MechWarrior 3 's campaign game is also outstanding. For a start, the entire campaign is played out on adjoining maps, giving the game a very strong sense of continuity. Enhancing that feel is the Mobile Field Base. As a commando dropped onto a hostile planet, you have no fixed base. What you do have are three (very) large vehicles, comprising the Mobile Field Base. The MFB acts as a mobile repair facility (very useful) and a storage warehouse for the salvage you choose to take with you along the way. If you leave something behind, it's gone for good, and the MFB's capacity is quite finite. If any of the MFB's get destroyed, you lose it and everything it was carrying, and you won't necessarily get a replacement for it. Some salvage is granted automatically when certain objectives are achieved, but 95% of the spare armour, weapons and Mechs you'll need to complete the game come from battlefield salvage. You get this by destroying a Mech... well, almost. You're assured lots of salvage if you take its head off. If your target loses a leg, your chances are 50/50. The only other way to remove a Mech from combat is to take out its centre torso, destroying it completely--which brings me to my only real complaints about MechWarrior 3.
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Reloaded (stylised as RELOADED and RLD) is a warez group founded in June 2004 from the ex-members of DEViANCE.[1] They released and cracked Spore 4 days before its release date[2] and a beta version of The Sims 3 15 days before its release date. On February 29, 2008, Reloaded released a cracked version of Assassin's Creed, a month before its release on March 28. However, this release was later nuked for not being the final retail version as well as having crashing issues. The retail version was released by them more than a month later.
On October 29, 2013, RELOADED released a cracked Version of Battlefield 4 on the day of its release.On May 26, 2014, RELOADED released a cracked version of Ubisoft's much-anticipated open-world hacking game, Watch Dogs, the day before its official release on May 27. The group released a cracked version of Far Cry 4 days before its release date that was on 18 November 2014 because they acquired the game on 11 November due to a leak by the German Amazon.com.[9]
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e greatest good that canALL MERCHANDISE ..ADVER?TISED IN THE TRIBUNEIS GUARANTEEDMh?l)corne to the individual is through buying Liberty bonds?Theodore RooseveltVol. LXXVIII No. 26,086tCopyrlaht 1918?The Tribune As8*n]airibttn-;WEATHERRain to-day; tomorrow probably rainand cooler; moderate north tonortheast winds.AdvertisementsFull Report on Taxa 5_? ????-?? In Gi-eat-rr New York and____TWO CENTS) ^rithln commutina dlstmac*?British Give Up Wide Belt Before Ypres;Strike Back to the South; Fail to Hold GainsWets VictorsIn 20 Cities;Drys Win 19Syracuse for Saloons De?spite Billy Sunday'sAid in CampaignWomen Voter? MOutnumber MenJtflt Vernon and New Ro?chelle Are in WetColumnThe battle between the wets and, -drys which has been going' on for two ??days at the polls in thirty-nine comBunities of the state was on its way Ito & nip and tuck finish early thismorning, with the wets slightly ahead.They appeared to have won in twentycities, while the drys had only nine?teen. _Among the cities where the wets?werevictorious were Syracuse, MountVernon, New Rochelle, Ogdensburg,Schenectady, Oawego and Amsterdam.The "dys" appeared to have won in Binghamton, the home of State Sen?ator William Hill, author of the Sen?ate resolution to ratify the Federalamendment; in Auburn, Elmira, Cortlud, Jamestown, Johnstown andVatertown. _^rywhere, the report*? Indicated,lb feminine vote was heavy, but the?omen seemed to have been divided^afta th? question in just about the?me proportions that the men were.Both Mount Vernon and New Rochelle,nearby communities with a consider?able number of women voters, went 1The Anti-saloon League claimed that Ithe drys would carry twenty cities as [a minimum, while they hoped for thirtyout of the thirty-nine._The biggest setback for the drys isSyracuse, where they put forth theireatest energy. Billy Sunday came onfrom Chicago and made addresses atthree mass meetings. Chancellor Day,of Syracuse University, took a promi?nent hand in the battle, and the drysfolly expected a victory. The wetsafter the count last night were cor?respondingly jubilant.Women Votera Divided.About 90 per cent of the registered76,600 men and women voted. The voteof the women was a bitter disappoint- ?nient to the drys, who had counted on?a almost unanimous dry vote fromthem. Returns show that the womensplit about 50 per cent each way onthe proposition to oust the saloons andthat a majority of them voted to re?tain the drug store and hotel licenses.Some of the districts containing a?