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HUMS MAKE ATTEMPT TO WRECK U.S. HOSPITALS

High Explosive and Gas Shells Hurled, .Within. .Few Hundred . Yards . .of . Two

Hospitals in Picardyv

NO DAMAGE IS DONE

(By Associated Press.)

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Monday. May 27. What was apparently a deliberate attempt to wreck American hospitals in the rear of the American lines in Picardy occurred Sunday afternoon when the Germans hurled high explosive and gas shells within a few hundred yards of two hospitals. Fortunately, no

damage was done.

By a coincidence the bombardment was going on while American funrels

were being held. Several shells fell

a sv.ort distance from one funeral party, but the ceremony was not dis

turbed.

German attempts to carry the warfare to American 6ick and wounded,

began about ten days ago, when with the advent of a new moon, enemy air

planes circled ove the little villages

where it has long been known hospitals were located and dropped

bombs. "li'ftJQ Several civilians were injured in a

recent air raid while not far from the

American hospitals. They were asleep

when the attack began, feeling secure in their proximity to the hospitals. Much indignation has been caused

among the soldiers and civilians over

the air raids and Sunday s bombardment. It was not the fault of the

Germans that those in the hospitals

were not killed and wounded as were those in the British hospitals in Flanders recently. The only comment of the sick and

wounded American soldiers is that

they want to get out as soon as the doctors will permit so as to strike back at the Huns.

U. S. OFFICIALS EAGERLY AWAIT DRIVE REPORTS

(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, May 28. The war department eagerly awaited today, official information of the renewed ef

forts of Germany to break the resistance of the French and British and

sweep on to victory before the power of American arms can become a de-

cidingf actor on the western front. The advices awaited by officials here are expected to clear the mystery of the German purpose in striking on two widely separated sectors of the front as the enemy did yesterday in attempting to drive forward in the Aisne region as well as in Flanders. The war department early today

was entirely without official informa

tion, as the daily communique of General Pershing, issued last night, dealt only with activities of the American r.rmy and made no mention of the resewed offensive. A scanning of press dispatches lead observers here to intimate their belief that the present offensive actions are but preliminary to another movement, possibly a renewal of the drive in the vicinity of Albert on the Amiens front where a decided advance would not only menace Paris, but endanger the channel ports.

Enemy Aviators Drop Bombs cn Paris Suburbs (By Associated Press. PARIS, May 28. German aviators attempted last night to raid Paris. They dropped bombs in the suburbs but were prevented from flying over the city.

ENGLISH "SOLE LANGUAGE."

DES MOINES, la., May 28. Theodore Roosevelt ip an address here declared English should be the "sole language lor schools, newspapers and other usase."

THE WEATHER

For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Probably showers tonight and Wednesday. Cooler tonight in cast and south portion. Today's Temperature. Noon 86 Yesterday Maximum 89 Minimum 63 For Wayne Coonty by W. E. Moore Occasional thundershowers. Cool wave tonight and Wednesday. General Conditions The cool wave has reached central Illinois and is moving eastward. It was raining at on o'clock in parts of Wayne county and weather will continue unsettled for the next thirty-six hours with occasional thundershowers. Cold weather continues over the 'noth west, the southeastern boundary being the Mississippi river. Temperatures are ranging from 60 to freezing and below over the northwest. Snow continues to fall in Wyoming. A storm of considerable energy is central over Utah and is moving alowly eastward.

Three Killed, Fourteen are Hurt in Long Range Bombardment of Paris (By Associated Press.) PARIS, May 27. Three persons were killed and fourteen injured in the bombardment of Paris today by the German long range gun. One shell burst in a crowded street in front of a tramway station. Three women were getting ' into a car. One was killed and the others injured. Several persons within the car, one a child, were injured.

