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Anglo-French-American Line Is Holding Hun Onslaught Firmly TODAY’S WEATHER FORECAST. Augusta and Vicinity: Probably local rains tonight and Friday; cooler Friday. Georgia: Probably local rams tonight and Friday, cooler tonight in west por tion. cooler Friday. $7.00 PER YtAR—5 CENTS .PER COPY. VOLUME XXIII, No. 115. Germans Drive For Kemmel Hill HUNS CAPTURE HANGARU, BRITISH WIN AT AMIENS, AMERICANS IN FIGHTING By The Associated Press. With the British Army in France, April 25. —The Ger man attack against the French and British lines on the north ern front in the Dranoutre-Kemmel sector is continuing. The Teuton assault was intended to pave the way for the capture of Kemmel Hill. Vigorous British counter attacks toward Villers-Bre tonneux apparently resulted in the reclaiming of a consid erable part of the territory lost to the Germans yesterday. The battle is still raging however, and it is too early to make claims. By The United Press. SIMULTANEOUSLY, PICARDY^FLANDERS. London, April 25. —Hindenburg is striking simulta neously in Picardy and Flanders. While the battle still swirled around Villers-Bretton neux today in the drive against Amiens, the Germans were thrusting against the northern line of the Flanders battle front. The enemy suffered a temporary reverse on both fronts, Haig reported today. In the neighborhood of Villers- Bretonneux, the British regained some ground by counter attacks. Northeast of Bailleul, in Flanders, the French re pulsed a heavy attack yesterday evening, but the assault was renewed early this morning and was being pressed on a wide front, including a sector held by the British, to the east of the French positions. GERMANS CAPTURE HANGARD. By The Associated Press. Paris, April 25.—The Germans have captured the vil lage of Hangard on the front southeast of Amiens, the war office announced today. This battle continued with violence through the night in this sector. The French lost Hangard, recaptured it and finally were again forced out of the town but are holding the ground immediately around it. REPULSED BY BRITISH. London, April 24. —Three attacks made by the Germans on British positions east of Amiens have been repulsed, it is announced officially. On the Flanders front late yesterday the Germans at tacked French positions northeast of Bailleuil and were re pulsed. Early this morning after an intense bombardment they renewed their attacks in this sector and against British positions further east. The British regained ground around Villers-Bhetonneux • by counter attacks and took prisoners. Severe fighting was in progress all night in and around Villers-Bretonneux and still continues. Heavy casualties have been inflicted on the enemy there. On the Bailleuil sector the battle is continuing over a wide front. By The United Press.) AMERICANS IN STORM CENTER. Washington, D. C.—Fighting Americans are In the storm center south of the Somme. Brigaded with the Allies, they are taking a valiant part In the struggle that rages there .according to advices today. The dilution of the Allied armies with Americans has proceeded so far that now the United States has a considerable representation In the battle. And this strength is being constantly increased VASTER ONE FOR GERMANS. The fact that our men are withstanding the Teuton blows in the major struggle was hailed as welcome tidings here. With It came the thought that the American casualty lists will swell but that with every list there will be a vaster one in Germany. The brigading process Is still under way. At some points the addition of American forces to the French and British has been heavier than at others, It was officially stated .though the War Department declined to Indicate how much of a strength we have injected. (By Associated Press.) London, April 25.