-------------- Bg ye Baily British Wis 3 Pages 18 Sse anon tpt et Allie semper ee s Have KINGSTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY. MARCH 28, 1918, Stopped the Great Germar LAST EDITION a ve Wednesday night's London report said: "The British retirement is at an end. The road to Amiens is effectively the German storm troops, regaining ground and some strategical points." OPTIMISM IS HIGHER ~ AMONG THE ALLIES Counter-Attacks by Britich' zrd French and Regaining of Ground Relieves Tension-- Allied Resistance Cre «f Finest Pages in Annals of the War. London, March 28.--Last night's news from the battle front confirms the hopeful impression formed early in the day that the British now appear to be on a line they are able to hold firmly, al least on the Somme and the Ancre rivers. Kurther south in the Roye-Noyon region both the French { and Brilish are bringing up reserves. The correspondents also | are showing greater confidence that the enemy will be held on | this terrain. The German official communication last night was signi- ficantly brief and reserved. It reports the crossing of the An- erg, but only refers to Tuesday's events, while the British War Offfee statement shows that the Germans who had crossed that | stream were thrown back yesterday in counter attacks. The news from the Somme [ront is distinctly encouraging, | the British having recaptured Morlancourt and Chipilly and | advaneed to Proyart. | The infantry fighting along the major portion of the British| front in the new battle zone showed a marked slowidz yesterday, indicating that the Pegt phase of the German offen-| sive here has been finished. From the southern sector trow-| ever, came word that the Germans were still pressing the at-| tack with great fury against the unwavering defense. | down] : To Bring Up Artillery. * i The enemy has paused in the northern seetor. probably to! reorganize and bring forward much needed artillery before heginning the second round against the stiffening opposition of | the British. i Hard local battles were still in progress, bul the first fury| of the German onslaught had spent itself. Several attacks which the Germans essayed were smashed and at Sailly-le-| Sec, where Lhe Germans on Tubsday night gained a footing, | the British yesterday morning delivered a smashing counter- | attack; which pushed the invaders back. The spirit of optimism was higher along the front to-day. | The resistance of the Allied troops to the German advance! constitutes one of the finest pages in the annals of the war. The| gallant sacrifices which those hardy warriors made in covering| } the withdrawal and delaying the German sweep forward un-| doubtedly will have an important effect on the final outcome | of this greatest of all battles. i Germans Bombard Canadian Line. . (Canadian Press Despatch.) British' Army HeaQquarters in France, March 28. The! German avelillery this morning put down an intensg bombard- | ment along the front between Acheville and the Souchez river. | south of Lens, where the Canadians are. Up ta the time of the] filing of this despatch at 10 a.m. no infantry action had been| reported. The Germans made several assaults near Rossignol wood, hut on each occasion were driven back. Near Sailly Laurette, | another sharp engagement occygred and, here also the British | maintaingde themselves and sored prisoners. The Germans| are continuing to bring up artillery and rush in new troops from| various parts of the line in preparation for the continuance of the. drive. i i The Allies Are Holding Well. News received from the extreme right wing is that the Allies are holding well. This referred to the southern sector, where theCErench have been falling back. Near Beaumont Hamygl, the enemy attacked heavily. Severe fighting followed. This morning it appeared that the village was No Man's Land, Avith the contending lines drawn close on either side. Hard fighling occurred at several points along the battle front during the nigh in consequence of enemy attacks. "I'he latest reports indicate tual the British have kept the situation well in hand. British Gains Greater Than German. (Canadian Press Despatch.) > London, March 28.---In the last twenty-four hours the Germans have made.hnt one comparatively trifling gain as the resull of n massed attacks alung the whole front, says Reuler's ¢ ndent at British Headquarters. For the British there tay Ried several distinet local Siseesses, Sifhios in complele ap selling enemy blows or in wresting back groun oy cont r-attacks. : i © New York. March 28.