The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-29
FRENCH SUFFER Big
LOSSES IN FLANDERS
Germans Continue to Hold
Hartmannsweilcr Kopf. in
Alsace. Says Berlin.
TAKE RUSSIAN POSITIONS

BERLIN. via London. April 2s-Un.
successful attempts by the British &c
recapture lost ground in Flanders and
the capture by the Germans OF a ErouT
Of French Notifications in Champaign
were announced in the official state
ment issued by the Army Headquarters
STAFF to-day. The assertion was mad,
that HartmannsweIler Kopf is still he't
by the Germans. The statement was rs
follows:
In tho western theatre the British
attempted yesterday 10 recapture the
territory which they had lost In
Flanders. In the afternoon they COM
menCcd an attack on hoth sides of the
Ypres- Pilkem highroad. but the at
tack broke down completely 200 meters
in front OF our positions. A second
British advance further 70 the east
during the evening had the same re-
suit, Here also the enemy suffered
heavy losses The enemy did not at
tack on the western bank OF the
canal.
In the Champagne district an extern
sive French group OF fortifications was
TAKEN pN us nv slpl III uuI lllh INV Ilh llN
north of lie Mesnil and was success
fully defended and maintained against
several counter attacks The enemy
again suffered heavy losses, sixty un-
wounded Frenchmen, four machine
guns and thirteen mine throwers fall
ing into our hands.
Between the Meuse AMI the Moselle
only fierce artillery battles took place.
4 strong French night attack In lie
Pretre wood WAS repulscd with
sangulnary losses.
After their unsuccessful advances OF
April 26 the French have made no
fresh attempts 10 attack our posi-
tions on iartmannsweiler kopf At
Altkirch one OF our aviators brought
down French aeroplane.
In the eastern theatre we took pos
session OF Russian positions extending
over a front of twenty kilometers
Cthirteen m.les) to TIE northeast and
east of Suwalki. TO the north Of
Przasnvsz ,northern Poland two Off
GERS and 4IO Russians were taken
prisoners yesterday and three ma
chine guns were captured.
Yesterdays official French and Brit
ish communication again furnished
interesting proofs of the means
whereby the public in the countries of
our enemies is being msled.
The French assert they have recap
tured Hartmannsweiler kopf. which We
took away from them on April -
Sunday. In reality, no attacks at
all have been made since the unsuc-
cessful attempts to recapture the sum-
NIT on the afternoon OF April 20,
Therefore the summit Is In our pos
session.
The British report says that tho
French. advancing on the left wing of
the British, have recaptured the viii
lage OF lie, Sas, in Flanders. In
reality, neither was this village at
tackled yesterday. Furthermore, the
British report states that the Ger
man report regarding the capture OF
four British guns is not correct
II is pity for the British army
administration that It is so badly in,
formed by is subordinates, although
II Is easily understood that the rcgu-
lar transmission of reports may he
somewhat disorganized by the speed
with which the British troops left the
BATTLEFIELD on TIE 25th. According to
the inscription they bear, the captured
guns belonged To tho Second London
Garrison Artillery and Second London
Territorial Division. They are la.S
centimeter guns. which viii mako
their presence on our side clearly
known to our opponents in the near
future.