**rge foreign born population voted??ven and eight to one for the wets, ]??Bile the wards carried by the drys*?re by the -smallest margins. Heatedargument:* started in some of the dis- [tacts over contested ballots, and at*??-*-!>? midnight in one district in theBniver-ky section the workers had not?tarted to count the ballots. The votem the mis-ing districts, however, willnot materially affect the result.Close Vote in Ogdensburg. The result in Ogdensburg is exceed- ,tofly close, the wets winning apparent?ly by about 100 votes.Middletown, Orange County, went**ry. while Port Jervis, in the same???.ty, on the other side of the Sha??angunk Mountain, went wet.The wets carried Schenectady, due?onbtle-B to the large Socialist and??bor vote, the votes of the men ex*?*M*riK that of the women, while in?o? of the cities the women exceeded***** men._Jthaca went dry by h large majority.*?* women determined the issue. Aboutiff??'*omen voted, and it is estimated?*t 7o per cent of them voted dry.?*a waron b*y th?Wm*. * W*U *re not d?t?rr?d??Tiiir ?\th* *:?m*n *n companies, but of Uncle Sam, enlisted in thegreat legion of liberty," Secretary McAdoo said.He asked the men not to become impatient because of the delay inthe fixing of the new wage schedule, adding that if a raise was grant?ed to the railroad men it would be retroactive, and they would thenbe able to buy Liberty bonds.Convicts ApplyTar and FeathersTo Army OfficerMajor Birkner, Accused ofEspionage, Attacked inNew Mexico PrisonSANTA FE, N. M., April 17.?Pourhundred convicts in the state peniten?tiary this afternoon tarred and feath?ered and placed a rope about theneck of Major John M. Birkner,of Camp Cody, Deming, N. M., held inthe penitentiary as a Federal prisoner.He is accused of violating the espion?age act.Major Birkner, who was born inNuremberg, Germany, but who hadbeen In the American military forcesfor more than thirty years, was ar?rested last Friday at Camp Cody, wherehe waa an officer in the 127th FieldArtillery. His home is in Lincoln, Neb.Birkner was allowed out in the prisonyard for exercise with the 400 convicta^ ..Tile wiurdeu Jknew nothing ofwhat was going on until he heardcheering and rushed out in the yardto find Birkner stripped and coveredwith tar and feathers. The prisonerswith hoots were leading him about theyard by a rope around his neck.Assistant Superintendent Dugan res?cued him. The prisoners, evidently inaccordance with a prearranged plot,had obtained the feathers from theirpillows, but where the tar came fromis a mystery.Birkner is alleged to have made dis?loyal utterances such as "You can'tbeat the Dutch" and "The Germans willsink American transports as fast as theyare sent over." Birkner claimed thecharges were spite work by subordi?nate officers whom he had disciplined.aU. S. Flier EscapesWhen Brought DownIn "No Man's Land"Frank L. Baylies Flees ToSafety Amid Hail ofGerman BulletsPARIS, April 17.?Frank L. Baylies,,of New Bedford, Mass., a Lafayetteflier and now a member of the "Stork"Escadrille, to which the famous Cap?tain Guynemer belonged, made a thrill?ing escape from Germans who werepursuing him across No Man's Land,where he was obliged to come downafter an aerial combat.Baylies'? machine landed about fivehundred yards from the enemy'strenches. The Germans, who had beenwatching his descent, began pepperinghis machine with bullets. Bayliesleaped from his 'plane and made allspeed for the French lines. The Ger?mans left their trenches in pursuit,keeping up a hot fire with rifles andmachine guns.Chasseurs from the French lines, wit?nessing the race, opened fire on theGermans, killing one and driving therest back to their trenches. Baylies,who has some record as an athlete,sprinted on. Later he declared thatnever before had he covered the groundso fast as in the last sixty yards ofthat run home.The French general commanding thesector personally congratulated theAmerican soon after his arrival. Bay?lies, according to the official records,has brought down four German 'planes,and in addition one not officially re?corded. Four of these machines weretwo-seaters. He wears the French WarCross with four palms and the MilitaryMedal.When Baylies offered himself for en?listment in the United States air ser?vice he wa? rejected because of de?fective vision.'