CONVENTION OF G. 0. P. TO OPEN TUESDAY NIGHT

Present State Officials Will Be Renominated Without Opposition, Is Belief. (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, May 28. With the meetings here tonight of the delegates by districts, the Republican state convention, which will continue through tomorrow, will begin its work to dapot a platform, which it is said wil Icontain a strong endorsement of the "win the war irst," policy, and nominate candidates for all state offices, except governor and Lieut.-Gov-ernor, preparatory to election next November. Large numbers of the 1,686 delegates to the convention began arriving today and the Republican headquarters was a busy place. E, M. Wagmuth, of Huntington, state chairman, has been here since Sunday and with L. W. Henley, secretary of the committee, has been looking after the final details. Tomlinson Hall has been decorated in the flags of the allies and will be ready for the first session of the convention, which will open at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning. Other members of the committee and party leaders also arrived today. It is generally understood that Will H. Hays, chairman of the Republican National committee and formerly chairman of the state committee, will be elected chairman of the Resolutions committee, which will be chosen at the district meetings tonight. The feature of the platform, it is said, will be a stirring endorsement of our country's cause in the war and will proclaim war to the limit and peace by victory only. It is understood that Chairman Hays will write the war plank, and that it will be used as a model for the war paragraph In other state Republican- platforms- . Early indications were that no criticisms of the administration's conduct of the war would be written into the platform. Gov. James P. Goodrich, as temporary chairman of the convention, will deliver the keynote address. He has spent much time cn his speech and Saturday night read it to a number of party leaders. U. S. Senator Harry S. New, who will be the permanent chairman, will make an address and U. S. Senator James E. Watson, while not scheduled for a speech .also will be called upon. While several candidates have announced themselves for places on the state Judicial ticket, probably the most spirited contest will be between Horace Ellis, the incumbent, and Linnaeus Hines, of Crawfordsville, for the nomination for state superintendent of public instruction. Both are working hard for the place and the race promises, leaders say, most of the fireworks of the convention. Both had opened headquarters here today and their lieutenants were meeting the delegates at headquarters. Aside from the contests mentioned, It is believed the presest state officials will be renominated without opposition. It is said that any efforts to bring out candidates against Uz McMurtrie, of Marion, state treasurer; Otto Klauss, of Evansville, state auditor; Ele Star.sbury, of Williamsport, attorney general; or W. A. Roach, of Delphi, secretary of state, would meet with little success. Secretary Henley reports that the number of ( delegates attending the convention will' make it one of the largest in the history of the party in Indiana and that practically the entire lower floor, including the boxes at the rear of the hall, will be reserved for the delegates.

Aged French Women Care for Graves of Americans (By Associated Press.) WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE. May 28. Aged French women in the villages in the rear of the American sector in Picardy have asked and receiver permission to take care of one or more graves of American soldiers. This tribute is all the more impressive because it comes from peasant women, most of whom have been robbed of their husbands and sons by the war and have had a hard time to sustain themselves. The affection with which the villagers regard the Americans is most pathetic at times. The difficulty of languages is swept aside and the villagers share the American sorrows and Joys. In the villages where American troops are billeted and which are in constant danger from enemy shells, the Americans share their gas masks with the peasants and teach them how to use them.

Must Keep Automobile

Plates Clean Says Chef If the license plates on your automobile become so dirty that they are not liglble you are violating the state law, according to Chief of Police Gorman". "People must keep the license plates clean in ordar that the numbers

may be easily read in case of accident," the chief said.

PERRY TOWNSHIP FIRST TO PASS THRIFT STAMP QUOTA

The assignment of quotas to the different townships for the thrift stamp campaign this week, has been made as follows: Townships Quota Raised Dalton 1,050.00 $ Perry 1,730.0.0 2,800.00 Green 2,270.00 New Garden .... 2,545.00 Franklin 1,875.00 - Jefferson 5,055.00 2,175.00 Clay 1,960.00 Webster 1,312.00 Jackson .......... 10,607.00 Harrison 972.00 Center 4,375.00 2,500.00 Wayne 79,062.00 Washington 1,595.00 Abington ........ 1,340.00 Boston 1,850.00 Perry township is the first to report that its quota of thrift stamp sales for the week has been exceeded. The township was assigned $1,700 for thrift stamp week, and Tuesday reported to County Chairman Mills that $2,800 of the stamps and war certificates had been sold. The committee in charge of the sales stated that the entire amount had been sold in less than an hour. Two other townships reported Tuesday. In Jefferson township, where the quota is $5,000, $2,175 of the amount had been raised Monday, and Center township, with a quota of $4,300, reported $2,500 raised on the first day of the drive. At an organization meeting in the fourth ward Monday evening the committee in charge pledged itself to raise the ward's quota of $10,000 by Friday evening. The ward Is to be covered by a house-to-hause canvas, and 84 block men have been assigned to make the canvas. Fifth Ward Meeting. County Chairman Mills was confident Tuesday that the county quota of $118,000 for this week would be raised without difficulty. In a number of the townships a part of the quota has been raised, but no report has been made. The city quota for this week is $75,000. Wayne county will be re-

