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Show ALLIES LOSE MANY SHIPS AND LIVES IN COLLISIONS ilFlli Infanltry Rushes Forward For-ward Only to Find Pershing's Men Too M'ach for Them; Leave Tiheir Dead Behind. British gaining IN THE HOLY LAND , Notable Advances Are Made in Palestine, While Many Guns and Prisoners Have Been Taken in Mesopotamia. WITH THE FRENCH AKMT IN FRANCE, May 1. (By tho Associated Press.)A heavy German attack launched yesterday against tho Americans to the vicinity of Viuers-Britonneux was repulsed, re-pulsed, with heavy losses for the enemy. The German preliminary bombardment lasted two hours and then the Infantry roshed forward, only to be driven c, leaving large numbers of dead1 on tho ground In front of the American lines. The German bombardment opened at 5 o'clock In the afternoon and was directed especially against tho Americans, who were supported on tho north and south by the French. Tho flro was intense, and at the end of two hours the German commander com-mander sent forward three battalions of Infantry There was hand-to-hand fight-ing fight-ing all along the line, as a result or which the enemy was pushed back, his dead and wounded lying on the ground m all directions. Five prisoners remained In American hands. The struggle, which lasted a consid.-ra- tile time, was extremely vioiem, an. w Americans displayed marked bravery hroughout. 'EE It was the first occasion in which the Ani,osevicans were engaged in tho battle whic8 :.h naa been raging since March 21. and 1IN their French comrades are full of praisLE- for the manner in which they con-ductco-- themselves under trying clronm-stances-' !t especially in view of the fa that the L' v aro fighting at one of the mo (1 difficult iEML,Qlnt8 on the battle front. The An perican losses were rather severe. se-vere. ltoaL ALLIES CAPTURE S241 , PRISONERS DURIfcastfG THE MONTH Tjintr ' ... LONDON, May I . '."The enemy n artillery artil-lery has been activtlnj' . today against the back areas In the nci Kzhborhood of Detli-une Detli-une and has hoavily Bhti. Ued French positions posi-tions on the Locre sectoi -," says Meld Marshal Ilaig's communlcath. n Issued tonight. to-night. "On the remainder of the fron. , g there is nothing to report beyond the usual ' artillery ar-tillery activity and local encounters on 1 both skies. "The number of German prisoners cap- tured by,' the British armies In France fl during March was 1061. Including sixty- . nine offfcers. In April, a further 6241 firlsoneri. including 136 officers, were cap- r tured. These figures are Inclusive of th prisoners taken by the French." it BRITISHRUSH THE GERMAN POSTS IN METEREN SECTOR LONDON, May 1. French troops last night improyed their positions In tje neighborhood of Locre, on the Flandcri-front.lfio Flandcri-front.lfio war office announces. The Briftsn rush'jd German posts In the Me- Icrcn vector and took prisoners. The statement follows: j A locul attack made by the enemy r yesterday upon one of Our posts In f the neighborhood of Si. .lulicn was repulsed by machine gunfire. Posts i Twelve additional field guns were captured cap-tured on April 29. The total of prisoners has reached 1S00. The statement reads: On April SO our pursuing troops advanced ad-vanced as far as the Tauk river. Twelve more field guns were captured on the 29th and the number or prisoners pris-oners now amounts to 1S00. The new ground covered by the British represents an advance of approximately twenty miles from the point furthest north mentioned in the official statement of yesterday announcing the beginning of the drive north from Bagdad toward the Turkish base at Mosul. Yesterday's statement state-ment reported a total of 15S prisoners taken, so that nearly 1000 additional Turks appear to have been captured. BERLIN REPORTS BREAKING DOWN OF FRENCH ATTACKS By International News Service. BERLIN, via London, May 1. Intense urtillery duel;; around Lxxxe and Dranou-tre Dranou-tre (both in Flanders), were reported by the war office in the day bulletin. French assaults on Dranoutre broke down, the statement avers. The text of the statement follows: In Flanders the artillery duel In the Locre and Dranoutre sectors were revived re-vived with great intensity. French forces thrown fresh Into the battle attempted to press forward against Danoutre. The assaults, repeated re-peated several times, broke down. On the battlefield on both sides of the Somme we carried out successful reconnoitering enterprises. Eastern theater: In Finland, in the course of desperate engagements the enemy attempted to break through our lines northeast of Tavastehus and near Lakhti. He was repulsed with the heaviest losses. The Finnish troops have captured the fortress of Viborg. In Ukraine we have occupied Theo-dosia, Theo-dosia, in Crimea, without resistance. Vienna Report. VIENNA, May 1, via London. An official offi-cial statement Issued; today by the Austrian Aus-trian war office, says: More lively fighting activity on the southwestern front continued throughout through-out the whole of yesterday. Italian reconnaissances were frustrated at several points. Kemmel Hill a Death Trap. BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, May 1. via Ottawa. The Franco-British "batteries are constantly shelling Mont Kemmel. Unless the enemy can push on beyond this isolated stronghold, strong-hold, the hilltop may become virtually a death-trap. The advantage of Kemmel to the enemy en-emy is a tactical one. He is now committed com-mitted to an attempt to push on and capture cap-ture the whole chain of hills. Funds for, the Wounded. PARIS, May 1. The American Red Cross today presented ten million francs to the committee which is directing the three great French societies for caring for the wounded. They are the French Red Cross, Les Femmes de France and Les Dames Francalse. KSH1T PRECEDED BY FIERCE DRUM FIRE (Continued from Page One ) held by the enemy In the Meteren sector were rushed by our troops during dur-ing the night and a few prisoners were secured by us. By a successful minor