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/ I I l': Ti VOL. 23. NO. 45. SEMI-WEE TTTAN CONFIDENCE THAI ABLE TO BREAI EXPRESSED B * o ? GREATEST BATTLE |~~ r - OF HISTORY BEING ; FOUGHT IN FRANCE ? British- Fivhtinor T1ni.'nor>i Inln F , ? B ^v^pvtuivlj > Every Inch of Ground, Are Thrown Back. TREMENDOUS LOSSES INFLICTED ON ENEMY Germans Capture Some Small Towns and Claim 30,000 Prisoners and 600 Guns, Crossing River Somme to Pcroune and Ham?It's the Great Offensive London, March 25.?"Fighting of the most severe description has been taking place all day on wide fronts south of Peronne and south and north of Banaump-" s?v? ffioiii Mor_ ? shal Halg's report from British i headquarters in France tonight. "In both sectors the enemy has attacked our positions iu great f strength with fresh forces, and, in epite of the gallant resistance of ou troops, has forced us to give ground, in th "Gofman troops are in Nesle and and Bapaunie. Heavy fighting continue-n" bom % va,s. v. ith HCAHCKLV A l.l'bh AND NO The ABATEMENT IN THE BATTLE rot London, March 25.?Itouter's poin y headquarters correspondent senif. tant the following on the great battle in tillc France: viou "With scacely a lull and no abate- that ment In Intensity the titanic strug- aeri gle continues. The enemy artillery Iron shows a tendency to decrease In vol T ume, doubtless owing to the increas- the ing difficulty of bringing guns fo - regl ward." The manner in which our fore guns, tanks and transports have been fens withdrawn behind the obstinately re- Brit tiring line amounts to a marvelous with feat. Gen "After falling back across th^ sprii Somnio, we cleared all the bridges ! except one. which was so command- T od by our gunfire that it was more atta advantageous to leave it standing, disp The enemy casualties in etTorts to in t get across this narrow strip of water lng have been prodigious." ty o (Ira ALLIKD MILITARY KXPKflTrf Gerl CONFIDENT HUNH Wlbb FAIL Washington, March 25.?Allied A military experts are unanimous in to c their confidence that the German of cast tensive will fail and that the enemy put will not be able to break through the the line. MnJ. Gen. Leonard Wood. who thro has Just returned from the European .Lc hattlefront today told the mllltvry the committee and many other senato-s ing who listened In an executive session F to a statement from the general. whil ? a re TJMI'KKOR WILLIAM IH IN tion COMMAND ON WKMT FRONT Rres iiernn, via i^onnon, iwarcn zo.? aboi The official statement from general char headquarters this evening says: ft y "The first stage of the great bat- {.on, tie In F'rance (s ended. We have C|f.fi von the engagements near Monchy, Brit C.ambrat, 8t. Quentfn and La Fere j,?t A considerable pert of the Kngl'ah the y army Is beaten. ?arr j '"'We are fighting approximately ha(j I rb a line northwest of Bapaume T! I'eronne and Ham." . hy i The great German offensive on thf tlon< western fro tt has developed as Itr nrjt sr.ll^rt feature an apparent desper- Rrit ate effort to break Into thft south- heai west of 8t. Quentln. drive a wedge (nK between the British and the French 400 and push on across the Soirmie cai^al r n ' uj:1 "JWWW!"./'.p * IE LANC JKLY. LANCASTER, ! IL MKL ' THE HUNS WILL NOT B. C THROUGH THE LINE A Y ALLIED MILITARY EX SOME OF WAR'S RIG DRIVES AND RESU Here are the dates and figures showing some of the att ides have previously made and failed to break through c ront: February, 1915?British at Nueve Chapelle; advance* >n two-mile front, then were stopped. April, 1915?Germans at Ypres; first gas attack; net ranee of three miles at certain points of the line. Ad 'topped. May and June. 1915?French in Artoise; they took vlll lands of prisoners, captured Lorette Heights and aim t'imy Ridge. Then their advance was stopped. September, 1915?British and French in Artoise and C French advanced over 18-mile front, took 25,000 prisone ;uns; checked at third line. British at Loos lost 50,000 d a few square miles of devastated territory, then were February, 1916?Germans at Verdun. Gained nearly n six days; advanced little over one mile in sueeeedincr s lion were swept back; lost 500,000 men. Front of attac >ix miles. July, 1916?British and French on the Somme. A<1 r.iles in six months; British lost 50,000 in killed on first c lult. release of 1,000 square miles of French soil; Gern :o retreat from Arras and Noyon. April. 