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T.XXXVII— No. 71 16 PAGES
ALLIES HOLD SOMME DEFENSES;
FRENCH AND BRITISH JOIN TO
STEM TEUTONS ON WIDE FRONT
HUN ATTACKS
REPULSED IN
BITTER FIGHT
Allies Battle Together Against Onslaught of Common
Enemy; British Hold Line of the Somme, and Also
in Region North of Bapaume; Germans in Latter Sec
tions Reach British Trenches at Only One Point; En
emy Crossing River Between Licourt and Brie Is
Driven Back to Eastern Bank
LONDON, March 25. —Fresh attacks by the Ger
mans have developed northward and southward of Ba
paume. the war office announces.
The British repulsed powerful attacks yesterday aft
ernoon northward of Bapaume.
The British drove back to the eastern bank of the
Somme bodies of German troops which had crossed the
river between Licourt and Brie, south of Peronne.
Th; statement follows:
"The battle continues with great violence on the whole front.
Powerful attacks delivered by the enemy yesterday evening north
of Bapaume were repulsed heavily. Only at one point did the
German infantry reach our trenches, whence they were thrown
out immediately. Elsewhere the enemy's attacks were stopped
by rifle, machine gun and artillery fire in front of our positions,
and his troops were driven back with great loss.
"During the night and this morning fresh hostile attacks again
have developed in this neighborhood and also to the south of
Bapaume. •
"South of Peronne bodies of German troops who had crossed
the river between Licourt and Brie were driven back to the east
bank bv our counterattacks "
London, March 25. —The British this morning were counter
attacking between Nesle and Ham, Reutcr's correspondent at
British headquarters reports. The French also were in action-
North of Bapaume, he states, the Germans were attacking in
considerable force at dawn but did not get through the British
barrage.
Rely Upon Sheer Weight
The Germans, says the correspondent, are replying upon sheer
weight of numbers in their heavy attacks on the British lines, re
lieving their tired troops by fresh divisions which press forward
without waiting for artillery support.
The enemy all day yesterday and through the moonlight last,
night, continued hammering British positions, the message states,]
but the British troops resisted with valient stubborness.
The Germans are employing many small bodies of Uhlans*
mainly as cavalry patrol it is added.
The spear head of the German effort still is directed against
the old Somme battle ground. The British troops have been fall
ing back slowly upon new positions under tremendous pressure,
ocstioy'ng everything which might be useful to the Germans.
Hostile airmen were active throughout the night bombing the
British communications but showing little inclination to compete
vith our flying men after daylight came. ,
France has thrown the weight of her forces into the great
battle raging with unexampled intensity on the western front and
the British and French armies arc now battling together against
tt*e onslaught of the common enemy in his desperate attempt to
break through the allied line. The British armies arc holding
fast along the line of the Somme and also in the region north of
Bapaume, Field Marshal Haig reports to-day. The Germans in
their thrusts in the latter section reached the British trenches at
only one point and there they were immediately ejected. Their
assaults elsewhere were smothered by the British fire with great
josses to the enemy.
On the Somme line bodies of German troops which had suc
ceeded in forcing their way across the river between Licourt and
Brie, south of Peronne, were driven back to the easterly bank.
On both sides of Bapaume the German attacks were,resumed
to-dav.
Heavy Fighting in Noyon Region
The greatest danger point at present seems to be further south,
where the Germans apparently have driven--through the-greater
width of the region they devastated in retiring in 1917, as the
Paris statement to-day reports heavy fighting in region of Noyon.
This town, itself, is some ten miles-to the west of Ghauny, in the
region of which Berlin yesterday reported the, repulse of Franco
American reserves, but the. German advance probably has been
met eonsicki ably short of Noyon- •
'1 he w.'flge driven into the allied line is evidently a deep one,
however, as the French troops arc reported by Paris to be con
testing for the heights to the north of the Ois with important
German forces. The Oise on this part of the front runs southwest
past Chauny and passes to the south of Noyon.
Persistant attacks with strong forces of infantry and lavish
use of artillery have not enabled the Germans to break through
the British defense and, after four days, the great offensive blow
in Northern France has not yet brought a decision for the at
tackers. , Ileavv lighting is in progress around Bapaume, near
Beronne and where the French and British fronts join.
l'ield Marshal Haig's withdrawal, previously planned in case
of a heavy enemy attack, has been executed in a manner described
as masterly and great credit for its success is given to the small
units which, sometimes outnumbered eight or nine to one, clung
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GUNS CAPTURED IN
BATTLE,HUNS CLAIM
Progress in Face of British Opposition Is Reported in Ber
lin's Official Statement; Important Towns Fall Before
Berlin, March 25. — (British Ad
miralty Per Wireless Press) —The
Germans now are standing to the
north ot the Somme in the middle ot'
the former Somme battlefield, says
to-day's official statement. Bapaume
was captured in night fighting.
In the evening Nesle was taken
by storm, the statement adds. Brit
ish, Americans and French were
thrown back through a pathless
wooded country, byway of Ville
quier-Aumont and I.a Neuville.
