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tnemy positions yesterday, killing
six men and capturing one. Without
assistance of the artillery the Amer?
icans slipped into the enemy
trenches and quickly accomplished
their work.
AMSTERDAM, May 26.?"Heavy
losses" were inflicted upon the
Americans on the Picardy front in j
the repulse of strong American
patrols yesterday (Friday?) west of
Montdidier, it is claimed in a semi?
official German report received to?
day'in a Berlin telegram.
The report says:
"W*t of Montdidier. strong
American patrols advanced against
our front. One American patrol was
entirely cut up by our fire. The
ethers were thrown back by counter
attack. The Americans thereby suf?
fered heavy losses."
Stars and Stripes
Flaunted Daily
Over Enemy Lines
By Wilbur Forrest
{Special Cable to The Tribune)
W I T H THE AMERICAN
FORCES IN PICARDY. -May 26.?
Fast airplanes with the American
flag painted as prominently as pos- :
sible on their tails are now observed :
daily in this sector.
One is especially noticeable. It
carries a fluttering silken Stars and
Stripes tacked to the strut, and
though its pilot's duty is simply ob?
servation and photographing, he has
brought down five enemy machines
which have picked on this flag.
To-day I searched out this Amer?
ican eagle's nest and found it far in
the rear. It proved to be what
should more properly be called a
Franco-American nest where youth?
ful Americans and Frenchmen are
living in the greatest amity, speak?
ing a mixture of French and Eng?
lish.
Artillery Accuracy Shown
The great hangar is surrounded
by a large field. The birdmen live
in small tents. Montdidier and all
the surrounding towns are known to
these birdmen like books.
I saw some marvellous photo?
graphs demonstrating the accuracy
of the fire of our artillery. The vil?
lage of Cantigny, which can be
viewed from the American trenches,
had a little pond near the village
square fifteen days ago. To-day's
photograph shows that we have
blown all the water from the pond.
It is as dry as a bone, and, without
divulging military secrets it can be
said that other landmarks in Can?
tigny have been extremely un?
healthy for the enemy.
Hangars Destroyed
Three enemy airplane hangars at
Mesnil St. Georges and at various
crossroads were prominent in the
photographs three weeks ago. A
fortnight ago one of them was com?
pletely down and another showed a
direct hit from an American shell
square in the centre. To-day there
are no hangars and the crossroads
are blurred with shell holes.
Daily photographs of Montdidier
show that the city proper is still
practically unharmed, though the
railroad yards and other important
points have been gradually ham?
mered either by the long-range gun?
fire or by airplane bombs into use
lessness.
Batteries Photographed
Ten enemy batteries accuratelj
photographed opposite the Ameri
can sector have been seen by Amer
ican observers to receive direct hit;
from the American guns, and hav<
not fired a single shot since. Thii
confirms the artillery figures cablei
a few days ago showing that thirty
two guns have been knocked out i:
this sector.
These Franco-Americans, flyin
the American flag, are attached e>
clusively to the American forces i
Picardy, and both the French an
?Americans are extremely proud c
their work and of the work of tl
American gunners.
Some of these Americans wei
college students less than a ye?
Tt?e Great War?1393d Day
Military Comment
By William L. McPherson
WHY doesn't Germany press her luck? Why has she waited so
long before renewing her Western offensive?
This offensive is essentially a gamble. It is a play!
against time, dictated by political as well as military considerations.
The gambler always presses his luck. Ho gets impatient and daring ?
when things are coming his way. Are the Kaiser apd Hindenburg.
weakening in their belief that Providence fights on Germany's side?
Fortune has smiled on the Germans ever since the war began. ;
It was a piece of luck for them that France?assuming a respect for
international obligations on their part which had no basis in the Ger
tt?an character?was unprepared to resist invasion by way of Belgium.
