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THE WAR.
THE GREAT STRUGGLE.
(Reuter's Service to the Chino Maill
"
VIOLENT GERMAN
COUNTER-ATTACKS FAIL
THE BRITISH FRONT.'"'
LONDON, May 5, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:-
The enemy during the night by sharp Sight unsuccessfully endeavoured to re-establish himself eastwart of Leverguier.
.
We successfully raided & front of one and a half miles northward of Gonnelie
The enemy again determinedly attacked our positions on the file burg dinu castrand of Bullecourt, but- were entirely unsuccessful. Our artillery! stopped a renewal of the attack this morning.
We captured a section of a trench southward of the Sorcher River.
THE FRENCH FRONT.
GERMANY'S WAR AIMS.
J
ENTENTE MUST BE DEPRIVED OF TWO-THIRDS OF THEIR NATURAL RICHES.
Zunch, May 6.
A pamphlet is being circulated among the German Army, with the appeal of General von Ludendorff, which demands the annexution hy that Central Powers of Belgium Northern France, Courland, Poland). Serbia, Montenegro- and Egypt, and
so the formation of
" Central Africa Empire in order to exploit the coal, india rubber, and iron
DESCRICEA,
Er asserts that the Entente must be deprived of two-thirds of the natüral riches.
The Arbeitzeitung denounced" "these criminal projects" bacan digy involve the ruin of Germany...
[Cieners) vos Ludendorg is regarded), na the brains of the German Army ". A French communique states:---
while Highbury is reeded as the "ka of tron" to carry out the poly To the north of Soissons the Germans delivered in the night time a
harge it
AMSTERDAM, May 5.
5,800 PRISONERS TAKEN,
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO, LD.mather of interattacks with large
PORTLAND CEMENT
Cagits of 375 lbs. not.
In Bags at 980-lbs. nət,
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the Reichstag, Dr. von Helfferick. effectives against the positions we annodneed that Herr von Bethman capture: yesterday. The struggle was Holiweg is now prepared to reply to the particularly violent, in the region of Conservative and Socialist, demands for Lafat north of Froidmont Farni, a re-statement of the German yes? nick north of BayeenLanuncis, and north- and a day will be fixed later...... Cast of Crouy!
Farywhere the enemy's efforts were mashed up and the assaulting wares beaten back by our fire or bayoneta.
We entirely maintained our gains, ,which 'we are now crganising.
"It is confirmed that the Germans suffered sanguinary losses both in res. terday's fighting and in 'the, counter- attacki last night. ***
RUSSIAN OPERATIONS.
THE LATEST COMMUNIQUE.
LONDON, May 5.
A Russian communique states: On the Caucasus front, for stragica) Fessons, our troops in the Ognot end Generally, the operations carried out Mush regiong have taken up new pos on the 4th and 5th inst, were in harmonyitions, and, the Turks have occupied with the British operations, and rencier. Mush
ėl us musters of the crest, ou which
On the western frout our heary
Chemins-des-Darpea runs, over a front artillery bombarded the station at of thirty kilometres.
Povweisk to the cat of Koval cauri
So far, 5,800 prisoners have been great explosions. Our aeroplanes taken, including 150 officers, amung bersbed the station at Viloh, tit whom were several battalion corp manders.
On the Rumanian front, the enemy
took the offensive to the west of
We have taken seven guns, some of Monestirks and Kachinul but der them being heavy guds.
heavy guns drove him back to bà,
There have been violent artillery | trenches. actions north-west of Rheims and in Champagne.
We d'appui
..
ENEMY CONCENTRATING. LARGE FORCES.
[TO ATTACK PETROGRAD carried fortified
point west of Mont Cornillet sad repulsed two German attempts on our tranches in the region of Montladt. Our air squadrons dropped eight tons of bombs on military establishments, railway stations and bivouses, and especially on factories at Hagondange, canning several fires.
Four enemy aeroplanes were brought down..
GERMAN BEPORT
PETROGRAD, May General Kornoff, Commander of troops in Petrograd, announces that has received reports that the enemy concentrating large forces on the Russian northern front. German mer- chantmen at Liban are ready, as soon de the ice has meltel, to embark troops, and, under cover of the German fleck, carry out a landing close to Petrograd.
General Korniloff accordingly orders We repulsed strong English advances a reorganisation of the Reserves ia to the southward of Lens, on the Scarpe Petrograd in order to defend the capital sad at Queant. A fruitless English against a foreign enemy and consolidate attack on three kilemetrs front be the freedom won by Russia. tween Villersplouich and Gonnalien suffered heavy losses.
· LONDON, May 6, A German oficial message, mosmit ted by wireless, reports
ANGLO-FRENCH CONFERENCER,
PARIS, May
"As a result of conferences representatives of the British and
The French artillery on the Aisne developed the greatest power yat re- corded, in the preparation for & reused attack by the fresh civisions, yesterday French Governments, which - wers morning, between Alette and Craoune,
was reached
on a front of thirty-five kilometres attended by Mr. Lloyd George, all 1 hand to hand struggle continued till late French Ministers, General Nivelle at night and the enemy, was entirely General Potsin and Adrairal Labou, it repulsed We occupy the northern announced that complete agree slopes of Chemins des Dames. The French occupied Cherury, Winterburg and a beight where our positions were completely destroyed. We took several ferences by their Ambassadors. hundred prisonera
French attacks to the east of
Laneuville and south west of Nauroy
ere unsuccessful..
The enemy lost 14 aeroplanes:
LATES
The two Governments of Italy and were represented at the Con-
HOLLAND'S FOREIGN TRADE.
THE HAGUE May 8. The Government has submitted Bill enabling the Stato
A German official message transmit exports and imports in ense of ted by wireless, reports Contrary to or danger of wur
Coffreux remains inASWA
to-day's reparty
Cantinued on Hase as