--An Associated Press Washington to-day says: The appeal of Llovd ( ent haste in American troop movements to New York last night by Lord vi"weéd here to-day ans opll officials are already fuily id o the situation here and know that the Ametioan governmeht is strain sourcetto gel men to the front and has confident ho despatch from igorge for urg- Reading, British Ambassador. was to the 'ised as of plac- } i . | ENEMY DEF however, are coming up north of Al- France, received in| ihe people. Britishig every re-i¢ ing a force of a million or more 'men i 1y the field during the/s A CHANCE FOR RUSSIA TO RE-ORGANIZE And Declare War Against Ger- many When the Of- fensive Fails. Petrograd. Match 28.--The Bol- sheviki declare the German offensive offers Russia a chance to reorganize and declare war inst Germany when the offensiv is. The War Minister, yesterda) tary M. Trotzky, proclaimed universal mili- training. The highest grades { were ordered to report immediately, i the old officers reporting en masse Driving Austrians Back. Moscow, March 27 Bolgheviki troops, an official announcement have heen successful in fight- the Austrians in the Southern The cities of Nokolayev, on and Zmanaka have "been recaptured by the Russians AVS, Engineers Abandon Strike. London, March 28.--In view of the critical situation at the front, the Amalgamated Society of Engineers has abandoned the strike movement it has been long threatening as a protest against the Government's man-power measure. THE SITUATION LESS CRITICAL The Total British Losses in Guns Are Only About 600. NTELY GHECKED NORTH OF THE SOMME---HIS ** TROOPS EXHAUSTED. Fully Half the German Divisions Face the British--If This Drive Falls Crown Prince Will Not Launch One.in Champagne, - London, March 28.--The British delivered a counter-attack yesterday between the angle of the Ancre and Somme and recaptured Morlancourt and Chipilly, the War Office an- nounced last evening. The British again advanced their line south of the Somme to Proyart yesterday. The capture of Albert by the Ger- mans is purely secondary to the sav- ing of Amiens. Albert is without strong natural defences and its abandonment by the British means no more than an intention to strengthen their positions, blocking the road to Amiens, Situation Less Critical, London, March 27--"The situation is less critical than at any time in the last three days," declared Gen. Maurice, director: of operations, at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, summing up the reports received up to one o'clock, ~ "The enemy is in Albert," Maus- ice said. "We hold the railway em- bankmweont on the western outskirts "Our airmen last night dropped 22 tons of bombs on enemy reserves at BaPaume and Peronne. "Our total losses in guns have been about 600. German estimates of prisoners are likewise exaggerated." "The exemy has been definitely checked north of the Somme. Their troops show exhaustion. "South of the Somme , fresh enemy attacks are expected. Their reserves are approaching Roye and Noyon. French reserves also are approaching those places. "The battle is far from over. Other crises are possible, but time is on our side. The enemy is further from his rail heads. creating difficulty in moving. "Our reserves, especially the French, are coming nearer and nearer the battlefield. . 1 © "There have been # ro eritical mo- men rday, enemy cross- separation of our forces north took Matting. ich and Agzgin the gap was filled. ENEMY OLAIMS EXAGGERATED As Te the Capture of British Guns and Tanks. Men, ACAnaan Press Despatch) : London, 23. --Britain has eR eos pean as a dno. 2tment big battle. Major-General ¥. B. 1laurice,] director of military o ' Courceletts. 4 ninute looked as if. they could be | THE RCHA. DID GREAT WOR Helped to Slaughter Huns in the Great Battle This Week. CRASHED RIGHT THROUGH | SOME GERMAN CAVALRY ING TO STOP THEM. TRY- All Through the First Diy the Guns of the R.C.H.A. Swept Gaps in the | Thick Advancing Germans. Ottawa, March 28.~In a cable message, given out by the Prime Minister's office last night, Roland { Hill states that "im the stupendous 'gun duel which was the prelude to this greatest of all battles now rag- {ing between the Scarpe and the! Oise, Canadians played their own! {little but not altogether insignifi- | | cant part. The railway construction | | troops, the horse artillery, and h=olor machine-gun batteries were ; in the thick of the"great struggle, {yet every unit to-day is congratu- | | lating itself. Our casualties were | very light, our lgsses in material not | worth considering: i } the " 'We had hasSeshoes strung all round us,' declared the com- ; mander of a railway battalion whose | old camp is for the present i the { Huns' hands. 