New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-24
Extend Loop Around Lens
Bottle the Enemy in
Havrincourt
1000 Germans Taken
In Savage Assaults
aB;o Push" Believed On;
3s Planes Fall Dur
ing Day
Try car. n. T0bun,l

,os6on. April 23.-The British grand
s..,r, vas renewed to-day. Tn"
.i..o,v Of Arras has become the Rat
4, Of Dousi
sg,rirr forward over VIDE front
ho,b banks OF the River Scarpc,
90, the most furious csnnonade thus
=. ,,t,sved IN the war, General Hsig'S
..,.,. esptured the village Of Gsvrelle,
...,,hsr with the hostile trench sys-
- for two and p half miles TO the
,..,bvsrd. ss fsr ss the cemetery o.
v,,g, On the southern bank Of the
-, British troops debouching from
81. Moody heights Of Monchy tough:
,.,;, way south and east Of the town
,,s captured GuemarP5. just below IT.
s.;u further south. At the neck Of
80 Vsvrircourt Wood, the occupation
- ,be village Of TreScault was com
,,.s8 practically bottlng up the
c,,-s, defenders. who still remain IN
~. so,est Al the northern end Of the
h., ;ust below Lens. the British
-. was pushcd forward along the
SO, River. extending the loop
,1i,b IS being thrown around the
centre.
,suried considerably exceeds a thou-
and many Of them having been taken
around Trescallt.
German Attacks Futile
Throughout the dsy the fighting was
mas, ssyage. The Germans, prepared
N hattie for every ward of the ground
ytieb leads 10 their base At Douai.
,ouuter.attackcd again and again, hut
vi,bout being able 10 check the Brit
i,b advance Both Genera Haig's COM
muniout and the Berlin bulletin com
nsnt on the heavy losses inflicted. The
British attack ha- grown more violent
and the Hindenburg defence has stlh-
ensd
There is excellent authority for stat
ing that to-dsy's lighting opens up the
nost ambitious niast the-BFlt5sh have
r,i set before them in the war. Pro-
rided the keen spring weather holds. u
sthe beginning Of the real big push,
which viii keep on gong until the
desired results are obtained.
The biz battles OF the last two weeks
constituted the necessary prehminaries
the effort which began to-day.
Eysrything is now ready for the final
assault on Lens, which is virtually
surrounded and must fall quickly.
Dogai and the roads 70 Lille. the great
Industrial centre Of Northern France,
constitute the next obJectives.
Hindenburg Line in Danger
This mornings bombardment was the
most fercely concentrated Of any yet
knoWl in the war, but u is likely 20
N Nsupassed in the next few days. The
Hrdenbufg line is now in the gravest
tingtr Gavrelle and the road leading
ooVn from j. 20 ROeux form the last
defence before the supplementary Ger
nan switch line running between
Qassnt and Drocourt Is reached. This
trench system. uncompleted as yet. may
'orm but shadowv obstacle against
ne pulverizinc British drum fire. The
must inaugurated by Haig to-day may
result IN Hindeuburg giving up all at
'mnt, 10 hold the line before Douai.
ihe German official description OF
ne battle rs: The new English as
"u!i broke down without success under
'sIy heavy enemy losses"
German Dead Cover Ground
me positions which the British have
nainialned and gradually extended for
neie than a week on the heights east
konchy were the key 20 much Of the
cFs lighting The importance Of
hsse ridge lines 20 the Germans lies
me fact that they dominate the
sAhs OF Doual for forty miles. Not a
e.y mas passed that the Germans have
tarown an energetic counter at
tH against Monchy. They have all
"a consistently and sanguinarily
s,aasreo When Haig's Khaki clad sol
- swept down from the heights At
yofeak TINS morning they passed
~ ground covered by thousands Of
e.y coated bodies IN one day the
lhsns lost as many az $500 killed
Wore Monchy
Yesterdays clear weather led 10 much
I" activity SIX German planes
tAeo 10 the earth and fifteen more
oIiVen down beyond control. Seven
e,insn kite balloons were accounted
y, seven British planes are missing
s' n says German aviators fred four
I captive balloons and brought
49, 80 elsVen planes. Il is reported that
~. pursuit squadron. operating under
'S w a.. .kiehthofen, has brought down
10 Allied hiers.
French Repulse Enemy
,..tH'epi for the incesssnt pounding
,~ artillery, the day WAS relatively
49,. along the French front. There
~ unsuccessful German diversions
rai lsi portion Of the Belgian front
~ hslo by French troops. east Of St.
4, and IN the Woevre, beyond Yer
.ssseigium groups Of the enemy sue
b, " entering the advance lines,
n, k9 were a. once driven out with
s'o'yonet and grensdes.
f.ssVha Nerdun tho Germans dashed
AZ, m surprise attacks on the
,r..,, "eod and against the Calonne
A,. out without success. On the
g. Foni the poilus drew nearer the
fhn ces Danes.
ts,,N Ne champagne the French have
MA on all attacks on the Moron
frss. nils. All night long there was
xt.,g on these ridges. which every
resulted 70 French advantage.
"a, sSSn ~ hiers brought down six Ger
s1hes yesterday. and last night
sr,stsssoron OF fourteen machines
c,l,a l'itO kilos Of explosives on
~t' Valley. '1 '''OO''' ." WV