GERMANS STILL HANGING BACK

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 206, 20 May 1918, Page 5

GERMANS STILL HANGING BACK

COMMENTS ON THE SITUATION SOME LIVELY LOCAL ENCOUNTERS ' \ By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright (Eec. May 19, 5.5 p.m.) mmmm wmmm tt: 0 hoßtil ° maohines were dri -~ *ft AN ATTACK THAT DID NOT MATERIALISE ' (Eec. May 19, 5.5 p.m.) The United Press correspondent state—"There wm a l, o Und °r"' Mny 17, .it %Hi w ~d W ilrfit tamw!™-!; "s 2 ckbl. iS,. tan *""*

ON THE FRENCH FRONT A SUCCESSFUL RAID. (Eec. May 19, 5.5 p.m.) A Frenchofficinl communique states-.-"Thorp was u vinln^^l" , IS ' during the night in the region of Hailles Wβ Jnni* ,* nl bom}j ardmenfc direction of Mesnil-St.-Geofges, and took prisoneisO? a ,y n , effiy }' aid in th « ed.the enemy's lines a t two'points « of Can m-mrfut ™!T ts V^ m \' prisoners. The enemy's aeroplanes crossedon iLe ji ' ?. n< ! htm back behind the front. Soie oP the"mchbSpro* e| 's& ™ al P>«« given- at 10.32 p.m. The "All clear" signal was given at n? Z ™ b nla l rm wns dropped on the outor suburbs."-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Asm-Beuter m,ls were ffioc. May 19, 11.30 p.m.) RCMANIANS'IH FBANOE OH'oASieiNO FOR The' FRENCH LINE. (Roc. May 19, 5.5 p.m.) ° rffa,liSinS figH With «» GERMAN OFFICIAL REPORT (Eec. May 19, 5.5 p.m.) Beaumont-Hamel. We shot down eighteea S^^^ftSffiSS COMMENTS ON THE SITUATION GENERAL MAURICE'S VIEAVB. thirds of the GermlSs are n tbe t, 1 s° Xl? ' Tw ° We can nowhere gvo a third of (hat d'sinn™ !„ +i » ■ ton,mu i"cat)onis. grave inconvenience" Th l Iwla Wr DouriL HiiJ m fr ? nt ,vltho " t are flichW with om backs to the wnll.' UtKh the ™S?« * " S ? id: ' Wo in a better situation to meet tho at!taclc tan on Sfnreh 2? " wT l W0 ar .° fied command. While our losses have been heavy tWe is tho ll}*?* V' 1 "" •told ».t .b«k a. «„ H.» J,, ««w S; i»™4«..°R.rSi.*2,""

THE "HIGH MILITARY AUTHORITY'S" REVIEW

HIS STATUS EXPLAINED

(Roc. May 19, 5.5 p.m.)

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Brelonneux our seven tanks, will, a rrow of i. WPll i y> , mt (ollr i mmlreil Germane out of action, and broke up tho ailvaiico of a romnlolo bri"itli> In rnfnvnmn to the German statement that our Fifty-saU, Division waSi wip d £ fact was thai; hie division Inst forty-three: officers iiiifl MM men Till- oiiemv re ported that the Fourth Yorkshire l,a,| been captured roinph'tely when as n fact only 101 men aro missing; 11ml: 1,0 Viffli Berkshire had l )G en annihilated, when actually lour oflicers and one. hundred men represented the loss In regard to the position m Franco, the cnom.v is now l,»ili,, K „,, f or a ],;„ cf r OT i. if he waits a littlo longer ho will probably bo ablo lo re-sumo his oilorls in Iho same strength as ho did on March 21. On |,|, n o t|, Pl . ] mm i, |], 0 lon( , el . ]l o , y ils the-more time wo havo for preparation, j,i eo-opernlioi. with our Allies. Tho Germans are trying to belittle iho Amnnran factor. Thnv did tho snnn. will, our "contemptible littlo Army" Ifthoy had nothing VC .from the Ane - cans tbero was not any particular reason why tho Germans should have hazarded everything on the present oflensivo. Thorn was everv confidence that Iho American Army would mnko good.—Aus.-N.Z. Cabin Assn.-Rmiter. AMERICAN REINFORCEMENTS FOR THE BRITISH . The United Press correspondent announces that are reinforcing tho British front in Northern I'Yanco.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. (Bee. May 19, 5.5 p.m.) ' It is pointed out that flic arrival of the Americans on "the °Dr'iti.«il y front locates tho Americans on three, possibly four, sectors, it havin* already been announced that they are between Dailley and Hiingard-en-Santerre as well as west of Montdidicr. Possibly new arrivals aro located inlanders— 4us N 7 Cable Assn. •••-=. «.u. GERMAN BATTERIES SILENCED BY THE AMERICANS (Roc. May 19, 11.15 p . m .) General Perching reports increased artillery activity in dmw-Aus°NZ Cabfo Assn '° ™ ' S and forccd others ia wit * THE GERMAN "SUPER-GUN" REPOB.TED BOMBARDMENT OF DOVER DENIED. (Ecc. May 13, ,5.5 p.m.) t. r -nil 'lLi i n N ew York, May 18. Passengers from England report thai. Dover was bombarded from Ostend by a German "super-gun." London officially demrs the reports.-Aue.-N.Z. Cable Aesn. ffiec. May 19. 5.5 p.m.) In connection with tho Dover bombardment, it is stated that° tllTGo'ehelfs were fired: These were mistaken for au air raid.-A«s.-N.Z. Cablo Assn,