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Million Germans Force British Armieseyond Somme; Americans Join Battle

Gun ShellingParis Located76 MilesAway

Monster Cannon Is in St.Gobain Forest, West

of Laon

Capital BombardedAgain for 5 Hours

Shells Fall Every TwelveMinutes, but City

Remains Calm

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BERLIN via London), March 24.."We have bombarded the fortress ofParis with long-distance guns," saysthe official war statement given outlicre this evening.PARKS, March 24. . The German

"monster cannon" which has beenbombarding Paris has been located in:he Forest of St. Gobain, west of Laon,and exactly 122 kilometres f approxi¬mately 76 miles) from the Paris CityHall.The gun bombarded Paris during the

greater part of to-day (Sunday). Theday was ushered in by loud explosionsfrom the 10-inch shells, and immedi- '

atcly the alarm to take cover was jfounded. This occurred at 6:55 o'clockand many persons sought shelter, but jgreater numbers of them appeared inthe streets on their way to thechurches, which were almost as welltilled as usual. The women who sell¡aim leaves on Palm Sunday did theirusual thriving business.A. first the shells began arriving at

intervals of twenty minutes, and thedetonations, considering the Sundaycalm, seemed louder than those ofSaturday. Their power to disturb theequanimity of the populace, however,seemed less, the people refusing to bedistracted from their Sunday habits^toany great extent. "V,

Bombardment Ends at 1 o'clockFor the benefit of that portion of

the populace which had been led to be¬lieve the Germans had broken throughthe line and were bombarding Parisfrom nearby positions, a semi-officialnote was issued during the day. Thiswarned the people against believingpessimistic reports."The French front is Intact." said

'he note. '"Any assertion to the con-trary is a lie."The bombardment of the capital

ended around 1 o'clock, and as late as1:> o'clock no explosions had been heardfor more than an hour. The "clear!ügnal" was sounded at 3:30 o'clock.Although during the earlier hours of

'.he bombardment the shells arrived attwenty-minute intervals, later in theday they began arriving every tifteenminutes on the average, and some ofthern even fell twelve minutes apart.

Comments of French PressThe comments of the French press

this morning were about evenly dividedbetween the big gun which is bom¬barding the city from back of theGerman lines and the terrific battleraging on the British front. The toneof the comment on the bombardmentis one of astonishment at the feasi¬bility of the performance, while as to'he battle, the favorable ending of it¡s confidently* expected.The newspapers do not conceal their

admiration for the mechanical feat of'he Germans in constructing their newweapon, but speak passionately of theuseless barbarity of the bombardment.The "Matin" »ays it is consoling tonote that the number of victims is>mall, but it asks for reprisals onGerman cities.

Professor Paul Painlev«-, formerPremier and president of the Academyof Science, told the "Excelsior", thatby using tungsten in the fabrication"f the projectile the tungsten shells;would be of about half the diameter!f'i »tec! shells of an even weight, and«that therefore the atmospheric resist-«fice would be less, this accounting for1the extremely long range. He alsotouched upon the possibility of a pro-;;'-,'.<-.r being employed on fhe projectile.

Of No Military Value.Alfred Capu:-, in the "Figaro," al¡Bdei tp the making of the gun as affreat mechanical feat, but points outWat a* a military factor the weaponentirely inefficacious. The "PetitParisien comment«, upon the bombard-Bent a» an extremely minor incident*i compared with the gigantic battleu profre»n on the British front.

..Lc .I et.t Journal" nays that Jules

yrn<: had foreseen this gun, and itMelare« moreover that ¡t Is a Frenchirivention. "More than a year ago," it!a-J-Sü, we discovered the secret of fir-1'rig our cannon more than 100 kilo-;metre». The secret lies in the greater«uppreiision of the atrnoitpheric resist¬ance fhe "Kcho de Paris" declaresnw bombardment is designed to givewe Impression that Paris is withinBW range .ï th« German guns. "It is. political cannon," the newspaper«.ys...,'""'-mier Clemeneeao's newspaper,J-iiomme Libre/' says that the pass¬word Of the hour s» confidence. "Ger-many,- if, ¿«elare», «.,.. wished to;«lake it a complet« offensive on alliront»» '-be Ian«), waU-r and air fronts,*« w»J! »» the «front of the rear.' W«-"*«. '«ting an «nemy who wishes to end.t a« soon a« pe-Mlblc. That suit» us..Y:'"r/ «hell that fall» into Paris drives'¦««per into .¦» th« confidence in anun-mate victory."

