assurance that Gen. Pershing was doing Leona din Sree tre GRtTEBR. SIRIARAE SDA (OU GEDIUD: HOLCone Ware Death at Fert Worth, srought down. i vervthing | Tr stablishine sche back « ! aut re 5 WE, Hens acah That the most advanced trench is never held in times of a serious BERLIN ADMITS HEAVY LOSS; uilled tn aviation a : TO GET INTO THE BATTLE ined by G inc ; ane -F. J rr c or, Turwn 417, WE? 1a toa WAY attack was explained by Gen, Bell, who said that they are principaily used Taking his own ‘Envious of the Role So Far Played in the|case as an example, he said that while he believed no sovernment could Struggle by the Small Contingent afford to overlook physical vigor in its field officers, he believed thc) Tells of Great British Counter Attacks to Re- Wi re experience of such men as he—he has been in the army forty-four years— take Albert, but S Th All Failed ith the British Forces. would be valuable. Gen, Bell is sixty-two years old. eee ert, bu By 6 ey ailed, WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Thursday, March “The enemy is being held at all points,” said a despatch from Gen. Though Aided by Tanks. 28 (Associated Press).—While there is no false optimism regarding Bliss, read to the House Military Committee by Gen, March, BPRLIN, via London, March 29.—The report from German General 2 ; ia 3 innary (B —— Headquarters last night say events in Northern France in the American Expeditionary Force, all “There were engagements on the Scarpe and on the Anore, between ranks, although realizing that the situation is tense, are confident that 723 ENEMY AIRPLANES WINGED: the Somme and the Avro, tn tho course of an attack strong defended vile is j i ry | lages were taken.” } > Allied arms eventually will be victorious. Every man is intensely inter- . | | The day report said: *esed in the outcome. Not the slightest doubt is expressed but that the | 85 TONS OF BOMBS DROPPED “On the battlefield of Flanders (French Flanders) the English again British and French will not only halt the enemy, but defeat him. | brought up divisions which they had brought up from other fronts, To the 5 northwest of Bapaume wo drove the enemy back of the crater positions New Lea At Our Treasure Palace All the American troops are anxious to get intoythe fight and are in the direction of Ducquoy and Hebuterne, ty envious of the role played by the handful of American railroad engineers Swooping to Sixty Feet, Allied Flyers Fire} Ws NM ccaagld Be lap a ate jee cyber Sank a MMR PANORAMA EGGS 4. oe - Albert, Strong attacks accompan anks broke down with sanguinary , Who are believed to have been caught in the German advance. As the Hundreds of Thousands cf Shots From | tosses on the slopes of the hills tc st of the town, PICTURE SHOW at home for the little Folks: Through the lene placed in the end of these sparkling big crystal eggs eye ¥ nar ha ee a : ree “To the south of the Somme divisions at many points broke thelr 4, days have gone on and it appeared that the men would not get a chance : | Arous! 5 7 ay 4 : 4 ce . - vay through the old enemy positions and arove the British and French " ° *to participate directly in the fighting there have been some slight “growls, Machine Guns Into Massed Infantry. wa : sh and Fre may view ‘charming scenes from fairyland and the land of decorated with rich floral effects, EACH 49 cana 79c back into regions of France which hove remained untouched by war since but the men in the ranks are confident that whatever is being dope by \ A Few of Our Many Easter Candy Specialties | a. Bi eds sly! | 1914, the commanders is for the best. each ae PH LONDON, March 29.—“Low flying was again car by large bodles thelr work of re} ur a es, while our infs a out Wednnaday “The victorious troops of the German Crown Prince have penetrated ines continued | inte the enemy positions to a depth of gixty kilometres (37/2 miles) in : Some of the Americans far back of the lines } nsisted that they {on on our battle line," says a report on | uninterrupted attack from St. Rynely sotats the Bem im They Gulbed ) heard the rumble of the guns in the zone of fighting, but this is not pr dropped and a quar of Montdidier and is slightly west of |] Milk Chocolate Hollow Rabbit g able, owing to the distance of the American sector from the battlefront.| height that insu British offictal report) Box, filled with ‘This is taken as an indication of the anxiety of the Americ;m troops to known to have into action against the Germans. troops and amm “Twenty -fe werlal operations “More than thirty tons of n rounds of ammunition were racy on different targets, § ombs were | ward am ere casual jocolate Marshmal mi on the enemy, and the bringing up of his Chocolate Cream mwas delayed 750, 000 LITHUANIANS HERE MEAT INQUIRY HERE PUT OFF.|} Marshmallow Fu To the At ca traini . 1 machines were brought dow n the air fighting He > “ ‘Avisad) P| F in Picardy ha: 1 CuOC Le eadlaA ales Ake % ed up their work, for| also were ved Nit f our machines at pres » missing. i ds. H eas ioe he ea ty vin uenlier, y they feel that eve ies might make it iry for them to take part ‘A bi ot the elleved to have landed on our side of the » Effort Make Caunel? behcriee pitt March 29-—indefinite 2 | in the fighting. line, A very nst our machines from the ground tor re 50 Maks : anys vestigation of the m : SE | ee PES RPE en ag Sera cup cabanl ten iry a Part of packers at New York, was announ ' ‘During the h r Zane . ¥ = 2a: nire. jay by Francia J. Meney. the | 4 tinued _ ree the utmont oO ‘ : pais, rey: end Barenne Coke se ssion's counsel. Conditions he found | a wi 4 y ver & thousand bombs were dropped and WASHINGTON, March 29 -—-Resolu-/at New York, Heney sald, previuded j thousands of rovnds of arnmunition were fired at good targets, which were | tious of protest ox he German At-| the advisability of an investigation at i 3 plentiful and easy to fee in the moonlight, Our pilots saw thelr bombs | tempt to ¥ ante & 1 MAK | ihis time, but he indicated that tt would ; \ ORS marae ‘ niiddle of columns of troops, transports and encampmenta, | !t & part of the Cent a Empire were /oe held Inter . | Dur Kinplanes are minsing. [tees Bae a bahete| es “ i “On We aL Mota was bombed, ever tan | Mately eee eee\| HOTEL MEN BEDLESS. | Retirement All Arranged For in Advance,| ‘°° bombs malig Ss sped.) aw a ‘ 1 along | Suut ed Move Feed uere vrom |} | gt eet eS “ 4 5 z Cho: EAD zrentty mn 1 wid on th ARIAIDES SABE tt Waal Result, : } and German Plans Were Known Soon tw ne heavy bombs were ned and sev pe ey ead } 29.—Hotel men rn mn fulr i Avhuanla v “a me 1 4 After They Were Made. bjectives, AN our machines returned from | 84h, J its citizens that thay | {rom every: | mevting here (ond | ave et an offer made by the Ger with the Food Administration to , \ \ re 9,.—The sritish } ye 2 t - new methods } § WASHINGTON, March 29.—The British withdrawal betore the FRENCH FLYERS DO GREAT DAMAGE. anal aya Antes German advance was made according to pre-arranged s and is “all PARIS, Ma folldwing oficial staten vavadvon lentes ni = , », over now,” Major Gen, J. Franklin BkN toxiay told the Senate Military French weriny oy cree Lath © Committee a lal ; POUR DE Of , 5 patrots | Pee ‘ Aalaxaieat ) Brooklvns Newark, e - F p i K missions tr egion of Bt. Q Lo Bere |cungerence in New 1 fied. waieht include He said the Allies have known’ of the German preparations for the and Noyon. M ’ 00 ik Arty t tiles were , dopted i 4 i} i.” se