Show LINE STill HOLDING AGAINST f ASSAULTS OF MILLION HUNS HUBS i f i German Advance Losing Its Momentum in S a. a In Spite ute of Superior For Forces es r ft NO SIGNS OF A BREAK r German Leaders After Sacrificing c Hundreds of Thousand Lives Face th the thi Same Organized Defense as at Start of the Deadly Drive r London The Thc The greatest battle of th the e t c present war war the the spring drive which the kaiser has been promising for some sometime tIme is time time time-Is Is still In progress fighting having havIng having hav hav- ing been continuous since the battle began on March l 21 The German Gennan tactics of sending u troops droops into the battlefield in massed formation has cost them staggering k losses It would seem that the Hun d' d leaders have decided to sacrifice men without stint in their desperate att attempt attempt at at- t tempt to break through the allied lines Casualty Casualty List Heavy Following is an estimate of the number number number num num- ber of men engaged and the casualties in the greatest battle of the greatest war iwar based on the best obtainable information Information information in In- formation but subject to official correctIon correctIon correction cor cor- J Germans Total Germans Total number engaged Inthe in inthe r r- r the last six days Total number num num- 1 her bar engaged da daily Iy Total casualties casualties cas cas- u k- k i British Total BrItish Total number engaged InI Inthe In is I the he last six days Total nuin nuni- l I. I ber her engaged dally daily Total casL casI casualties cas cas- L I unities including German claim of of prisoners Estimate I. I casualties include killed wounded captured captured captured cap cap- and missing The German losses have been so sor z i great that the enemy has been obliged I r to bring reinforcements from all parts of the western front The war of officer office ce r rt t. t has established the fact that more than than seventy German divisions in the I 1 r y neighborhood of of men have been engaged r ii i Britons Exact Heavy T Toll II Exacting the heaviest toll for every k foot of ground the British line Une continues continues conf con con- f f to w withdraw slowly before the r pressure of the German masses lieuter's Reuters Reuter's Reuters Reuter's Reu- Reu ter's correspondent at British headquarters headquarters head head- f quarters wires Over a large part of the battle zone the retirement is being made voluntarily voluntarily voluntarIly volun- volun so as to maintain unbroken front w- w wa a PrIs Prisoners ners say the advance of the Germans Is behind their schedule The x tenacity of the British resistance the prisoners say exceed anything g the Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans deemed possible They complain of great privations on account of lack r of supplies and extreme weariness weariness also is telling heavily Owing to the dense denser r t masses masses of supporting troops however vur the enemy is able to replenish his forward for for- ward line with fresh units The weather remains dry thus fa favoring fa- fa goring oring the enemy The Line Is Holding s The allies on Tuesday had retreated be beyond ond the old line Une at some points and tk at others are not yet back to it A At t Albert they are on the 1916 1016 line A At t Bra Braye e n and d south thereof for a few miles they are ar are slightly west of It The French are not quite back to the theUne theline f line Une In the Noyon region The line Une lin e of 1914 1014 Is still far to the rear The lin line is holding boldIng was the lan laconIc laconic la la- n conic comment of the British leaders leader s t Wednesday morning when for th the e first time the German claims did no not t exceed the retreat admitted by HaIg Halg The latest German claim alleges th the e crossing of the the capture o of f Blaches Biaches Barleux Etalon Bussy Bihucourt Bihucourt court Irles an and d MIraumont l and the c capture of 9 oro guns r Biaches Blaches and Barleux are but on one e and three miles respectively beyond i Peronne which the Germans claim t to toi o i have captured two days previous The They y are in the line extending to Roye Boye to which the British admitted their retreat re re- treat Monday treat Monday night Bihucourt Irles Tries and MIraumont are close together just beyond Bapaume already conceded conceded con con- ceded to the Germans MIraumont i is five iles southwest of Bapaume an anin and andIn andin d in Ii 11 IL z a to Albert which the British Britis h have been een long occupying Brassy Bussy Is five miles due north o of f Noyon Noron and somewhat east of the line hint I between Noyon and Roye Boye which th the e French have been holding Losing Their Speed British officers express the tile grimmest satisfaction at the result to date Th The e offensive they sa say has lost its pace We know to a division the troops troop s the Germans had available said on one e of the most Important British officers officer s on duty Tuesday nI night ht The desperate employment o of