Battle Won by Grace of God,Kaiser Reports to the EmpressAMSTERDAM, March 24..The Berlin "Tageblatt" says that

when Field Marshal von Hindenburg received the first telegrams re¬

porting on the offensive he remarked to Emperor William:"Well, your majesty, I think we may be well pleased with this

initial success."The newspaper adds that the date for the offensive was fixed long

ago and began at exactly the time set, even to the hour.Another dispateh from Berlin says the German Empress has

received the following telegram from Emperor William :

"I am pleased to be able to tell you that, by the grace of God, thebattle of Monchy, Cambrai, St. Quentin arid La Fere has been won.The Lord has gloriously aided. May He further help."

Two U-BoatsAre Sunk byU. S. Vessels:

Steamship Floridian SinksOne and Destroyer

Another

AN ATLANTIC PORT, March 24..Two U-boats were sunk by Americanships in the past fortnight, nine pris-oners from one submarine beingbrought to a French port, according topassengers arriving here to-day onFrench and British liners.The German prisoners were taken bythe crew of the steamship Floridian,

after the latter had sent the submarineto the bottom. They are the first U-1boat prisoners of the war falling into'American hands. The second undersea-boat was accounted for by an Americandestroyer, convoying one of the linersreaching this port to-day.W. S. Hembling, returning from

France as a representative of theUnited States Army Ordnance Depart¬ment, brought the first eye-witnessstory of thé arrival of the capturedGerman sailors at the French port. Hisaccount was vouched for in every de¬tail by two companions.

"I was at the dock when the Floridianreached France on March 12," saidHembling. "I saw nine German sailorsbeing hustled down the gangplank, andthey did not receive any too gentletreatment.

"I was told that two days before, onMarch 10, the Floridian had been at-itacked by the U-boat. From all ac-counts, meagre because of the censor-ship, the Floridian rendered the sub¬marine helpless with a few shots, thensend her to the bottom."The captain of the submarine, ac-

cording to the captured sailors, stuckto his post until he saw that capturewas inevitable. Then lie ended his lifeby sending a bullet into his brain. Allof the crew, with the exception of the jnine prisoners, were drowned. Thenine made up the gun crew of theU-boat, and were on deck when shewent down for the last time. Theywere picked up by th. Floridian's crew,while sti'uggling in the water."The Floridian was of the American-

Hawaiian Line, before she was trans¬ferred to the transatlantic service.The second submarine, sunk by the

American destroyer, showed its peri-1scope a thousand yards away from theBritish liner arriving here to-day, ac-

cording to a naval officer on board.The liner, at the time of the sinking,had 700 wounded Canadians on board.

Karly on the morning of March 14,the day after the steamship left a Brit-ish port, in convoy of American war¬ships, one of the Canadian soldiers ondeck reported a periscope on the star-board bow. Almost simultaneously the:periscope was seen by the destroyer1nearest it.The destroyer quit the convoy at the

alarm, and made full speed "for thespot where the submarine had beensighted. The undersea boat had van-ished as quickly as it appeared, butthe destroyer reached the spot, anddropped a heavy depth charge.The liner, which was Speeding on its

way, was shaken throughout its lengthby the concussion of the charge, andpassengers, roused from their sleep,came on deck in alarm. After the firstcharge the destroyer was seen to circleabout the spot, then to let down a sec-ond bomb. Oil quickly appeared onthe surface of the sea, and the de-stroyer rejoined the convoy, satisfiedthat a hit had been registered, andthe U-boat sent instantly to the bot-torn or her seams opened so badly shecou.d not rise again.

