FREE 'V ,.' , mburg at Last Meets tttcfi in Terrific Drive "V. ', - ". A11?m "ON STRATEGY FAILED of Crippling Entente Of fensive by Retreat Proved W .Futile -M- U V i V Rv HENRY WOOD f$ WITH THE PIIBNCH AIIMIES IN TUB FIELD. -April 18. All of Germany's hold on France la men- today by tho world's most titanic slve. ft'-'lt Is a'ltrugKto, between von lllnrtcnbur ,the master ntrMejrits or tlio Franco- 1tlsh staffs on n battle scale undreamed KT before. ''France's part In this greatest ft nil , striven was preceded by the greatest bom bardment In Its history. Tha artillery roar fctgan Friday. Millions of shells are hurled fcver the lines dally. The French mark- , Jmanahlp Is so deadly that the P.t Herman prisoners caught In tho anfantry sweep I''. 1 .-, .1.-1. 41.-1- .. I.H . l9rworu acciarcu inai oi inuir iuiiiimiiuu w. ISO men the average that survived was onlj tchty. i''The sudden Franco-Urltlsh drive Hhat- ffyUfta Oermanys hopes to avoid a spring rjfwtenstve by rjtreat. oJ The French onslaught now gathering its I awAntAat fnnnitn t lltvi fii-imttltlAfl with n fl a ?Vancea begun by. tho British, makes a con- :.. .... .. - . Ftlnuous battle line rrom uixmuue to it' Wilm. Th li.Tttlo Is on a front 100 miles : Rhelms. long, Today tho French advance between - W! llfire!J3ifflBraPy ii i iii '- ' 1r--'-"--ny- ? -J".-'1' ii m v Driven Back to Laott Contlnu4 from pot One French advance north and south of the Alsne Jllver. Dispatches from Paris today quote mili tary critics as predicting that the Allies are "on the threshold of their biggest via tory sines tho Mame." It Is evidently tha hope of the French and Urltlsh high com mand to break up the whole Hlndenburg line, driving the Germans from Lille, Loos, Lens. Doual, Cambral, St. Quentln and Laon to Belgium and the German frontier. The retirement or the Germans on both sides of rthelma has left a salient In that sector and there Is danger that this his torlo and ancient French city may be bat tered to pieces by the artllery duels which rage around It night and day. y capturo of Vlllers Oulstaln, northeast of Epehy, the British have pushed another wall of steel parallel to the artery of Ger man communications between Cambral and St. Quentln. Like Epehy, Itonssoy, Vlleret, Lo Verguler and Malssemy all of which villages llo to the south Vlllers Guslalh Is approxmately two miles distant from the Cambral-St Quentln high road. The British now parallel the high road for u distance of fifteen of the twenty-two miles between the two towns. The drive which enveloped Vlllers CJuls lnln" was from the direction of Epehy, Hal reported, Indicating apparently a deflnlto plan to parallel the Cambral-St. Quentln lino by British forces which may at any time strike somewhere along this twenty-two-mile stretch and sever the artery. In the meantime Halg's laconic report, "the Lagnlcourt position was Improved," means n blow struck at the key to tha de fpiisen of Cambral from the west. '. T'nm rrctlt1nn nntiatatnri nf n vlltfitrn nut- r uennann intu tiuuiuiiru uieir in jwA there stronsly fortified In th ffif French artillery could not pie tlt tho Impregnab'e quarries below Rhelms and Sclssons menaces tha cntlro German line, coupled with tho British nt tack on St. Quentln and the advance of ifflalc's troops toward Cambral and Lena. RK' France's 'onslaught la on too gigantic a h calo over this" hundred-mllo front to per- $ mlt any one to vlsuallzo tho titanic struggle L'lVtn Its entirety. LiHc But from tho crest of ono hill one could ! f e during one stage of tho great strtigglo an Inrtripnt lh.it strikingly revpalH thi Frnnch SiftU'rategy no less than the reasons for tho Xi Germans' tremendous losses. This ono In- TOeldent was Frances feat In wresting ono i.