It was another piece of luck that as an offset to the defeat at the
Marne Russian incompetence, or worse, allowed Hindenbuvg to win
his victory of the Masurian Lakes, which for a time relieved a perilous
situation in East and West Prussia.
The Central Powers were near disaster in the early days of the
Gallipoli venture. A little better organized attack would have broken
?the defences of the Dardanelles and driven the Turks out of Constan- j
tinople. The opening of an easy route of communication with Russia j
through the straits would have changed the whole course of the war. j
But a providence friendly to Germany intervened.
Again, in the diplomatic manoeuvring in the Balkans the breaks !
were all in Germany's favor. Greece, under Constantino, deserted Serbia. :
Then Bulgaria threw lier lot in with Germany, thus isolating Serbia
and making her subjugation inevitable. Later, when Rumania joined
the Allies, that setback to the Teuton cause was quickly neutralized
by Russia's failure to make good her pledges to Bucharest. Treachery
in Petrograd condemned Rumania to the same fate as Serbia.
Russia was Germany's greatest friend in time cf need. She deserted j
the Western powers just at the time when the entry of the United States i
into the war had made the anti-Germanic coalition apparently irresist- j
ible. First, the Czar and the Czarina, then L?nine and Trotzky?the j
follies of these four wrecked the whole structure of Slavism and left j
Russia a helpless prey to the German spoiler. The imagination of the j
most inspired prophet of Pan-Germanism had never compassed tf vision
?if German expansion in Eastern Europe and Asia such as was sud?
denly materialized in the treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
Fortune smiled on the Austro-German offensive last fall, which
saved Trieste and carried the war far back into Northern Italy. Fort?
une also smiled on Hindenburg's Western offensive. He found two
weak spots in the Allied defence?one opposite St. Quentin, the other
opposite Lille. He was greatly aided also by the lack of a unified
Allied command. The accidents of the situation were all in his favor.
Why does he now delay another blow? Luck is constant for a long
time. Then it turns its back. Has Hindenburg a presentiment that
the tide is changing?that it changed, perhaps, in the serious reverse
which von Arnim's armies suffered below Ypres on April 29?
No one can say". But at least the grave error of divided command i
no longer handicaps the Allies. Their defence is more intelligently !
organized than it was ten weeks ago. Their fighting spirit is high.
More will be needed to force their lines in Picardy and Flanders this I
time than the mere favor of fortune by which German enterprises
have hitherto been pursued.
ago. To-day, in their fast machines, I
which, incidentally, are still French
machines, they wander over Boche
territory at will, flaunting the Amer?
ican flag in the enemy's face at al?
most all hours of the day, and some- ?
times of the night.
Welcome a Fight
? They are not supposed to fight,
but they have plenty of fight in
them when the enemy takes excep- '?
tion to the flag.
The other day a Boche two-seater
dropped frem the clouds onto one j
of these American tail flags. The
American and Frenchmen in the
machine were ready. They shot
their sputtering machine gun direct :
through the tail, killed the enemy
gunner, and would have brought the
machine down except for the latter's
precipitate flight.
That was this American's first
fight, and he is keen for more. He
is thinking about getting into the
exclusively fighting branch of Amer?
ican aviation.
It is impossible under the censor's
rules to mention the names of these
American aviators, but it is per?
missible to say that they have all
come to Picardy within a year from
Chicago, Oxford, Ohio; Silver City,
Iowa; Indianapolis, Pittsburgh,
Washington and other less well
known American towns and cities.
Signals His Victories
Their escadrille carries as its in
l signa the Egyptian ibis. They are
j bosom friends of the French air
? birds, including Fonck, the famous
j ace, who spent a few days in this
vicinity. Fonck never fails to fly
back over the American field to tell
! them whether he has brought down
I an enemy. He loops the loop and
j then points the nosesof his machin?