—Heavy fighting continues on the sector east of Amiens, Reuter’s correspondent at British army headquarters reports. The Germans appear to have obtained a footing in d'Aquener. wood west of Vil lers-Bretonneux, but the’British counter attacked and drove them back to the fringe of the wood. At several places the British have retaken ground and f eir general position has‘improved considerably. Both British and German tanks participated in the fighting at Villers- Bretonneux. Tho British tanks, tho correspondent says, got among a mass of Germans and did great execution. RUSHING KEMMEL HILL. The Germans made a determined attempt to rush toward Kemnel Hill yesterday but without appreciable effect. The French jur.ter attacked and restored the position. At two o'clock this morning the Germans put down an intense gas bar rage on the Anglo-French front in Flanders and two hours later deep waves of infantry dilvered assaults. Fight ing still is in progress. (BY THE UNITED PRESS.) In Conjunction With French. London, April 25. —American troops are aiding In the defense of Amiens. These united /orees, the French night communique disclos ed, are holding positions south of the Somme and along the Avre, in conjunction with the French. It. was against ti ese positions that the Germans directed their heaviest attacks in the resumption of their offensive yesterday morn ing. Tho fighting is continuing along a wide front there, accord ing to the latest official reports. "An intense bombardment of the Franco-Ameri' <»n positions south of the Somme and on the Avre was followed by a German attack along this whole .'ront hy c-.nsld * erable forces at 5 a. m. today,” declared the night official state ment from Par.s. "The enemy's efforts were di rected against Hangard-en-San terre, in the region of Hallies and Senecal wood. Particularly Stubborn. "South of the Avre the battle Which lasted all day continues.. It THE AUGUSTA HERALD (UNITED PRESS) was particularly stubborn In the region of Hangard-en-Santerre. After a series of ft ious assaults, the enemy succeeded In obtaining a foothold in the wood north of the village, as veil as in the east ern edge of the village itself which wo are defending desperately. "In the neighborhood of Hallies the fighting was less violent. Sev eral enemy efforts directed aganst the ridge east of the village were frustrated by artillery fire and counter attacks. Further to the south the Germans were similarly checked before Senecal wood and Hill 82, which remains entirely in our possession.” Field Marshal Haig, In his night report, admitted the capture of Villers-Bretonneux, three miles north of Hanga"rd-en-Banterre and eight mil— and a half east of Amiens. At 6:30 A. M. "After a violent bombardment, the enemy attack on our whole front south of the Somme and against the French on our right, about 6.30 a. m. today and was re (Continued on page four.) THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 25, 1910. Assise ' k .... Vi I YMftila iI ■ ■ .l , . ■ * ~~ ~ “After having penetrated Into Mr. and Mr*. Llngenheld’s house, the Ger mans seized their son, who wore the Red Cross brassard; they tied his hands behind his back and led him to the street to be shot. They came back to seek the father, o f7O years, who was led to Prele and then shot. While Mrs. The above is the first of five puctures furnished to the Herald from the paintings of Ferdlnjyid Oueldry. They were painted especially for the French govern ment from incidents authenticated by French of'icial reports, the accuracy of which is vouched for by President Poincare and General Joffre. The paintings, with others, are on exhibition at 677 Fifth Avenue, New York, the house loaned to the Committee for tho Relief of Disabled French Soldiers by Colonel Cornelius Van derbilt. AMERICAN BTJILT LAUNCHES RESCUED 200 AT ZEEBRUGGE (By Associated Press.) Dover, England, April 25. —One of the most thrilling incidents of the British baval raid on Zeebrugge last Tuesday was the rescue by two American-built motor launches of nearly 200 members of the crew of two block ships sunk at the entrance to the Bruges canal. Tho feat was ac complished under a heavy fire and the actual transfer was made in less than five minutes. BERLIN OFFICIAL. , Berlin., (Via London), April 25. —German naval operations off the Flanders coast, says an official statement given out today by the German admiralty, have in no way been impeded by the British attack on Zee brugge and Osten. U. S. MARINES IN THICK OF IT ON FRENCH FRONT WASHINGTON, D. C. —Marines fighting In Franco havo had a total of 274 casualties, madin© corps headquarters announced today. The casualties were divided as follows: Officers wounded, four: enlisted men kHled, 34; enlisted men wounded, 236. One company lost 21 men killed and 140 wounded out of a total strength of 200 men. This was the first official announcement that the marines are .taking an active part in the fighting. The marines were among the. first soldiers to go to France but it had been understood they were being used for police purposes back of the fighting ine. TANKS ON BOTH SIDES FOR FIRST TIME IN HISTORY (By Tho United Press.) WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE, APRIL 25.