Show r t tr r f t r I t 9 rt 1 th ga gath t I r OPEN ATTACK ON FRENCH ea 0 1 1 f t 1 t l uty k tl ill t tk Ill ATTACKS ATTA K BEATEN i I ip f I f f 0 BY 0 BRITISH R I T I H I IN INti N It If I t It 11 ti 1 r N E W DEFENSE lIN LINES If ft I 1 By International News Service k 1 WASHINGTON March 23 Late 23 Late tonight as supplementary II itches began to confirm that the British high g command pr pre pre- II I fared edla retirement on a broad front to sacrificing thousands in In r L e cauldron of fire it became apparent that the German advance i i M n M reached a depth exceeding ten miles at certain points and that ie Brit British h line is being more and more straightened out r i J i By United Press Preas I 1 ONDON DON March 23 The The battle is continuing with the greatest 1 t Intensity on the whole front south of the river Field b irshal H Haig ig rip reported tonight r- r of Juss hostile attacks w were re In the neighborhood Jussy strong r tod d. d t On f ih lh northern portion of The battle front the en enemy's facks acks are lre pr pressed with ith the utmost determination n regardless ss of ses British positions on the greater part of this this' front have MI U n maintained after a fierce prolonged st struggle c cB J i B British troops have tak taken n up new po positions west of St. St Quentin a d art are hea heavily engaged it General Haig declared his men have shown the greatest galIn gal- gal 1 In one sector he said six attacks were ere beaten off b by one try try brigade The enemy's attack there continues I f German cavalry participated in two attacks on one one sect sector OJ t The one only penetration of the British lines reported report cd by Field 1 rhal arshal Haig today was that west of St. St Quentin where th the Gers Ger- Ger s broke through yesterday afternoon t The British commander in chief declared at this at-this this point his men Vre re re falling ba back k in n good order across the devastated area to prepared d positions farther west cst f On the northern 1 portion of the thc battle front Haig declared It British h hold ever every position Very ilea heap heavy vy fighting with f fresh freshe esh rule ile e forc forces s he lie said is progressing Agency dispatches from the British front reported the fighting spread t to o the French positions on on tl the British right south oath of I I 1 Berlin Berlin officially claimed the capture of prisoners innon non and machine guns 14 The The Berlin received in Amsterdam this even- even d contained a dispatch from its correspondent on the west front Waring all the German movements occurred with wilh marvelous a and rl d according to the plans plan lan of of the master master who organized it e attack r jf f. f Th The correspondent stated that the British are defending T I vely but that the British command l i is s unequal to the attack t. t Other German newspapers s1 a defined the the battle battle as the last of sir strength before peace Germany only needs to hold j they said to obtain victor victory They said the live German arm army J aders ders S 'S probably r intend to bleed the enemy to death before the Inal al attack K 2 1 Hie rh Ie German Gennan press generally places laces great stress on the vast entities of materials behind the front They say the number r of has been t increased tenfold anti and describe huge g tanks of toson gas and batteries of flame projectors Members Members of the German German- 1 re reichstag g 0 stood while their vice vicc C expressed the houses house's hOl ses se's thanks to t the army 4 1 Th The e German people are arc conscious of the gravity of this tits hour f ur h he a said They I hey ha have hae e the full fullest st confidence in the theT themy theand themy T my and its leaders y JOn On the Italian front patrol engagements were acre reported in le L e Lagarina Ilia valley vaHey and on Folina island in the the Adriatic Adriatic cast east of nice The There rc was also iii hi the thc mountainous area arca ich Ich became intense at int intervals t WASHINGTON t March ASarch 24 General General Peyton C. C March chief f F staff taff w if left the war department shortly after midnight after going U z ugh lengthy length y code dispatches received from France regarding g e Progress of the German offensive He refused to dis disclose lo lose se thee n tents of these dispatches ar ar ri departure March arch however er authorized the ihle st statement t nt that i the thein in ment nt had lie no confirmation of th the report that Paris had hadI 1 n b om u b I t I II III r I |