? aReichstag Urged to EndAir Raids on TownsLONDON, April 17.?A Reuter's dis?patch from Amsterdam says that, ac?cording to advices from Berlin, duringyesterday's sitting of the ReichstagHerr Geck, Socialist, suggested makingan agreement with the Allies to ceaseaerial attacks or. open towns outsidethe war zone.A government representative rep iedthat no official request hitherto hadcomo from the Allies, but that shouldIt be received, it would be examined bythe military authorities. IWh?n th? Reichstag reassembled nowtaxation bills by the Bundesrat wereintroduced. The proposals inc ud? aspirit? monopoly snd beer and wmotaxes.Cyclops's MysteiyTo Be Cleared, SaysCommander's Wife!Mrs. Worley Declares ThatFate of Collier Will BeKnown in 24 HoursNORFOLK, Va., April 17.?Mrs. Selma W. Worley, wife of Lieutenant!Commander George Wichtman Worley, Icommader of the missing naval collier jClclops, came to a local newspaper office to-night and declared that the mys- itery surrounding the disappearance of jthe ship and its 293 passengers andcrew, will be cleared up within thenext twenty-four hours."In one statement Mrs. Worley isquoted as saying thatthe Cyclops wassafe in a South American port, and anofficial announcement regarding thevessel would be made shortly.Mrs. Worley is known to have vis?ited families here who have relativeson the ship, and told them not to worryany longer, as the mystery soon wouldbe cleared.Cyclops Seized or SunkBy Foe, Capital FearsWASHINGTON, April 17.?Diligentsearch by naval and merchant shipshas failed to disclose the slightesttrace of the missing naval collierCyclops. With the passing of theforty-fourth day since the vessel sailedfrom Barbados for an Atlantic port,belief is growing at the Navy Depart?ment that in some way she has beendestroyed or captured by the enemy.How this could have happened noone professes to know, but officials re?gard it as almost impossible that anyaccident could have caused the sea toswallow up the big vessel and the 293persons on board without leaving atrace, and some think sooner or lateran enemy announcement will clear upthe mystery.Publication of a dispatch from SanFrancisco quoting Mrs. A. M. Angermann, a sister of Lieutenant Command?er G. W. Worl*y, commanding officerof the Cyclops, as saying their familyname was Wichtmann and that herbrother was born in Germany andcame to America as a child, led to anexamination to-day of the commander'srecord at the Navy Department.It shows that Worley entered theNavy twenty-eight years ago and, atthat time, gave San Francisco as hisbirthplace. He attained the rank ofmaster in the navy auxiliary and foryears, commanded colliers and supplyships. When the auxiliary was mergedwith the naval volunteers after theUnited States went to war, Worley wasin command of the Cyclops, and he re?tained that assignment, with the rankof lieutenant commander.Mrs. Wcrloy, who lives in Norfolk,Va., explained there to-day that herhusband's name was changed legallyat Port Orchard, Washington, when hewas a young man and before he en?tered the naval service. She con- ifirmed the statement that he was bornin Germany, but declared he alwayswas an enemy to that country- Hisfoster, father, she said, was namedWorley, and he went into court to le?gally adopt the name of George Wichtmann Worley.