—Desperate lighting boiled on the heights east of Amiens throughout the night. Tanks were, used on both sides for the first time in history. Ah thin Is cabled the situation on the Villers-Bretonncux ridge looks better. A British counter-attacks seems to have made progress, driving the Germans out of Aquenne wood, east, of Villers-Bretonneux. The sutiatlon In the town itself Is of a touch and go ».ature. First reports suggest British tanks drove the others off the field, since the crman Infantry, supported by Its tanks, has been flung back. Two British tanks crawled up and down the lines, mowing down the German infantry In windrows. AMERICAN LINER ST. PAUL SUNK AT PIER IN YEW YORK NEW YORK.—The hughe Ameri.cau lln**r St. Paul sank at her dock at the foot of Twenty-first street, shortly after noon today Her sea cocks are supposed to have been left onen, either from accident or design. As far as is known there was no loss of life. The steamer was coming from the Brooklyn dry docks where she had been undergoing repairs since her arrival from a European .port April 16. As she was warping into her berth along Pier 61, In the. North river, she began to sink. She settled slowly Into the cose of the river bed and Is now lying on her port side, only partially submerged. . SEA COCKS OPENED. After the accident a heavy guard of soldiers and policemen was stationed around her. The only Information given out was a police statement, it Is believed her sea cocks had been opened. Whether this was through care lessness at the dry docks, or whether It was done while she was en route to her berth, is not known. This phase Is being investigated by federal authorities. Ambulances were rushed to the pier, but It was declared there had been no loss of life. Police and military officials were checking up the members of the crew, however, ho that every meniler will he accounted for. No persona will be allowed to enter or leave the pier until the investigation has been completed. THE HUNS DID THIS Llngenheld escaped, she saw her son lying on the ground. He was still alive. The Germans sprinkled him with petroleum and set fire to his body before the terrified mother/V-From the the official account of German atrocities at Gerbervilllor, Meutho-et-Moselle, August 24, 1914. TODAY'S WAR REVIEW Yielding only slightly at the first shock of the German assault in the renewal of tho drive In tho great bat tle south of tho Somme, tho British and Franco-American lines are now standing lirmly against tho desperate continuing assaults of tho enemy. On the ten-mile front south of the Somme, where the Intensive force of the blow has been concentrated, the British have lost Vilkrs-Brotonneux und the French the village of Han gard En Santerre. Already Field Marshal Haig’s forces have begun to react strongly in the vrernlty of tho former place and they have regained ground around H and consldoraali Im proved the general position. Han gard has once before been In German possession during the Homme battle and It changed hands twice in the present fighting before the French drew out of It and established them selves firmly on its western edge. The Germans have made repeated at tempts to debouch from the place, but each timo the French were solidly in the way. The fighting Is continuing today with the Germans desperately strug gling to make the considerable head way they must if they are to gain anything hut relatively valueless local advantages. Thus the decision In the renewal of the battle is by no means yet with either side. The meagre gains of the enemy, however, after a pause long enough for him to bring up his heaviest artillery and when he must have been at the pin nacle of his strength, may well be compared with the, sweeping success es achieved In the beginning of the battle last month when he won miles