Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-26
1The Further They Come
the Harder They'll Get
whipped" Is General
French's Comment on
! German Attack.
Fighting Grows in Intensity as
Roth Armies Hurl Fresh
Reinforcements at Threat
ened Points-Kaiser Making
Supreme Effort.
pv WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD
1or,rioht, 1918, By the UHtted Press
WIZ Copyri0ht IN Great Britain

Ar THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE
pptT1sH OVERSEAS ARMY, NORTH.
rpm FRANCE, April 2s.-"The further
NAV come the harder they'll get
whipped"
Tho above phrase, the sharp comment
:, Field Marshal Sir John French, COM
sander in chief of the British forces,
,hs, apprlsed that the Germans had
S.oted their way through to the Ypres
canal. is today the slogan of the entire
p,,tish army. It expresses the supreme
confidence of the entire force, regular and
,,o,unteer, and is being followed UP by
!, onslaught all along the line to try to
,.coyer the lost ground that for fierce
r.ss has never been equaled in any
rrsvious war. The fighting continues of
hs Utmost intensity and the reinforce
r.n,s are being thrown into the battle
,l,s AZ every point where reports of air
,r.n Indicate the Germans have massed
for renewed assault.
standing on a hill, five miles from
ynres today 1 saw reflected along a 10
,nile panorama filled with smoke. the
rrantlo opposition which General
Trsrch's army is making against the
r.Irht of the reinforced German war ma
shIne Through the smoke and tumult
N The horizon dotted with white clouds
,from the bursting shrapnel, the British
an hold all of their positions Ia the
vicinity of Hill 60. over the hill itself
! dense smoke cloud hangs. placed there
by the enormous shells from the German
runs which constantly burst over every
portlon of the British positions.
ak miles northeast of Ypres where
the Canadians still are gallantly holding
their new positions the line can just
M distinguished through the whitish
smoke. Ypres itself is being subjected
IA almost continuous bombardment from
The German heavy artillery and has
been set on fire in many places. The
great tower of the beautiful Cloth Hall
rlstens in the sunlight above the sea
Of smoke which fills the city, Offering
A great target TO the hostile guns. Smoke
from six burning Belgian villages is
easily discernible on the horizon while
above It all can be picked up the British
esroplanes reconnoitering the enemy's po-
stons and watching as the "eyes of the
army" for the new masslng of troops that
forecasts another attempted advance.
The quantity of the German poisonous
gases which showered over the Allied
lines was so great that the ground for
wide area has turned a deep yellow
which, viewed from distance, seems as
though 1t were covered with a powder
Although the allied soldiers were af-
iected for an area half a mile behind
their trenches, the German soldiers
rushed into the fumes unharmed. This
was explained when. on prisoners were
found wads of cotton. and they said they
had received Instructions TO Mug I'm their
ncstrils when charging after the gas guns
had been fired.
From General French down, the Brit
ish believe that the present drive Is the
supreme attempt of the German General
Stan to hack through to Calais. and
svery precaution has been taken to meet
the movement.