CRACK AUSTRIAN FLYER REPORTED SLAIN IN BATTLE (By Associated Press.) PARIS, May 28. Lieutenant Kiss, reputed to be the leading Austrian aviator, has been killed In an aerial battle, according to a dispatch from Berne . - Lieut. Paul F. Baer of Mobile, Ala., an aviator, is posted as missing since May 22. It is hoped he is alive, as he may have been taken prisoner. Lieut. Baer is a member of the American flying corps and formerly belonged to the famous Lafayette squadron. He is one of the most brilliant American aviators and is an ace. He was cited by the French early this month after bringing down his fifth German machine. Capt. de Ullin, it is announced, has won his twentieth aerial victory. The captain was a partner of the late Capt. Guynemer, the famous French ace.

REV. HILL TO BE BURIED WEDNESDAY

The Rev. Somerville Light, superintendent of the Richmond district, will be in charge of funeral services for the Rev. G. H. Hill, former pastor of the Grace M. E. church, who died here suddenly Monday morning. Services will be conducted from Grace church Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Ministers who were friends of Rev. Mr. Hill will assist in the services. Following is the arrangement for the funeral services: Hymn Choir. Prayer Rev. A.n G. Neal, Fort Wayne. Scripture lesson Rev. II. L. Overdeer, pastor of Grace church. Obituary Dr. C. U. Wade, Greencastle. Special music choir. Addresses "Dr. Hill's Ministry," Rev. L. F. Naftzger, Warsaw. "Dr. Hill, a Man Among Men," Rev. W. D. Parr, Kokomo; "Dr. Hill, the Retired Minister," Rev. Joseph Greene, Indianapolis. Hymn choir. Funeral services will be conducted at the grave by the Rev. Mr. Light and the Rev. R. L. Semans of the First M. E. church. Burial will be at Earlham. The following district superintendents of the Northern Indiana conference will act as honorary pall bearers: Dr. W. W. Martin, Dr. R. J. Wade, Dr. J .A. Beatty, Dr. B. S. Hollopeter. Dr. M. S. Marble and Dr. Somerville Light. The active pallbearers have been selected from the members of Grace church, as follows: Dr. A. B. Price, C. H. Kramer, O. F. Ward, Frank Page, Henry Townsend and Alton Hale.

quired to raise its entire annual quota of thrift stamp sales in five weeks time, and the entire amount assigned

the county must be sold by July 1. The following : appeal was issued Tuesday . by Joseph. H. Mills, county chairman of . the i thrift stamp campaign: To the citizens of Wayne county: We note from, today's Indianapolis Star, South Bend, Indiana, news item, that during the present week's special drive . on. war savings and thrift stamps, Benton, - Delaware, Fayette, Grant and Jay counties have pledged to cover the full year's or annual quota. - To accomplish the same and to proContinued On Page Seven. LINEMEN INJURED IN COLLISION John Elliot and W. Kendall, linemen for the Postal Telegraph company, were seriously injured Thursday morning on the National road near Centerville, when a motorcycle on which they were riding collided with a corn planter driven by Samuel Showalter of Centerville. Showalter was also slightly injured, and one of the horses was so badly hurt that it had to be shot. Elliot and Kendall were driving east and the accident occurred near a bend in the road, the motorcycle running into the planter before Showalter could draw out of Its path. Dr. J. M, Fouts administered first aid to the injured men and they were later brought to Reid Memorial hospital. Elliot suffered a broken Jaw and both men were . severely injured about the head and upper part of the body. Their condition is said to be critical, as both of them were unconscious for several hours following the accident. Both live at Terre Haute, Ind., and worked for the Postal company out of the Richmond office.

