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Show ADVANCE MADE BY FRENCH IN PICA BOY Hangard Wood Is the Point at Which the Poilus Push Forward; Baune Wood Is Captured Cap-tured by Petain's Men. SOME PRISONERS AND GUNS TAKEN Great Activity on the Part of Both Artilleries North and South of the Avre; British Repulse Raid of the Huns. By International News Service. LONDON, May 2, The German infantry infan-try in Flanders Is still resting from Monday's Mon-day's supreme exertion. The guns are pitching In again with great vigor, however, how-ever, and the lull seems about to be broken. There was one local raid by the enemy today at Hebuterne, between Albert Al-bert and Arras. It was easily repulsed by the British. At Arras, Lens and St. Venant the Krupps thundered forth an overture to new infantry assaults, which had not yet materialized up to late today, to-day, however. ' In Picardy, too, there were heavy gun duels. There the French scored a couple of important local successes. They captured cap-tured Baune wood, southwest of Mailly-Raineval Mailly-Raineval (south of Morizcl) taking thirty prisoners, and registered an appreciable advance in Hangard wood. Earlier in the day the repulse of a German local thrust at Thennes (nine miles southeast of Amiens) was officially reported by Paris. The German artillery paid special attention atten-tion all night and day to the sector of Villers-Bretonneux, the village nine miles due east of Amiens, which the French and British retook the other day just when the Germans were making ready to sweep westward down the slopes of the high ground on the summit of which the village is located. The German war office called the situation in Picardy'and Flanders unchanged in the day report and claimed the repulse of French thrusts in Lorraine. Paris in the earlier statement reported successful French raids near Monchel (below Montdidier), west of Coucy-le-Chateu, and near Pont-u-Mou-son. Twenty prisoners were taken. The estimates of the German losses in killed, wounded and missing since March 21 range all the way from 350,000 to 900,000. Just now Von Arnim is "taking breath" as one correspondent puts it, and a revival of the great effort to break through is looked for with certainty before be-fore many hours have passed. FRENCH SUCCEED IN TAKING WOOD AND PRISONERS By International News Service. PARIS, May 2. New local guins by the French in Picardy, southeast of Amiens, were reported tonight in the official communique. com-munique. An "appreciable advance" was made in Hangard wood (north of the village of Uih same name) and southwest of the villago of Mallly-Raineval the French captured Baune wood. Thirty prisoners and five machine guns were taken. The text of the night communique follows: fol-lows: There was fairly great activity on the part of both artilleries north und south of the Avre. Yesterday evening we effected :ut appreciable advance in Hangard' wood. This morning, in a minor operation, we took Baune wood, southwost .'of Mallly-Raineval, taking prison rrs, including in-cluding one officer, and capturing five machine guns. There was artillery action between Parroy nnd the Vosgcs. Otherwise the day was calm. GERMAN RAID IS REPULSED BY THE BRITISH TROOPS By International News Service. LONDON, April 2. The official tate-ment tate-ment of the war office issued tonight reads: This morning an enemy raid in the neighborhood of Hebeturne wai repulsed. Except for the usual artillerying on both sides, there in nothing to report. re-port. Aviation: Our fliers today dropped a ton of bombs on the railway station and the sidings at ThionvMle and on the Carls'nuetto works, where a fire (Continued on Page Two,) MICE IDE BY FRENCH li PICARDY (Continued from Page One.) was observed to have broken out as a result. Several bursts were seen on the barracks, the railroad station and sidings. sid-ings. BERLIN REPORTS LITTLE ACTIVITY OF THE INFANTRY By International News Service. BERLIN, May 2, via London. Only artillery ar-tillery duels and the repulse of French, local thrusts in Lorraine are reported in today's war office statement. The text follows: The situation is unchanged. Artillery Artil-lery fighting increased around Mont Kemmel, on the Somme and Luce rivers, and in the sectors of Mont-didier, Mont-didier, Noyon and Lasslgny. Otherwise Other-wise there were only reconnoitering actions. The French artillery activity was lively in Lorrame. Infantry thrusts were repulsed. HUN ARTILLERY CONTINUES ACTIVE ON AMIENS FRONT LONDON. May 2. The German artillery artil-lery became active this morning in the Villers-Bretonneux sector on the Amiens front and in the neighborhood of Merris on the Flanders front, it is announced officially. The statement reads; The enemy's artillery developed considerable con-siderable activity early this morning in the VilbBrs-Bretonneux sector and in the neighborhood of Merris. Some activity was shown also during the nlghtin the Arras, Lens and St. Ve-nant Ve-nant sectors. Infantry action is reported. re-ported. NINE GUNS LOST BY THE BRITISH AT JORDAN RIVER LONDON, May 2. The official statement state-ment dealing with military operations in Palestine, issued today by the war office, of-fice, reads: On "Wednesday morning, while our infantry moved to attack the enemy in the foothills south and southeast of Es-Salt, Australian mounted troops entered Es-Salt, capturing thirty-three German and 317 Turkish prisoners. In the course of these operations a mounted brigade, debouched to watch the Jordan crossings, was attacked at-tacked by a superior force of the enemy, which had crossed the river during the night, and was compelled to fall back. Horse artillery batteries bat-teries supporting this brigade. In the most difficult and broken country, were obliged to abandon nine guns, which could not be saved, although the detachments and horses were safely withdrawn. Necessary support sup-port for this detached brigade was immediately forthcoming and the operations op-erations are continuing. West of the Jordan local enemy attacks at several points were repulsed re-pulsed during Tuesday night. barded with gns shells and high explosives explo-sives the allied positions west of Merris and the area around Villers-Breton-neux. There was no infantry action. The allies have been profiting by the lull to prepare to meet any fresh enemy effort. During "Wednesday the British carried out a successful enterprise south of the Ancre, advancing the front over a width of nearly half a mile to a depth of 400 yards. The weather has improved and the airmen air-men are doing deadly work over enemy positions. CAPTURED RUMANS ARE NOW FIGHTING AGAINST AUSTRIA PARIS, May 2. Eighteen thousand soldiers sol-diers of Rumanian origin who were captured cap-tured by the Italians while fighting under the Austrian flag have asked permission to go to the front against Austria. The request has been granted, and organization organiza-tion of these troops is under way. With the entrance of this force into the field, three armies composed of former subjects of the central empires will be fighting on the side of the allies. Czech troops are already under arms on the Italian front and there Is a Polish army on the French front. GERMANS USE GAS SHELLS AGAINST ALLIED FORCES BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE. May 2. Via Ottawa Early this morning the Germans heavily bom- |