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This reserve originally was composed if British and French forces, but Americans are understood to have been added. These Americans, probably in­ cluding both infantry and artillery, are distinct from those holding sectors the western front at other points. Paris, March 25.--The German hosts, under personal command of Binperor William, began their great drive against the allies in France on Thurs­ day after the fiercest bombardment Witnessed since the war opened. Ful­ ly 600,000 Huns were hurled against Hie British on a fifty-mile front be­ tween Le Fere apd Douai, Infantry to enormous masses in close formation, supported by a concentration of artil- -lery hitherto unequaled. I British Line Unbroken. After four days of the desperate fighting the British lines remained un­ broken. They had abandoned their ad­ vanced positions, as had been expect­ ed, but had fallen back in good oder and calmly, and their third line of de­ fense was intact. At only two points were the Germans able to break through the second British line, west of St. Quentin. Into these gaps they ijfcnt their Uhlans dashing toward the third line, only to see them broken and Stflled back. At some points the Brit-' teh continued to maintain their posi­ tions even in their first line, but in ~ general they fell back for nine or ten miles, across the country whieh the S Germans themselves had devastated atod left destitute of shelter months '* ^;. ago, when they abandoned that region, v Drive Costs Foe 250,000 Men. Though the kaiser sent his wife a telegram asserting tlint the battle had been won, the latest reports show the t .success thus far obtained by the en­ emy falls far short of the program as Jald out In the scheme of offensive ffound on prisoners. And for every "foot of ground won he has been made ?to pay dearly. The latest estimates ;put the casualties of the Germans at {260,000 and those of the British, at jljpO.OOO. Berlin claimed to have taken 10,000 prisoners and 000 guns. . Both armies had large reserves, and pie ranks were speedily filled up. The (British made frequent powerful coun- |ter-attacks that slowed up the advance tof the enemy. The Germans attacked 't» such close formation that as they - Advanced across the open ground the •British machine gun and rifle fire fmowed them down by the thousand. By skillful retirement and frequent jshifts. Field Marshal Haig's coraraand- Ws saved their men from being slaugh- and kept them fresh for tbe American Troops in Battle. According to dispatches from Belin, Ifrench and American troops were lirought up from the southwest for counterattacks and thrown into the 'battle. This is not to be taken aff f meaning that the British needed the :'f :-v'^ijie-enforcwnenta,. tte- Americans prob- ly being sent in to give them real e experience. • v; It is apparent that the German of­ fensive has developed as its salient feature an apparent desperate effort <fp break to the southwest of St. Quen- -Ifn, drive a wedge between the British •nd the French, and push on across me Somme canal in the general direc- •|Jlon of Complegne and Paris. > Farther north the British lines, • while they have drawn back, are hold­ ing well In their new positions. The Eaximum retrogression there seems to ive been about four miles, at Mory, •which has changed hands several §IDes- 49 German Divisions Used. m '•y. i % Forty-nine German divisions have £een identified thus far on the battle tfront, and prisoners have been taken J§rom 18 of them. Some estimates place the number of German divisions engaged as high as 90, but it is Impos- • ' ' • Jrtble to say whether this accurate. - j Men who fought through the great ^battles of the Somme, Flanders and Arras say that they never before have jffeen anything to approach the awful jjgunfire of tin; present conflict. The r^.-" .Expression "drum fire intensity," *ly Sose« its significance in this instance, • "for there is not even an infinitessi- t/jnal space between the explosions as &%he thousands of guns of all caliber* %ork to their fullest capacity. Claims Reserves Repulsed, ' " London, March 25.--French, English ,i . |and American regiments which were I V (jl>rought up from the southwest for .|«ottpt«r-attack were threw* back on 'i •I i« . • A. j. Oh««1«y, an official statement from Berlin saya. Hara and Perdnne have fallen, ac­ cording to the German official state­ ment received here. "Report From Berlin. Berlin, March 25.