of ground a day and captured tens of thousands of prisoners. Meanwhile the Germans have not abandoned even temporarily their ef forts on the Flanders battle front. Apparently they are centering their blows upon the sector dominated by Mount Kemmel, with the object of forcing the defenders from thin bul wark. They attacked the French last night in the region northeast of BaiJleul and after being repulsed re turned to the attack today with as saults in the same sector and on the British front further east. The battle here was still In progress when the British official statement was Issued this afternoon. (BY THE UNITED PRESS.) American troops art playing their part In the crucial stage of the great- XlO)M|q us ajpiq )«.» On this the thirty-seventh day of the German offensive, Hlndenburg, for the first, time, Is striking simultan eously In Flanders and Picardy. His imriiedlate objective In Picardy (Continued on page four ) DEMONSTRATIONS ON IN HUNGARY Amsterdam, April 25.—A hundred thou sand workers Iri Budapest, conducted a three hour strike yesterday as a demon stration for suffrage reforms, according to a dispatch from that city today. The strike was conducted calmly. Hlmllar demonstrations occurred in various in dustrial centers THE SENTENCES UP TO WILSON Washington.—The Wsr Department to day submitted to ITesldent Wilson for final action two court-martial cases In volving the serlmis offense of sleeidng on post In France and two others for dis obedience. understood to have been re fuss I to drill. The President must decide whether or not. the death-sentence shall stand against the sleeping sentries, but ho has the power to mitigate the punish ment if he desires. (ASSOCIATED PRESS.) OBSERVE BREAK IN ZEEBRUGGE MOLE And Sunken Objects Between Ostend Piers. German Ad miralty Says British Raid was a Failure. (BY THE UNITED PRESS.) London April 25.— “ Our aircraft ob serv*d a break of 20 yards In tho Zee brugge Mole at tho inner ends” an ad miralty announement says. "At Ostend a sunken object was ob served between tho piers, blocking tho greater part of the fair way.” (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.) Berlin Account. Berlin, April 24.—(Via London) —In tho British naval raid Tuesday morn ing on the German submarine bases on tho Belgian coast the German admiral ty announces that In addition to tho five British cruisers sunk near the coast three destroyers and a number of motorboats were sunk by tho fire of the coast batteries. Beyond damage caused to tho mole by a torpedo, the official statement adds, the harbor works and coast bat teries at Zeebrugge were undamaged. One German torpedo boat suffered Blight damage. - "—"—’7* Britons Killed or Captured. Berlin, Vie London, April 24—The British raid at Ontend and Zeebrugge (Continued on page f/»ur ) BRITISH LOSSES 111 GUNS MADE GOOD London. April 28.—The British have loHt nearly 1,000 gun*, between 4.600 and 6,000 machine guriM and the total manufacture of ammunition of be tween o nr and three week* Mince the Proliant battle In France began, Win aton Hpencer rhunhill, minister of munltione, told the hoiiH* of com mon* today. All thcH« lomhc* havo been made good. AGE LIMIT IN HOLLAND’S ARMY Amsterdam, April 26.—The minister of deferme declarcH the Mltuatlori render* neecMMary the maintenance of the maxi mum age for landuturmer*. The cable may refer to Homo agitation for reduction In the ane limit of mem ber* of the landaturm, the la«t military re»erve. 2 MORE SHOCKS AT SAN JACINTO B*n Jseinto, Cal,—Two more earth quake shocks occurred during lust night, one «t 8 o'clock and another at midnight. No darn ge was done but tho severity of the earlier tremor caused many people to run out of buildings and houses. HOME EDITION $1000,000,000 IHCOIWOIU ‘LIBERTY W Washington.—Scores of cities passed their Liberty Loan quotas today, as! shown in reports reaching 1 national head quarters, and total subscriptions were raised to $1,837,868,350. or $47,000,0004 more than was reported last night:. Celebration of Liberty Day tomorrow ial expected to raise tho total to approxim-J ately $2,000,000. The treasury today gave, out the follow-4 ing list of cities which have passed th« 100 per cent, mark: Clary Ind. 250 PerCent# Racine, Win. ... ...220 PerCent* Lansing Mich. .210 Per Cent, Saginaw, Mich. ............200 Per Cent... Sioux City, la. .150 PerCeut* Detroit. Mich. 148 Percents Springfield, Ills. 115 Per Cent. Des Moines, la. ............141 Per Cent. St. Joseph. Mo. ............. 