! straight toward the earth and fire*
his machine gun into the ground. H
he fires once he has added anothei
victory to his long record. If he !
simply loops the loop and does not !
fire it means he has had no success. ;
One evening not long ago he fired
several times, and the Americans
dashed over across the field with the
heartiest congratulations. This is !
only one illustration of the great
and growing camaraderie between
the younger birdmen of America j
and the veteran fliers of France.
Delay by Germans
Strengthens Allies
To Withstand Drive \
LONDON, Saturday, May 25.?"Every J
day that pasees without witnessing a i
renewal of the terrific struggle finds |
the Alliss better prepared to withstand ?
the ehock," says a dispatch from Reu- j
ter's correspondent at British head?
quarters in France. "Gradually the
great tactical and strategic advantages
of unity of command are developing,
with the result that confidence regard?
ing the outcome never has been so
high.
"Meanwhile the oncoming American
troops, whose steady tramping makes
an almost monotonous cadence, give ?
reassurance that our army is by no
means waiting passively the resump
', tion of the German attack.
"Day and night the Allies are taking |
i heavy toll of enemy man power, harass-1
j ing communications and apparently !
? even forcing .the! uneasy impression toi
grow in the enemy's rankB that the !
initiative has passed to the Allies.
I "1 h?lieve it is a fact that their
I troops do not like to raid our positions
! at all because they know so many of
? these enterprises fail to reach our line,
1 which weans that the raiders have had
a pretty bad time.
"The temperamental difference be
: tween the British overseas soldier ac
| counts for the vastly disproportionate
i success of our raids as compared with
j theirs. They imitate our methods, for
i systematic raiding was introduced into
! the war by the Canadians, but imita
I tion cannot reproduce the essential
| human factor.
"A prisoner from the Eleventh Re
! serve Division, who was captured near
: Meteren, stated that the morale of the
j German troops was getting very low
; because of the poor quality of their
j rations. He said stories of rich food
| booty behind our lines were beir.g
i freely circulated to stimulate the men
i for the coming renewal of the offen
l sive."
AND
\A/INO
By Frederick Fanning
Ayer
READ WHAT THESE ENGLISH AUTHORITIES SAY OF THIS
MOUNTAIN-NEST OF VERSE, THESE SUPERNAL FLIGHTS OP SONG.
"Cloud splendors on the mountain-top of achievement."
Leyton District Times, England.
"Power and originality." - - - - - Cork Examiner (Irish)
"The rarest verses of the time. Grip us hours after reading;."
World Wide Bureau, England.
"Absorbing, astounding, inspiring, baffling." Academy, London,
"Genuine aspiration and power." - Occult Review, England.
"Transports us to another hemisphere."
Montrose Standard, England.
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8BU4KQ AGENTS
? 54 FOURTH AVENUE
Now York
British Winning
Fertile Districts
Of Mesopotamia
Driving the Enemy From
Large Areas Just When
Crops Are Ripening
8,000 Prisoners Taken1
Large Quantities of Munitions
Obtained Showed Foes Prep?
arations to Capture Bagdad
LONDON, May 26.--Large areas of j
Mesopotamia have bren cleared of tho |
enemy, denying to him the most fertile !
districts at a time when the crops are
just ripening; S.UOO prisoners have !
been captured, together with many
cannon, machine guns and an enor-1
mouft amount of booty, by the British \
forces operating in the valleys of the !
Tigris and Euphrates since March, ac- j
cording to 1 lie official correspondent!
with the field forces in that theatre of I
the war.
Describing the operations which led ?
to the heavy defeat* of the Turks in
March, the correspondent says that the ?
Turks attempted to make a stand at!
Khan Baghdadi, which the British in-1
fantry assaulted and cook on the even- j
mg of March 26. In the mean time ?
the British cavalry, after a weary and i
difficult march, gained the Aleppo :
rof.d wherp it crosses the Wadi Ham- i
rin, and cut off the enemy's retreat by
road and river. The foe's attempts to i
break through this barrier at midnight ;
were repulsed and the enemy lost!
