BRITISH LOSSES EXAGGERATED, SAYS MAURICE 0 Less Than 600 Guns Taken by Germans, Belief of ♦ British Director By Associated Press I.ondon. Wednesday. March 27.—j Ei.gland in considering her losses in ! the fighting- >in France must take into I consideration the "usual German es-1 aggeration." Major-General Freder- | ick B. Maurice, chief director of mil itary operations at the War Office.; saifl to-day. "In the past." he declared, "the! Germans usually have given the cap- i tures of prisoners and guns In round numbers, not as actually counted, but as anticipated from the general situation. It is reasonable to as sume that the same thing is being dene now. "Otlr total loss of guns, either from falling into the hands of the enemy or by being knocked out is about 600. according to our best in formation. This compares with the German claim of 950. ■Probably the same rat ft holds rood regarding German claims of i prisoners and it must be remembered that the German count of prisoners includes many of our wounded, whom w< were unable to take with us. ■*We have lost probably about 100 i tnnks. which we used extensively in the counterattacks." Nen t'romptly Given General Maurice said the War Of- ! fice was giving out the news as j quickly and as fully as it was re- j ceived. and he urged the public to be patient. "During the past few days." he ! said, "some newspapers have raised 1 the old cry that we are concealing part of the news because it Is too serious for it to be made public. ; This charge not only is untrue, but ! has had a bad effect bfcause it has ttnded to create panic. It has tended to make the people believe things are worse than they really are. "In our communications and state ments to the public we are telling the whole truth as we know it. 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The arrivals at ports in the United Kingdom , numbered 2,471: sailings. 2,455. ] The Admiralty report for the pre vious week showed the loss of sev ' enteen British merchantmen by : mine or submarine, while for several : weeks preceding that the weekly loss , was eighteen. This week's report is the largest ' since September 16, 1917, when twenty-eight merchantmen , were ! sunk, eight 1.600 tons or over and . twenty under that tonnage. Haig Pledges Every Resource of Army to Bring Lasting Peace By Associated Press I.omlon. Wednesday, March 27. iln response to Premier Lloyd George's message to Field Marshal ; Haig that help was cn the way, the field marshal to-day sent the following: "The assurances that no effort will be spared at home to give us nil assistance are of great encourage ment to us. We will do all in our power to maintain the honor of the empire in this hour of trial and to prove ourselves worthy of the trust ; reposed in us." : ing up new lines than with sending r.ews as to the exact situation to' the : War Office. , "We at the War Office are just as i impatient for the news as you are. and as soon as the situation steadies i we again will be receiving the hourly 1 developments and promptly. Mean i while let us be patient." TITANIC STRUGGLE NOW ENTERS UPON ITS SECOND WEEIK [Continued from First Page.] about one mile.' South of the Somme the British have regained Proyart, and have repulsed strong attacks at Rosieres. Germanu Thown Back at Ancre Along the Ancre north of Albert the British threw the Germans back across the river and drove them from two towns between Albert and Monchy. On this front which has held fast for more than two days the British also have repulsed strong enemy efforts at other points. On the southern flank the French have held the German ad vance west of Noyon. At Lassigny, northwest of Noyon, after heavy lighting the French have retired slightly toward Mont didier, being overwhelrtied by superior numbers. The notes of pessimism in the published statements of German leaders since they failed to break through and roll up one side of the British line are added to by the recent German official state ments, the latest one of which says that the German attack is slowly progressing." The German casualties are estimated to be between 300,000 and 500,000 and it is reported that long hospital trains arc pouring into Belgium and Germany over all available railroad lines. % Counter Blow Imminent \\ ith the allied line holding against the enemy onslaughts, a counter blow may be in preparation. Premier Clemenceau has declared that the moment is near when the allied reserve force will be thrown into the fight. He added that the Germans would not be able to hold to the gains they have made at such great loss. On the seas as well as on the land the German offensive last week was much stronger. Enemy submarines and mines ac counted for 28 British ships, 16 of more than 1600 tons. The total is greater than for any week since last September 16.- In the previous week 17 steamers including 11 of the larger tonnage, sunk. French and Italian losses also increased somewhere ana the aggregate for these three merchant marines was 27. Heavy Artillery Fighting in American Sector Heavy artillery fighting continues on the American sector northwest of Toul but no infantry actions have developed. What was believed to be German preparation for an attack was checked by a heavy American hombardment the German troops not leav ing their trenches. There is much activity behind the German lines but so far the enemy has not shown what this portends. There has been no change on the Luneville sector. In Palestine north of the Dead Sea. British troops have oc cupied Es Salt, south of Mt. Gilead and are approaching the Hedjas railway east of Jericho. The railway has been the Turk ish base in the operations east of Jerusalem. 200 Prisoners Taken by British in New Palestine Advance By Associated Press London. March 28.