130 Per Cent. Lvansville, ind. ............130 Per Cent. Milwaukee, Wis. .122 Per Cent. Kansas City, Mo. ....... .118 Per Cent. i Peoria, Ills .—......116 Per Cent. | Louisville. Ky 113 Per Cent*i Little Hock, Ark. .110 Per Cent. Port land, < Ire. - 110 i *er < lent* Fort Worth, Tex. .. ...107 Per CehLj Cincinnati, O. Per Cent.! Tacoma, Wash. .105 PerCent* Galveston, Tex. lOl Per Cent*J Youngstown, Ohio ...101 Per Cent* 1 (BY THE UNIVED PRESS.) In New York District. ..New York,—With more than 3,000,000! subscribers, tho New York Federal Re- 1 servo District still lags In the drive fori its quota of $1)00,000,000 for the Third Lib-- erty Loan. The half way mark was passed todayi when subscriptions totalling $467,300,000! were officially reported, but tho district I remains near the bottom of tii«> list in the contests of districts. Tho workers; suy, however, that tho district, will jumpi to the front when the subscriptions of the; “big men” and their corporations begin i to come in. Manhattan and thp Bronx are away be hind Brooklyn, Rh-Htuond and Queens in * the Greater New York contest. Queens leads with 132 per cant, of her quota sub scribed. Hi CU ON nUND BORDER German Note, Delivered at Tho Hague, Demands Free Trans portation of Materials Thru Holland to Belgium. (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.) The Hague, April 25.---Speaking today to the first chamber of tho Netherlands parloument on tho sand and gravel ques tion with Germany, the Dutch foreign minister declared ho could not and must not conceal from the chamber that tho question was a very serious one. He said ho could not say more about It. (BY THE UNITED PREBB.) The Hague, April 25. -Gorman cavalry has appeared along the Westphalian border, hither!* guarded by fianristurm. ” A strong German note \ Ing oulek reply has arrived. Th® » main demand Is for free transport j tatlnn of material# through JioW J land to Belgium. Westphalia Is a. Prussian prov« j Ince extending along tho greater \ of the Dutch frontier. It contains the Khlne valley. Of Long Standing. Washington, D. C. German designs on The Netherlands are of long standings Home years before the war, German in fluarvce sought, to drive a measure through the Dutch parliament to fortify the mouths of the Scheldt—thus affording protection against attack from tho sea. This was aimed at Great Britain and England protested so strongly as to con-< stltuto a virtual ultimatum and tho bill was defeated. Military experts her© believe that un less Allied forces are sent to Holland’s aid, it would require scarcely more than a half million Germans to over run the Uttle country and form their will. Thin would depend upon Holland'* de termination, however, to literally "Kink o» »wlm." The Hchetnc of defence of the little neutral emhodlea concentration of her force* In a restricted area—the "Hol land Kortrss,” comprising the Province* of North and South Holland with part* or Zeeland and Utrecht. Two-thirds of this area Is surrounded by the sea. On the land side are slronifly established military work*, rendered exceedingly dif ficult, of attack by Inundation*. .. „ .°« rr ><*n land approaches to th« Holland border are hilly. Amsterdam I* well fortified and thero also arc Inunda tion protections which might preclude •uncMiful attacks by th© Germans. control of tho inundations has not. been entirely In military hands, howover, and tho fear la expressed hero that Germany’s long arm of Intrlguo may have stretched to tho point where the flooding of th« country to prevent invasion may bo 1eo« purdizod by German agunts. LONG RANGE GUN RESUMES Parle, Aplrl 25.—The long range bom bardment of Paris was returned again this morning. LESS THAN DOZEN KILLED, 20 HURT | Washington—Tho ,number of American* killed In Tho Herman attack of April 20, near Helchoprey wn* lohk than a dozen and the number of Injured wiih about twen ty. These flKureif, made known to day appeared to nlve *upport to the I Herman claim that 1(3 American* were captured, since It previously I had been admitted that the Amerl -1 can casualties were around 200.
