WEST FRONT.

Evening Star, Issue 16777, 4 July 1918, Page 3

WEST FRONT.

OISE-MARNE' OPERATIONS. MOBILE FRENCH TANKS. iu.stralian and N.Z- Cable Association and Beuter. LONDON, July 1. French communique: W-e made several raids between Montdidier and Noyon. We captured an enemy centre of resistance north of Cutry, and improved our positions ' between P.issy-cn-Valois and Vin'y. and advanced our linn to east of the Che/.y----j Vinly Railway. The Germans counter-at- ' tacked our new positions sorth-e-;st of Moslov. We maintained yesterday's gains. South of the Aisne we improved our position in the region of St. Pierre Aigle. It I is quiet elsewhere. | LONDON. July 1. A French Headquarters report mentions the important part played In the battle of Jure 28. between the A : sne and VillersForest, bv new. small tanks, whi'h for the first time were engaired in j considerable Ther are about a quarter of the size and weight of the orcli nnrv battle tank, and carry a crew of two. - ri ,.;,,. ~ .-„„'. r .- .. ,-:_ ~,„ ~r , i:„n , .y tanks, and can climb a slope which the latter could not attemnt. "Hiey can be swung completelv round in their tracks in a ,„.,: Tb-:- - - ; -,i i—'• speed make them a more difficult target for the enemy's artillery.

THE BRITISH LINE, MINOR ACTIVITY NEAR- SOMME. LONDON, July 1 (evening). c;,. r> w- : ~ - .-■)-(.? ■ \V-> rushed a post at AveTuy Wood on Sunday. We raided at night-time trenches westward of Dern?.ncourt. East County troops early in the ni-lit were successful in a minor operation north-westward of Albert, and improved i our position. A counter-attack was beaten I off. Hostile artillery is active northward of Albert, south-eastward of Arras, east-

ward of Robecq, and in the neighborhood of Merris and' the Ypres-Comines Canal. THE LATE PRIMGE MAX, LONDON. Jvly 1. Mr Peroival Phillips writes: The Kai'er asked the German gunners to spare Mont Der3 Oats (N.W. of Bnilleul) as far as possible because a Tra.ppist priest in the 1 monastery there is the only person who knows where the grave of Prince Max of Hesse is. The Kaiser had previously nnouircd about it through the Vatican, and .the priest replied: "The Kaiser will l>e informed when the injury to France has been repaired. 'At pment, suflV-e it to say that Prince Max received Christian burial." USE OF DUTCH RAILWAY.

THE IT AGUE, July 1. Tt- is serm'-officin'lly stated t'hnfc the transport, of German goods on the Limburg railway is not restricted to goods for civil use in Bakrium. Tho German-Dutch agreement do«s not provide- that- the transit of goods snob as timber shall be dependent upon guarantees regarding their use. AMERICAN AID TELLING. SEPARATE UNITS IN LINE. WASHINGTON, Jnly 1. Genera! March has announced that the first division of the conscripted army has been placed in the west front firing" line. Five divisions which have finished their training with the British have been placed under General Pershing's direct command

i AiR RAIDS ON PARIS. PARIS, July 1. An official alarm was given at 11.55 last "nd the " All clew" rignal at 0.20 a.m. Fire was opened on the approaching aeroplanes, which did not reach Paris. A second alarm was given at 0.43 a.m. to-day, and bombs were dropped on the outer suburbs. The "All clear" signal was given at 2.20 a.m. EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS. THE HAGUE, Julv 1. The Prisoners of War Conference was resumed to-day. and is expected to conclude early in lihe week. Sir George Cave states that it has been difficult to arrange ■for the exchange of prisoners, but he entertains hopes that the conference -will como to a reasonable agreement.