—A further ; advance by the British forces which have crossed the Jordan river in j Palestine, is announced by the* war i office. The statement adds: S "We took 20 prisoners, drove down four enemy airplanes and heavily bombed enemy troop trans • port trains on the Hedjaz railway. ! Many direct hits were observed. "Last night successful raids were I carried out between the Jerusalem ! Xabulus road and the Jordan val- I ley." Appeal of Lloyd George Regarded as Call to U. S. By Associated Press Washington. March 28.—The ap peal of Lloyd George for urgent haste in American troops movements to France, read in New York last i night by Lord Reading. British am . bassador, was viewed here to-day as ' a call to the American people. British officials are fully advised as to the situation here and know i that the American government is | straining every effort to get men to j the front and has confident hopes jof placing a force of a million or i more men in the field during the ! present year. The task of moving the men rests as much with shipbuilders, both em ployers and employes, as with any ; government agency. It was regarded 'as probable that Lloyd George's 1 message was calculated to reach the men in the ship yards and munitions plants and pictufe for them the urgent need of haste with their part , of the great task. The of American military aid to the allies this year depends i on the work done in American plants ] of all kinds. The rate at which troops are expected to go forward is largely I dependent upon the speed with which ships are turned out. Future of Fatherland at Stake, Hindenhurg Replies to Congratulations Amsterdam, March 28.—Chancel lor Von Hertling has telegraphed to Field Marshal von Hindenburg ex pressing "sincere admiration for the splendid deeds of our army" and saying he found lively satisfaction because of the decorations conferred upon the field marshal and General Von Ludendorff by the emperor. [ "The entire German nation," the ' message added, "rejoices with me. It looks with well-founded confidence ! to your excellency, knowing that if i Von Hindenburg and Von Luden dorff lead, victory is a necessity." i Replying, Field Marshal von Hin denburg telegraphed: "I express my deep thanks to your excellency for the friendly words re garding the victory over the British army. Every man is filled with the ' consciousness that the future of the : beloved fatherland is at stake. "The army will not relax until, with God's help, it has won for the , homeland the good victory which It I needs as the foundation for a future based upon a strong Germfin p.-., ... " Optometry afigjf Means jQfc i Advanced ideas in optical science—' not merely the fitting of glasses. The! deep and serious study of visual de fects and knowledge of correcting them. We are dependable, graduate optometrists Eyesight Specialist M NORTH THIRD fTHBBT Nklciutr HXKRISBURG TELEGRAPH! German Offensive Is Directed by Best Men Teutons Have Produced By Associated Press London. March 2S.—The Daily Mail's correspondent at the front says the offensive is being directed by the best of the German generals who won the successes in the east. "The commands are now known,'' the correspondent says, "to be held by General Von Kathen, in charge of the Peronne group: General Otto Von Below in the sector east of Ar ras. and by General Von Hutier, sojth of St. Quentin. The two first named generals probably are the ablest commanders in the Gtrman empire. "General Von Kathen was at Ypres and on the Somme and at the battle of the Aisne in April, 1917. Then he went to Galicia, conducted the operations against Tarnopol and as sisted in the capture of Riga. Gener al Otto Von Below, who must not be mistaken for General Fritz Von Below, was in Russia during 1914-16 and did very sound work. Then he went to Macedonia where he is cred ited with saving the situation after the taking of Monastir, and thence back to France. 'Last Autumn he went to Italy. "General Von Hutier was the cap tor of Riga and is known to have laid his plans very- carefully, al though in that event he had an easy job. In some respects tlie dispositions he made there were adopted for the purpose of the present offensive." MYRTLE MARIE BARBOUR Miss Myrtle Marie Barbour, aged 17, the daughter of Mrs. James H. Kauffman. Chestnut street. Camp Hill, died Wednesday. Funeral serv ices will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Covenant Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Har vey Klaer, pastor of the church, of ficiating. Burial will be in the Pax tang cemetery. She was a member cf the Covenant Presbyterian Church. She is survived by her mother and two brothers. E. M. Barbour, of I-Tar risburg, and Clyde E. Barbour, in the United States Navy. DRIVING EFFICIEXCY Hints For the Motorists Who Has a Conscience Here are a few donts' and "dos" for motorists who are trying to save as much gasoline and have as few repairs as possible: Don't leave the engine running to prevent freezing when machine is stopped at the curb. Put non-freez ing solution in the radiator. Don't engage clutch sharply, ap ply brake harshly, nor round cor ners at a high rate of speed. Have small cuts in fire tread that v -. s - MARINES RECEI VED FIRST LESSON IN VS EOF GRENADE RIFLES *•" s- A" .r i tr,,^n™°Tr of^i^.a^ neß J n F f ance "*'vlng instructions in the use of the grenade rifle. French in trenchwarfare Americans the use of th|d new weapon, which has been found very effective in \ ; Rush Over Reinforcements Lloyd George's Message to U. S. New York, March 27. A MESSAGE from Dftld Lloyd George, Prime Minister of Great Britain, calling' upon the United States to send "American reinforcements across the Atlantic in the shortest possible space of time." was read last night by Lord Reading, British High Commissioner to the United States, at a dinner given here in his honor. We are at the crisis of the war, attacked by an immense superiority of German troops," said the Premier in his message. "Our army has been forced to retire. The retirement has been carried out methodically before the pressure of a steady succes sion of fresh German reserves which are suffering enormous losses. "The situation is being faced with splendid courage and reso lution. The dogged