-aRuse With Gas ShellsKills 2,000 GermansPARIS, April 17.?The evolution ofthe use of gas shells has taken sur?prising form in the present battle. One ?new method is to fire heavy slowly dis-1persing gases along charted lanes jagainst the enemy, filling in the al?ternate spaces with quickly dissipat?ing poison fumes. Storming attacksare then made by troops, who chargewhen a sufficient interval of time hasbeen given for the light gases to rise.The British gunners at one part of theline threw shells charged simply with astinking composition. The Germans,after a few hours, discovered that thiswas non-poisonous, and began leavingaside their masks. After these Bhellshad been fired for another twelvehours, there was a sudden change topoison gases. About two thousand Ger'mans were caught without their masksand suffiocated.a a? -- ,Draft to Call Men21 Since Last JuneWASHINGTON, April 17. -The Sen?ate resolution for registration of menwho have reached twenty-one years ofage sinco ,June 6, 1917, was orderedfavorably reported to the House to-day.The registration date will be fixed byPresidential proclamation.N. Y. CanalsTaken OverBy Mc?dooErie and State System ToBe Operated by theGovernmentNew Barge LinesTo Aid RailroadsMore Inland WaterwaysWill Be Commandeeredin Few WeeksWASHINGTON, April 17.?DirectorGeneral McAdoo to-night ordered that'the Erie and New York State BargeCanal system be taken over by the rail?road administration and that a fleet ofbarges be constructed immediately andoperated there under the direction ofG. A. Tomlinson, of Duluth, Minn., torelieve freight traffic.This is the first inland waterwaywhose operation undeij, the railroad ad?ministration has been definitely de?cided upon as a result of the extensiveinvestigation made by the Committeeon Inland Waterways of the railroadadministration. Within a few weeks,however, the Director General is ex?pected to order several other canal sys?tems and navigable rivers, includingthe Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, theBlack Warrior River in Alabama andseveral Atlantic coast waterways usedactively by the railroad administrationto relieve traffic on the rail lineB. Con?struction of barges within two or threemonths and their intensive use in thelate summer and fall is planned. In?vestigation now is being made of thepracticability of concrete barges which,it is said, can be built quickly andcheaply.The Director General announced that"he had decided to construct'as quicklyns possible and put into operation aline of barges to be operated by thegovernment on the Erie Canal.""The barges," the announcementcontinued, "will be of modern con?struction of the most improved typeand will be operated in conjunctionwith and as a part of the general rail?road and waterways transportation sys?tem of the country under the control ofthe Director General of Railroads.This will insure the complete coordina?tion of the Erie Canal facilities withthe railroad facilities, and it is hopedwill greatly enlarge the availabletransportation facilities throughoutEastern territory."G. A. Tomlinson, of Duluth, Minn.,a man of large practical experience inlake navigation, has been appointedgeneral manager of the Erie Canal op?erations, including the construction ofthe barges and general equipment.Under government control of the rail?roads and the canal there can bediverted to the canal all of the trafficthat can bo handled to the best ad?vantage by water, and the canal bemade in the highest degree serviceablein the present situation."Several hundred steel barges ofabout 700 tons each will be ordered im?mediately from construction companieson the Great Lakes, and the first ofthese probably can be completed in five or six weeks. Each will cost about$60,000. Most of the old equipmentwill not be used to any great extent.The canal system, running from Buf?falo to Waterford, near Troy, on theHudson River, is capable of carryingabout 10,000,000 tons of freight a sea?son, and probably half of that amountwill be hauled this year. Grain fromBuffalo and coal from Ithaca and Watkins, N. Y., will be the principal com?modities transported. Grain will movethrough the canal and down the Hud?son River to New York, where it willbe taken largely by the food admin?istration's grain corporation for stor?age and transshipment to Europe.Coal will be carried from Troy andother upper Hudson terminals by railto New England.State to Co-operateWith R. R. Board inOperating CanalsALBANY, April 17.?Governmentoperation under the direction of therailroad administration of New YorkState's barge canal sytem, which wasannounced to-night by Director Gen?eral of Railroads McAdoo. will not in?terfere with the construction work onthe system now under way, or contem?plated, it was stated by representatives of tho State Department of PublicWorks.Under the state constitution the titleof the canal property must remain withthe state. Director General