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All English Reserves Are Believed Taking Part in Batile
SAMMIES CAPTURE 36 HUNS
SITUATION UNIMPROVED;
CRISIS IN WEST AT HAND
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, April 13.—Re
turning to the Capitol after a
ifrank discussion with the War
Council, members of the Senate
military affairs committee this
afternoon declared they had been
unable to discover any substan
tial improvement in the satuation
at home or abroad.
While expressing no discour
agement, they openly stated the
view that a crisis was at hand on
the western front. There was no
news from General Pershing, they
stated, beyond that contained in
the press dispatches, but the in
formation of the War Council did
not lessen the gravity of the
latest development on the battle
fronts.
Troops are heing dispatched
abroad with the greatest rapidity
rossible, and another reorganiza
tion of tha War Department in
the interest of efficiency im
pends, the committee was told.
The shipping program showed
signs of slight improvement, Sen
ators said. This could not be said
of the aviation and ordnance pro
grams, they declared.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, April 13.—General
Foch must take the offensive at some
point on the western front within the
coming 48 hours if the situation in
extreme Northern France is to be
caved. Military experts here today
were very certain of this. They de
clare that the latest order of Field
Marshal Haig, commanding the hard
pressed British forces that are block
in~ the Huns' way to the channel,
means that his situation is most se
rious.
It means that he has pressed all of
his reserves, and these are believed
here to include the American arm)
sent to his aid by General Pershing,
into service. Every gun and every
man of the British forces in France
is now being utilized to hold back the |
German press. General Haig's ring- |
ing words, “Every position must bel
held to the last man; there must be
no retiremen:,” have stirred Wash
ington to its depths. There is no nne{
who doubts that this will be done.
But it also is equally certain that thn‘
pressure must be lessened and r‘npi
DUnited States is relying on General|
Foch, the French generalissimo, to do |
this. 3
How he wili act' is not considered!
of consequence. It must be at nnce.!
military experts say. And they are!
watching the entire battle line for the
first indication of the French advance
which will carry the battle directly |
to the German hordes. «
Huns Use 106 Divisions.
Hindenburg has thrown 106 divis
ions into the fray, according to Gen
eral Haig's advices to his army. En- ]
terte and American experts here, fa
mi'iar with the situation, believe he |
has not less than 50 more that can be
calied on, although it is not i\'nu\\'n‘
here just how available they are to
the present battle line. That they
will be brought up unless Foch acts
prempily is certain, as there is nnw!
no doubt left anywhere in \\'zlshfng-l
ton that the German plan is to crush |
the British army at all costs and win |
the way to the coast if possible.
The last lingering doubt of this was
dissipated when the word came
through Swiss and Danish sources
that there is increasing activity in
the German naval bases, especially at
Kiel and about ITeligoland. The Ger- '
man fleet is simply a division of the
German army. It has been held like
other reserves tor the moment when
the high commander Dbelieves it
could be utilized to the greatest ex-
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INTERNATIONAL
SIR DOUGLAS HAIG.,
LONDON, April 13.—Field Marshal
Sir Douglas Haig's special order, ad
dressed to “All Ranks of the British
Army in Fripce and Flanders,” yes
terday, says:
. Three weeks ago today, the
enemy began his terrific attacks
against us on a fifty-mile front.
His objects are to separate us
from the French, to take the
channel ports and to destroy the
British army.
In spite of throwing, already,
one hundred and six divisions
into the battle and enduring the
most reckless sacrifice of human
life, he has yet made little prog
ress toward his goals.
We owe this to the determined
fighting and self-sacrifice of our
troops. Words fail me to express
the admiration which I feel for
the splendid resistance offered
by all ranks of our army under
the most trying circumstances.
Many amongst us now are
tired. To those I would say that
the French army is moving rap
idly and in great force to our
support. There is no other
course open to us but to fight it
out.