'All through the first | {d&y thg guns of the Canadian Horse | . Artillery swept gaps in the thick ad- | vaneing horses of Hun storm troops. Sometimes before they limbered up { to take a mew position they were | firing point-blank om. the Germans, | [moving lines in esch sugceeding wave,' said a Canadian officer. 'Sometimes the attackers were di- vided, and they would sweep by us and we would find we were actually in front of our own infantry, but not for long did that sheer weight | of human flesh stay in our rear. But Two Batteries Destroyed. * 'Fighting, sometimes outnum- bered by ten to one, some Irish | troops around us with bayonets and | bombs came flinging back into the | fray until the infantry was again se- | curely in front of us. Those men! were wonderful, and néVer for al i beaten. During most of the early | morning the 'wori had to be done with gas masks on, so great was the number of gas shells poured in on each batteiy. After locating the a} sired gun positions the enemy made | a complete and narrowing circle of | light shrapnel shells around it, and | then poured in heavy shells on the | gunners." As yet I cannot obtain! 'exact details of what the RIC.H.A.| suffered, but I hear that in spite of | changing positions, seven or eight times bringing horses inside the bar- rage and taking the guns out, only two of the Canadian batteries. were lost or destroyed. At one time some Hun cavalry were behind them, but the teams with she undamaged guns (drove crashing through the small troops that tried to stop them. All the gung that fell into the enemy's hands were blown up before ihe crews left them. "In another part of the attacked line I met a Winnipeg major who had a battery of heavy guns. He was alert and smiling after two days of ceaseless fighting, and quite ready to go in again at a minute's notice. Two of his subalterns were Can- adians who had served their ap- prenticeship in Canada's heavy bat- terfes. 'We kept the game going," said one of m, 'until we had the strictest ord to get farther back in case the way was closed behind us. We ran into one break and the crew that came to the rescue was a Can- adian Railway Ootfstruction Bat- "Heavy Canadian batteries are in action," concluded the message. "Wheres they came from and how they got there is a marvel. When 1 "found the battery it was pegging: a as if ft had been in that posi- \ all their military lives." + ' erp Board ns Santo), hronto, is sending on a 30, ills to the City Council. 5 i Two Bal Were Lost: nei: Patriotism: Tadatrical i; Rippling Rhymes. To Sart Tree Cutting; Sipping Ontario News, The : Amusements; An- Idi in ta : ter How. 19--The Theatcloal. the Hame; Await Qoun- | over by yon GERMANS VICTIMS OF FRIGHTFULNESS The People Would Rise But Are Too Weak From Star- vation. Chicago, Marth 28.- Slocum, held a virtual yermany since the outbreak of the war, arrived at her home in Chicago the Government. and are very mutinous," reached such proportions that Government has posted leading to the arrest and conviction of any person participating in 'the food riots or uttering seditions marks, "I have had German soldiers tell! m WV wis rmany w Se | q : people | attacks were terrible situation. If the yesterday and told of the suffering | of the German people, and of their | rising detestation of the war and of | "The people are literally starving | she said. | 'Small riots and seditious talk have | the ! placards | machine guns have been captured by about the city of Berlin offering a re-|the British, ward of 3,000 marks for information | re- | | | Miss Blanche | prisoner in! The Fighting is Fierce on Both Banlis of the Somme --A Drive for the Channel Ports Is Said To Be German Objective in New Develop- ments. (Canadian Press London, March 28. isoners and the War Office an- | nounces, The fighting continues | tiercely on both banks of the Somme, This morning the enemy opened a {heavy bombardment on the British {defences east of Arras. An attack is Repeated made by the enemy were not victims of frightfulness and [along 'the Valley of Somme in the half starved, there would be an im- mediate revolution." | neighborhood | Puisieux of Beaumont and Moyenneville. Hamel, They - | Were repulsed. Will Prove Worthy Of Empire's Trust (Canadian