enterprise carried out last night. French troops improved the positions held by them In the neighborhood of Locre. HUNS PAUSE WHILE BRINGING UP MORE TROOPS TO FRONT BRITISH ARMY IN FLANDERS. May 1. (By the Associated Press.) General von Arnlm made no further move along the Flanders battle front last night, nor had an attack been expected. The heavy defeat which the Germans suffered Monday Mon-day forced them to pause and bring up fresh troops before continuing their drive for the hill positions in the Kemmel region. A few more hours, however, will suffice suf-fice for their reorganization, and another assault may be expected immediately. The seriousness of the German intentions inten-tions here has been evinced in numerous ways. On Monday, for example, they pushed at least one field gun forward to within 700 yards of the battle line, and other guns were brought close up. Heavy artillery fighting continued at various parts of the battle line during the night, and there were the usual outpost actions. The back areas between Ypres and Hazebrouck were heavily shelled by the Germans. An enemy attempt yesterday yes-terday afternoon to cut the barbed wire at Wieltje was dispersed by artillery fire. Emperor William appears to have been an interested and active visitor In the Flanders region yesterday. According to prisoners, he hag been making his usual flamboyant speeches to troops, and he stated the other day that the Germans were trying to separate the French and British armies, adding that the Germans were going to put the British back on the English channel, where they belonged. Prisoners say that the 1920 class of Germans are being mustered in at Kreis Offenbach and tbey have been mustered In at Kreisnimptsch. Some of this class already are in the field, but they are not to be used in the fighting unless their aid is absolutely necessary. The recent fighting in Flanders has furnished many unusual and trying experiences expe-riences for civilians living near the front, but none of these was more amazfng than that of two tiny French children who are in a British military hospital. These tots were among the few unfortunate unfor-tunate persons in Neuve Egllse when the Germans overran that place. The town Immediately became a storm center which was continually changing hands, and German Ger-man soldiers took these two babies into trenches for their protection. During a counter-attack the British stormed and captured the trench. They found the little ones safe and sound and brought them back. The children had been living under terrific gun fire, and how they escaped death can not be accounted ac-counted for. Another French baby was found by two British signal men at another place. As the child had no protection the soldiers took it with them to their billet in a barn. That night the signal men went to sleep with the baby between them so that no harm might come to it. German airmen bombed the barn, both the Tommies being be-ing killed. The child escaped injury and later was rescued by other soldiers. PRISONERS TAKEN BY THE FRENCH IN LORRAINE SECTOR PARIS, May 1. Artillery duels of some intensity occurred last night on the Somme front near Villers-Bretonneux and on both sides of the Avre, southeast of Amiens, says today's war office report. The statement reads: Artillery actions of some violence took place in the region of Villers-Bretonneux Villers-Bretonneux and on both banks of the1 Avre. In Lorraine, French patrols brought in prisoners. The night was quiet on the remainder re-mainder of the front. BRITISH TROOPS EAST OF JORDAN DEFEAT TURKS LONDON, May 1. The British troops east of the Jordan river attacked the enemy holding the foothills south of Es-Salt Es-Salt Tuesday, and the mounted troops were within two miles of Es-Salt by nightfall, says a British official communication commu-nication tonight, dealing with the fighting in Palestine and Hedjaz. The communication communi-cation adds that 260 prisoners had been taken. LONTX)N, May 1. An official communication communi-cation issued this evening regarding the operations in Palestine, says the British have advanced along a line of one mile in the vicinity of Mehrah and occupied that village. SITU A TION ALONG AMERICAN SECTOR BEING STABILIZEL WITH AN AMERICAN ARMY ON A FRENCH BATTLE FRONT, Tuesday, April 30. (By the Associated Press. ) The situation along the American sector gradually is becoming stabilized. There have been no infantry encounters in the last forty-eight hours, although small patrol pa-trol parties or outposts have met in the darkness and mist. Despite rain and poor visibility, the American and French artillery have been most active in shelling the enemy back areas. A certain American battery has been laying a heavy barrage on enemy batteries and positions around a certain village, which has been virtually wiped out. The German artillery is less active than on the days immediately following the Americans' appearance on this sector. The Germans are throwing some" gas shells. Weather conditions prevent aerial activity ac-tivity on either side. - GUERIN BRINGS DOWN TWENTIETH GERMAN MACHINE PARIS, May 1. The war office announcement an-nouncement tonight says: There Is nothing to , report during the day except quite lively bombardments bombard-ments In the region north of Mont-didier. Mont-didier. On April Sub-Lieutenant Gucrin brought down his twentieth enemy machine. Eastern theater. April 30: There was reciprocal artillery activity In various sectors. On the Serbian front, in the neighborhood of Vetre-nik, Vetre-nik, several Bulgarian attacks were repulsed. At the Cerna Bend our detachments de-tachments dispersed enemy reconnaissances. recon-naissances. Numerous bombardments were carried car-ried out by allied aviators. Two enemy en-emy airplanes were brought down. BRITISH CAPTURE MORE PRISONERS IN MESOPOTAMIA LONDON, May 1. British troops In Mesopotamia carrying on their pursuit of the retreating Turkish forces have advanced ad-vanced as far as the Tauk river, H is officially announced this afternoon. U' ! :.j&UbltkMS. |