--Victory in the battle which has been raging near Monchy, Cambrai, St. Quentin and La Fere is claimed for the German army in the headquarters statement. The British third and fourth armies and parts of Franco-American reserves which have been brought up are de­ clared to have been beaten and to have been repulsed with the heaviest losses on the line from Baupaume to Bouchevesnes and behind the Somme between Peronne and Ham, as well as at Chaulny. The number of prisoners captured by the Germans now amount to 30,000 and the number of guns 600, the offi­ cial statement says. Claims Battle Won. The text of the statement reads: "Western war theater--The battle near Monchy, Cambrai, St. Quentfn and La Fere has been won. The Brit­ ish third and fourth armies and por­ tions of Franco-American reserves who had been brought up were beaten and on the line of Bapaume, Bouchevesnes and behind the Somme between Per­ onne and Ham, as well as at Chaulny, were repulsed with the heaviest losses. Take Money Height by Storm. "The army of General von Buelow (Otto) took by storm Money height and.south thereof carried forward the attack in a westerly direction beyond Manancourt and Henin. It now is en­ gaged in a fight northwest" of Ba­ paume for the third enemy positions. Strong British counter-attacks were re­ pulsed. "The army of General von Dermar- witz, following upon the heels of the vanquished enemy, pressed forward in close pursuit on Friday night as far as the third enemy pocitiou in the Equancourt-Xurlu-Templeux-La Losse- Bernes line. "Between Manancourt and Peronne the troops of Generals von Katlien and Guntard have forced a crossing over the Tortille sector and on the Somme battlefield are fighting around Bouch­ evesnes. Peronne has fallen. Other divisions pressed forward to the south thereof as far as the Somme. "As early as Friday evening the army of General von Hutler, pressing closely forward, took by storm the third enemy position, broke through it and compelled the enemy to retire." (The town toward which the Ger­ man official statement mentions French, English and American regi­ ments as being thrown back is proba­ bly Chaulney, on the Olse river, sev­ en miles southwest of La Fere and about five miles back of the previously established line. Saturday's German official statement reported the forcing of a crossing of the Olse west of the La Fere, where the British and French lines are believed to have joined, and the recession of the British right wing here would necessarily have taken the French left wing along with it. American troops are known to have been on the Chemin des Dames line just to the east of this front.) Huns Reach Somme. "In ceaseless pursuit the corps of Generals von Luettwitz and Von Oet- Inge have reached the Somme. Ham fell, after a desperate fight, into the hands of our victorious troops. Brit­ ish reserves, which were thrown against them in a desperate attack, sustained sanguinary losses. "The corps of Generals von Webern and Von Conte and the troops of Gen­ eral von Geyl, after a fierce battle, crossed the Crazat canal. French, English and American regiments which had been brought up from the south­ west for a counter-attack were thrown back on Chauny in a southwesterly di­ rection." No Material Change, Says London. London, March 25.--There was no material change in the situation on the battle front in northern France throughout the night, although further fighting occurred at a number of points, the war office announced. British troops, the statement an­ nounces, rae holding the line of the Sommer iver to Peronne. Small en­ emy parties which" attempted to cross the river In the neighborhood of Pargny were driven back. Northward from the Somme at Peronne the British troops are holding their positions after beating off a num­ ber of attacks during the night. In Touch With French. The text of the statement reads: "There has been no material change in the situation on the battle front dur­ ing the night, although further fight­ ing has taken place at a number of points. "Our troops are holding the line of tbe Somme river to Peronne. Small parties of the enemy which endeav­ ored to cross in the neighborhood of Pargny were driven back. "On our right we are in touch with the French and to tbe north of the FAMOUS PENNY HAS HISTORY of King Robert Bruce, proceeded after fTaliaman OriginaUy From the Holy J Land, Has Long Been Preserved by Scottish Family. The ancient Persians were noted for their talismans, etc. The famous jjLee-Penny, it may b* recalled, which iniggfsted Sir Walter Scott's romance Jpf "The Talisman, .