McAdoo'sannouncement was interpreted to meanthat the railroad administration wouldsimply direct the operation of freightand the disposition of barges andboats. It was pointed out that underFederal control it would be possibleto lease, purchase, build or even com?mandeer tonnage for use of the canalif found necessary.Word from Washington regardingDirector General McAdoo's order hadbeen anticipated by officials here, inview of the conference last weok be?tween representatives of the railroadadministration and the State CanalBoard and Governor Whitman."The action of the Director Generalmeets with our heartiest approval,"Governor Whitman stated to-night. "It/was really done at our request, andwe will give the plan our entire co?operation."Haig PreparesTo Keep FoeFrom ChannelNew Positions on ShorterLines Easier to Defendand to SupplyLoss of TerritoryCounts for NothingGermans Becoming Ex?hausted After Hurling 28Divisions Into BattleBy Arthur S. Draper[Tribune Cable Service]LONDON, April 17.?The situation onthe northern battlefront causes exceed?ing anxiety, but there is confidence thefuture will become increasingly bright.Looking at the battle from a broadviewpoint, the British line runningnortheast from north of Bailleul toYpres is much stronger than it hasbeen since the armies settled down totrench warfare over three years ago.To prevent misunderstanding, I mustadd that the Germans still hold the! initiative, that they are fighting for a finish, and that the battle is likely toj continue desperately for some days beI fore the Allies are out of the woods.! On the other hand, the British haveshown a readiness to adjust them?selves to the military exigencies with?out regard to the moral effect.British Upe Shorter FrontWhat has happened on the front5^Ypres? /Here the British had a salient whichnarrowed as the enemy advancedthrough Bailleul. With the loss ofBailleul the difficulty of supplying thedefenders of this salient greatly in?creased. After holding the Ypressalient for sentimental reasons sinceI the spring of 1915 the British attackedon July 31 last and continued the cam?paign until November. Against tre?mendous obstacles and at a heavy costHaig's men obtained a fairly strongj hold on Passchendaele Ridge. It wasi a campaign which many times was on? the eve of a great victory, only to be? balked the next day.Now the British have fallen back toa position easier to defend and easierto supply from the Poperinghe region.Territory counts not at all now; po?sitions mean everything. The Britishhave a shorter front and can now dei fend the Channel ports with increasedhope of success. Their retirement wasconducted in order, and skilfully, andthe German claims in this region mustbe read in the light of the facts statedabove.Germans Exhausting ThemselvesLudendorff has hurled twenty-eightdivisions against the British since theopening of the Battle of Armentieres,and though they were the pick of hisstorm troops nature aparently has begun to rebel. The tired, battered, strong- jhearted British defenders have not sac?rificed themselves in vain, for theyserved as a wall against which theGermans slowly but surely*-are ex?hausting themselves.No army in history has stood thehammering the British have undergone.Several times Haig's line has been per?ilously thin and twice, or perhapsthrice, it has been broken, but alwaysthe dam has been repaired and the floodstayed.A year ago General Plumer, who isnow holding the enemy along the west?ern slopes of Messines Ridge, was di?recting the sweep of the same placewhich resulted in the capture of 14,000prisoners and was tne most successfulsingle offensive undertaken by anyBritish general.Three years ago, in the Ypres regionto the north the British, and especiallythe Canadians, were making their fa?mous stand, though waves of gas sweptover them, which saved the Channelports.