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Explosion WrecksPart of Chemical

Plant in Newark'NEWARK, N. J., March 24. An ex-

plosion, possibly caysed by enemyaliens, wrecked a "washing building"!of the Butterworth-Judson ChemicalCompany's plant at Avenue I to-nightand started a fire that consumed sixbnildings before it was brought undercontrol.An electric wire found leading from

the ruins of the "washing building" toa spot out on the meadows has led thepolice to believe that the disaster was

of incendiary origin..Seventeen men are employed in the

building, v/hich in used for the pur-ipose of washing impurities from picricacid. Two of these, William Butter-1'MVA, chief electrician, and Patrick]Flynn, were »lightly injured.The fire, which started in the ruins,,

jumped to neighboring frame build¬ing;, arid rapid work by the fire depart¬ment alone «aved the entire plant fromdestruction. The structures consumedare one-story affairs about 100 feet!long by .'50 wide. The plant is com-'poned of sixty of these isolated units,Damage has not been estimated.

The Butterwortb Judson plant is onlyh few hundred yards from the FederalShipyard!.

Says BritishMay RepeatMarne Victory

Military Expert DeclaresOpen Warfare Welcome

to Allies

[Staff Correspondence]WASHINGTON, March 24. . A mili¬

tary expert who has been with theFrench, British and Italian armies andalso with the Germans earlier in thewar said to-night that the public mustbe warned both against attaching toomuch importance to a British retire¬ment of ten or fifteen miles and againstjumping at conclusions as to the ulti¬mate meaning of the German advance.He said that when he was in Paris

the idea of the French military leaderswas that the surest way to inflict acrushing defeat on the Germans was toget them out of their trenches, andthat the German offensive may there-fore be very welcome to the Allies,who will make the Germans pay dearlyfor every foot of advance and get theminto a position in the open where thetactics of the-battle of the Marne maybe repeated.The British, he declared, are thewar's greatest defensive fighters. Theyare now taking the German attack in asuperb manner. The French army sofar has been unaffected, and the French

reserves are ready for the offensivethey will likely be called upon to makeat the critical moment. The French,he says, are the best of all of the ar-mies in an open offensive, and theFrench leaders he talked with felt that Jif they could ever get a combat of mo-bile forces again on anything likeequal tenus they would be able to re-peat the triumph of the .Marne.«¦\merica cannot shift the burden of!the future. Her part remains to beplayed.Washington does not wish to mini-mize what the part must be. It wishesrather to emphasize it.¦-.-

"It Is Going Well," SaysRed Cross Man at FrontP.«\RIS, March 24..A inpssage has

been received by courier by HomerFolks, head of the Department of CivilAffairs of the American Red Cross, jfrom Edward Eyre Hunt, who is di-recting the Red Cross relief for civil-ians just behind the new battle line,In his message, Mr. Hunt said:"I have seen something of this situa-tion to-day and shall see more to-mor¬row. It is going well. Do not let anyone make you think it is not."Mr. Hunt reports that events havemade it advisable for the Smith Col- jlege unit, the Quakers and the other jRed Cross organizations to movefurther from the firing line. All thoseengaged in this work are safe.

German Admiral andTroops Lost With ShipLONDON, March 24..^inlanders ar-!riving at Stockholm on the gunboatSvensksund say the German transportFrankland struck a mine and sank at

Xoorland, according to an ExchangeTelegraph dispatch from Stockholm.!The transport .was crowded with sol¬diers, cannon and munitions, and, ac-cording to the dispatch, the entirecrew, all of the soldiers and Admiralvon Meyrer were lost.

A Stockholm dispatch dated March 22said that another German transporthad been blown up by a mine near theAland Islands and that the transportFrankland, which came up to its res¬cue, was damaged severely by anotherexplosion.

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British Down NineFliers on Italy Line

LONDON, March 24.-British air¬craft on Saturday destroyed eightenemy airplanes in-the Italian theatreof war, an official statement issuedhere to-day said.A ninth machine was driven down

out of control. The «British squadronssuffered no loss.The Italian official statement, given

out in Koine to-day, said a Frenchpatrol had taken prisoners at MonteTomba and there hud been slight ar¬tillery and reconnoitring activity alongthe whole front.