-t tho Germans' strongest defensive posl- ;jfrttlona.. !.?. k i BO? of'thts ravine was honeycombed with. caves &1 "3tiwn nut nf cill,1 nlnnn In trnnnhnrinRlu Eslfc iug quarry excavations and shafts. Tho ; Germans had stationed their machine tuns wii' i uwis umi ilerce. From ow tho vlllago I the uerman inrnntry awitted conflilcntly iKthe expected frontal attack from the VFreneh. sM. Two columns of French Infantrv huiI. i ejfKde'nly began an encircling movement from KgM,th right and from the left. Every move Kfy IP ent of these forces was visible to tho jjifclisVed eye. The soldiers advanced at nl ;?v rribst ,a. strollli g pace along tho summit of P, clearly, sllhoui.'ed against the Bky. ' jveuner a vernaDie cioua or snrapnei, fe,4'Whlch hung low ever their heads, nor high l ArnintlvA hnrrntrM tmr rrna cTinlla hln,lrArl E l&trie slow, measured advance of these forces K '? lor a single instant. &$& Not until these columns simultaneously KSrapproiched the outskirts of the vlllago did fe-arthe Gnnans hidden In tho quarry still , awailtn that frontal attack realize they JtjVhad ber. outHlndenbugcd.', P7T' Instantly they rushed out their ms-'ne iAcunt tn x desperate attempt to c.ver re- 7m llrmt riitf (1i. iv.ro inn Inla Tha Vf. Mh ?ieonvrglng columns met behind the vll 1 lace. They cut off nil retreat. Tha Oer. ft,-' mar did not relish an attempt to cut their ",if(Way thru ch. They hurriedly returned to .' f h nrvif 0itlnn nf thn mnlf nnvAa A ml v.a xVFrAiuiTi columns, lenorlncr their Yfatnrn KWand leaving their ultimate capture to ether : '' ft. v.o, oncfi. jt. m ...u caul 1IUII1 lllfl Vll- rslace- penctratlnc at every sten deener Into fji..the German line. ' f-f AUMBWATAATnVrrA' ' SUL FRONTE ITALIANO Forse I'Inlzio deirOffensiva del Generate Cadorna non E' As- solutamente Lontano French Tearing Foe's Grip From France Continued from Pace line Strong Oerrnan counter-attacks were made In Chnmpagno All were repulsed, tha War Office says. In the region of Vllle-au-Bols, says the communique, tho French captured several fortified positions from tho Oermann nnd also a wobd. Four hundred German prison ers were taken. Two hundred and fifty additional prison ers were captured In the Braye-on-Loon-nols .sector, where the French carried out n:i enterprise described by tha Wnr Offlco "brilliant." Farther north, In region of St. Quentln nnd La Fere, tho French made trench raids. Near Laffaux twenty Germans wore tnUcn prisoners. At three separate points tho Teutons tried to roll back 'tho French from their newly won ground, but nt no point did they gain. The Germans suffered, heavy losses. In tho past forty-eight hours tho French have captured between 14,000 nnd 15,000 prisoners, In tho fighting In Champagne around Aubervo on Tuesday the French captured upward of twelve cannon, three of heivy caliber; many trench mortars and machine guns. The German nnny, being beaten back In defeat by tho French. Is commanded by the Crown Prince, who directed tha Ill-starred German enterprise nt Verdun. It Is esti mated thnt the entire losses of the Germans Sunday on both sides of tha Alsne and In Champagno totnl nearly tho strength of nn army corps. 40,000 men. Four million men nio probably engaged In tha great Allied offensive. It Is the biggest battle l"or Franco slnco tho Mnrne. No previous conflict has. ever seen this rec orl.'i"eaklng number of men engaged ; nor ha any conflict been marked by such a trer.iondous concentration of artillery. "Success achieved by French troops has been more Important than the Initial an nouncements Indicate." declared tha Echo do Tarls today, concluding an analysis of tho front situation. "The German Crown Prlnco has been expecting an offensive. Tho French had postponed It a number of times because of unfavorable weather. In the meantime tho Crown Prlnco massed gigan tic reserves to meet the expected blow." Paris believed today a victory overshad owing thnt achieved on the Mame Is In sight. One of the first fruits of the success so far Is of sentimental Interest here. Battle-front dispatches declare tho Germans have now been driven from heights about Rhelms from which they have been wont In the past In pure revenge to deluge that city with Bhells. Rhelms was the- revenge spot. If the Germans suffered a defeat any where, they stnrted a bombardment of Rhelms and Its Cathedral In reprisal. ItOMA. 