Every position must be held to
the last man. There must be no
retirement. With our backs to
the wall and believing in the
justice of our cause, each one of
us must fight to the end. The
safety of our homes and the free
dom of mankind depend alike
upon the conduct of each one of
us at this eritical moment
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. GRANT FIELD, April 13—The Au
burn Plainsmen were out for revenge
today for the defeat handed them yes
terday by the Tech Yellow Jackets.
This is the final game of the series
and the visitors were anxious to even
up the series,
FIRST INNING.
Reynolds grounded out, Pruitt to
Webb, Scott went out, Whitley to
Webb., Bonner was safe on Webb's er
ror. Ducote grounded out, Pruitt to
Webb. NO HITS. NO RUNS.
Crackers and Gordon
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PONCE DE LEON PARK, April 13.
The Crackers and Camp Gordon
played their second practice game of
'the season here this afternoon, be
ginning at 3:30 c’'clock.
Atlanta won the first game against
Camp Gordon last Saturday, 4 to 1.
Zeppelins in Raid
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On British Coast
(By International News Service.)
LLONDON, April 13..—Five persons
were killed and fifteen injured in the
German air raid over the eastern
coast of England last night, it was
«flicially announced this afternoon.
Zeppelins took part in the raid.
Official announcement was made by
the British War Office today that
German aircraft crossed the eastern
coast and that one of them penetrated
almost to the northwestern coast.
Bombs were dronped mostly in the
open country.
Eleven Killed in Paris.
PARIS, April 13.—The strength ot
the air defenses of Paris was never
better demonstrated than last night
when German air planes attempted
to raid the city. Only two machines
succeeded in breaking through to the
Paris district. Their bombs killed
eleven persons and injured about fif
ty, but no damage of military impor
tance was done. The other machines
were repelled and driven off. -
The raid took place last night. Only
siight Jdamage was done, according 1o
ofiicial announcement.
Watchman Held for
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Robbery; Girl Freed
W. T. Butler, 20, former night
watchman at the Connally Building,
Saturday was in the Fulton Tower in
default of $3,000 bond, charged with
larceny from the house. He was
bound over Friday by Judge Johnson
when it was shown he had entered
several offices in the Connally Build
ing and taken goods therefrom.
Part of the stolen property was re
covered by Detectives McGill and
Rosser, who say Butler confessed.
Miss Lillie Weaver, of No. 73 Auburn
avenue, arrested with Butler, was ex
cnerated of all blame and a case
made against her Jdismissed
.
American Tanker
Reported Ashore
(By International News Service.)
AN ATLANTIC PORT, April 13.—
In the height of a driving snowstorm,
the tanker Currier, 2,869 tons, has
gone ashore, according to advices to
the Gulf Refining Company, owner.
A coast guard cutter has bheen dis
patched tc her aid.
The vessel carried a crew of 38
men besides her skipper, (‘aptain
Wahl. Their fate is unknown
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1918
Copenhagen Crowd
Cheers U.S. Troops
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Shown in Movies
By International News Service.)
ASHINGTON, April 13.—
W Motion pictures of Ameri
can troops in training
wer: shown recently in Copenha
gen, acdvices to the State Depart
ment said.
Pro-Germans in the audience
hissed them, only to be entirely
drowned out by a volume of cheer
ing from every quarter of the
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| FlßST—Mile—Pharaoh, 113 Doyle),
18.20, 4.60, 310, won; Glory Belle, 108
T(M(;Atee), 2,60 y 2.3 y seeond; gandiuu.(c-,
12d, 95 (Ericksén), 6.10, third. Time,
]1;49 16, rince Philisthorpe, Garish Sun
and Disturber also ran.
: SECOND—One and one-sixteenth
i miles: Royal Interest, 114 (Stirling),
|IO.BO, 4.20, 2.70. won; Miss Fannie, 104
{ (¥lrickson), 3.20, 270, second; Dart
{ worth, 112 (Rice), 2.40, third. Time,
11:55 2-5. Costumer, Freda Johnson also
| ran.
i THIRD—Six furlongs: Dr, Campbell,
lll‘: (Erickson), 7.6¢, 3.70, 2.60, won; Ima
| Kay, 109 (Mooney), 4.00, 2.40, second:
_Margery, 109 (Rodriguez), 2.30, third.