1,000 prisoners. i
The next morning the pursuit was ,
vigorously continued and went on !
during March 27 and 28. The prisoners !
taken included a commander and staff !
of the 50th Turkish Division and 5,000)
men. Fourteen guns and about fifty
machine guns were also captured, in
addition to vast quantities of rifle [
ammunition.
The large quantities of munitions
taken by the British forces indicated
that preparations had been made for .
the Turco-Gorman army that was to ,
have descended from Aleppo and capt- ?
ured Bagdad last autumn. This move- ,
ment, however, was frustrated by the |
British forces concentrating in the ?
Gaza front, in Southern Palestine.
At the beginning of May the scat- |
tercd distribution of Turkish forces in i
the Kifri and Kirkuk areas afforded I
an opportunity for the infliction of an- :
other defeat "upon the enemy. These ?
operations were completely successful. ?
both Kifri and Kirkuk were taken, with ?
about ?-?,000 prisoners, 16 cannon and :
28 machine guns, besides much other j
booty.
Another "Appointed
Day" Passes; Foe
Still Holds Back
{By The Associated Press)
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN j
FRANCE, May 26.?This was another
of the days indicated ?y German pris?
oners as the date they understood had
been set for the renewal of the Ger?
man offensive. The lull still continued,
however, and, apart from a general in?
crease in the fire of the hostile artil?
lery, especially in the north, there is ?
no change in the situation.
The Allies have persisted in the as?
sumption that any moment might bring
an attack, and have been carrying out
counter operations religiously. Day
and night their artillery has periodical?
ly deluged Gorman concentration points
with high explosives of all calibres,
and the statements of prisoners indi?
cate that this intense gunning is caus?
ing much anguish in the enemy ranks.
Keep Up Constant Fire
The correspondent spent last night ;
in the Kemmel sector and saw an ex- I
hibition of British and French meth?
ods. From 10 o'clock onward the Al?
lied gunners were pounding the Ger?
mans all along the Flanders front, and
just before daybreak to-day?the hour
an attack might be expected to de?
velop?they put down a tremendous
barrage, which was maintained for
some time before it gradually eased off
to ordinary gunfire.
The German artillery has kept up its
shelling of the back areas. Virtually
all the Flemish towns within range are
being subjected to a fire of hate. The
Germans have devoted special atten
j tion to Mont des Cats, where there is
j a Trappist monastery which every
; American who has visited this part of
i France will remember. The monks
| were forced to flee several weeks ago, |
i and tbe magnificent buildings have
I been reduced to ruins.
French Morale Excellent
The French troops in Flanders have
j undertaken their new and arduous
duties with great spirit. The corre
! spondent was talking to-day with a
? British officer engaged in liaison work
with a French division in the line.
"I like the way tho French are car?
rying on," said the officer, "They de?
clare they are going to finish with the
Boche and beat him if it takes the last
j French soldier to do it. The French
I officers and men are convinced that the
I Allies will come out on top. Their
morale is magnificent."
i Critics Differ on
Hindenburg Delay
Of German Drive
PARIS, May 26.?A cartoon in this
morning's "Victoire" shows two Ger?
man prisoners on a quay watching the
arrival of a succession of American
transports flying the Stars and Stripes.
One prisoner says to the other:
"What is Hindenburg waiting for be
foro making his offensive?"
The same question has been occupy?
ing the PariB press and the military
critics during the last week. One of
the critics expresses the belief that the
German command is waiting for cloudy
weather, saying that the Allied air su?
periority makes the German movement
impossible without such weather con?
ditions. Another critic edvan<Je"s the
theory that the Germans are occupied
iri clearing the obstructions fron*
naval bases recently blocked by the
British
A third critic, who is not alone iv
his opinion, argues that, in del?yinj
the resumption of the offensive, the
enemy is really making an offensiv?
which is directed against Frencr
"nerves," counting on the enervatinj
period of suspense to undermine th?
morale of the troops to a point when
a surprise attack would result in i
crushing blow.
