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GREAT FIGHT ON THE

SCARPE

EXCEPTIONALLY HEAVY ENEMY

LOSSES.

Tuxpos. May 18. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Heig

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reports:-

After a louvy bombardment," an bath Bunks of the Surpe, the enemy. luimehed a powerful counter-attack.

THE BATTLE ON THE ITALIAN FRONT.

ITALIANS GAIN THEIR IMMEDIATE OBJECTIVE.

UDINE. May 17 The immisto-objective of the "Italians on the Tystir mountain on the left bank of the Isonzo atinined with admirable

Was

Lashi

In the early amorting, between despite the extridinary strength Gavrelle and the river, and pressed of the Austrian defences which the forward under the destructive fire of taliny artillery entirely destroyed,

and also the fact that is large num ber of Austriau troops had been brought thither from Ciliciu.

our artillery and machine-güns,

We

The enemy for a short period, by weight of ambers, forced us back from our forward positions but car immediate, counterattack regained all the last graad and "inflicted exceptionally heavy leases. tock a number of prisonerss We progressed on the Hind line to the north-east of Bullecourt, and repubed a ruid to the south-east of Ypres....

AUSTRIAN' CLAIMS.

An Austrian com:quniqué claim 2,000 prisoners in the Isonzo battle. the burgt afinits the Italian gain

FURTHER BRITISH PROGRESS AT BULLECOURT.

Losnoy, May 17. Field-Maishal Sir Douglas Baig

reports:

There was night" fighting at Bellecourt. We further progressed through the village and rouched the western edge.

HEAVY FIGHTING AT LAFFAUX

FRENCH SUCCESS.

LONDON, May 16.

A French communiqué reporte:- The Germans, in the daytime, continued their attacks to the nortli and north-west of Lafaux, for u mile, as far as Soissons on the Laom railway. The enemy was sanguin- arily detented despite the strength of his effectives and the violence of bis attacks..

"We brilliantly counterattacked on some points. where our line was mementarily beat, recovering the whole of the lost ground..

The Germans heavily attempted to urrent our progress by fresh attacks which were sluttered by our curtain and machine-gun fire. We took 100 prisoners and there were numerous German wounded."

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THE SITUATION IN RUSSIA

REORGANISATION OF THE GOVERNMENT..

PETROGRAD, May 17; After negetitionsisting all day an agreement was riched between thus Delegates (of the Workmen

the and Soldiers Council) und Government under which three Densperatie and three Nationalist Socialists enter the Cabinet,

A CONFERENCE OF GENERALS.

Generala Alexieff, Dragomiroff," Gourko and Brassiloff are coming to Petrograd to confer on the mili- tury situation:

AMERICAN LOAN TO RUSSIA.

Warsorov, May 16.. The United States has made its

us additional “evilence of the strong friendship between the Ameri ean ord. Russian peoples.

first loun to Russin of £20,000,000

IRISH SETTLEMENT PROPOSALS.

NEW FEATURE OF GOVERN.

'S SCHEME..

LONDON, May 17, Much interest is evinced in the new feature of the Governmentia We captured three German aero-Irish proposals, namely the Counel planes which were brought down ou of Ireland. Mr. Loyd George

letter to Mr. Redmond states that. May 15..

the two Delegations of which the FRESH ENEMY EFFORTS FALL ON Council will be composed, will he numerically equal. The Council will be summorable on the initiative of

· FRENCH FRONT.

LONDON, May 17.

A French communiqué reports:-y, six members of the Council. Fresh enemy attempts to retake The Council would be empowered by the grotind we gained in the Laffauxa majority of votes of each of the Mill region failed. The struggle. Delegations to pass private Bill which was very lively at certain legislation affecting both the included pointe, turned everywhise to our and excluded areas; also to recom advantage and the enemy lost tend to the Crown the exter

the excluded ares by an further heavily We took

prisoners. Our barrages inflicted heavy losses Council of any Act of the Trish on three German assaulting detach Parliament; also to agree to the ments which made sovenul fruitless inclusion of the whole of Ireland attempts to reach our lines at Rovere under the Home Buls Act, subject Furma, on the Epinode-Chevring to the assent of a majority of voter sector to the north-west of Bray-en- Lacanais:

whereupon

Aof Alle orchfiled ared,

power will be vested in the Crown GENERAL, PETAIN'S REQUEST FOR to extend the Act to all Ireland by

AMERICAN VOLUNTEERS;

Order in Council The Council may malte recomn endations o mitive on Irish Questî

New Tona May 18 The New York Timca pubbuheu d message from Gener Peter, the new Corn

on the Bil American French front urging volunteers be sent to:

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