Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 117, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1918 — GERMANS RAID BRITISH LINES [ARTICLE]

GERMANS RAID BRITISH LINES

FOE DIRECTS HEAVY ARTILLERY FIRE AGAINST ALLIED DEFENSES. May 24.—A German raid was carried out last night in the neighborhood of Bucquoy, southwest of Arras, according to the official statement issued by the war office tonight. The text of the statement reads: “Under cover of a heavy artillery barrage, the enemy carried out a raid last night in the neighborhood of Bucyuoy. A few of our men are missing. “A few prisoners were brought in from the different parts of the front by British and French patrol.” In the Kemmel region and on both sides of the Yys river, in the Flanders battlefield, there has been heavy artillery fire while on the Scarpe river, in the region of Arras and south of the Somme, ' between Moreuil and Mont Didier, the big guns have been in action according to the official statements. The remarkable aerial activity along the western battle front continues with both' sides participating in air fighting and baming operations. If the Germans repeated their attempts to bombard Paris from the air, Americans will feel a keen interest in the attacks because Americans aviators now are aiding in the defense of the French capital. The German troops that faced the Americans along the lines of the Toul sector have been replaced. For some time the Teutons there were units which had been withdrawn from Russia. These now have been replaced by Bavarian reserve regiments. It is probably that the men withdrawn have been hurried north to participate in the coming renewal of the great German offensive

in Picardy and Flanders. In spite of Berlin’s promise that the German forces would not penetrate further into Russia, a large Teuton army is repdrtea to be within twenty-five miles of Kursk) in the Dnieper-Don region.