18 Aprlle. L'attlvlta' delle forte Italians va aumen tando In modo da far prevedere non lon tano I'Inlzio della vera guerra anche sulla fronts Itallana come ora si ha sulla fronte francese. Net rapporto del generale Ca dorna pubbllcato lerl sera dal Mlnlstero della Guerra e' detto dl lntensa azlone dl artlgllerla che si o' avuta su parecchl punt! della fronte dl .battaglla. Ecco II testo del rapporto: Nella val Lagarlna (vallo dell'Adlge) la nostra artlgllerla ha dl nuovo'bom bardato la staztone ferrovlarla dl Col llano, dannegglandone I'edlflzlo, met tendo In fuga trenl ed autocarrl o dls perdendo truppo nernlche. SI sono avutl pcrecchl scontrl tra plccoll gruppl dl fanterla. I nostrl repartl hanno resplnto II nemlco dap pertutto o gll hanno preso prlglonlerl, fuclll e muntzlonl. Nell'alta vallo del Tralgnolo, du rante un vlolento temporale, un reparto nemlco opero' un attacco dl sorpresa e rluscl' a penetraro In una delle nostra position! avanzate ad ovent del Lago Boceto. Esso ne fu pero' prontamenta resplnto a fu costretto a rltomare Rile su lines. Puro con la protezlona dl una densa nebbla un tentatlvo simile fu fatto con tro le nostre poslzlonl al Passo dl Son dogna, ma II nemlco fu resplnto e sof ferse perdlte gravlsalme. Sulla fronte Glulla l'attlvlta' delle artlgllerla c' stata plu" lntensa del so- llto nella rona dl Oorlzla. Un aero plane nemlco a' Kioto abbattuto durante un combattlmento tra squadrlglle nl dl sopra dl Tornoa. Telegromml da Londra dlcono che questa mattlna II maresclallo Halg, che comanda lc forze Ingles! in Francla ha nttaccato lo llneo tcdesrha verso Cambral ed ha occu pato oltrl due lllaggl n circa noa mlglla n sud del sua nblettlvo Intanto lo forzo francesl, che hanno Inl zlato una grando offcnsUa nella reglono tra Rhelms e Polssons ed hanno sfondato lo llneo tedesphe conqulstando Importantl pol zlonl. contlnuano a premere fortemente II nemlco cho fa sforzl dlsperall ma Inutlll per arrestaro le forzo attaccantl Negll nltlml duo glornl I francesl hanno preso 13,500 prlglonlerl, o si dice cho Intero dlvlslonl dl rlscrva tedebchc, cho erano stato mandate In appogglo a quelle dl prima llnea, sono state dlstrutte. Tuttl sono d'accordo ncl rltcncro cho la battaglla che si combatto ora tra I franoo Inglesl a von Hlndenburg o" la plu' grande battaglla che si sla mal combattuta. SI dice cho von Hlndcnhurg nvcvn ammassato nella reglono Solssons-RhelmB, In prevlslono dell'attucco francese, hen dlaclannove dl vlslonl. Ma rnrtlgllerln francese ha fatto mlracoll, ha lanclato mlllonl e mlllonl ill granato o dl shrapnels Mille llneo nernlche radendole nl suoo, scoiivolgendolc. Alcunl pr1fmlHihrWi eietto ch1 I ?" parol con HWtlvt dl :0 uomlnl appena otlanta rlmanovano lllesl. . ... L'offenslva francese st collega tfett; mnU a quella Ingless nella zona, tra Arraa e St Quentln, ma l'attacco Pi". v ?" lento si aviluppa ora sulle due all della llnea tedesca tra Lllla Rhelms. In mol" puntl le poslzlonl tedesche furono aggirate prima che I tedeschl, che attendevano un attacco frontal, se ne accorgewero. b queito fatto splega le perdlte enorml sublte dalle forze dl von Hlndenburg, perdlte che si fanno ascender a quasi tin centlnalo ai mlcllala dl uomlnl. , ' In questl clrcoll polltlcl si dlscute viva cements la propoata dl pace separata che Austria e forse' anche aermanla farebbero alia Russia, pace che dovrebbe essera basata sullo "statu quo ante betlum," sulla stessa situations territorial che eslsteva prima della guerra. Tero oplnlone Rene rale qui cho I tentatlvl dell'Austrla e della Germanla dl tndurro la Russia ad accettare separatamento la pace noil rlusclranno ma proveranno antl la cresoente debolczza. degll Imperl centrall. Le notlzle che s hanno da Petrograd sono concordl nell'affermare che coloro che sono alia testa del governo russo non sognano nemmeno lontanamente dl tradlre gll nlleatl o dl ac consentlre a trattare la pace senta II loro consenso. Ed a questo rlguardo I soclallstl rlformlstl Italian!- hanno rlcevuto ample asslcurazlonl da parte del loro compagnl dl Russia. D. A. R. GREATLY STIRRED BY ROOSEVELT PLEA hta'attrW ! prewnt.war crteli ini sprtMlnc rwret that he waa unable to attend the concressr a has been his cus tom. There then foltowed a resolution In which the body voted to use nil Its power to secure greater respect to the national anthem, 'The Star Spangled Banner.'' Patriotism was burled for the time being by the Blc question oi mo uj mo .. .v.. Trat-aa ' "Mia k'rV. ..--. .... of 'national officer. 7"d with and inattc?oT,KrbinVdnded S5!"J. fl?W (hat the "MiillrttetrcHwi Wtrn HM et wthfMrsi jonn- miner vhb . 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