New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-29
Won Hindenburg Hurting
Hordes to Death,
Is Report.
ATTACK ON YPRES
ENDED, SAYS FRENCH
Berlin Reports Deny Allies
Claim of Recapture OF
Lost Ground.

Iondon. April 2e.--While the alliea
lines around Ypres are slowly winning
hack the ground lost, another great
German attack has been launched IN
tho Arras district, according to dis
match tonight 70 The Morning Post
81 am told" the correspondent wires,
"tbat in the number Of guns employed
and the concentration Of fire. the ar''i-
,o-v preparation that is now going on
exceeds IN intensity even the great
bonbardments Of Neuve Chapelle and
WIRES Details are not yet to hand OF
~. acme Of this newest phase OF the
German attack. L.. oror
"Foot bv foot, il is true, but a1ter
all with considerable speed, our line Is
again being Strengthened out 10 Its
orig;nal positions north of Hpres, ana
tbe bulge caused by the savage on
siouobt Of the two army corps with
vbicb Field Marshal Won Hindenburg
attemnted 70 push apart the french
ord German armies is steadily belng
repaired. II seems fairly certain that
Won Hindenburg is paying MS iohe
nromised visit to the western 'front.'
and this apostle Of massed formation
49, bosn hurting his hordes TO death
with the same recklessness that ne as
,loved on the Vistula. His success has
boen even less than in Russia. for the
Allies recovery from the shock mas
been more rapid. Al
"0ur operations, in conjunction with
the French, have definitely stopped the
German attack" c.;
In these words. Field Marshal Sir
John French, commander in chle1 OF
the British forces on the Continent
announces the conclusion OF the Ger
nonn attempt to break through the al
lied lines around Ypres and along INC
User Canal.
ONLY at one place-Steenstrsate-
have the Germans managed to Keep
their footing on the western bank OF
the canal. while to the north OF fpres
tho nositions remain much as tney
we're The Allies make no claims to an
advance there, and the Germans re-
mort that all the British attacks have
been repulsed.
Germans Strengthen Line.
To hold these lines the Germans
have broJgh. up further reinforce
ments. and Belgium, behind them, has
heen denuded of troops. The towns
ond villages in Belgium are being
Guarded by only handful Of 5entries.
Fighting also continues In Cham-
,.'cne where the Germans make claim
10 the capture of a strong French posi-
tiou: in the Argorne and the Woevre'
where the French say they are pro
crossing, and in the Vosges, where pom
sides claim TO b, III possession OF mart
mans-W eilerkopf. 1t is probable that
this mountain, which commands the
plains of Alsace, has changed hands
several times. This would account IoI
the contradictory reports.
General French Confident.
The official announcement issued to-
night containing Sir John freneh 5
estimate Of the situation IN FLANDERS
says: ..huos+
of WIRES Continued all yesterday. Our
operations, in conjunction with the
French, definitely stopped the German
attack and il has not since been re-
newed. .uo havo
"Since yesterday morning there nave
been no Germans west of the canal
eycent at Steenstraate, where they have
established a small bridgehead.
"The readjustment of the situation
has necessitated the delivery OF
counter-attacks both by the French
and our troops on the north OF the
Ypres salient. In resisting these
counter-attacks the Germans again
made use Of asphyxiatlng gases and
of shells manufactured in contraven-
ton of The Hague convention
The French War Office this after
noon issued the following announce
ment:
"To the north Of Ypres we have con-
"A tinued TO make progress. This is par
ticularlv so on our left, where we took
six machine guns, two bomb throwers
and much war material, at the same
time making several hundred prison
ers. including a number OF officers.
"Tbe losses of the enemy were
heavy. At a single point on the 'front.'
not far from the canal, we counted
over six hundred bodies Of German sol
diers."
Champagne Battle Fierce.
Tonight official communique from
Paris says:
in Belgium. with no modification in the
situation. We have retained the
ground which we regained in the last
three days.
an Champagne the Germans took
from us, in the region of BeauseJour,
200 meters of advanced trenches. We
have retaken half of them.
in the Argonne, near Marie Therese,
an attack attempted by the Germans
was Immediately checked by our fire.
At Les Eparges the enemy has bonn
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