1917?French and British, above Aisne and at ipectively; French made local gains, British were stoppei 'rom starting point. Summer, 1917?British at Ypres; gained six miles in fo viped out Ypres salient, won most of Pasehenduele ridge itopped. November, 1917?British troops under Lieut. Gen, Byr arks, smashed the Hindenburg line on a 30-mile froi \rras and St. Quentin, opposite Cambrai, to a depth of niles; taking 13 villages, 100 big guns and 9,000 prison* lays later the Germans retook a considerable portion of t March 21, 1918?Germans on west front. Will histoi lives repeat itself? ie general direction of Compiegne command of the G* Paris. fighting this battle, multaneously Paris has been previously declared w< barded at quarter-hour inter- clsive one of the yea , beginning Saturday forenoon commentators credit shells of about 9-inch caliber, suming this post with source of the bombardment has Ing down in history a been revealed. The nearest the greatest conflict t on the front is 62 miles dis- history should the Ge , more than twice as far as ar- their leaders have ry fire has ever reached pre- would, islv. One theory suggested is Despite the advance the Germans have develoned an n ----- ? vnruians no loss or co: al torpedo which can be fired }lllied glde jn ,he uU i a long distance. ,H appnrent. -serious here was au admitted bre.ik in inf, " the view ,A)nd British line in the St. Quentln KitUation. Attention on late yesterday, the Germans tered now on thp gt ing their way through the de- a.,d fhe next biR dp) ive system and compelling a expected to come from ish retreat to prepared trenches ..... .. . . . British Suc c ess in i the area devastated by the nans in their retreat in the 'battle ir ng of 1917. rrtnsed all other newt Supreme Effort to Cut Line. m,nor Importance *> his new line also is now being 1 r?ofliderahle inter ekerl by the Germans, and n *ws announcement of atrhes filed from the front ate '8^ aucoeBS in Palestii he day indicated that the fight- cra' Allenby s troops already was heavy In the vlcini- cro3S'nK of the Itiver , f Ham, which represents a pen- Acting their way e tion of some nine miles from the xarcessfully bridging nans. Ham is approximately 11 Resides the myster s southwest of St. Quentln. moot of Paris, the clt> supreme effort by the Germans to its first daylight a ut the line In this region is fore t shortly after 8 o' in the dispatches. They h.tv* morning. Bombs we cavalry In the field to follow up several points by the infantry and evidently intend to flying at an extremely iw the Phlans Into the fray when which succeeded* ii int'.:,.:try oluinna open the breach over the city. A numb* German high command is count- resulted. upon. urther north the British lines. GHRMAJW IjAI'NCII le tbey have been drawn back. ATTACK AG A INS' hold'nsh well in ther new posi- With the A merle s. The maximum Britsh retro- France, Friday, Ma sion there Beems to have been Germans launched a it four in lies, at Mory, which has tock against a certaii iged hands several times. lines northwest of T f*ports that the French have he- No wind was blowing e Involved in the struggle seem of mustard gas from 1 table, an the recession of the low ovor the lines for Ish right llank, which was rest- The batteries firing t approximately upon La Fere, at located to the right Hivor Oise, would inevitably and our artillery wan y with It the French left, which ing with retaliatory f rented upon the Oise. !ie