pluck of our troops has for the moment checked the ceaseless onrush of the enemy, and the French htfve now Joined In the struggle. But this battle, the greatest and most momentous in the history of the world. Is only Just begin ning. Throughout It the French and British are buoyed with the knowledge that the great republic of the West will neglect , no effort which can hasten its troops and Its ships to Europe. In war, time is vital. It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of gettitng American reinforcements across the Atlantic in the shortest possible space of time." The dinner, which was given by the Lotus Club In honor of Lord Reading, was the most largely attended of any in the history of ' that organization. I x ' VILLAGES WITHIN FIELD AGAIN British Army Headquarters in France, Wednesday, March 27. — Villages within the Somme battle field and adjoining it have been emptied of their inhabitants, of the places, stripped of their popu lation once before during the bat tle of the Somme in 1916, gradually had filled up again during the peace ful days of British occupation. The shell-shattered fields had once more been put to the plow and when the correspondent only recently toured the old region he found hundreds of acres of land under cultivation and affairs in many hamlets were pro ceeding almost as though there were no war. It seems unbelievable that these pleasant little valleys and wooded elevations again ate in possession of the enemy and that the cottages stand empty. Insofar as it was possible every thing which might have been of use RIGHT WING H UNDER HEAVY ATTACKS i Dritlli Army llrn<lqunrtcrx In Trance. March 28.—News received from the extreme right wing is that the Allies are holding well (this re fers to the southern sector, where the French have been falling back). Near Beaumonthamel the enemy attacked heavily. Severe fighting followed. This morning it appeared that the village virtually was No Man's Land, with the contending lines drawn close on either side. Hard fighting occurred at several points along the battlefront during the night in consequence of enemy attacks. The latest reports indicate that the British have kept the situa tion well in hand. PRISONERS ARE ENGLISH IN COUNTER MO VE London, March 28.—Prisoners and machine guns have been captured by the British, the war office an nounces. The fighting continues fiercely on both banks of the Somme. This morning the enemy opened a heavy bombardment on the Brit ish defenses east of Arras. An at tack is developing in this sector. Repeated attacks were made by the enemy along the valley of the Somme in the neighborhood of Beaumonthamel. Puisieux and Moyenneville. They were repulsed. The statement follows: "Severe fighting took place again reach into fabric sealed immediately. Use non-skid chains when streets are slippery and take them off when not needed. Don't adjust non-skid chains so loose that they fall off, nor so tight that they won't creep. Keep accurate record of tire mile age and buy the make giving lowest cost per mile. Don't keep engine racing when stopping in traffic. e Drive with spark advanced as far as possible without causing engine to knock. Inspect oil level in engine, amount of water in the radiator and pres sure in tires each time before leav ing the garage. to the Germans has been removed, with the refugees. In particular, large numbers of catUe have been taken away by the owners who pa tiently drove the beasts on ahead of them along the weary roads< While it is a sad spectacle, these people moving away with their few household possessions and their dogs and their cattle, there are few tears, or hysterical outbreaks among the refugees, most of whom of the peas ant class. They know they must go and they seem to be trusting im plicitly in the British, but the mis ery in their eyes as they turn from all they love to a world they do not know is'touching. Aged women clinging to the hands of little grand children, men stooped with years, youths and maidens—all fall into a picture such as only war or some other great catastrophe can pro duce. The German artillery this morn ing put down an intense bombard ment along the front between Ache vllle and the Souchez river (south of Lensi but up to the time of the filing of this dispatch (10 a. m.), no In fantry action had been reported. The Germans made several as saults near Rossignol wood but on each occasion were driven back. Near SaiUy-Laurette another sharp engagement occurred and here also the British maintained themselves and secured prisoners. The Germans are bringing up ar tillery and rushing new troops from various parts of the line in prepara tion for the continuance of the drive. I yesterday evening and during the i night astride the Somme and north ward from Albert to Boyelles. Re peated attacks were made by the enemy along the valley of the Somme and in the neighborhood of Beau monthamel, Puisieux and Moyenne ville. They were repulsed. We cap tured a number of prisoners and a number of machine guns. "The fighting is continuing fierce ly on both banks of the Somme. "This morning the enemy openec' a heavy bombardment on our de fenses east of Arras and an attack is developing in this sector. Department Approves Arrest of Dr. Muck Boston, March 28. —The Depart ment of Justice at Washington In a telegram to-day to United States Marshal John J. Mitchell, approved the course of federal officials here in arresting Dr. Karl MTuck, conduc tor of the Boston Symphony Orches tra on the ground that his presence at large was a danger to the peace and safety of the country. Dr. Muck is in the Cambridge jail as an enemy alien. MARCH 28, 1918. Official Dispatches Confirm Capture of Odessa by Bolsheviki By Associated Press Vrtrocrad, Wednesday. March 27. —Official dispatches published here confirm the report that Odessa has \ been recaptured by the Bolshevik . troops. Odessa first was bombarded by , cruisers which came hero from I Sebastopol. 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