German internal polities, aceordini
to another critic, is what is causlni
the delay, as the final victory on whicl
the Germans are counting must not
Enemy Fliers Now Call
U. S. Front Death Zone
Teutons Rarely Attempt to Cross American Line in the
Toul Sector?Captured Officer Pays Tribute
to Our Flying Squadron
(Bu The Ansociated Preen)
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
PRANCE, May 25.?The activities of
the American air squadron operating in
the sector northwest of Toul seem to
hnve had results even more effective
than were anticipated. When it first i
began its work there were between
thirty ?incl fifty summonses to activity !
coming in to our aviators daily. Gradu- j
ally the number of calls has dwindled,
until for several days the average has !
been but two a day.
From a strictly technical military |
standpoint the operations of the.Amer- ;
?can airmen have two objects. The :
first is to kill off the opposing air
men, while the second is to keep the '
enemy from flying his machines on
the American side of the line and thus
preventing him from taking photo?
graphs regulating artillery fire or in |
any way securing information. The
American airmen have done much tow?
ard accomplishing both objects. ?
The records show that the new
squadron has already taken a creditable
toll of enemy pilots and observers,
while for a German airplane to come
oter the American lines is nov/ a rare
occurrence. This situation contrasts i
sharply with that which prevailed !
when these aviators first started op* ;
orating. It was a rare occasion then ;
when one or more enemy airplanes were !
not circling over or behind the Ameri- !
can lines, operating with almost com?
plete freedom.
Moreover, according to information
obtained from a German officer aviator
brought down within the last few days,
tht> fear of the American aviators has ?
been instilled into the German flying
corpe. This prisoner furnished the ;
information that the line from St. i
Mlhiel to Pont-?-Mousson, within!
which the American airmen are oper- j
ating, had come to be regarded as a
dangerous place for German pilots. !
Our fighting aviators could not possibly j
have heard a mor? welcome tribute.
Four American aviators have been ;
reported missing on the British front,
two of whom recently were brought
down behind the German lines. The j
names of the missing men are not yet
available
There is no confirmation as yet of
the claim of Thursday's German offi- !
cial statement that three American air
planes were brought down on Wednes?
day on the Lys front.
The Officiai Statements
LONDON, May 26.?Field Marshal Haig's reports to-day from
British Headquarters in France said:
NIGHT.?During the night a hostile reed was repulsed by the French
troops in the sector north of Bailleul. Shelling repeated last night in the
Villers-Bretonneux sector was heavy, consisting of gas shells. There was
heavy gas shelling also this morning west of Hinges.
DAY.?A party of our troops raided the enemy's trenches south of
Bucquoy in daylight yesterday and captured fourteen prisoners and two
machine guns. During th? night other successful raids were carried out
by us east of Hobuterne and south of Neuville-Vitasse, resulting in the.
capture of fifteen prisonors and a machine gun.
Hostile raiding parties were repulsed last night in the neighborhood
of Sailly-le-Sec, Bucquoy, Ablainzevillc, Festubert and Merris.
The enemy's artillery has shown somewhat increased activity, par?
ticularly in the Villers-Bretonneux and Dernancourt sectors, in the neigh?
borhood of Bucquoy and between Nieppe Wood and Meteren.
Artillery Fire Violent Before Amiens, Says Paris
PARIS, May 26.?The War Office to-day gave out the following:
NIGHT.?There was no infantry action, but there was artillery ac?
tivity at some points ncrth and south of the Avre.
Eastern Theatre, May 25?-West of Doiran and on the right bank of
the Vardar our batteries shelled enemy artillery positions and works.
There were artillery duels around Dobropolje and raids by Serbian troops
in the region of Vetrenik. West of Lake Ochrida the enemy bombarded
our positions. He attempted without result an attack against our posts
on the right bank of. the Skumbi. Allied aviators dropped more than
1,300 kilcs of explosives on enemy Establishments. In the course of aerial
engagements during the day two enemy machines were forced to land.