advance is being accompanied Ol'NS IN FRANCE H i terrible slaughter of the Ger* DIHTlNCTIi is, who, in their massed forma* London, March 23. s, are being cut to plecea by France are distinctly leh guns of all calibers. The don tonight. Partlci Ish casualties, too, have been p'accs there Is a con ty, and Berlin claims the tak- t>ing. Many persons of 25,000 British prisoners and the house tops to list guns. mperor William himself is in (Continued on KM A /SM r= ;as S. C., TUESDAY, MA 1GG1 E BIG Gl JOW IS 7 PERTS "Monster barde LTS. empts both WITHDB ?n the weBt j one mne j British F Ago in result, advance then tackinj Were I ages, thouost cleared Paris, ^ Champagne. "monster rs and 100 bomhardln men, gain- 'n f?r< stopped. Kaon, and five miles (approxim ;ix months; Paris city k less than Paris duri Sunday. Ivanced six The day lay; net re- explosions lans forced ami inirmcover was Arras, re- at 6:55 o'< 1 five miles sought sh? of them a ur months; their way , then were were a lino | The wome ig, aided by i Palm Sum it, between ness. one to five At first ers. A few intervals < his around. tonatlons s ry of ofTon- urday. T equanimity ever, seen i - mir to be erman armies (iU-N habits which he had ' or ' luld he the de- ,he pnp,,U r, and London be!iev? ,hi him with as trough ti the aim of go- ,np ,>aris s tlie vcitor ir> ssm in the world's ,be ('aytrr.ians win, us ,lu'a'nst be boasted they SATl'MM , , , i lit s made by the afidence on the . In a b; iniate outcome . . . . , ferocity an but not alarm- . . , 4 . i)iK three on takes of the f , , , fare, the I is largely cen . f. .. . have with Quentin thrust , fensive in relopments are .. some pr;ir?i i that sector. , ... bent back i lalestine. . fieen expei i the west has acquainted \ to become of i mans had y comparison J of the gui est attaches to hind the I a further Brit I As the ne. where Gen- that part have forced a Cambrai, < Jordan and are< earently h astward after i now'here b the stream. shnl Ilai ions bombard- j ftlKhtful c ' was subjected I Claim ir raid, carried nn 'r clock Saturday of .1 i .. foreien nff <ul.,nrt 200 few machines. may . high altitude. iog3e^ n penetrating on er of casua t is g oOO men turnd. ! The firs HEA\A < V , Were i r amkuk ans the par, c an Army in sedges In reh 22.?Thtf hral ?alt< heavy gas at- trnopS far a town in our |j|ndenbor oul last night j wprp driv< and the fumes t>y Qener .he shells hung suhsequen several hours (his v he shells were QerTnan g< of Rleheeourt on the res busy all morn- hut a side vhelling. slaught a? l.agn'courl EAflf> basis of th V IN IX>NDOV There If The guns I qeeaible t( heard In l?on ra'ncd by ularly in h gh but nnme< itinuous throb- m'es were have gone to that on th en. the Page 8.) (Co1 X- _ " 1 1 .. her Me1 RCH 26, 1918. IE CON IN LOCATED; BRITISH 6 MILES AWAY FRENCH i. Cannon in Forest Hon. , n . .. , . ? UO.OOO Prisoners anil (l(l< d Paris Nearly All .... (iuiis Taken l?y 1 Day Sunday. London, March 2 5. thousand prisoners and t! ... onnpni vr were captured by the Get .AWAI. IS ORDERLY ,h<> battle, or ThurwUy. . j to a German official com orces Made Plans Long! tion ret;eivt'd wlrelee text of the cotnmunica Event of Germans At- lows: ? in Great Force and "The success in the p _ tween Arras and La Fere repare . tended in the continuatioi I attack. larch 2 4.?The German "Thirty thousand j cannon" which has been an(1 600 puns so far have g Paris has been located *>orted captured. Before ist of St. Quentin. west of the <lucl continue exactly 122 kilometers other th?