More than 45,000 prisoners and
more than six hundred guns have
been captured, the statement says.
Guiscard and Cliauny were captured
in the evening.
Violent fighting developed for pos
session of Combles and the heights
west of the town. The enemy was
defeated, the statement says.
FRENCH TROOPS ARE RUSHED
TO AID OF BRITISH FORCES
By Assotialed Press
Paris, March 25.—The French on
Saturday went to the assistance of
the British and took over a sector
of the battlefront, the war office an
nounces.
in the region of Noyon and on the
right bank of the Oise heavy fighting
with the Germans is in progress.
"French troops began to intervene
on March 23 in. the battle now being
fought on the British front. They re
lieved' certain of the allied forces
and took up fighting themselves on
this sector of the front.
"At the present time they ai-e en
gaged in heavy fighting in the region
FIGHT WAY TO MAIN BODY
WITH• ONLY A FEW LEFT
London, March 25. —The Germans
swarmed over- No Man's Land n
such great numbers in their first at
tacks that it was impossible f6r the!
British gunners to miss them, tele-'
graphs the correspondent at British
headquarters in France of the Dalty.
Express. Two batteries at Epehy'
fired steadily with open sighs at four
hundred yards for four hours. Tell
ing of the thrilling exploit of Lei
cestershire troops, the correspond
ent says:
IiARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1918
Costly Smashing Tactics of Kaiser's Legions
Bapaume is on the northern part
of the battlefront, where the British
line for the most part has been held.
It is one of the larger towns on the
fighting front from which a number
of roads radiate. The official Ger
man statement of Sunday night said
a gigantic struggle was taking'place
for the town. It is thirteen miles
below Arras.
Nesle, Guiscard, Chauny, Ville
ciuier-Auniont and La Neuville are in
the sector west of the Somme, south
west of St. Quentin. It is there that
the French troops were thrown in.
This is the second report by Ber
lin of the presence of American
troops on that part of the front.
Combles is six miles northwest of
Peronne.
of Noyon, and they are disputing the
heights of the right bank of the Oise
with important German forces.
"Northwest of Kheims there has
been a violent artillery action in the
region of Courey and Loivre. In the
Champagne two German surprise at
tacks east of Suippes resulted in
failure. French patrols took some
prisoners near Tahure.
"There was much artillery activity
between Arraeourt and the Vosges.
At daybreak German forces attacked
the French lines east of Bleneroy
and east of Badonviller. The Ger
mans were • repulsed with he?.vy
losses."
"Perzieres was held for a time by
two companies of Lelcestershires as
sisted by two tanks. The enemy
kept pressing, however, find one
company was completely cut off.
Instead of surrendering, they held
to the village until only a few men
were left. Then t|ie surviving of
ficer led them in charge through
two lines of Germans and they
fought their way ba<k to our.main
body." , _. *
BRITISH FACE
ODDS OF 8 TO 1
AT SOME POINTS
American Engineers Are in
Throes of Desperate Bat
tle, London Reports
By Associated Press
[ British Army Headquarters In
France, March 25. —A further ad
vance late yesterday by the Germans
at some points along the battle front
is recorded.
American engineers have again
been in the throes of lierce conflict,
in which they have done excellent
work In transportation.
The presence of the American en
gineers on the battle front long has
been known. They were praised
highly for their gallantry in the
bat lie of Cambrai last fall.
Huns Use Cavalry
German cavalry in small numbers
has been in action, but thus far it
has been used merely to harrass the
British during their withdrawal.
The Germans have been pushing
forward by sheer weight of num
| hers, with the assistance of little ar
tillery.
In the region between Bapaume
and Peronne the British fell back
again somewhat in the lighting late
on Sunday. This marked the main
success of the enemy, Svhose pro
gress -is being contested bitterly step
by step.
l T se .Massed Infantry
u to-day the Germans again
hurled great numbers of infantry
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I'KLVCK IIKNItY KILLED
fly Associated Press
London, .March 25.—Prince Ilenrv
of Keuss, head of the younger
branch of the Keuss family, has been
killed in the fighting on the western
tront, says a Central News dispatch
quoting advices received from Ber,
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Take a Shot
At the Kaiser
We in this country can't help
the struggling Allies In France.
We have no opportunity of help
ing to stop the German rush.
TJie Allied armies must do that.
Hut we have our long range
guns and they are Liberty
Bonds. Every Liberty Bond pur
chased Is a shot at the Kaiser.
April 6 the campaign opens. Be
ready to lay in a supply of am- J
munition.
ENEMY PLANE
DROPS NEW BOMB
ON U. S. LINES
Flyer at Great Height "Kills"
Engine and Scatters
Gas Shells
YANKEES BOMB ENEMY
Many American Shells Fall in
German Trenches; Lines
Abandoned
With the American Army in
France, Sunday, March 24.