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Foe Says U.S.TroopsAidingBritish Failed

Berlin Announces CounterAttack by Franco-Amer¬

icans Was Repulsed

Rushed to StemDrive at Chauny

Town Later Taken; Par¬ticipation of Pershing's

Men Unconfirmed

LONDON', March 24..American regi¬ments taking part with French andBritish units in a counter attack onthe advancing Germans before Chaunywere thrown back, Berlin announced of¬ficially to-day. A later statement bythe enemy said Chauny had been capt¬ured.The Berlin statement that United

States troops had been engaged in op-posing the great offensive as yet liasnot been confirmed from any othersource. ;The German statement probably is

true, however, for an American divisionof New England troops has been train¬ing with the French on the Chemm-des-Dames, only a dozen miles in anair line from La Fere, the southernlimit of the German offensive front.Chauny is on the Oise River, sevenmiles southwest of La Fere. To reachit the Germans advanced about fivemiles from the positions before the of¬fensive.The British and French lines before

the offensive are understood to havejoined at La Fere. On Saturday theGermans «.fficially reported forcing a

crossing of the Oise west of this city.A? the British right fell back beforethe German masses the French leftwing would have to withdraw simulta¬neously or the enemy would have an

opportunity to encircle it. The Frenchpresumably would then reinforce thispoint with troops taken from the linefurther east or from the reserves inthe rear. This they seem to have done,selecting certain American regimentsfor this duty.

It is going too far to say certainly,however, that these regiments camefrom the Chemin-des-I)ames. Theymay have been fresh regiments.Londoners eagerly discussed the par¬

ticipation of American troops in thelighting to-day. The American Em-bassy here slated it was entirely with-out confirmation of the German state¬ment and could not say whether UnitedStates troops bad been engaged.

Reported Action ofl/.S. Men Unconfirmed

May Be EngineersWASHINGTON, March 24..No con-!

firmation of German reports that |American troops have participated inthe fight on the British front hadreached the War Department up to« a

late hour to-night. Major GeneralMarch, acting chief of staff, who re-

mained at his office much of the dayand night, said that no advices to thiseffect had been received.

It was recalled that American rail-way engineers, in training at the Brit-ish front, were involved in the Ger-man counter attack on the Caijibrai ;some months ago, but there has beennothing to indicate that any other thanengineers or other special units havebeen employed at any time with the jBritish forces.

Officials generally displayed the most;eager interest in every item of newsas to the German drive. The govern-ment may have received some con-lidentiul advices from General Pershing!on the situation, but General Marchsaid nothing was to be given out whenhe left his office. Other officers pointed jout that any information as to Britishor French operations must be madepublic by the officials of those twocountries, and that whatever GeneralPershing may have transmitted would!be regarded as confidential in the ex-treme.

Wilson Eager for NewsThe intense interest in press reports

displayed by President Wilson himselfindicated that official information wasmeagre. The Associated Press dis¬patches were transmitted to him dur- |ing the evening.The official British and German re-

ports were taken here as showing thata second phase of the great battle hadbegun und was continued throughoutthe day, with no decisive results. Itwas evident that the Bhitish seconddefensive system was being severelytested by German attacks, though nodétails were transmitted which wouldpermit military officials to estimatethe scope of successes clnimed by theGermans and to some extent admittedby the British. It appeared, however,that the British line in general wasstill intact at the close of the day.The announcement from Berlin that

Paiis had been bombarded by long-range guns seemed to settle any doubtthere has been as to what transpiredin the French capital yesterday and to¬day. The range of th<> new weapon.seventy-six miles exceeds anythingever dreamed of by ordnance expertshere so far ns known._-a-

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British FlyersShoot Down 54

Enemy CraftSuccessful Raids Made on

German Towns andWorks

LONDON, March 24.- -An official re-

port on the aerial operations says thatfifty-four enemy airplanes have beenbrought down.The text of the statement reads:"The enemy's low-flying airplanes

were most persistent in their attackson our infantry in the forward areas.Many of these machines were attackedand brought down by our pilots. A|total of twenty-nine hostile machines)were brought down and twenty-fiveothers were driven down out of con-trol. Two enemy balloons also weredestroyed. Nine of our machines are'missing."Our machines on Saturday carried

out another successful raid on factoriesin «Mannheim. Nearly one and a halftons of bombs were dropped, and burstswere seen on a soda factory, the rail-way and docks.

