EARLIER MESSAGES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17328, 30 May 1918, Page 5

EARLIER MESSAGES

PRESSURE ON AISNE FRONT. BRITISH LEFT FLANK PUSHED BACK. Australian and N.Z. Cable Awociation and T Reuter. Sir n 0N ' Ma y 28 <1-35 p.m.). D " Hai S reports: Late on Monday Jfe CFOS6ed the Aiene westward of SfSrSrt ft and i-s! attar Irs nt ' T , enem y are developing C-- .May 28 (1.45 p.m.). Sir Douglas Haig reports: The enemv maintained continuous pressure all dav whole front t? g c n - g - ?° nt,lnue6 <> n the wnoxe Iront of the British sector. On the Divisi "n, in touch all day® W 2 h n' r battJe Pompom The weight of their attacks carried tli* aCr ? ss ttle A isne westward of the Lritish sector towards the end of the dav compelling our left flank to fall btk' ® ghtln S has recommenced on the Lys front, eastward of Dickebusch Lake We made successful raids elsewhere, yielding us some prisoners. y FRENCH RESERVES ARRIVING. M. CLEMENCEAU'S OPINION. MAIN ATTACK YET TO COME. Router's Telegrams. • i m. PARIS, May 28. initfi? • enem y gained an of th*. v Vanco the new battle north nLatdv w'k-i 1x114,16 continues desperatdy. While the Allied troops are contesting the ground foot by foot our and win hold them OU the final line of Resistth^'rSX" Cea r U A Prern . ier) ' conversing in !£?« Deputies, indicated .that his battle is only a diversion, and the main German attack is still to come GENERAL MAURICE'S VIEVV ONLY A POWERFUL FEINT. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. ~ . LONDON, Mav 28 Majoi-generaJ Maurice, writing in the Daily■ djroiuck, expresses the opinion that the Crown Prince's attack has rather the appearance of a preparatory blow tlian of a great effort intended to produce some distance behind the 30-m'Je front °f the attack the British and French hold nothing vital, and have room to give way without serious conse- | quences. The famous heights of Craonne and the Chemin-des-Dames are of great local value, because they command the entire Ailette Valley, and their loss will be inconvenient, but the Germans would then advance into highly defensible country to the strong line of the Aisne. The Germans . probably rec kon that General Foch will try hard to keep the Chemin-cles-Dames, also Scherpenberg (south-west or Ypres), therefore they hope to draw in more of Foch's reserves before they strike a great blow. Nothing yet indicates that the enemy's main reserves are moving, but if they gain a considerable success now they mav throw in their reserves for the great blow

- V j enemy GAINS IN CHAMPAGNE. MARCEL HUTIN'S VIEW. THE SUPREME EFFORT. TTio n . LONDON, May 28 «,o„ Of the .offensive COnt ™*- 7 sist Xu it P French correspondents ins i»;4~r ssras Commentators claim that fTi« n y fallinc far short nf i,; ■ results are y they agree that th 11 Programme, but 6 tod gained hv rl eV^}? n °f the terrie V. . b > General Aivelle in IQI7 e 13 m d vf Pl> °! nt J? ent and surprise. 1917 I est care must be safeguarding ?he Al^~ - armies by a iudiciona v.- , Allied l'ine was thinly held'TnT"' I "treat early in the day became nev^e* THE BATTLE IN FLANDERS. ENEMY ATTAINED PRACTICALLY NOTHING. Router's Telegrams. au ?T ter ' S corr^P°ndCT?af ßritSh Head tion on the right t thJ the front remained practicallv f kt , Northwards, between La Clvtte and DiT' ■ buech Lake, where the French Iff • rested on the British flank, the Germans 3%rtx ST& - 5, quiet-. Nowhere north of the t°jr y re ""- rf "■« w/Ete oast of Dickebusch. The T g day's battle in Flanders may be legarded with complete satisfaction T"n«> n casualties were of the severest nature. MR PERCIVAL PHILLIPS'S OPINION IMMINENCE OF GREATER EVENTS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association, ■vr LONDON, May 28 (3.40 am) : Simiiltane- ! nnlPr ,r heaVy on the French ! and British lines westward of Rheims this mornmg the enemy stirred themselves between lpres and the Somme. This k suggestive of the imminence of neater eients. Before daybreak the enemy let loose a portion of their newly-m.ossed artillery against the British on both sides of Arias and the old battlefield defences and thence to the Ancre and the Somme ValVi' n no ITlfant ry action followed. , I£it 1 < le G ® rman attack against the French between TxxTe and the Yser flats appears to be a local operation, though, had the ' French given way, the enemy would i Ms w been «»!

| FIGHTING NEAR YPRES. j VON ARNTM'S AIMS THWARTED. ' ™ ,LONDON, May 28 (4.15 p.m.). ine united Press correspondent reports: While the French and British were battling heavily against the enemy oil the heights above the Aisne Vallev comparative quiet reigned along the northern part of the lino, exccpt sout.h-wost-jya .™ , of Ypres, where the French and British counter-attacks to-day have already practically regained all'the ground won by the enemy's initial onset yesterday, thereby thwarting von Arnim'e aims. ihe British and French are counterattacking south of Dickebuach Lake. VOX MA OK EX SEN. ARRIVAL NEAR ANTWERP. AMSTERDAM, May 28. .. Telegraaf s frontier correspondent says that Marshal von Mackensen and his Staff have arrived in tho neighbourhood of Antwerp. CAPTURE OF PRISONERS. i FRENCH LOSE HEAVILY. _ LONDON, May 28 (11 p.m.)) The Evening Standard states that the Germans have made further progress against the French, who sustained considerable losses in prisoners. Ileuter's Telegram.'. NEW YORK, May 28. j «JP er . me^sa g° claims the capture of 10,000 prisoners. AMERICANS ENGAGED. SUCCESSFUL' COUNTER-ATTACK. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association* . WASHINGTON, May 28. . _ communique from the American front in 1 icardy states: German infantry detachments succeeded in penetrating our advanced positions at two points. American . troops counter-attacked, expelling them and entering the German lines. ° THE KAISER COCKSTJRE. Tho Times. m „ ~ LONDON, May 28. The Berlin Lokal Anzeiger puhlishes the following statement by the Kaiser: " We to-day are surer than ever that we shall strike the enemy down to the utmost depth. GERMAN INTENTIONS REGARDING BELGIUM. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. . AMSTERDAM, Mav 28. Admiral von Tirpitz, speaking at Dusseldorf, reiterated that Germany must retain Belgium economically, militarily and politically. ' THE LONG-RANGE GUN PARIS, May 28. The long-range gun killed three persons and wounded 14, but did little material damage. HINDENBURG ILL. MACKENSEN CO-OPERATING WITH LUDENDORFF. % Router's Telegrams. „ . LONDON, May 28. (Received May 29, at 5.30 p.m ) In connection with the recent rumoure of the death of von Hindenburg, the German papers are now allowed to announce that von Hindenburg has been ill for several weeks, and that Mackensen has been co-operating with Ludendorff at the German Headquarters in Belgium.