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Show ; Violent Fighting On Large Scale 1 Is Resumed on Verdun Front ft B Igermans bring up new forces and i aitack with extreme violence H I ' I Two Divisions Charge French Positions Results in the Main If Prove Unsuccessful Attempt to Regain Fort on Hill 304 I Fails Both Infantry and Artillery Active Aus- Ir trian Advance Continues Italians Make I? Repeated Fierce Attacks on Frontier Ridges. l Altnough the Austrian offensive on ?i ihe Italian front Is meeting with stif-1 stif-1 fer resistance that at the outset, 7 ground is still being wrested from !' General Cardona's forces, which, ac cording to unofficial reports, have a' points been pushed back as much v five miles The main line of attack is in the i southern Tyrol, where the recent near I approach of the Italians to Rovereto J had threatened that place, a key poll po-ll ( sition in the defense of Trent. The 5 latest report from Vienna shows con-5 con-5 i tiuued progress for the Austria ns in ? the alloys southeast of Rovereto. I Thpre has been notable fighting on I j the Verdun front where the Germans I i have thrown fresh troops into the I I conflict, and have obtained a footing 4 '. ' in a small post near Hill 2S7 east u the Aocourt wood i ' The Berlin report on the Verdun J fighting declares that French posi-; posi-; i tions on both sides of the Haucourt-$ Haucourt-$ : Esnes road were taken. v : A report through Paris says a fleet jl of 150 transports has been assembled l ( at Fiumo to take troops, munitions j i and supplies to Durazzo on the Al- banian coast. ! ;: I Paris. May 10, 12:01 p. m. Violent ," I fignting on a largo scale was resumed j1 4l on the Verdun front last uighL Two I 5 fresh divisions of German troops at- l tacked French positions at Avocourt :wood and Hill S04 west of the Mouse. 4 The war office announces the attacks : iu the main were unsuccessful, al- ; (hough the Germans obtained a foot- d . ing in a small post south of 1111,287, ' which lies just to tbe east of Avo- : ; court wood. i Tho Germans attempted to recap- ' ture the small fort on the northeast : slope of Hill 30-1 which the French : took on the preceding day but their effort failed Infantry and Artillery Active. Infantry fighting was confiued for the most part to the sector west of the Meuse. East of the river and in ' the Woevre the artillery was active. The official statement says that the troops employed by the Germrais in their attacks had been sent recently to the Verdun front. Sub-Lieutenant Navarre, one of the beBt known French aviators, who re- cently engaged in a fight with five German aeroplanes brought down his i tenth -machine in an aerial combat at Dolante In the Argonne. i The text of the statement says . "In the western part of the Argonne ? region the enemy has endeavored to penetrate a small salient of our line at a point near St. Hubert. This at- "i tempt was made after the explosion 1 of a mine. Our curtain of fire check- ( ed the German's decisively and they I were thrown back into their trench. German Attack Extremely Violent. I "On the left bank of the Meuse yes- ') terady evening German forces renew- c, ed their attack in the vicinity of Avo- f court wood and Hill 304. These at- ,, tacks were of extreme violence. In -; them participated large numbers of - men belonging to two divisions recent- ;' ly arrived on the field. The. enemy r' found It Impossible to dislodge us '- "from our positions In the Avocourt '" wood and west of Hill 304. Neverthe- ' less on the center the enemy were , able to occupy a small work south of ) Hill 287. Several endeavors to con- tlnue their progress at this point were y definitely checked by the French fire. i On the northeast slope of Hill 304 an endeavor to recapture the small fort j taken by un yesterday resulted in fail- ure. "On the Tight hank of the Meuse v and in the Woevre there was moderate .: artillery activity. "Enemy aeroplanes during the night of May 18-19 threw down three bombs on Gerardemer. Tho material dam- :' age was Insignificant, A German aeroplane was Drought down yester- day bv one of our pilots near St. ' Menehould; the enemy aviators were 1 taken prisoner. Sub-Lieutenant Na- varre brought down his tenth German aeroplane. The enemy machine crash ed to the earth at a point near Dolante, Do-lante, in the Argonne' 1 Austrlans Advancing. Berlin, May 19, by Wireless to Say-I Say-I vilie, N, Y. Austrian troops are continuing con-tinuing to advance at points on the Italian front, the official statement of I May 18 says, although the Italians I are undertaking -vigorous counter attacks. at-tacks. The AuBtrians crossed the Luan valley and captured Costabella. Today's official Austrian report ( says: (L "Italian front: In the coastal reg-' reg-' ton and on the Carlnttfian