"Several fire'i were started, one ofwhich was of great size, with flamesleaching to a height of 200 feet andsmoke to 5,000 feet. The conflagrationwas visible for a distance of thirty-five miles.""The weather Saturday again favored

operations, and our airplanes were

constantly employed in reconnoitring;positions of troops, in photography andbombing and in reporting suitable tar-gets for our artillery. Many thousandsof rounds were fired by our pilotsfrom low altitudes on hostile troopsmassed in villages and in the opencontinuously throughout the day."More than fourteen tons of bombs

were dropped on enemy billets, on hishigh velocity guns and on railroad sta-jtions in the battle area.""Our bombing airplanes were at-

tacked by thirty-two hostile machines,and a fierce light ensued. One of theenemy's airplanes was brought downin flames and another was downed, undfell in the centre of Mannheim. Fiveothers were driven down out of con¬trol."Despite this severe combat and the

enemy's heavy anti-aircraft gunfire allour machines returned except two.During the night ten heavy bombs were

dropped on an important railway bridgeand works at Konz,' just south ofTroves, in Germany. Eight of thesebombs were clearly seen to be burstingamong the railway works."

"Nearly two tons of bombs weredropped from low heights on a hostileairdrome south of Metz. Six bombswere seen to burst among the hangarsand to set lire to some of the huts ofthe airdrome. All uor machines re¬turned."From nightfall until early morning!

our night Hying 3quadrons bombedareas or. the battlefront in which hos¬tile troops were concentrated, ns wellas enemy ammunition dumps and largeguns. More than fourteen tons ofbombs were again dropped by our ma¬

chines, two and n half tons of whichwere loosed on the docks of Bruges.All our machines returned."

Official StatementsLONDON. March 24..The British and German official statements

follow :

British (night)..Fresh hostile attacks developed this morning in greatstrength on the whole battlefront, and they have continued throughout the day.

South of Peronne the enemy succeeded, after heavy fighting, in crossingthe River Somme at certai points. These are being dealt with.

North of Peronne enemy attacks were directed with the greatest violenceagainst the line of the River Tortille (a tributary of the Somme). Our troop^on this portion of the battlefront have been withdrawn and are ..ghting on new

positions.Further north repeated assaults'by large bodies of German infantry have

been repulsed with heavy loss to the enemy. In this fighting the 17th and 40thdivisions greatly distinguished themselves, beating off many hostile attacks.

British (day)..There has been no material chnnge in the situation on the.battlefront during the night, although further fighting has taken place at anumber of points.

Our troops are holding the line of the Somme River to Peronne. Smallparties of the enemy which endeavored to cross ir. the neighborhood of Pargnywere driven back.

On our right we are in touch with the French, and to the north of the RiverSomme, at Peronne, our troops hold their positions after beating off a numberof attacks on different portions of this front during the early part of the night.

Heavy fighting is still to be expected.German (night). Between the Somme and the Oise our corps are fighting

their way forward.Chauny has been taken.Our booty in war material is enormous. The English in their retirement are

burning French towns and villages.We have bombarded the fortress of Paris with long distance guns.A gigantic struggle is taking place for Bapaume.A battle is in progress on the Transloy-Combles-Maurepas line.The Somme has been crossed at. many points in our atack between Peronne

and Ham.German (day).. The battle near Monchy, Cambial, St. Quentin and La Fere

has been won.

The British Third and Fourth armies are portions of Franco-American re¬serves, who had been brought up, were beaten, and on the line of Bapaume-Bouchavesnea and behind the Somme, between Peronne and Ham, as well as atChauny, were repulsed with the heaviest of losses.

The army of General von Below (Otto) took by storm Monchy Height, andsouth thereof carried forward the attack in a westerly direction beyond Wan-court and Henin. It is now engaged in a fight northwest of Bapaume for thethird enemy positions. Strong British counter attacks were repulsed.

The army of General von Dermar-Witz, following upon the heels of thevanquished enemy, pressed forward in close pursuit Friday night as far as thethird enemy position in the Equancourt, Nurlu, Templeux-La Fosse, Bernes lin".

Early yesterday morning they renewed their attack against the enemy anddefeated him, in spite of his desperate defence and continual counter attacks.A junction with the left wing of the attack of General von Below was effected.