DAY.?Our own and the enemy's artillery developed great activity in
the region of Hangard Wood and south of the Avre. A German thrust,
preceded by a violent bombardment, upon French posts in the Orvillers
Sorel sector was without result for the enemy. Other German attempts
in the Champagne and in the Vosges region failed.
French patrolling detachments brought in prisoners, notably in the
region of the Ailette.
Rome Reports Increased Activity Along the Piave
ROME, May 26.?The statement issued by the War Office to-day
said:
The artillery fighting, which was normal along nearly all the front,
became particularly intense in the Tonale area and fairly lively on the
Lower Piave.
On the southern slopes of Sasso Rosso, in the Brenta Valley, attacks
by hostile patrols, accompanied by violent machine gun and rifle fire and
hand bombing, were repulsed by the fire of our advanced posts and bat
terries. At Grave di Papadopoli skirmishes between reconnoitring parties
took place.
Our own and Allied airplanes,, flying low, directed machine gun fire at
and bombarded enemy troop?, batteries and billets in the Asiago Basin
and along the Piave.
Berlin Claims Americans Taken Prisoners Near Montdidier
BERLIN (via London), May 26.?The official communication from
general headquarters to-night says:
NIGHT.?South of Nieuport Canal and on both sides of Dixmude we
captured seventy Belgians in small operations.
The artillery fh'e, which continued moderate throughout the day, be?
came livelier in some sectors of the battlefronts. After darkness set in
there was a considerable increase In the firing at times in the Kemmel
region, south of the Somme an?! between Moreuil and Montdidier.
Near Bucquoy several British attacks failed. In other sectors also
there was lively enemy reconnoitring activity.
West of Montdidier Americans, in the Ailette region French, and on
the southern bank of the Aisno, northeast of La Neuville, British were
taken prisoner.
for dynastic- interests, be won under]
the leadership of the Crown Prince of
Bavaria, but the disposition of the
army must be changed so as to allow
the Prussian Crown Prince to have
the glory of commanding in the de?
cisive action. ;
Yet another theory is that a renewal!
of the offensive is only awaiting the
moment when the Austrian? shall be
able to make a simultaneous offensive
in Italy, which moment is still likely!
to require days, if not weeks.
Each theory may contain its element
of truth, but one thing is certain?
that the suspense is trying, not so
much to the men at the front, who are
always actively occupied, even when
the official comunications report the
i front linos calm, but to the country
behind, which is condemned to forced
1 waiting.
Incomparable new styles, tn which quality has in
no tuts? been sacrificed for price. Shown in ample
variety by an interested and pleasant sales force.
Yaekt shapes of sennit and splii braid, banrkoks,
leghorns and panamas.
Wim? Delimrt t? Three Hundred
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Dog and Cat Meat
Eaten by Belgian?;
Hunger Kill? Many
In the City of Bruges
Tuberculosis Increase?
1,000 Per Cent
Coffee Is $5 a Pound
People, in Spite of Want,
Are Hopeful Germany
Will Be Beaten
[Sp?cial Divpatch in The Tribune
WASHINGTON, May 26.?Dog meat
is almost a luxury in Belgium and
qats also are slaughtered for the table,
according to information received here.
Food commodities are so scarce that
old people and infants are dying in
great numbers, and tuberculosis is
ravaging the population, says Profes?
sor Albert J. Canoy, of the University
of Louvain, attached to the Belgian
.Legation here, who issued the follow?
ing statement to-day:
"Coffee is very scarce in Belgium
and is not obtainable under $5 a pound.
Egjrs sell at 16 cents each. To pre?
serve, however, that kind of food, so
badly needed for the invalids, now so
numerous in Belgium, the work of res?
cue provides a low price food for the
hens. Swiss cheese is obtainable at
$3 a pound. Chocolate sells at 54 a
pound and cocoa at $4.50. Olive oil is
$8 a bottle.