Press Despatch.) . London, March 28,--In response to Premier Lloyd George's message that help was on the way, Field Marshal to-day sent the following: "The assurances that no effort will be spared at home to give us all assist~ ance are of great encour= agement to us. We will do all in our power to maintain the honor of the empire In this hour of trial, and prove ourselves worthy of the trust re- posed in us." ee es consi $1,358.62 SUBSCRIBED Campaign Fund Up To Thursday Noon, : Things are going along very nicely in connection with the campaign for funds being conducted by the local Y.M.C.A. The workers report a very kind reception on all hands, the ma- jority of the subscribers renewing their former pledges and some in- creasing in view of the advantage it would be if the association could wipe out its deficit. The total till to-day noon in cash and pledges was $1,358 .- 62 received from the following: $921.62 Previously reported. $50--William Jackson, P. 8. Ma- To the Y.M.C.A. hood. $30--George R. Smith, $25--Robertson Grocery Co., Nickle, ' $20---Fred Welch,"H. W. Newman, $156--J. B. Bunt, John Donnelly, Dr. G. W. Mylks, Hanson, Crozier & Edgar, Isaac Cohen, Dr. 8. H, Simp- son, Samuel Green, $5--W. M. Shurtliff, Dr. 0. W. Daly, E. A. Turner, Jas. L. Taber, A. Rawson, C. H. Boyes, Norman Crothers, C. A. Bunt, J, C. Strange, C. D. Home, J. F. McMillan, James Stewart, W. R. Clugston, H.W: Watts, William Anderson, A. H. Muir. $2--J. Gordon, Thomas Gaskin. $1--H. S. Hitsman, Hy. Harkness, M. C. Dunn. Hugh C, < MOVE TO PROHIBIT FAIRS W. F. Kay Will Move So In Tuterests Of Production. Ottawa, March 28.--W, F, Kay, member of Mississiquol, Que., has given notice of the following reso- lution: "That it is of the test importance that, all measures tend- ing to increase agrieultural produc- tion or for conserving agricultural labor should be taken by the Gov- ernment in the interests of the allies and of Canada's whole-hearted par- ticipation n the winning of the war, and t a means to this end ail exhibitions and faifs throughout the country should be prohibited for the present year." fr 4 ; REDUCED OPERATIONS In Ukraine to Throw All Artillery Against the Allies. (Canadian ress Dgoratch) ¢ ref ¥ couneil of Ge py Hindenburg, decrees ] enburg, de that operations in the Ukraine should lnued to 3 minimum al artitiory against the Franeo-British forces. Ww -- on -W. Fox, H H. Hig- net, Smith's Falls; O. Hamilton ; C. H. Sly, on : John Patraon - Haleburton; n. Gassed--D. pat / R. J. Wilson, Alrsonte -~ | The retérence in the official Bri- [ tish statement of the attack east of Arras, evidently means that the Ger mans have widened their battlefront and are delivering 4 new stroke on the north. The battle was begun {last week on the front extending as | far north as the River Scarpe, the Junction of which with the battle line is almost due east of Arras. No fighting north of wiver has been ro- ported, The attacks which are developing to-day may mark the beginning of the second phase of the battle. German military writers in the last few days have been hinting surprises were in store for the British and there has been muclt discussion of the pos- | | barred. Reserves are pouring into the fighting area and smashing back NEW STROKE IN NORTH HOLDING THE ENEMY sibility of 8 German drive for the coast, with the Channel ports of Cal- ais and Dunkirk as the objectives, The statement follows: "Severe fighting took place again yesterday evening and durihg the night astride of the Samme, and northward from Albert to Boyells, Repeated attacks were made by the enemy along the Valley of the Somme, and in neigh- borhood of. Beaumont Hamel, Puis- feux and Moyeneville. They were re- pulsed. We captured a number of prisoners and a number of machine guns. The fighting is continuing fiercely on both banks of the Somme. This morning the enemy opened a heavy bombardment on our defences east of Arras, and an attack is de- veloping in this sector." The French Fall Back. (Canadian Press Deaespateh) Paris, March 28.