(come from Persia is said to have origfnally. The (tradition Is that Sir Simon Loekhart WLee «B5 <5srtIsnd, one of tbe knights the death of Bruce to the holy land, where he captured a powerful emir. The mother of the latter, when paying, her son's ransom, dropped, accident­ ally, a coin with a pebble Inserted in it. On Sir Simon demanding that it should be added to the ransom, the lady readily consented, and explained Its use. The water in which it was dropped was alleged to have wonderful medicinal virtues. For a long time the Lee-Penny was renowned in Brit­ ain. When the plague raced in Seat* SPEED UP AND SPADE UP! Marsha! Haig's Men Pail Back Several Miles, Slaughtering the Huns by the Thousands--Kaiser Personally Commands His Armies--Paris Is Bombarded by Gun of Remarkable Range --American and French Reserves Rushed Into fight and Berlin Claims riONl LMERS ti" JUST- AS ESSENTIA!. AS.FKiHTlMg SPADE OH SPE£D Tmk SWOft-t> s River SonMfe^-^WMie: our troops hold iheir positions after beating off a number of attacks on different por­ tions of the front daring the-early part of the night. "Heavy fighting is still to be ex­ pected." Monster Gun Shells Paris. / The most amazing feature of the German drive is the bombardment of Paris by a new guif or guns of a range deemed impossible up to now. All day Saturday and Sunday shells from this monster cannon fell in the city and the suburbs at intervals of fifteen or twenty minutes, killing a few persons. Immediate steps to locate the*gun were taken, and Sunday night it was an­ nounced that it was in the forest of Gobain, west of Laon' and exactly 76 miles from the city hall of Paris. Hitherto there has been no gun in use with a range of much more than twen­ ty miles. The French newspapers do not con­ ceal their admiration for the mechani­ cal feat of the Germans in discovering the new weapon, but speak of the use­ less barbarity of the bombardment. Alfred Capus, In the Figaro alludes to the making of the gun as a great mechanical feat, but points out that as a military factor the weapon is entire­ ly inefficacious. Gun la French Invention. Former Premier Paul Painleve told the Excelsior that, by using tungsten in the fabrication of the projectile, the tungsten shells would be of about .half the diameter o{jBteel shells of an even weight, and that therefore the at­ mospheric resistance would be less, thus accounting for the extremely long range. The Petit Parisien terms the bom­ bardment "an extremely minor inci­ dent as compared with the gigantic battle.., in progress on the British front." Le Petit Journal declares the gun is a French invention. "More than a year ago," it adds, "we discovered the secret of firing our cannon more than 100 kilometers. The secret lies in the greater suppression of the atmospheric resistance." Le Journal, in its article regarding the gun, says that the piece, of 240 millimeters caliber, is of Austrian manufacture. It is a very delicate piece of machinery, which must be handled by expert mathematicians and gunners, the. newspaper adds, as the loading and pointing is a difficult task; It declares that each shot costs about $4,000. The government has decided that in the future the bombardment of Paris by long-distance guns shall not inter­ rupt the normal "life of the capital, but that the population shall be warne^ of a bombardment by distinctive means, differing from the usual warnings sent out in cases of air raids. Drums will be beaten and the police will' sound whistles. 1 1 Capital Is Confident of Victory. The comment of the French press was about«evenly divided between the big- gun which is bombarding the city from back of the German lines, and the terrific battle raging on the British front. > The tone of the comment on the bombardment was of astonishment at the feasibility of the performance. As to the battle, a favorable ending of it is confidently expected. The newspapers do not conceal their admiration for the mechanical feat of the Germans in constructing their new weapon, but speak passionately of the useless barbarity of the bombardment. The Matin says it is consoling to note that the number of victims is small, but it asks for reprisals on Ger­ man cities. The ordnance experts were not ready to commit themselves as to whether the shell was a sort of aerial torpedo driven by propellers, whether an inner projectile contained in the original shell is released by an ex­ plosive after the shell has traveled a certain distance from the gun or whether the original projectile itself reaches its destination, propelled per­ haps by an explosive of a force hither­ to unknown. Gun Recalls Air Torpedo. New York, March 25.