* Ludendorff has abandoned the tac?tics of 1914, which called for a gooddeal of energy in crossing the Yser,and has adopted the plan of 1915. His?tory is repeating itself, the bloodsoaked country of Flanders is beingdrenched afresh, and the British, withthe French, are now making a standalong a line stronger than that whichthey held in 1915.Though the German success prob?ably exceeded the enemy's expectation,just as the Amiens campaign proveda considerable disappointment, neitherhasajfbrought decisive results and thereis justification for a feeling of relief,though the morrow may contain manyanxious moments.From Merville southeast to Givenchy,the strongest position on the Britishline, the situation continues satisfac?tory and a powerful attack is being re?pulsed.Bernhard! Slowed DownThe famous General Bernhardi,who prides himsolf on his resourceful?ness and adaptability to circumstances,has been slowed down for the last twodays. Fog, mist and rain enshroud thebattlefront and conditions could hardlybo worse, but still the fighting con?tinues day and night without cessation.The heartening thought is worthbearing in mind at all times that theFrench army is considerably largerthan the British, that it is still intact,that it is under Foch's orders, that the'Somme saved Verdun and that theFrench always repay a compliment.THE WITHDRAWAL BEFORE YPRES_.-,? *In consequence of German gaina to the south the British have givenup "ihe shaded area east and northeast of Ypres. The new line is shownby tne row of rectangles, the part indicated by hollow rectangles beinguncertain.The Germans attacked on a fifteen-mile front between the two arrowsi on the map yesterday, taking Meteren and Wytschaate a second time.^Tha^li-i line is the front before!**%h* offensive. -General Haig Is Fighting !A Waterloo, Says MauriceBritish Army Terribly Hammered, but AnotherBlucher Is Marching to Battlefield and There IsNo Reason to Despair, Declares Military Expert[By Th?i Associ?t?! Press]LONDON, April 17.?Regarding thewar situation from a broad point ofview, there is no reason to despair,Major General F. B. Maurice, chiefdirector of military operations at theBritish War Office, said to-day. Afterdescribing the events of the lasttwenty-four hours, he continued::"What of the whole battle situation?Our army has been going through avery severe strain, and that strain hasbeen reflected at home. The situationhas had its critical moments and still isdecidedly anxious. But remember wehave accepted the principle of a unitedfront and must accept the consequencesof that principle. We must look at thewhole battle not from our army's sac?rifices and sufferings, but from thestandpoint of the whole Entente."The British army is playing ther?le which it often has played before.It is fighting a Waterloo while Blucheris marching to the battlefield. Multi?ply the Battle of Waterloo a hundred?fold and the situation at noon in thatbattle corresponds to the situation nowin the great world battle.No Reason to Despair"The British army is under a ter?rible hammering, but providing westand that hamering without breaking,and providing Blucher is marching tothe battlefield, there is no reason fordiscouragement."The enormous task which the Brit?ish army has performed and still isperforming may be shown by a few fig?ures. In this battle of Armenti?ies jthe Germans thus far have engagedtwenty-eight divisions, and since March21 they have enpaged 126 divisions."Of these the British army alone has 'engaged seventy-nine, the French alone !have engaged twenty-four and the re?maining twenty-three, have been en?gaged by the British and French to?gether."Of the German divisions which theBritish engaged, twenty-eight havebeen fought twice and one thrice. Ofth-?* German divisions which the Frenchengaged, four have fought twice. Ofthe German divisions which the Frenchand British engaged together, fifteenhave been fought twice and one thrice."It is unpleasant business standingthe hammering, but so long as we canstand it the only question to be askedis: What is happening to Blucher?What has become of the reserves?"Although the French army is largerthan ours, we have taken the strain ofthese battles off them. There is noreason to be in a state of despair ifthe situation is regarded from a broadpoint of view and if we regard ourgreat sacrifices rightly as a necessarypart of the great drama."Describing recent events in detailGeneral Maurice said:"I returned last night from France.The situation yesterday was very anx?ious. The Germans had taken Bailleul,Meteren and Wytschaete and hadbrought four fresh divisions into ac?tion against us. If the enemy couldhave maintained that pressure therelooked to be vital danger to the ridgeof heights which includes Mount Kemmel, and which is the backbone of ourdefence on the northern portion of thebattlefront."The