The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-26

and the restoration of the allied air
supremacy
Complete Repulse.
| LONDON, April 26.-Complete re-
pulse of violent massed counter
attack by German forces against
new British positions around Cav
relle was announced in Field Mar
shall Haig's official statement today
EARLY at night the enemy again
! endeavored to attack our new posi-
/ lions at Gavrelle,' he said. His
| troops were caught in our artillery
| barrage and completely repulsed."
Hope Of Early Peace.
AMSTERDAM, April 26.-Thanks
to the heroes of Arras and the
Aisne" and hope of an early, peace
was expressed in telegram sent
by the main reichstag committee to-
day to Field Marshal Hindenburg.
Dispatches from Berlin said the
message promised the entire Ger
man people would devote all their
strength to the countrys defense
until peace-which it was hoped
would come soon"
French Official Report.
PARIS, April 26.-Two tremen-
dous German attacks made on front
of more than mile and a half west
of Cerny We're smashed unayailingly
against French lines and repulsed
amid heavy losses to the enemy, to-
days French official statement de-
clared.
Powerful German counter attacks
at two other places on the French
front were likewise repeled
The war Office statement indicated
that all along the French front the
Germans We're making violent at
tempts to loose the grip of French
troops on their new positions.
Some bitter fighting was reported
from half a dozen different points.
con the shores of the Disc" the
statement said, "a German patrol
was easily repulsed.
North of the Aisne several Ger
man attempts to eject our troops
from the plateau and the Ladies
Highway were unsuccessful
1.-TWO powerful attacks on a front
of two kilometers west of Cerny
We're smashed on the French lines,
the Germans losing heavily One
other attempt at Hurtebise farm also
failed.
"In the Champagne, in the region
of Pompelle. in front of Navarfa AMI
Tarure. several German attacks only
resulted in our capture of prisoners"
1900 Prisoners Taken q
by Henry Wood, United Press Staff
Correspondent
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN |
THE FIELD, April 26-Thirteen hun
dred German prisoners and $50 ma
chine guns were captured in one |
swoop of French forces around Vile !
Aux Bots, according to complete tai !
ly given out at general headquarters |
today. The total Of all captures in the |
fighting around Vile Aux Bots WIS |
eleven cannon and 5000 prisoners-in- |
one entire Bavarian regim en1
with all it's officers except the colonel |
The French development occurred |
April II, but until today the censor I
details.
The French. swept so suddenly |
around Vile Aux Bots positions that
the Germans imprisoned were taken
entirely unaware.
Just one solitary German evaded
he bravely stuck behind +
until he could drag away his machine
gun.
If it had not been for the fact that
he colonel of the Bavarian regiment
enclosed by the French, was back to
he rear of the German lines in his
headquarters, he, too, would have fall
en- prisoner. Not another officer es-
capped. The Germans hurriedly rush
ed Prussian regiment to take the
places of the captured Bavarian unit
and they did their best to retake the
woodruff without success.
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