Michigan Summre Resort '. Hotel Destroyed by Fire . . (By Associated Press.) , MUSKEGON, Mich., May 28. Fire of undetermined origin early today destroyed Lake . Harbor hotel, a casino, boathouse, several small boats and considerable . other property at Mona lake, five miles from here. The hotel was the largest summer resort structure . in this section of Michigan. It had 'not yet been, opened for the season." ' ' "" ' I'f , V ..;- Fire apparatus from this city fought

the fire for,;sereraLJiQiuj0. save a

large number of near-by summer cottages. The loss will exceed $400,000. FOE PENETRATES AMERICAN LINES

(By Associated Press AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS ON THE FRENCH FRONT, May 28. In the simultaneous attack on three German raiding parties against the American positions in Picardy today, the enemy penetrated the American first line to a depth of two hundred yards. A brilliant counter attack threw the Germans out and the Americans kept on until they had entered the enemy first line, where they remained until ordered back. The Germans suffered heavily in the fighting which was of a hand-to-hand nature at times. Several prisoners were taken by the Americans. After a lull of several days, the artillery bombardment in Picardy has become more intense on both sides. The Germans are throwing many gas shells into the American lines. The American gunners, however, are returning the enemy fire two-fold.

Germans Lose Five Men in Raid on Americans

May Grant Request of Major General Wood (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, May 28. MaJ. Gen. Leonard Wood's request that he be given more active duty than as commander of the western department, it was understood today, will be granted by the war 'department and the general will be assigned to train another division of troops, probably at Camp Funston,

(By Associated Press.) WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, May 28. German raiding troops attacked the Americans in the Luneville sector this morning. In the sharp fighting the raiders lost five men kiled. The Americans suffered some casualties.

Indiana Flyer Killed 2,000 Feet Fall (T3y Associated Press) NEW YORK, May 28. Cadet Charles B. Passwater, of Noblesville, Ind., was killed at the Hempstead, L. I. army aviation field today when an airplane in which he attempted to negotiate a "tail spin" at an altitude of 2,000 feet crashed to the ground.

Italian Troops Take 433 Enemy Prisoners (By Associated Iress) Rome, May 28. Italian troops on Monday night broke into the AustroGerman defenses at Capo Sile on the lower Piave front to a depth of 75 yards. The Italians captured 433 pris:

Ship Yards Complete Ten Vessels in Week 1 t (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 28. Ten steel vessels, totaling 63,486 tons, were completed for the shipping boar din the week ending May 25. There were 18 launchings during the week of a total tonnage of 109,700.

AVIATOR DIES

(By Associated Press.) CAMP BORDEN, Ont, May 28. Wilfrid H. Winnett, a royal air force private who was injured in an' airplane accident here yesterday, died late last night In the camp hospital.

33,694 Men Listed in British Casualties; '. Number Shows Decrease

.... (By. Associated Press) LONDON, . May 28, British casualties reported . In . the . week ending today reached, a total of 33,694. They are divided as . follows: Killed , or died of . wounds, ; officers 168; men, 3,527.. . Wounded or missing, officers, 735, men '29,264.

The total for last week was 36,77 and , for . the. week, before 41,612, the largest of any week since the beginning of the . German offensive. The falling off in the totals reflects the lull in the fighting between the attack which . ended in April and the one now. beginning.

TO COMMANDEER OVER 100 LOTS FOR GARDENING City Gardener Murphy Authorized to Take Ground Held Out by Owners. Between 100 and 200 lots will be commandeered in Richmond by City Gardener. Murphy as the result of a consultation with H. E. Barnard, federal food administrator for Indiana. Mr. Murphy stated in his conference that there were a number of lota in the city where the owners either refusd to give them over for gardening, or else for which exorbitant prices were asked, and tie was authorized by the food administrator to take over the lots and pay a dollar for each of the best commandeered. The action was presented by the garden director to the council of defense. Food Administrator Gilbert and the Commercial club, and was endorsed in each case. Mr. Murphy is preparing a list of the gardens to be taken over and will begin the commandeering of the ground the latter part of the week. A quarter of a block on Southwest First street, which belongs to a man In Cincinnati, will be taken over. The owner of the land has been sent many communications on the matter, and has refused to make any response to the request for his land. Another lot which will be taken over was one for which the owner asked $15 rental, making the, price so prohibitive that no one cared to use the ground. More than a hundred persons are still in - need of graden lots, and the land- taken over- will be assigned to those in need of ground. Anyone tripg the vacant lota for gardening, or Anyone wishing to turn over ground to be. used for gardens, may call Mr. Murphy, at the Commercial club rooms between -4 and 5 o'clock. Persons owning vacant lots not under .cultivation, - but who intend to plant, the-lots for their own use are requested to list the lots with City Gardener Murphy, sometime this week between 4 tnd 5 o'clock at the Commercial club. Murphy said that this list was requested in order that he would not take over any one's lot who intended to use it for his own garden. ENEMY ALIENS TO BE PUT TO WORK (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 28. Provost Marshal General Crowder's work or fight order has been applied to interned enemy aliens by the government and many Germans formerly engaged in business In the large cities of the country soon will be plying hoes, rakes and other farm implements in gardens at troop camps raising vegetables for the soldiers. ; One hundred of the interned enemy aliens have been sent from Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., to Camp Devens, Mass. The next quotas will go to Camp Dix, N. J., and Camp Grant, 111. A fourhundred acre farm will be cultivated at Camp Dix. Each 100 aliens will be looked after by 25 soldiers.