--Fighting was continuing with violence yesterday evening and last night on the battle front the War Office announced to- day. 3 ' Blocked on Lassigny and Noyon fronts and oh the left.bank of the Oise the Germans last night threw forward important forces in the ro- gion of Montdidier, the War Office announced to-day; Here Sghting rap- idly took an extraordinary ferocity, The French regiments fought hand- to-hand with the enémy and inflict. ed heavy losses, Finally the French fell back to the heights immediately to the west of Montdidier. FIND NEW CHECK FOR SUBMARINE When Used on Extensive Scale Steady Toll Will be Taken. London, . March 248. ~--Although there is no boast that it ds a sure nanacea for the submarine menace, one of the latest British inventions to combat the U-boats has aroused unusual interest. It is being tried out now, and it is sald to he certain that some undersea craft never will return to port again, and that when it is used on a more extensive scale a steady toll will be taken. The splendid results so far have aroused ' great enthusiasm among naval experts, especially as it is be- lieved the device is proof against any counter devices which the Germans may resort to, therein differing from many others which have heen used during the war only to be dis- continued. [High naval authorities here never have banked their hopes on any single invention to outwit the sub- marines, but nevertheless have en- couraged inventors to submit their plans. This, too, hus been the at- titude of the Board of Inventions, which now is linked up with the American Board by "an American 'professor.of high standing. REFUSE A PENSION ; TO THE LATE KING The Monarch's intrigues Have Rendered Promise Null and Void. Athens, March 28.--The Greek Budget Committee has voted against the grant of a pension of 500,000 drachmas annually to former King Constantine. (At normal exchanze rates a drachma is equivalent to 19.3 cents.) This pension had beon promised the former King on the recommen- dation of the 'Allied powers when Constantine left Greece, but the en- 8 t was considered by the committee nuli and void owing to 'tine and his court in Switzeriand, sonducted b \ y means of German gold, against the Present regime in Greece. [The ipension will probably be rejected hy the Greek Parlia- ment, and the Government, # is in- dicated, will not insist upon it. _ BINDING ON THE CHAINS. Important Clauses of Russo-German ) Peace Initiated. Amsterdam, March 28.-- The tosi important political, territorial and military stipulations in the peage treaty with Russia were initiated yesterday, according to Berlin ad- vices. An snvansive legal and politi- cal supplementary treaty was like- wise initiated, and the basis of an on thé oil question was signed. Other economic questions will be considered after the comple- tion of the trefly, and the doca- ments will be published simuitane- Ct the incessant intrigu~s of Constan- * | 3 seal UNBROKEN. "Our armies remain unbrok- + en. Our generals have control of the machine from one -end of the line to the other. No division has been lost, however battered i may % be |by hervie fighting." -- + PHILIP GIBBS. | + debbdbiobiedob bh bdolobb bb ibbb ddd Pedr peety hry *P bbe THEY FOUGHT ON THOUGH OVERRUN Traditional British Steadfast= ness Never Better Demon= strated. British Headquarters in ¥rauce, March 28.--Never has the 'tradi- tional quality of British steadfast- ness been more Wonderfully illus- trated than now. Time and time again troops have 'been over- whelmed and overrun by swarming legions wand as often they have managed to emerge and regain their lines. What would be regarded as consummate feats of skill in field manoeuvres ware being constantly performed in the most grim struggle. f Prisoners attribute the German success to the wonderful concentra tion of artillery, the full advantage of which they are losing. At various places the eneiny is mobt reluctant to occupy excavated positions. Whether they are aftdid of traps or of being shelled to rags is only con- Jecturable." : Now that we are operating in the open, our great superiority in me- chanical transport §s giving us the advantage of mobility over the enemy. The back areas are teeming with motor buses packed with sol- diers speeding to threatened posts. BritishfCanadian Recruiting Brisk. Chicago, March 28---The British~ Canadian Reeruiting Mission here announced yesterday that voluntewr- ing for the British forces has in- creased 26 per cent. sines the Ger- man drive began. [The Scoteh fare condpituous among the British sub- jects who are offering themselves. | 2: THE ALLIES MASTERS * ! OF THE SITUATION. ¥ Paris, March 28. "Within forty-eight hours the Alljes will he masters of the situa- & tion," Premier Clemenceau de- # clared yesterday on iif rettm + from the front. | 4 Mhe Premier said Amiens is 4 well defended. British Saved Paris, March lin Lokal a despatch claring the Eritish entire complement artillery. ge PPE PEPIPTP PPLE FB RP RN Fee PPO *