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THE GREAT BATTLE.
BIR DOUGLAS HAIG'S LATEST · REPORT:
LONDON, May 4 "Field Marshal Sir Donghia Haig
reports: --
BRITISH IN STRENGTH ACROSS THE HINDENBURG, LINE.
LOSTON, Mag k
Reiter's Correspondent at "Head- quarters sites that the position at Bullecourt is curious and interesting. To the cast, we are in strength and right cross the Hindenburg ne, sector of which we hold, running in the direction of Queant. From there, our line forms a sort of disjointed salient around all but the northern/ entrance to Bullecourt, which is report- ed to be full of Germaus and whose retirement is
apparently endangered.. The struggle for Oppy has produced s striking situation to the north of the village, where a considerable length of trench line is as present untenable by either sido owing to the mutual con- centrations of machine guns.
Fresney, and the positions we captur el to the north and south of that plice, were severely counterattacked as even ing. We maintained all our positions. There was severe fighting in the The neighbourhood of Bullecourt.
to the encniy heavily counter-attacker! east of the village bat evening on the hector of the Hindenburg line which we captured yesterday morning. The attempt failed with heavy enemy losses. There was fighting also, during the night, near Cherisy, astridle the Artas Cambrai Road. We were compelled to fall back from the advanced positions which we had captured during the day..
We further progressed to the north- west of St. Quentin and to the north-French communique réporta east of Hargieart, where we capturedk Malakof Farm.
THE FRENCH FRONT.
Loypox, May 42
The artillery is very active in the region to the north-west of Rheims
We again progrew in the woods. te DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNTS OF THE the weat of Mont Cornillet,
We stopped dead an enemy attack. BATTLE
to the west of Morthomme.
Five enemy aeroplane were brought
Laspos, May 3.
W
"
Special Correspondents at Head, dowa and it appears that three others quarters, state has the Curtuliana reported to have been seriously damaged, fought an the keit, and the "Austra" on May 2, were brought down. fins on the right of the British RUSSIA AND THE WAR. adveney, and the English, Scottish ||
MANIFESTO TRANSMITTED and frish troops in the centre. Therë!
THE ALLIES. were important gains in the direction of Cherisg and Bullecourt where the Australians engaged in desperate. sheet fighting. "The Prussian Chiards. forming the garrisons of Fresnoy, were queintly reinforced with a view to attacking" Asleux" hat the Cuma dians anticipated this move, uk surrounding Fresnoy, trapped a part of the garrison, 28 of the survivors | surrendering after a brief fight with bols and bayonets, Beyond Gavrele, a winbuild" changed hands four Stars Though, not many prisoners were taken it is estimated that the Germans" suffered heavier casualties than un ung of the pre- vious days of the battle.
PETROGRAD, May 4. M. Milioko Eas transmitted to the Allied Governments the recent mani- fasto to the Russians explaining the objects of the war, and impresses that these entirely enineide with the prin ciples enunciated by eminent "Allied statesmen, including President Wilsoni It maya New Frasia is determined to and the war victoriously."
"
DIVIDED OPINION
RESIGNATION OF THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT
DEMANDED.
LATER
Reuter's Correspondent "sums up
M. Milkoff's Note to the Allied the position as follows: What Governments
proclaiming Russia's Hindenburg sought most desperately resolve not to conclude a separate pence to evade is happening, namely: the and the determination to secare & exhaustion of the German man power decisive victory, and also denying asy at a pace which spells very early slackening in the common struggle, was
published yesterday in Petrograd. defeat."
"it
The Canadise success ut Fresnoy breaks the Oppy-Merieurt line which
It evoked strong manifestations for and against the Government A
is a double of the first set of trenches enormous crowd assembled in front of we captured when Arleux was taken. the Ministerial Offices, and was. addressed by the Ministers M.. On the second set of trenches to-day Shingaref, and M. Rodzianko amilst the English troops, below the Cana-enthusiastic applause. dians, took the whole of the main Later, when the workmen left the trenches to Oppy, where they fought factories and workstops, counter de very fiercely two Prussian reservemonstrations occurred in which various guards divisions."
regiments joined, demanding the rusigna- Machine-guns in trees were never tion of the Provisional Government. The Council of Workmen's and bed on such a scule as ut Oppy Wood, which was a perfect rookery Soldier's delegates have proposed a joint of gunners' hidden behind trees and session with the Government, to on ladders halled to the trunks,sider the situation.
:
When the British shrapnel was! RUSSIA AND THE SEPARATE buzzing at the battle of Bullecourt,
where the Hindenburgh line was
broken in a most amazing mooner
the British pushed to the far edge
PEACE MAŃŒUYRE.
PETROGRAD, Zay
A joint session opened at ten o'clock
of the village and faced a Gerinan last night. counter-attack, simultaneously facing
M. Milinkoff came on the balcony
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eatablished inside the village. Hence, addressed a buge crowd Ho declared four lines "were engaged, the two that Russia middle lines facing both ways. The sent to separate
nobody must be soldiers describe the position
Bussin with charge **double andwich." the tangle being Allies. The Provisional Governmen inravelled by the hardest hand-to a sailing ship unable to hand fighting. N
without the wind, which was The intensity of the artillery a coufidence of the people. He appoided be imagined from the fact that every to the citizens to trust the Provimonals battery, both British and Gorman,
Government, on the whole front was firing con- tinnqusly for twelve hours at high speed:
The speech was greeted with Innged cheers
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