[ Time, 1:172-5. Anxlety, Mico Gifl,
!Frenchy also ran.
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‘Soldiers Rob Case;
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| (By.lnternational News Service.)
; NEW YORK, April 13.—Five per
| sons, a woman and four men, were
wounded early (oday as the result of
a revolver battle between two police
imen and four soldiers at Hollis, Long
llsland. The woman, Mrs. E. C. Brush,
of New York, may die.
' The pitched battle followed a bold
i holdup in a case at Hollis. Four sol
| diers entered the place, drew revolv
ers and relieved half a dozen patrons
of money and valuables. They cut
the telephone wires before making
their escape,
After an exciting chase In a com
'mandcmrcd automobile, the nicn were
jrun down. George B. Birard, of
Huntington, Long Island, owner o 1
the commandecred car, was woundea
by a bullet from the revolver of one
lof the soldiers, as was Mrs. Brush.
| The policemen, Officers Tolton and
Burns, received slight wounds.
The four soldicrs held by the police
described themselves as Roy S
Smithson, of Alderman, W. Va.; Ser
geant Otis Walker, Milburn, OKla.;
William B. Harrison, Centerville,
Tenn., and Harry Cohen, of Brooklyn. |
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Turn for Worsein
Stone's Condition
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(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, April 13.—T'he
condition of Senator Stone, who suf
fered a stroke of paralysis Wednes
day, took a turn for the worse last
night, it was announced today. 1
His secretary, John J. Cochran, an- |
nounced that he had heen authorized |
by Dr. Sprigg to make the following
statement of Senator Stone’s condi
tion:
“Senator Stone had a restless night.
This morning his pulse was 120, tem
perature 101.6, respiration 28. No
motion of left leg or arm. Ig taking
liquid nourisnment fairly well.”
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Veteran Minister
Dies Near Madi
MADISON, April 13.—~The Rev. R. H
‘'Harris, 78, died at his home in Bethany,
' this county, Friday. He was a grad
| uate of Mercer University, of the class
of 1861, In April of that year, as a
l\'u!zmrwr member of v’ho Home Guards,
jor Company D, of the Third Georgia
Regiment, General Ranse Wright's brig.
ade, he left Madison for the Virginia
' front, ang, returned home from Appo
! mattox in April, 1865. He was a leader
in the work of the Baptist church, of
| which he was a licentiate minister,
: He is survived by two sons, Robert
S. Harris and J. B. Harris. and many
other relatives, come of whom reside in
\ugusla
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! By BERT FORD,
lStaff Correspondent of International
| - News Service.
| WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
IFRANCE, April 13 (11 A. M.)—Amer
ican troops which rupuls’-d a Ger
man assault Friday on the sector
aorthwest of Toul captured 36 pris
onels.
The Germans launched their at
tack in rep-isal for their defeat when
800 picked shock troops attacked two
days earlier.
They were driven hack after an all
td'xy pattle, the Germans suffering
neavy ..casualties, - while . American
?los.q(s were slight
f An Amecican machine gun com
mander in lLis report said:
“Z£ll our machine gun emplacements
are shot away, but every gun is work
ing like hell.”
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Smash Hun Attacks
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, April 12.—American and
French troops repulsed strong Germap
attacks in Brule wood, in the sector
of Apremont fgrest, in the night, lhv‘
French War Office announced today.
