Evening star., 1917-05-21
H|NDENBURG' LINE
GETS MORE BLOWS
Both British and French De-
liver Heavy Attacks and
Gain Ground.
COUNTER ATTACKS IN VAIN

tens tdafg ana retain are again push
ing ahead with their offensive in northern
France. and today both report new gains.
After driving into the Hindenburg line
along a mile front yesterday morning in
the sector northwest of Bullecourt, the
British resumed their attack last evening
and captured support trench behind the
position just taken.
The f1rTnness of the British hold on this
section of the Hindenburg line. seriously
threatening the Queant-Drocourt switch
protecting Douai, is attested by the fail
ure of the German reactions. Gen. Halg
is well maintaining his initiative and bit
by bit forcing the Germans to give ground.
Not only did the British prove them
selves able to hold their gains of the
morning against heavy counter attacks.
but to resume their offensive the same
day and push farther ahead. maintain
Ing their second advance also against
renewed counter attacks.
French Advance in Champagne.
The French, for their part in the
great battle, have resumed their ad-
vance in the Champagne. Having foil
costly effort to regain control of the
Chemin-des-Dames plateau, on the
Aisne front, Gen. Petain turned to the
Champagne sector and struck north
ward. on the Moronvilliers heights.
Several lines of German trenches
were captured in these operations and
some 500 prisoners taken. All the i'm
portant observation posts in this sec
hands. facilitating their further ad-
vance in the drive calculated to flank
the Germans out Of the salient to the
northwest projecting toward Rheims.
Official British Report.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON. May 21.-Today's official
statement reads:
Our operations in the Hindenburg line
between Bullecourt and Fontaine-Les
Croisilles were continued with success
during the night. Our troops, who had
carried front trench in the Hindenburg
line yesterday morning and had repulsed
several counter attacks. renewed the at
tack in the evening. and after hand-to-
hand fighting captured a support trench
also.
Hostile counter attacks were again
beaten of. with heavy losses to the en-
envy. whose troops were engaged in the
open by our massed artillery. A large
number of the enemy's dead were found
in the captured positions. About $50
these operations Two German divisions
have been engaged in the fighting in this
neighborhood since yesterday morning.
We carried out successful raid last
all enemy party endeayored to enter our
trenches southwest of Messines, but was
driven OH. .
French Victory in Champagne. :.
PARIS. May 81. 2:o7 pm.-Today,s
official statement follows:
.'On the Chemin- the artiI-
Z lery fighting continued during the night
in the region northwest of Braye-en-
Laonnois and on the front between
Cerny and Hurtebise. A German at
tack near F'roidmont farm was checked
before the enemy was able to reach our
lines The enemy undertook no further
attack after the complete check of his
general assault, undertaken yesterday
There were brief but violent artil-
lery actions between Miette and the
Afsne and northwest of Rheims In the
region of Chevreux we made progress
and took prisoners.
I'm the Champagne yesterday evening
we carried out on two sectors of the
heights near Moronvillieres an opera
tion which resulted in an important
and brilliant success. Our troops cap
tured several lines of German trenches
on the slopes north of Carnillet. at the
Casque and at the Teton. Furthermore,
all the important observation points
in this region are now in our hands
German counter attacks Were taken
under our fire and thrown back with
heavy losses. We took about 500 pris-
oners in these actions. The enemy
shelters were found to have been blown
to pieces and to be piled high with the
dead
Evacuated According to Plan"
BERLIN. May 81, via London. 4:1s p.m.
The Germans on the Arras front yes
terday maintained their positions except
in one demolished trench, which was
evacuated according to plan during the
British attack Sunday on an eight-and-
one-hah mile front. says the official
statement issued today by the German
\ army headquarters staff.
The German announcement says the
French yesterday obtained a foothold
Yesterday the Germans brought down
fourteen entente airplanes on the west
ern front