Show BRITISH AND FRENCH f HOLD THEIR GAINS GERMANS bERMANS FAIL IN REPEATED t DESPERATE ATTACKS TO RECOVER LOST POSITIONS o 0 j. j Thousands of Lives Sacrificed and Over Over Prisoners Tak by n by Allies in Offensive Declared by t to Have Been Beer Failure London Field Marshal I von on HIndenburg and amI Emperor William E. E that th the An French Anglo I offensive t on OR the western front has failed lifted seven even weeks s of effort a French of- of i statement tl d declares clares that Ger- Ger 6 b mans roans lost more titan than prisoners nione d ing the Uie French rind Ind British V drives s against the tho German lines Jines l f Emperor William writes the tho German empress that the fl fighting in France Franc has reached ached cd a certain certain conclusion conclusion- lon Since April Sinco-April AprIl 1 the British have ha ad- ad van cod on a front of twenty miles from Loos Laos to south sonth of or Bullecourt rt to o an nn anex- anex ex extreme x- x r- r depth of si sis m miles les east cast enst- enst of Arras Arris I Field Marshal men men IHl hav taken havO-taken taken Vimy ridge dominating the tho plains to and have virtually surrounded and St. St Quentin and und have hel held their gains guins against desperate and re- re Cat lI German c nn attacks while I Inflicting Inflicting Inflict Inflict- fi t. t 0 ing heavy eavy losses In In the same time the French have advanced along a mile fifteen front nor north I of the e and and seized I the heights dominating dominating- the IC valley oft of th the AU tte river the thc last natural defense before Laon In Champagne the French troops in Intrepid attacks have hafe gained L the he heights beights of Mont the Cas Casque the Teton and Mont Haut Raut east enst of Rh nh Rheims ims hins All AU the French gains have been held Repeated attacks by the German crown prince against the hie captured captured cap cap- positions have been made with out avaH and he has expended thousands thou san sands is s of lives in fruitless efforts tc regain the Ule lost ground More than 1000 officers were were- were ei In e ed in the total of prisoners captured cap Enormous quantities of material material ma ma- t rial w wi-c wi re tal taken en from the the- Ger mans including heavy and fiek guns guns 1000 machine guns and man trench guns l also has congratulated latet J Charles on the l lor o of or the Italian s J along the from Plava to the Uie sea ca bu but bat General Cadorna's Ca Cn don dorna's dornas s 's t troops o s have hn gained 1 t il 1 I ridge alga and anu have made maJc important ad nU- nU J jances nc on the Carso The Italian n dc to their gains on Friday by tak talc lag ing Austrian positions on un a front o 0 o one othe e and nd a quarter miles to ti a depth 01 yards ll s south of on on one of the maui main roads to Triest Announcement by the the- the Germans Germans that they had captured a French position 1000 yards ards i in length northeast of Sois SoisSons I Is s Sons sous ms and a u British air raid upon Ger German man bases along the German coas constitute the chief chier news news' developments develop develop- men ments is in the war theatres Saturday |