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THE FIGHTING IN FRANCE

SEVERE AND CONTINUOUS FIGHTING.

BRITISH PROGRESS.

LONDON, May 10 Piek-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reporta -

THE SOCIALIST PRO-PEACE MOVEMENTS.

BRITISH LABOUR, REFUSES TO ASSOCIATE

LONDON, May 9..

The Executive of the Tabour Party, ut a meeting in the Rouse of Commons, have refused to as- eiste themselves in any way with the Socialist Conference it Stock- bohu, amb declared that the calling of the Conference by Dutch Socilisis is irregular. The Executive re con-

The fighting yesterday, at Bulle court, was severe and continuous.

We progressed, despite the enemy's repeated costly and fruit Jess efforts to shake our hold on disfident that Russia will know how to positions.

defend her liberty against foreign

We udyuneed on'a line, during the enemies.

night, by heal fighting, to the east-The meeting decided to arrange` «. want of Cricourt and to this south conference of the Allied. Labourites

of the Soucizez River. At the latter and Socialists in Loudon, in June.

AMERICAN' LABOUR AND A

KAISER-DICTATED ***

PEACE.

place we captured a portion of the

Germans tront support lines.

We drove off night raids to the north-east of Lievin and to the south of Hulloch.

We carried out a. successful naid to the north, of Givenchy and 'at Labusses.

LONDON, May 10, Mr. Goupers, the President of the American Federation of Labour, hus telegraphed to Mr. G. J. Wardle, the

OPERATIONS ON FRENCH FRONT. Labour Member for Stockport,, ask- ing bit to impress upon the Euro LuxDos, May 10. peau neutral labour organisations A French communiqué reports that the pretended" Socialist Confer The enemy, in the night attepencer Stockholm dody not repre el mther weak infantry reactions at sent the working classes of America, various points

Chemin-les | Great Britis, France and Belgium, Danes, all of which broke down but has been called by pro-German under our fire:

agitators for the purpose of effecting Kaiser-dictated." peace or

ut

A stronger counter-attack against a the positions we won in the region deceiving the Russian Socialists in to of Chermack, met with the same fate detraying the western democracies and did not prevent us from again.

progressing and carrying a fortified by consenting to a separate peace.

We took Some point d'appui..

RUSSIAN BOCIALISTS DECLINE prisoners and a machine-guir..

A minor operation enabled us to extend our guns on the northern slopes of Vauclere plateau, where we

· BORGBJERG'S INVITATION.

PETROGRAD, May 9.

took some prisoners belonging to the A conference of the Socialists and fresh division that had recently Extremists discussed M. Borgbjerg's arrived on this part of the front.

invifition to send representatives” to The artillery duel continued to be

the Socialist Conference to be helil fairly fively on all these sector.

It transpires that five German at Stockholm, and it was resolved.

A COSTLY GERMAN SUCCESS.

aeroplanes. previously reported to that, us M. Borgbjerg was acting in have been seriously danged, were agreement with Herr Schiedemann. brought lown. Two others were and other German Socialists who side broaight down yesterday, one of themr

with the Gennan Goverment, he is.. ou fire

therefore, un agent of the German und Inperialists.

consequently Rasin could not take part in conference attended by M. Borgbjerg and Herr Sebiedemann.

"SERVING THE INTERESTS OF GERMANY-ALONE.!!

Losnox, May 10 The "obstinate determination with which the Germans are fighting for the possession of Fresnoy is signi ficant of the importance the enemy uttaches to the Uppy line. They subjected every part of the Britiali

STOCKHOLM, May 10. now positions on both sides of the

The Socialist leader, M. Branting, Scarpe to severe tests but were tem- porarily successful only at Fresnoy, declares that the manner of Al which is a sharp salient beyond the Borgbjerg's irresponsible offer of British line of advance. Moreover peace, made in Petrogrid, increases it is badly adapted to defence, as it

lies in a hollow with rising ground the suspicion that the International on three sides, which heights are Organisation is serving the interests again dominated by others from of Germany alone. where the enemy directed a concen- tric fire on Fresnoy. Notwithstand. ing these advantages, the German attacks which were conducted by three divisions, including the Guards

THE RUSSIAN FRONT.

LONDON, May 10.

A Russian official message, trans-

and Bavarians, were at first repulsed mitted by wirelem, reporta :--

und the second attempt failed on the

The Times correspondent at Haud

There was intense enemy artillery

plateau between Fresnoy and Oppy activity at Luke Madziol and ut

quarters estimates the German

The enemy

morgon. tucked in the leases in recapturing Fresnoy, as wooded Carpathians to the weat greater than the whole of the British ward of Kapul mountain, by our forces defending the position.

machine gun fire compelled him to retreat.

THE GERMAN REPORT.

A German offein mesange, trust mitted by wirelces, reports

The artillery activity at Arras continues with increasing, violence. Freanoy remains in our possession, despite repeated attacke

THE MACEDONIAN FRONT

Loxton, May 10

A Germany, official repert states: The battle hus continued with the greatest bitterness and violence Glacedonia.

The fighting for the possession of Bellecourt fluctuates and the fight

between west of Monastir tailed, ing has merested at poin

We repulsed French and repulsed Sousons and Rheims in infter hand to hand fighting and taban mossed

sixteen kilometre front French attac a Winterberg St.

salient Hey Enemy, Batie

weef or

The energy attacks to the forth

chemy

We beavily bians win northward