*,res ?? the w ately 76 miles) from | ls nothing new to report. hall. The gun bombarded ng the greater part of ? GIVES BIG AMOUNT r was ushered in by loud TO COKER C< from the - 10-incli shells, diately the alarm to take sounded. This occurred Major ( oker Adds llundr clock and many persons sand to Fndowinent am >lter. but greater numbers a , . .. , From Outside, ppeared in the streets on to the churches, which ______ st as well tilled as usual. Hartsville, March 25.? n who sell palm leaves on duy was celebrated at Cok? lays, did their usual busi- Friday The Iea,i|nR a(|(i made by Major PUern of tl shells began ai riving at aj-my, whose address was if 20 minutes and the de- presentation of what Fr teemed louder than on Sat- done durln|? the war. 1Ie heir power to disturb the ed hjj;h,y thp preparatioil V of the populate, how- ^aa niade onter the stri led less, the people refus- At ,hp p,oap of ,hp pxprci distracted from their Sun- .,nnouneed that the general ' board of New York has beneiit of that portion of Rjvp Cokor College $4 0.00 ire which had been led to (|jtif>n that the truestees ra it the Germans had broken om) more The freasurer , le line and were bombard- ,pop announced that \ from nearby positions, a u eolcer. the founder of tl il note was issued during h;M, just R,ven jlrto,000. T They warned the people only $10.000 to be raised 1 lieving pessimistic reports. Thp OI1(iro $150,000 is t< us a permanent endowm A S STOl?\ OF rilh This makes the endowment SI STAC.hS <>! BAH IJj College over $400,00n, ? ittle that has rivalled ir. EFE0RT TO ROUND iy that has preceded it durum! a half years of war DIV ISION S DLS tritish, on a 50-mile front. stood a great German of........ ,. Chiiiii Sex ier Authorities its initial stages. At 1 ts the Hritish line has heon Apprehend Soldiers \V1> , but not as much as had ,{||n \xxny cted by military expert? 1 w'th the forces the Gerbrought up and the power Camp Sevier. Greenvill as they had upon and be- ->5. A drive to round ii| line. ntelv all deserters from the result of the struggle on Division has been common of the front just west of j,y counties of all desert where the fighting was ap- the'r organizations, toget ottest the Hritish line hn* personal description, will een broken and Field Mar- ,iy Pommanding officers g's men have inflicted warderl to sheriffs, chiefs asualties on the enemy. postmaster?. magistrates i Hi.OOO Men < aptured. papers. It is hoped that t idteatlon of the sanguinnrx city, together with the in the fighting, the Herlin tj,p jjq reward that is g lee states that 16,000 men rpsU|t |n bringing all deset guns have been captured dJ)y jn(0 pamp be compared to the Hritish ^ the German counter of <;|vpi| I>puK |irpn. i December 4. 1017, when F.orpn(.e, March 25.?1 , and 100 guns were cap- jpin? boan, Qf |hp Stft(e ,, Heal association, which ha t reports of infantiy fight- <pssjon here, adjourned F ndicative of an attempt on tprnoon Tt>p visifors WP, ,t the Germans to drive ^ ^ ^ pint,wood rlub to both sides of the Cam- takpn for an automobile ent. Isolate the British (h^ pUy T,VPn(v.,?Ven y ther east and regain the |<jf ){ ^ examinatlon for ( g line, from which they o, Dharmacv. n on i>ovemocr &z, iwi7, " al Hyng's sudden blow. t dispatches have proved Nurse Takes Disci ras, Indeed, the plan of the ^arlraton. March 25.eneral staff. The fighting nurse who waH carInK for t of the 50-mile front was leryman wUh meningitis ? issue to the terrifflc on- Mo?,fr,? ^as been strioke med at Gauche wood and annoui'c<,<l a< the post hos t, th(? south and north quarantine at the fort af e salient. the two Parents and the n i no data upon which It Is nre att?nding them. > estimate the success at- ?+ the Germans to the south, * erillct Is Not (Jul < of towns where the ar- Morganton, N. C., Mar battling on Friday, show ^fter an hour's deliberatio ie northern side of the sa- in t*ie rase ?f Garfield ai Germans bent the British ^Gts, charged with killing Hennessee, returned a verr atinued on Page 8) guilty late today. I I .1 I HMIK I I I I I I I I Hll I Mk, II wl <11! > ly ' 1 -: * ; ' !" " ' V # WS SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 A YEAR Trirrrrn 1 iiV ULd TREAT MASTERLY; OFFICER CONFIDENT o ^ CONFIDENT HUNS I WILL NOT SUCCEED mans in ceording imunica- "Nothing to Worry