At one point, where the Gm’mams;
obtained a footing in an allied trench
’;-ositiun. they were thrown out by u}
| connter attack. . |
On the Picardy battlefield (Picardy
front) the FKrench have rvcumu:‘od!
| Hangard-en-Santerre and the (-cmo-»i
tery from the Germans. Hv\'vm;"
prisoners were,captured. |
The artillery duel in the region of
Noyon continues. Rheims has been
set on fire by German shells. ‘
The communique follows: ‘
| “German attacks in Brule \\'m.d‘
were renewed during the m_','m.‘
“American troops, acting with Hn"
French, smashed the majority of thv‘
attacks. At one point where the
Germans succeeded in gaining a foot
ing in an allied section they were |
quickly thrown out by a counter u'-l
(‘:u"(. On the Somme battle front the 1‘
PFrench have reecaptured H(mgnrd}
village and the cemetery. .\'P\'entyi
German prisoners were captured i"i
the fighting at Hangard, and he :I\_\‘
losses were inflicted oy the i-‘lv:.wh.“
Artillery combats continue around |
Noyon. The Germarg again bumv!
barded Rheims and part of the city
was set afire.”
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Sammy Casualties,
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(By Internaticnal News Service.) |
WASHINGTON, April 13.—The |
names of eighty-six soldiers ap- |
peared ony the casualty list m‘nlnl
public by the War Department late
this afternoon. They were classified |
as fiollows Killed in action, five; |
died of wounds, one; died of lfl.\r';l\“.i
seven,; died from accidents, four;
wounded severely, nine; wounded |
slightly, sixty. The iist_ follows: :
Killed in Action.
Lieutenant Wilmer E, Herr, Cor
poral Harry A. Miller, Corporal Al- |
mon R. Pingree, Privates Toney |
Monize and Vincenty Wiligzki,
Died of Wounds.
Private George W. Riford
Man Dies in
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Decatur Man Dies in |
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Physician's Office
Sidney Franklin Brown, 66, of No. |
35 Clairmont avenue Decatur, |
dropped dead of heart failure Satur '
day afternoon in the offifficfliedi oflif |
Dr. § T. Hopkins, on Court Square |
where he had gone for treatment. |
' Mr. Brown came to Decatur two |
years ago from Knoxville, Tenn., to |
live with his daughter Mrs. H ",‘
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The Greatest War
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Picture Ever Made
T HE SUNDAY AMERICAN will contain the greatest
actual war picture ever made, a photograph taken
behind the German lines by a French aviator. [t shows,
as has never been depicted before, the battle organization
of the Huns, and the destructive effect of high explosive
shells and airplane bombs.
ls you desire to get a better understanding of the great
battle now in progress do not fail to get a copy of The
Sunday American and study this great photograph.
' By G. K. RUTLEDGE. !
CAMP GORDON, April 13.- )n\(-s-l
tigation into the death here .\‘osto-nl:ayl
afternoon of Colonel William H, Si- |
‘m(\ns, commander of the 327th Infan
| try resulted today in the general belief
lUmt he shot and killed himself while |
suffering an attack of mental ab
crration, His body was found in his
quarters Iriday afternoon at 3 o'clock
tby aznegro- seldier. A gun lay beside
| the body and there was a bullet
l\\uund in the head.
i There were no witnesses to the sui- |
}(-ide and no shot was heavd by officers
in adjoining quarters. The investiga
‘finn today revealed nothing, however,
iihu( would tend to any theory other
than suicide,
! Reports that (olonel Simons had
!r«.-m.nrl;ed several days ago that he
| would never go to France, or that
[\vh«-n his regiment left Gordon he
would not be its commander, were
ll‘nund to have been untrue. So far as
ilrlrmls could learn todayv the dead
officer had given no intimation what
tm:-r that he contemplated suicide.
' The last time he was seen he was in
i.q.h-ndirl spirits and apparentiy had
lnnt a care, This, his friends said to
in?u), proved conclusively to them that
ih" took his life while temporarily un
| balanced,
. Colonel Simons was born in Sum
im(-rvillv, S. C., in 1869. He received
his military training at Citadel Mili
tary Academy in Charleston, and wus‘
the first graduate of that institution
to receive an appointment in the reg- l
ular army. He was made a second
lli(-hn-n;ml in 'lß9l and in 1898, after
being promoted to first lieutenant,
[r«-rvm’l gallantly in the Spanish- |
' American War, for which he received
’ihv rank of captain in 1899.