Between Mnnancourt and Peronne the troops of Generals von Käthen andvon Gotard have forced a crossing over the Tortille sector arrtî on the Sommebatlefiolds are fighting around Bouchavcsnes. Peronne has fallen. Other di¬visions have pressed forward to the south thereof as far as the Somme.

As early as Friday evening the army of General von Hutier, pressing closelyforward, took by storm the third enemy position, broke through it and com¬pelled the enemy to retire.

In eeaseless pursuit the corps of Generals von Luettwitz and von Oettingehave reached the Somme.Ham fell, after a desperate fight, into the hands of our victorious troops,English reserves, which were thrown against them in a desperate attack sus-

tained sanguinary losses.The corp3 of Generals von Webern and von Conte and the troops of Gen¬eral von Geyl, after a fierce battle, crossed the Crozat Canal.French, English and American regiments which had been brought up fromthe southwest for a counter attack were thrown back on Chauny in a south¬westerly direction.For the achievement of a formidable success the troops of all the German

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Peronne,HamAnd Chauny

¡ Have Fallen-

Haig Falls Back Slowly as

Fight Rages on Fifty-| Mile Front

30,000 PrisonersTaken, Says Berlin

Enemy's Advance One toTwo Miles on Most

of Line

The greatest battle in the historyof the world continues to jagoalong a front of more than fiftymiles.

The Germans have advanced in aday from one to two miles onmost of the front.

Peronne, Ham and Chauny havefallen. The Somme River hasbeen crossed at many places, ac-~cording to Berlin.

The enemy claims the capture of30,000 prisoners, 600 guns andenormous booty.

The maximum advance of the enemyis about fifteen miles, directlywest of St. Quentin.

Ninety-seven enemy divisions (1.«164,000 men) have been throwninto the struggle.

The British are falling hack slowly,slaughtering vast numbers. Theenemy loss, according to one esti¬mate, is 30 to 50 per cent of thedivisions involved (349,200 to582,000 men).

American regiment?, says Berlin,took part in an unsuccessfulcounter attack before Chauny.

The Germans have recaptured abouta third of the area they evacu¬ated in the great retreat to thoHindenburg line in the spring of1917.

The British 3d, 4th and 5th armiesseem to be engaged.

Berlin announced last night thata gigantic struggle is taking placefor Bapaume. Another battle isbeing fought on the Transloy-Combles-Maurepas line.

Field Marshal Haig announced lastnight the enemy had been re¬

pulsed with heavy losses on thenorthern part of the line. TheGermans had crossed the RiversTortille and Somme, he said, andwere being heavily engaged to thewest of these streams.

Both the British and the Germansstate heavy losses have beencaused by airplanes firing machineííuns and dropping bombs on theheads of massed troops. Londonannounced fifty-four German ma¬chines had been brought down.

The Canadians on Friday night di¬rected the greatest gas bombar«l-ment ever made on the enemy be¬tween Lens and Hill 70, north ofthe scene of the offensive.

British Fall BackAs Planned; Shock

Troops Hold FoeBy Tho Assoialcd Prrts*t

WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IXFRANCE, March 24..The British andFrench, who cooperate at the junctionof the two armies, were viewing thotrend of the German offensive with op¬timistic eyes this morning. Hard fight¬ing was in progress, but the latest re¬

ports showed little or no change in thesituation in favor of the enemy sinceyesterday, while on the other hand thedefenders had pushed the attackingforces back after a bitter struggle andwere holding strongly along the wholenew front to which they had; with¬drawn.Fighting of a most desperate nature

has been continuous since the initialattack, but so far the British have usedfew troops other than those whichwere holding the froni lines. Theseshock troops have been making as gal¬lant, a defence as was ever recorded inthe annals of the British army, and, asa result, they have enabled the mainbody of the forces to fall back deliber¬ately and without confusion and oc¬cupy positions which had been preparedlong before the German offensive be¬gan.

German Losses AppallingThe Germans, on the other hand, op¬

erating under the eyes of the Efnperorand the Crown Prince, have been hurl¬ing vast hordes into the fray with ut¬ter disregard for life, and hare fol¬lowed into the abandoned position-*,getting further and further away from