About," He 8 1 he Savs, "and People Must Retion foimain Cool Blooded." iting be r'of'our OFFENSIVE WILL FAIL tiisonns Commanding Officer of French been reVerdun Military Mission at Camp d. From Lreene Sees No Possibility of nr there ,, lierman Success. ' (From Today's Charlotte Observer.) "The British are doing a wonderful pi? ce of work at the present time )LLEGE against the Ueiman advance, ar.d I consider Field Marshal Ilaig's reed Thou masterly," declared Major Fdouard Hup u* commanding olli1 More ( t.r 0f the prt M p nilitary mission at Camp Greene, last night in the second of a series of interviews he is giving The Observer on the developFounder's ments of the great Teutonic ofTen?r College sive. "This rate of advance of the ress was German forces cannot be continued tie French more than a few days longer, for a forcible each day their problems increase a nee has greatly. When their picked troops, commend- the 'shock units," who began the i America drive, haw worn themselves Glut, iggle. as they must soon, the burden of the ises il was fiehtinE will fall unnn valnaiiio education soldiers, whose achievements will not offered to be so aastisfactory to the German 0 on con- commanders," added Major Dupont. tise $110,- All tbrouKh Major Dupont's inter>f the col- view, the note of full coniidenee in laj. Jantes the final outcome was prominent, to college, "Everyone must remain cool blood'his leaves ed. Just keep in your mind the >y friends, thought that the Germans cannot > lie used break the allies' line and that their enf fund, offensive will fail. The American L of Coker troops in Prance are confident, the dispatches say. Your assistant chief of staff tonight has said that the UP Ame ican people must be confident PPTPDC nnd accept General Halg's statement that a'l will he we1!. If your troops >n Prance are not worried. I can s-e VnxiouM to nn r,>nso" v hy the people of those troops should worry, for your boys 0 llu\o wot- there' have more reason to worry. "I would like to say. also, like I have said at every opportunity I e, March hav^ had of speaking in public since ) immedi- j came to America, that everybody 1 Thirt'etb must wake up and get busy. The ced. Lists war will not be won like that," and ers from snapped his finger. "It will tie her wit! hard work and a lot of it, but it is he mad* (>nly a matter of time. But until It and for- js over, America will not slow up her of police preparations, but will make even ind news- ^eater preparations. But right now his publi- i fnii (o see that there is occasion for rentive ol any alarm. iven. w.l "if js necessary for us to place full tors spec confidence in the ability and in the plans the commanders of our armies ? have worked out, and we should *?-. calmly await developments, which "he exam w-ill come in time, and soon. I am harmaceu just as confident of an ultimate favs been i. orable outcome as 1 was Sunday riday. nf night?in fact, just a little more so, e given e jf there is anyone in Charlotte, or and wore au 0f North Carolina, who should he ride over worried, I am one. for my family Dung men an,\ a]| jn the world that is dear to he license nie js at Paris. I am not worried. Allies' Lines .Still Intact. "We should recall that when the ?*e. Gorman cavalry was operating in the -A soldie: |,rst few days of the war a few miles an artil- beyond Meaux, and only about 16 at Fort miles from Paris, the French people n, it was were calm. They knew Joffre had a pital. The p)an, and they knew when the t;me fects only came, if It did come, he would move urses who v/ith the best interest of France and Paris in view. JofTre won the battle of the Marne, and he was not forced Ity. to the necessity of abandoning Paris, ch 25.? though he had determined to do so if n the jury otherwise ho could not maintain inld Aaron tact the lines of his armies. Dr. E. A. "As the continuity of the lines of lict of not ? (Continued on Page 5.)