! He then served in Porto Rico, Alas
il\.’l and the Philippines, being promot-
L'd to a major in 1914, a lieutenant
z(-olr-n(-l in 1915 and a colonel in the !
%g:nnv vear. He came tc Camp Gordon l
| with the first detachment of regular
::lrm_\‘ officers to take charge of the
isol«vlmun in September, last year.
‘lle' was universally liked by his fel
low officers and men and took great
pride in his regiment
Colonel Simons, who was mmmr-‘
ried, is survived by two brothers, J é
Waring Simons, of Charleston, ‘Ull];
Dr. Edward Simons, of Summerville; !
four sisters, Misses Mary, Janie :mdl
Katie Simons and Mrs. Henry Condes,
of Jacksonville, and &« nephew, Mujur,
J. Waring Simons, who was visi!ing]
at Camp Gordon at the time of lhei
tragedy |
The body wag removed to the chap- |
el of H. M. Patterson & Son and will |
be sent to Summerville Saturday |
night at 8:10 o'clock, where funeral |
and interment will take place. An es- I
cort from the regimental headquar
ters of the 327th will accompany thr-l
body. {
Temporarily Lieutenant "ulnm-ll
Bryan Conrad is in command of the|
227th Regiment l
THE WEATHER.
Forecast—Fair Saturday night
and Sunday; warmer.
Temperatures—6 a. m,, 38; 8 a
m. 43; 10 a. m., 50; 12 noon, 53;
A W, 06y 2 9. M, BT,
Sunrise, 6:09; sunset, 7:08.
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By GEORGE GARVIN, ]
Etaff Correspondent of International
News Service. |
WASHINGTON, April 13.—The
German espionage headquarters for
this hemisphere has at last been def- |
initely located. The United Slalesi
secret service, it was learned here |
today from the nighest sources, has|
finally rounded it up. Havana, ('uba.z
is the spot and the principal agents
operating from it are Latins, directed
of course by Germauns. |
A number of the leaders already !
are under surveillance and working |
with officials of jthe Cuban Govern
ment secret ser:j«‘e agents now havr-)
about ended the usefulness of the|
Havana location. sKey West, Tampa |
and New York have been found the’
principal operating points in the‘
United States of these Latin spies, it
now can be stated. l
When the Lansing exposure of (".vr-‘
man-Swedish intrigue in Mexico was
made, the deathéknell of German es
pionage in Mexico was sounded. Up
to that time German agents had no
ditficulty in transmitting their reports
through the southern republic, butl
when it was apparent the United
States was aware of their activities
there a new base was found neces
sary, imperative. Although Cuba is’
an ally of the United States, it was|
found possible to establish a lh-:'munl
espionage clearing house, and that
was promptly done.
For a time the Latin agents work
ing from the States were practically |
unhampered, but a letter that fell!
into the hands of a certain branch of
the secret service proved their un
aoing. The letter was from a Latin
in New York and was directed to a
commercial house in Havana. It con
tained, ostensibly, an order for a con
signment of clocks. Under scrutiny,
however, it was revealed as a code
message. l
The cipher was discovered and the
“order” was found to read as rul-[
lows:
“United States has established |
transport sailing point at —
giving the name ~f a port which real
ly had been mude an embarkation
port.
Investigation in New York and Ha
vana revealed the identity of many of
the agents, and all were placed un
der surveillance. Several are now in‘
custody, it is understood, and more |
are being gathered in. |
The mails it was learned, were !he‘
principal medium of communication
hetween the States and Havana. 'Phc}
information from there was forward- |
ed to Spain, and then wirelessed di
rect to Berlin.
The Help of the Church
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In a Great Crisis
No matter how confident
within ourselves we may feel
when the world moves along
smoothly for us, in a crisis
we need wise guidance and
strong support. The church
gives that guidance and sup
port.