such farce could only have been warranted by a n clean clenn break through Their speed should have increased in in- creased day by day Instead It has de de- creased Now apparently It is almost stopped We have yielded yielded ground and m ma nm of course COUlse But there is no sign of a break through The Germans today today today to to- day after the tile sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of lives face the same organIzed organized organized or or- defense t tsy jy sy faced last Friday when their artillery first opened It is admitted In both Italian nn and British circles that England had bad brought men from Italy to work in the reverses In Flanders It is denied that these forces have been used From IrolD Italian sources It Is learned that this has not weakened the Italian front Roman Drive Likely On the contrary a formidable Italian offensive It is learned on high authority authorIty authority author author- ity is now in the making It will according to reports here be more than thana a diversion to prevent the withdrawal of fl euton forces from this point The Italian high command Is convinced that the time is ripe for an advance against the line whence heavy artillery has bas already already already al al- ready been shifted to the west front The price in lives which the Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans have paid for their advance on the west front Is thus described by an American official who had read every line of official dispatches received in inthe inthe inthe the United States concerning this battle bat bat- tle He says sas German men are being killed at arate a arate arate rate that no dreamer of slaughter ever dreamed possible If f it keeps up for another twenty four hours it will be a great British victory I I regard the British losses as strikingly small They have lost heavily heavily ily By In material But that can be made up quickly The British army is practically practically I intact It has made tl the e Ger Ger mans pay over and over again for any losses the British have Incurred 1 Whole German Army Engaged Engage The correspondent of the Daily Dally Mailat Mail Mall Mallat Mailat at British headquarters in France says that nearly two-thirds two of the entire strategic reserve of the German army now has been een thrown into U the e fierce and vigorously co continued attack This German reserve e he adds consisted of eIghty five eighty five divisions totalIng totaling totaling to to- men men- out of a total number now reaching far short of divisions or 01 possibly men which they have upon the western front After the first day three thirty-three I of these divisions were put Into bat bat- tle tie On the third day another twenty- twenty one are known to have taken part Since then they then they drawn upon the reserve for a few more divisions It Is therefore clear tl that at we have been struggling with the whole available avail avail- able strength strength of the German army am and the marvel is that our soldiers have held out so obstinately and steadily against odds so heavily against them Prepare Huns Hun's for Setback The Berlin of Sundays Sunday's date attempts to lower lower- the high expectations of the German Germa l peo pea people people pie oa 01 the great offensive The paper points out that it will be Ie necessary to crush the British army before It is possible to break down resistance and adds If It Is impossible after a short but severe artillery preparation to break k through all the Tins Hns with our Infantry then we must not count on onan onan an Immediate break through along the whole front Turning Point Near at Hand An air of expectancy is apparent among Americans and other military officials who are following most closely closely closely close close- ly the developments of the aloe battle in France They appear to feel that a turning point in the terrific struggle was close at hand Press reports from the British front hinted at the same feeling there F For r t the e people of the UnIt United d States the announcement by bythe the British authorities th that t American troops are fighting side by side stile with French and British defenders brings the battle clos closer r home War department officials officials vials have had no word from General PershIng on the subject but were expecting expecting ex ex- ex- ex petting at any any moment reports showing the extent of American participation Attention centers here now on the French front rather than on the progress progress ress reSH made by the Germans a J the British lines As the battle proceeds officials here are be becoming omIng more certaIn certain certaro tain taro that the defenders are carrying out a definite plan of which the BritIsh British British Brit Brit- ish withdrawal Is a part but which will prove soon to be coupled with a n I powerful counter thrust The most probable place for the launching of I such a movement It was thought was from the flanking position the J French rench held tenaciously along the left bank of the Oise I |