American artillery on the Toul
sector continued to-day to shell
effectively enemy first line and
communication trenches, the
town of St. Baussant and bil
let sand dumps north of Boquc
teau. Many of the American
shells have fallen in the German
trenches nnd the first two lines in
at least one place have been vir
tually abandoned.
Patrol Inspects Lines
One American patrol freely in
spected this point in the enemy line
without molestation last night and
this morning and remained there
several hours. There have been no
contacts between the infantry dur
ing the past 24 hours.
For the third successive day Ger
man artillery to-day bombarded
heavily with gas shells a certain
town within the American lines,
in two periods, each a half hour in
length. Muny gas shells and a few
high explosives shells fell on the
| American positions. .
Drops Gas Bomb
An enemy airplane early this
morning cut oft its engines at a
great height over the American
lines northwest of Toul and planed
down. When close to the ground,
it dropped a quantity of bombs.
Some were of a new variety which
exploded in midair with a bluish-red
flash and give off a cloud of mus
tard gas. Being heavier than the
air, the mustard gas quickly de
scended towards some of our bat
tery positions and a road.
After the machine disappeared,
the German shell bombardment be
gan. Another enemy airplane hov
ered over the town while the bom
bardment with gas shells was in
progress.
The weather was especially suita
ble to-day for aerial work and the
Germans took advantage of it. On
one portion of the sector fourteen
enemy airplanes crossed between
noon and six o'clock in the evening
while four friendly ones were over
the American line in the same pe
riod. One group of seven enemy
machines, apparently on a bombing
expedition, was discovered at mid
night and driven off by the rapid
lire of American anti-aircraft guns.
Secure Valuable Papers
An American patrol has brought
in quantities of valuable papers
from the bodies of live Germans
killed in a sliellhole by American
artillery (Ire a few clays ago. Among
the papers taken from an elderly
soldier was a letter from his daugh
ter in Berlin, saying:
"We are being told now that
peace will surely come in July or
August. Everybody was highly "elat
ed when the news of the Kussian
peace was received."
The entire American front, from
generals to privates, eagerly awaits
news from the British front. All
are confident that the Germans will
eventually be defeated severely, even
if they should strike hard at the
outset. The German offensive is the
sole topic of discussion on the
American sector. Official commu
nications are Caught by wireless op
erators and newspapers are circu
lating rapidly along the front.
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FOR LIEUTENANT
GOVERNORSHIP
Dauphin County Senator Will
Run For Second Place
on State Ticket
URGED RY MANY FRIENDS
Central Pennsylvania Deserv
in of Place in Government,
Says President Pro Tcm.
Senator Edward E. Beidloman, of
this city, president iiro teni. of the
1917 Senate, to-day announced that
he would he a candidate for the He
publican nomination for Lieutenant
Governor. Senator Beidleman is serv
ing his second term as a Senator,
having previously served two terms
in the lower branch of the Legisla
ture. He is a native-born Harrlsburg
er and a High school graduate.
The Senator has just. returned
from Philadelphia where ne was in
conference with Senator Penrose and
other Republican leaders and when
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German Occupation of
Petrograd Is Predicted
Within Next 24 Hours
Washington, March 23.—German
occupation of Petrograd within 2 4
hours, was predicted by American
Consul Tredwell in a dispatch that
reached the State Department to
day dated March 20. Virtually all
Americans have left the city, the dis
patch said:
The consul reported from Moscow
after returning from a trip to Petro
gr;id. The commissary of the city, he
said, had told him that he expected
tlje establishment of German control
within a clay.
Another consular telegram from
Moscow continued the report that
the patriarch of Russia refused to
sanction the German peace treaty
and strongly condemned it.
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SPROULSQUARELY
FOR PROHIBITION
AND SUFFRAGE
Candidate's Platform Greeted
Willi Enthusiasm All
Over State
NEIGHBORS HONOR lIIM
Dr. Russell Conwell, Presi
dent Swain and Licut.-Gov
ernor McClain Speak
Special to The Telegraph
Swartliinore, Pa., March 25.—Sen
ator William C. Sproul's gubernator
ial platform as enunciated here Sat
urday night, has excited enthusiastic
I comment not only here, but all over
j the state and the Senator has been
I almost swamped with letters and
j telegrams of approval and promises
of support.
Unqualified declarations in favor
' of the adoption of the National Pro
i hibition amendment as well as that
j tor woman suffrage were striking
! features in the platform announced
| to one of the most remarkable gath
| crings ever held in Pennsylvania,
I in a political canvass.
I It was a tremendous ovation to t'he
| favorite son of Delaware by his
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American Injured by Shell
From Big Gun in Paris
Paris, March 25.—An American
corporal of marines was struck in
the chest by a splinter of onp of
the first shells which fell during Sat
urday's bombardment of Paris, lie
was wounded seriously, but his life
probably was saved by the deflection
of the splinter by a cigaret case. So
far as has been reported, he is the
only American victim of the bom
bardment.
The Matin says one of the shells
J fired in the direction of Paris yes
terday struck a church in the su-
I burbs. Several of the persons who
were attending a Palm Sunday serv
-1 ice were killed.