In this great national crisis,
which to every loyal Ameri
can is a personal one as well,
+ we will not only find com
fort in the message which
the church brings to us, but
a chart and guide, to lead us
in the right way.
We always have need of the
church, but we need her more
than ever now. Let us read
her invitation, printed toaay
over in the “Go to Church
Sunday’” columns of The
Georgian, and accept it to
morrow, There is comfort
and strength and hope which
is sure of fulfillment in hear
ing her word ana heeding her
precepts,
Lt everyvbody in Atlanta ae
cept the church’'s invitation
tomorrow.
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The Atlant: Georgian
The Newspaper of the Home
20-22 East Alabama Street
NO. 214
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LONDON, April 13.—A strong Ger
man position in the Givenchy secior
of the new battle tront north of the
L.Lvs River. in France, has been cap
tured by the Dritish in a storm as
sault, it was stated in unofficial ad
vices from the front this afternoon
The Germans delivered many at
tacks against the British position at
Lioeccn, but all were broken up
| By FRANK CHARLTON,
~ Cable Editor of the International
: News Service.
; Fighting with all their traditional
bravery and stubbornness, the British
| troops on the northern battle front
along the Franco-Belgian frontier are
]huln!m;; back overwhelming masses of
German trgops that continue to a.-
tack day and night.
Inspired by the General order issued
by Field Marshal Haig, to hold their
lines to the last man, and by the
knowledge that French reinforee
ments are on their way, the Britons
arc contesting every inch of ground
with gallantry that has never been
surpassed,
Not alone were powerful German
assaults repulsed but the British ad
vanced their lines last night in the
sector of Festubert, capturing some
prisoners
Another Retreat Hinted.
That the British have been com
pelled to yield slightly in the sector
immediately north of the Lys River
was indicated by the official report of
the British Office today, which spoke
of fighting west of Merville. >
(The loss of Merville to the (er
mans was announced by the British
War Office Friday.)
In addition to the continuous strug
gl: which is raging upon the northern
battle front, there has been another
flare-up of fighting east of Amiens,
toward which city the Germans
launched their original drive on
March 21.
Both British and French forces
were attacked in the Hangard sec
tor, between nine and ten miles due
east of Amiens, but the Germans were
unable to gain any ground.
Interest to North.
For the time being, universal in
terest is centered in the battle to the
north, where the Germans are making
the utmost efforts to break through
to the coast.
An unprecedented npumber of
troops has been thrown into the com
bat, and the Germans are sacrificing
men in unparalleled numbers in their
efforts to attain their objectives. .
The dents created in the British
front north of lLaßassee Canal are be
zinning to menace the British hold on
Bethune, Baillieul, Hazebrouck and
Ypres.
The British War Office report today
spoke of fighting east of Locon. This
town is between 2 and 3 miles due
north of Bethune and between 5 and
6 miles northwest of Laßassee.
.
Counter Offensive
. . .
Advances British
(By International News Service.)
ILONDON, April 13.—The British
ccanter offensive in the Festubert
sector of the great battle line along
the Franco-Belgian frontier is gain
ing strength, and another advance of
the British lines was noted by the
War Oflice report today.
Heavy fighting has continued at
Neuve KEglise and in the neighbor~
hood of Wolverghen, where the Ger
mans have been directing strong
pressure in an effort to shake the
hold of the British upon the Messines
ridge. A number of strong attacks
were delivered by the Germans in
the Locon district, but broke down
under the firm resistance of the Brit
-Isn.
(Festibert is between 11 and 13
miles southwest of Armentieres, which
the Rritish evacuated on Wednesday,
and about 18 miles north of Arras.
The same sector was the scene of a
British advance on Thursday, when
the Germans were thrown out of po
sitions they had occupied.)
East of Locon the Germans were
able to penetrate some British posi
tions, but were quickly thrown out:
by counter attacks.
(Locon is between two and thrée
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