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Show BRITISH QUIET f AFTER ADVANCE Getting Rieady For Another j Attack on the Germans Near Bullecourt. Another ofthe periods of compara- t tlve calm that havo always followed tho attainment by tho British forces of the immediate objective, has fallen over tho entire fighting front between Arras and Queant Here the British now are consolidating their lines and making ready for another plunge toward to-ward the Drocourt-Queant switch line. The British are secure in the possession posses-sion of all of tho famous HIndenburg line, except about 2000 yards of It directly di-rectly wost of Bullecourt, where another an-other heavy battle muBt be fought before be-fore the enemy can be dislodged. Likewise, along tho southern end of tho lino held by tho Fronch, Monday passed in comparatlvo qiilet, except In Champagno, where the Germans bombarded bom-barded heavily the trenches taken In Sunday's fighting near Moronvllllers. Auctrlans Continue Bombardment. In the Austro-Itallan theatre the AustrlanB continue their bombard ment, evidently In an attempt to attract at-tract the attention of the Italians from tho offonsivo they are engaged in from Tolmlno to tho sea with tholr objective objec-tive Trieste Austria's principal seaport on tho Adriatic. The fighting is still furious In the latter region, with both the Italian and Austrian war offices claiming successes suc-cesses for their respective forces. Vienna asserts that all the Italians' efforts to advance between Vodice and Salcana resulted In complete failure Near Monte Santo and on the Vodice the Italians penetrated Austrian positions, posi-tions, but later were repulsed with heavy losses, says Vienna. On tho other hand tho Italians claim tho capture cap-ture of a hill between Palliva and Brltova and an extension of their positions po-sitions on tho Vodice. On the front in Macedonia, artillery duels contlnuo at various points and Isolated infantry engagements are taking tak-ing place. Thoro apparently has been a return of tho period of quiet on tho line from the Baltic sea down Into Rumania held by the Teutonic allies and tho Russians. Rus-sians. German Casualties. Gorman official lists of killed, wounded and missing, issued during tho month of April, but not necessarily referring to the casualties occurring In April, show: Killed or died of wounds or sickness, 10,979. Prisoners and missing, 4308. Severely or badly wounded, 9744. Slightly woundod or wounded remaining re-maining with units, 17,803. Shelled From Air. PETROGRAD, via London, May 22. 1:22 a. m. A German airplane has dropped bombs on tho railroad station at Kishinev, capital of tho province of Bessarabia. A soldier and two civilians civil-ians were killed and five workmen Injured. |