sector artil-lery artil-lery operations were Impeded by fog. i Southeast of Monfalcono tho Italians I attempted to recapture positions near Bagni which they lost recently, but they were repulsed. Repeated Hostile Attacks. '"In the Col di Lana district repeated repeat-ed hostile attacks were made without success. In the southern Tyrol, Aus-rian-IIungarian troops attacked and apturcd the frontier ridge of Maggio between the Astico and Leno valley, crossed the Luan valley southeast of Piazza and took Costabella. They repulsed re-pulsed several hostile attacks south of Moschere on the Zegnatorta. "Yesterday we captured more than 900 Italians, among whom were 12 officers and took IS cannon and machine ma-chine guns. nun., u-i i uiidi in II iu.-jb tnui iiiuuo, "The official Italian reports of May 16 and 17 state that the Austro-Hun-garian losses in these engagements uere enormous. These reports were invented in order to diminish the im pression made by the Italian retreat. The losses of the enemy can be estimated esti-mated only by those who hold the battlefield. The Italians are not in that position The Austro-Hungarl-ans, while appreciating at its full value val-ue the sacrifice of every brae soldier, sol-dier, are able to declare that the Aus-tro-Hungarian losses have been exceedingly ex-ceedingly small, thanks to the ability of the infantry, the powerful protection protec-tion given by the artillery and the experience in war of the commanders!" command-ers!" For example there fell Into the hands of the Austrians on Folgarla plateau an order issued by an Italian dlviison commander In which the plateau pla-teau was characterized as a position of fundamental importance to be held at all hazards. Berlin, May 19, via London. 3:05 p. m. French trenches on both sides of the Haucourt-Esnes high road, on the Verdun front west of tbe Meuse, have been captured by the Germans, the war office announced today Nine French officers and 120 men were taken prisoner. Berlin. May 19, by wireless to Say-ville. Say-ville. The text of today's German army headquarters statement says: "Western front: West of the Meuse we captured French trenches on both sjdes of the road from Haucourt to Esnes extending to the southern corr ner of the Canard (Duck) wood. Nine officers and 120 men were taken prisoner. pris-oner. "A new attack hy the French against Hill 304 broke down with considerable con-siderable losses to the enemy. "East of the Meuse the artlllqry fire on both sjdes Increased temporarily tempo-rarily to great violence. "Airmen on hoth sides have heen active. First Lieutenant Boelcke shot down his sixteenth aeroplane, south of Ripont. The Lunevllle station and the aerodrome and barracks at Eplnal were bombarded. "Balkan front: An air squadron attacked at-tacked enemy camps near Kukush, Causica, Mihalova and Salonlki." Dally Progress Made. Berlin, May 18, -via London, May 19, 12-12 p m. The Austrian offensive south and southeast of Rovereto is making progress daily. The Austrian front already has been advanced 'five miles in places. These gains have been made in the face of great difficulties. The mountains moun-tains are still covered with snow. The Austrians fought their way ascending and descending slopes varying In altitude alti-tude as much as 4,000 feet within a mile. Dispatches from Austrian headquarters head-quarters indicate the successes achieved achiev-ed are due to the superiority of the artillery, which has such a crushing effect that it is possible to launch Infantry In-fantry attacks after comparatively short preparation. Captures of men and war materials are increasing daily. The number of prisoners now exceeds 7,300. The Austrians also have taken 31 cannqn and 35 machine guns. The positions captured have been In the hands of the Italians for months. They include points to which the Italians attached the greatest strategic importance. American Flyer Attacks Germans. Paris, May 19, 1 p. m. Corporal Kiffen Rockwell of Atlanta, Ga., a member of the American flying squadron, squad-ron, yetserday attacked a German aeroplane operating near Hartmanns-Wellerkopf. Hartmanns-Wellerkopf. The Gorman machine was brought down In flames. Germans Sink Many Ships. Berlin, May 19, by Wireless to Say-ville. Say-ville. Since January last German and Austrian submarines have sunk hostile hos-tile ships with a total tonnage of 671,-500, 671,-500, the Overseas News Agency an nounced today, these figures including includ-ing ships sunk during April. ' Cymric Boilers Explode. Berlin, May 19, by Wireless to Say-vllle. Say-vllle. Amsterdam dispatches to tho Overseas News Agency state that survivors sur-vivors of the British steamship Cymric, Cym-ric, which sank on May 9, stated on arriving at Liverpool that the sinking of the vessel was due to the explosion of her boilers |