news last night and to-day isbetter. While I am not able to saydefinitely that Wytschaete is entirelyin our hands, we hold the greater partand probably the whole of it. (ThePritish night statement said Haig'Eforces had again been obliged to re?linquish Wytschaete.)"As mentioned in Field MarshalHaig's communiqu?, we made a with?drawal to a new line in the Ypressalient. The withdrawal was decidedupon on Sunday. It was carried outpartly on Sunday night and completedon Monday. It is a regrettable mili?tary necessity which forces us to giveup ground which we won at such heavjcost. On Tuesday the Germans werestill shelling trenches which we hatleft the day before."Preparations for shortening ourliniin the Ypres salient were made semitime ago, and the decision to carry i'out was reached before the fall of Bailleul owing to the danger offered to ou:positions in the salient from a flanking movement. The withdrawal wa?not dictated or governed by the adverse course of events around Bailleulbut by more general considerations."British Lose 15 Ships in WeekLONDON, April 17.?The losses toBritish shipping by mine or subma?rine in the last week totalled fifteen,according to the Admiralty report to?night. Eleven of the merchantmensunk were 1,600 tons or over, and fourunder that tonnage. One fishing vesselalso was sunk. ,Twelve vessels were unsuccessfullyattacked. The arrivals numbered 2,211;sailings, 2,456.In the previous week only six Brit?ish merchantmen were sunk by mineor submarine, four of them of morethan 1,600 tons. This was next to thelowest weekly record made by theU-boats since February 1, 1917.?> _?!French NowAre FightingWith EnglishIn the NorthGerman Assault on 15Mile Front ForcesStraightening ofHaig LineBelgians RepelHeavy AttackBritish Recapture Wytschaete and Meteren,but Are Ousted byTerrific PressureOverwhelming German pressurebrought the enemy fresh suc?cesses on the great battlefield ofFlanders yesterday.Not only were gallant Frenchcounter attacks fruitless on thenorthern flank of the Germansalient and against MessinesRidge, but to the north Haig's, forces were fproed to relinquishvirtually their entire "gains oflast year, including the Passchendaele sector, which they won stepby step at enormous cost.The Germans now hold Langemarck, Poelcapelle, Passchendaele, Gheluvely and Beclaere,Before a sullen British retire?ment they marched into this widestrip of territory, not fighting,but suffering from a galling Brit?ish fire. London announces thatsome of the accompanying de?tachments were "destroyed."From Messines Ridge westward theBritish also failed to recoverground. For a few hours Tues?day night the tired defenderswere nerved to fresh efforts andswept back up the lost ridge andinto the town of WytschaeteBut the strength of Germarnumbers forced them out againThe same story was repeated aMestren, which the British reconquered, only to lose it. A furious German attack on a fifteenmile front from beyond Wytschaete to the Nieppe Foresfiullg the British back to the linthey stood on Tuesday.But the French who were movinto Haig's support "rapidly anin great strength" have arriv?eBerlin reports the French courter attacking beside the BritislThe Germans started a -*new opention against the Belgian frorbetween le Blankaert Pond anthe Ypres Railway (a five-milfront), and forced themselves irto the defending outposts. Couiter charges restored the Belgialine and yielded 600 Germaprisoners.Since the opening of offensive O]erations on March 21, GenenF. B. Maurice announced, tiGermans had used in battle 12divisions, of which 79 had beethrown against the British, 2against the French and 23 againcombined Anglo-French forceCorrespondents yesterday put tltotal German strength in tlWest at 202 divisions.German CasualtyLists Own Answer tcTheir Gains on MaOTTAWA, April 17.?"The latwenty-four hours have been any?thing but a good time for the ene?my," says the Reuter's correspondentat British headquarters, in a dis?patch filed to-day. "Ludendorff isdoubtless telling the Germans to lookat the map. The answer is: Tellthem to look at their casuality lists."Our shortening of the Passchendaele salient, and the giving up ofthe ground won last autumn, has notbeen- in vain, since it played a lar^rspart in wearing out the enemy, the 2ff7e9595c
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