--The reported long-range bombardment of Paris re­ calls the story printed on March 14 of an aerial torpedo which the inventor, a Phlladelphlan, claims has a range of 500 miles. The inventor is Leter P. Barlow, wha has already invented an anti-submarine depth bomb used with marked effect against U-boats. Mr. Barlow says his aerial torpedo is even more effective than his anti-submarine bomb, and is, in fact, "the most ter­ ribly destructive engine of warfare that the world has ever seen." Mr. Barlow is quoted in the article as saying that General Sqtrier was shown the plans of the torpedo six weeks ago. "It carries more than half a ton of the highest explosive that can be man­ ufactured," the article quotes the in­ ventor. "It has a range of 500 miles and Is positive in going to its target" land in the seventeenth century it was continually being requisitioned. The people of Newcastle were so anxious to retain it that they offered to for­ feit a large sum which had been de­ posited as security for its return when they borrowed it. It escaped the con­ demnation which' the Church of Scot­ land meted out to charms, sorcery and superstitious cures--"the amulet called the Lee-Penny, to which it has pleased God to annex certain virtues," being expressly exempted from the ban. II is still preserved as a beiriooo?. p}80Qe.M!HI!!PB8gl ' 'j p- WASHINGTON STABS' ' '*•' DUTCH SHIPS SEIZED SEIZURE NSP- ESSAftY AS WAR MEASURE. Allies 4i#o Take Similar Action* Se­ curing 1,000,000 Much Needed t, ;<^«nnage^(f&t\$ .*»..>• »i 'ty' \ T-77T .. , •< Washington, March 2Z.-^-The presi­ dent issued his proclamation on Wednesday nigbt taking over 600,000 tons of Dutch shipping witliin tlie ter­ ritorial waters of the United States. At the same time similar action was taken by the allied governments on 400,000 tons of Dutch ships in their re­ spective ports. The navy department, as announced by Secretary Daniels, takes over the vessels. He intimated that , for the present they will remain under the navy's control.' This action indicates that the ships will be immediately put into service in the most vital war work of the moment --getting men to France and food to the allies. The Netherlands flag fluttered down at sunset Thursday from the jaekstaffs of vessels throughout the world, total­ ing 1,000,000 Of ihuch needed tonnage. On Thursday the Stars and Stripes, the red ensign of England and the tri­ colors of France and Italy were hoist­ ed and the ships will start their serv­ ice in democracy's cause. This action ends the German grip on some of the finest shfp tonnage in the world, -held Idle because of Ger­ many's coercive measures against her little neighbor. BIG AIR RAID IS FOILED French Guns Drive Back Hun Ma­ chines, Not One of Which Reaches Paris. Parte,-"March 25.--A group of enemy airplanes crossed the lines at night and a certain number of bombs were dropped on Compeigne and different towns In that region. Several machines advanced farther south, hut were forced to turn back by the fire of our artillery. The alnrm was Immediately given in Paris and a half hour later the "all clear" signal was sounded. Apparently the Germans had intend­ ed to raid Paris itself, but French aii;pien rose to meet the oncomers, and not one of the enemy machines suc­ ceeded in reaching the capital. MANLEY DEATH LIST GROWS Three or Four Members of Destroyer Crew Reported Injured Die of Wounda. • Washington, March 28.--The navy department was informed of three or four deaths among members of the crew of the destroyer Maniey, who were reported Injured in the explosion of a depth charge when the destroyer collided March 19 with a British war­ ship. An officer and three men were killed in the accident. KAISER PEACE IS CONTINUED German Forces That Seized Kherson Are Moving in the Direction of Perekop, Copenhagen, March 28.--German forces that seized the Ukrainian port city of Kherson, are moving in the di­ rection of Perekop, according to an unconfirmed report received here." Italy's Minister Takes Command. Rome, March 25.--General Alfleri has retired as minister of war to take a command at the front. He has been succeeded by General Zupel. King Victor Emmanuel accepted General Alfieri's resignation owing to his in­ sistence that he be permitted to go to tbe front. Reindeer Meat Is Coming. Nome, March 25.