Centerville Boy Run Down by Automobile CENTERVILLE, Ind., May 28. Charles Daugherty, . 12 years old, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Daugherty, suffered a, broken right leg when he was run down by an automobile -driven by Byron Nixon, Tuesday morning. The accident occurred in front of the interurban station and witnesses said that the- boy was watching a car

and did not hear Nixon sound a warning. He was knocked beneath the wheels before the automobile could be brought to a stop and the wheels passed over his right leg. He was taken to his homei

Wife of Banker Is Doing Her Bit

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Mrs. Frank A. Vanderlip In the role of farmerette.

Mrs. Frank A. Vanderlip, wife of the prominent New York banker, is

performing manifold war labors. She

played a prominent role in the great task of organizing the forty-eight states for Liberty loan work among

women. In addition to her work In the three loan campaigns she has been an indefatigable worker for the

Red Cross and is ably assisting her

husband In the W. S. S. campaign. '

Memorial Services to Be "Mainly" in English The following church announcement was made Tuesday: Change in Language . "The service of Humiliation and Prayer to be held at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran church Thursday morning, 9 o'clock, will be conducted mainly in the English language." . (Signed) A. L. Nicklas, Pastor.

Earlham College Men are Safe in France Word has been received here of the safe arrival in France of Robert Johnson and Paul Edwards, of Richmond, former Earlham college students. They sailed from New York two weeks ago with 'a Friends' reconstruction nit, consisting of ten men.

21 VETERANS OF

CIVIL : WAR DIE

Every year the ranks of the Grand

Army men grow thinner. .

There will be many a vacant place

in the ranks of the boys in blue this year as . they march in the Memorial day . parade. Fourteen of those who. marphed in the parade last year have

passed beyond.

During 1917 twenty-one members of the Sol Meredith post of the Grand

Army of the Republic died, and so far

this year seven members have passed

Following are the names of those

who died last year and the date of

their death : John, A. Griff y, Jan. 25; Clayton B. Hunt, Jan. 26 : John E. Wolfe, Jan. 28 ; William Thomas, Feb. 8.

Thomas Burdsall. Feb. 10; William

R. . Mount, Feb. 14; Henry Reneker,

Mar. 12: James F. Ellis, Mar. 22; Joseph Smith, Apr. 1.

Joshua Feasel, Apr. 7; Lysander White, May 9; Daniel W. Comstock,

May 19; Joseph Illff. May 22; John A. Golns, May 23. John H. Short, Aug. 14; William A.

Mitchell, Aug. 10; Joseph Rowlett, Sept. 10; George Boyer, Dec. 3; John

Evans, Nov, 5. . . . Samuel Brown Huddleston, Nov. 10; Richard Williams, Dec. 1. Following are ..the names of the

members who have died so far this

year and the date of death: George Milton, Jan. 14; Gustavus W. Meyer, Jan. 19; Andrew Brooks, Feb. 17; Albert H. Kelley; Mar. 3; Elijah Lawton, Mar. 19; James Henry Van Zant, April 17; John Ward, May 16. TO HEAR PROTESTS AGAINST RAISES (By Associated Press.) ' WASHINGTON, May 28. Complaints against the order o Director General McAdoo ' increasing freight rates approximately 25 percent and raising all passenger fares to three cents a mile, will be heard by the interstate - commerce commission, despite the action of that body yesterday in approving the order without hearings, it was pointed out today by railroad administration officials. It was said that ' suggestions would be welcomed either from individuals and concerns or from state railroad commissions and it is hoped in this way that a satisfactory adjustment of the new rates can be made. Through the reviewing by the interstate commerce commission of Ihese complaints, many adjustments will be made, but it is not expected the general percentages of increase, will be changed to any great extent, nor will the additional revenues, estimated at from . $800,000,000 to 900,000,000, be lowered to any appreciable extent.. Receipt of the first complaints and suggestions for adjustment are expected by the railroad administration within a few days.