"Insufficiently fed old people die in
great numbers, while tuberculosis is
spreading among adults at a fearful
pace. Dr. Van Caeneghem mentions in
Bruges an increase of 1,000 per cent
of cases of external tuberculosis. In
Lierre one-tenth of the population is
said be infected by the disease, whiie
in some cities and industrial districts
the rate of mortality ?j reported to be
about three and one-half times what
it is under normal circumstances.
"The deportations have increased
considerably the hatred against the
persecutors in all classes of the popu?
lation."
Bible Saves American
Soldier in Trenches
(By The Associated Press)
WITH THE AMERICAN A>RMY IN
FRANCE, May 26.?Many stories have
been tolu ??nee the beginning of the
world war of lives being saved by
Bibles, but the United States will prob?
ably have distinction of being the first
country to have aetup.i possession of a
bullet riddled Bible, which saved the
life of William R. Wilson, a nineteen
year-old soldier, of New Castle, Penn.
Young Wilson is inpidly recovering
from a minor wound. A Bible and a
small trench mirror, which he was ac?
customed to- carry in his left breast
pocket, deflected a German sharp?
shooter's bullet from his heart.
According to his friends. Wilson had
been in th*** habit of reading the Bible
daily- He was resting in the rear
lines last Sundav with his Bible as his
only comfort, fie was ordered to the
front lino, where a sharpshooter's bul?
let felled him. Comrades found that
he was suffering only from a flesh
wouhd in the chest, thanks to his Bible
and the trench mirror through which
the bullet passed. A second bullet
struck him in the arm, but thie wound
is not serious.
Wilson says he is going to present
the Bible to the United States as soon
as he is discharged from the hospital.
Washington to Issue
PershingCommuniques
Correspondents at Front Will
Receive Statements Only
for Their Information
WASHINGTON. May 26. ~ General
Pershing's daily communiqu?s here?
after will be issued for the press of
the United States exclusively at the
War Department here.
Copies for the newspapers of Eng?
land, France and Italy will be given
out at headquarters of the expedition?
ary forces, where it is understood they
also will be available to American cor?
respondents, but only for their infor?
mation.
Germans Await Test of
"Lightning-Trained Yanks"
AMSTERDAM, May 26.?Regarding
the American "hordes" training in the
French camps, the semi-official "North :
German Gazette," of Berlin, remarks: ?
"Fresh reinforcements are mean- '
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training from their youth."
Americans Defeat
German Patrol in
Luneville Sector
(By Th? Aifor.?.'e? Prttt)
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY &J.
! FRANCE, May 26.?An American p?tr^
! had an engagement :as? nigni ... <.ut
Luneville sector with a German pstral
carrying light machine guns and rootle
the enemy in a sharp fight. Ssversl
of the Germans were killed. Their
bodies were dragged back by theit
comrades. There were no Ameriett
losses.
On the same sector a German ?M?
geant crept into the American line?,
holdinp* up his hands and shout.?
f "Kamerad!" He said he had h?
i enough of lighting for the Kaiser wi
von Hindenburg. He was sent to tkt'
re^r.
The artillery action generally wu
light in the Toul end Luneville aectorl
I American airmen concluded seven)
! missions ?-.?ccessfully without encott?
! tering p.:.** German machines.
Germans Would Unit?
Saxony and Lithuania
{Special Dispatch to The Tribuns) j
WASHINGTON, May 26, -A diipstek
received through diplomatic chi?M?
from Berne to-day says:
"The meeting of the CommittM M
Foreign Affairs of the Bundeirat il
raising again to the German press tw
Lithuanian problem, and it is report?
from different sources that efforts ?r?
being made in Berlin to solve it ty
uniting Lithuania and Saxony uni?;
the same king.
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