--About 500 dress­ ed reindeer will be shipped to the food markets of "the States" on the first boat leaving here after the breakup of the ice on Bering sea. All winter a marketing firm has been slaughtering. 8enate for Casualty List. Washington, March 25.--A resolu­ tion asking the war department to ad­ vise the senate as to its reasons for not making public the addresses of American soldiers killed and wounded abroad, was adopted by the senate* Finance Bill Wins, 3*9 to 2. Washington, March 23.--The admin­ istration bill to establish a war finance corporation was passed by the house, 369 to 2. Representative La Follette of Washington and Mason of Illinois, republicans, voted against the bill. Five Bombs on 8h!p at Mobile. Mobile, Ala., March 28.--Five bombs with fuses attached were taken from the Danish schooner Kdske Sjnlt here before the ship sailed for the West rndles. They were found by customs No arrests vara TIRE , 0F SLAUGHTER ; V" B^TONS iSEASE KILLING ONLY >[ .A WHEN WORN OUT. 8ereneiy Confident That Foe Will Not "i Break Through it»e Hata „ ; ^ III Defenses, • Ottawa, Ont., March 253.---?"lHie en- etfn.v is now throwing his last ounce of weight and resource Into the strug­ gle," says a dispatch from a corre­ spondent at British headquarters in Fraiice to the Ottawa agency of Ren­ ter's, Limited. "Upon the course of the immediate future hangs the result of the war. A captured airman stated: 'This offensive is the result of desper­ ation. We must have peace quickly now.' "Our troops throughout the 23d and 24th were very hard pressed by the endless onrolllng legions' through whose weary ranks fresh divisions were being continually poured. "The magnificent defense the slowly retiring British line has made thus far assuredly constitute one of the great­ est epochs in history. "1 find at the headquarters today unbroken serenity, confidence and sat­ isfaction with the general change in position during Saturday afternoon. In the region of Ham things tempo­ rarily looked ugly when the enemy out­ flanked us and his cavalry poured out iB order to extend an enveloping move­ ment. .But vigorous counter-attacks drove the enemy back and restored our position. "When reading German claims, re- nember the extent of the battle front, l he enemy's unforgettable concentra- t'on of guns which is the greatest ever collected--a vast hecatomb marking the wake of his advance. "The French troops on onr right, after the lengthy rest, are at the top of their dashing morale. "Yesterday there was heroic fighting in the center of the battlefront, where our machine gunnery a number of times had to cease killing through sheer exhaustion. "Never have the British armies so superbly met such an overwhelming lest. Included are the South African contingents and the Newfoundland battalion, both of which have been fighting magnificently. "The fourth day of the offensive has failed to bring any surprise al­ though the long-range guns are doing their utmost day and night." SEEK PARDON FOR MOONEY Executive Clemency Now Only Hop* •f Convicted San Franciaeo Bomb Thrower* • San Francisco, March 23.--Applica­ tion for the pardon of Thomas J. Mooney, sentenced to death in connec­ tion with the preparedness day bomb explosion here in July. 1918, will be made to Governor Stephens. The su­ preme court's affirmation of the sen­ tence becomes effective March 31. Maxwell McNutt, counsel for Mooney, said that after that date there will be no possibility of reopening the case in the courts, and Mooney's fate will reat entirely in fhe governor's hands. HINDENBURG DIRECTS DRIVE Great German General and War Lord Personally in Charge of Gar- man Offensive. Amsterdam, March 28.--Although the army group engaged In the attack against the British between the Scarpa river and Vepheuil, on the western front, is under command of Prince Rupprecht, it was reported from a Ger­ man source that the German opera­ tions were really being directed by Von Hindenburg and Von Ludendorff in person. U. 8. Men Bag Two Planes. Washington, March 26.--Two Ameri­ can flyers brought down two German airplanes. Lieutenant Lamer brought down a German opponent In the Cham­ pagne region and Corporal Bay las brought down one near Courtecon. Italy's Minister Takes Command. Rome, March 26.--General AlfleH has retired as minister of war to take a command at the front. The king acf cepted General Alfieri's resignation owing to his insistence that be be per­ mitted to go to the front. li\ & , . . . ,ji! 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