Miss Flora M. Green Slightly Hurt in Fall Miss Flora Mae Green, secretary of the Red Cross home service department. was severely bruised Monday evening, when she fell down a flight of stairs at a home where she was calling. It is thought no serious Injuries will result. She will be confined to her home for several days.

COUNTERBLOW IS LAUNCHED BY BRITISH AND FRENCH

Enemy's Assault in Flanders Yesterday Would Be Costly and Complete Failure If Counter Blow Succeeds.

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GERMANS PUSH ON . (By Associated Press WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN PRANCE, May 28. British and French troops this morning: launched a counter-attack in Flanders east of Dickedusch lake. The attack began well. Success would make the enemy's assault of yesterday a complete and costly failure. In yesterday's attack in Flanders between Locre and Voormezeele the Germans are believed to have employed four divisions on on part of this front measuring: 6,000 yards. The enemy troops were punished so severely that the French on the right flank did not even get to close quarters with them. The Germans, striking south from the Cbemin dea Dames after carrying that important ridge . In the opening of their new offensive yesterday have pushed on rapidly and effected a crossing of the Ai6ne river between Zailley and Berry-au-Bac. Front of 20 Miles. This represents a front of nearly 20 miles along which the armies of great drive have crossed the Aisne. In addition they have apparently pushed at points some distance south of the river and are striking for the riVer Vesle, which paralells the Aisne along the greater part of this front at an average distance of about five miles. The Vesle." at -its most southerly point In this sector Is approximately ten miles from the German point of departure tut the German penetration is apparently considerably short of

' The battle Is continuing fiercely along the whole Aisne front today, the brunt of It being borne out by the French, before whose lines there was seemingly the greatest concentration for the enemy effort. The French communications are excellent in this sector, however, and the probabilities are that the reserves are speedily being sent up to the threatened points to place before the Germans a force that can effectively stop them. The British, when the battle started, apparently were holding a line approximately twelve miles long, between Bermicourt, seven miles northwest of Rheims, and Craonelle. across the Aisne to the northwest, the line straddling the Aisne at about midway this distance, near Eerry-au-Bac. British Fall Back. There is no indication that the British right flank was materially affected by the shock. The left flank, however, felt the effect of the impact upon the French front farther west . where a crossing of the Aisne was forced and the British left was obliged to fall back in conformity. The British line to the west of Berry-au Bac Is now wholly south of the Aisne, according to the indications in today's official statement. The German attack in Flanders was evidently a subsidary affair not even on the scale of some of the previous offensive movements there although there was an extremely heavy concentration of troops for the limited front attack. Gains Balanced In Part. Gains by the armies of the German crown prince on the Aisne front have been balanced in part by the sanguinary repulses of further attempts to push forward southwest of Ypres. In prepared second line positions along the Aisne the Franco-British forces are offering strong resistance to the Germans who are pressing on to cross the river, while in Flanders the French confidently await Increased enemy attacks. Although the Germans attacked on the southern flank on a front of 35 miles in great strength, it is not yet clear what is behind the operation. Probably several days will pass before the situation is defined clearly. Two possibilities stand out that the Germans felt it necessary to widen the elbow about Montdidier or that It was feared General Foch might begin a counter-offensive toward Leon. Nor is it unlikely that the attacks on the extremities of the nearly 200 mile line are feints for a studendous movement

toward Amiens. - ; Foe Losses Are Heavy. In gaining the heights north of the . Aisne and the famous Chemln-Des-Damee, the Germans suffered most heavily. - The reeion over which thev

have advanced thus far Is one of the most battle scarred in France. If the crown prince hoped to crush the French and separate them from the British at Berry-Au-Bac, he failed, as contact between the allied forces has been- maintained throughout the fighting. . How far the Germans advanced on the extreme ends of the new fighting front is not defined clearly, but in the centre they reached ' the region north of . Pont Arcy, on the Aisne, a four mile advance. - - Along, the six. mile front from Locre to Voormezeele on the Flanders battlefield, the French hurled the enemy back, with great losses and still hold tenaciously, to the positions protecting the ridge running westward from Mont Kemmel. , . Continued On Page Eight .