Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-14
Hold Tenaciously On Whole
Front From Loos to
st. Quentin.
HINDENBURG LINE
is BADLY SHAKEN
German Line on Four Mile Front
Brsksn During Night and Teutenie
Feress Are In Retreat - British
rrsepJ Capture Village Fayst and
Threaten st. ouentin-Work Mappsd
up For Summer Completed in Wssk.

London. April 1.-THE British have
taken . bulldog grip on the whole Ger
man line from Loos to ST. Quentin and
refuse to be shaken of.
Under what the newspapers cali the
"Haig plan." first one section Of the
Hindenburg line and then another has
been subjected to q violent bombard-
ment, followed by infantry attacks.
which have badly shaken II they have
mot seriously broken the front on
4 which the Germans depended for the
defense OF the industrial districts Of
France. z
The Lens coal mining area around
the town Is being closely invested and
N tfle German hold on 1t Is precarious.
i Several positions southwest Of the
town fell into British hands during the
-night. together with four s-inch howit-
sszefs, and The line here has been
sslinked up with the positions taken
from the Germans In the battle OF
sLo0s.
Dritish Threatening St Quentin.
4 The German stay In ST.. Quentin IS
likewise additionally threatened thru
4 kha capture ~ the British Of the vil-
Il 1aee az EAyet. q bare mile northwest
ssOf No town, from which point the
! Rsttig syne Y sccnlnsnd !. The eles!aaa
sJi = 4
,ye e tie Brifash arc adv1neing
sE6NhAe toward the Cambrzi-St ouen-
TIN rOad, while southeast Of Arras they
.tsse approaching Queant which is tho
snprthern extremity Of the new German
line defending Cambrai.
General Horne, considered the great-
est artillery expert in the British army,
and who assisted General Nivelle in the
successful attack by the French north
Of Verdun in December last. COM
mands the British forces around Lens.
where owing to the natural defenses.
composed Of waste dumps around the
I mines, the artillery must be depended
on. General Horne has on his right
I the army under Gen. E. H. Allenby,
who has also gained new laurels In
\ this war.
\ Summers Work in Few Bays.
These generals and their colleagues.
under Field Marshal Douglas Haig,
have accomplished since Monday a
work which many military writer's ex-
pected would occupy great part of
the summer, but thus tar has there
/ been no nag waving or celebration in
Great Britain. The impression prevails
that greater events will soon follow
{ and that with the fall of Lens the re-
lief ofsLilie will not be long delayed.
Fali Back on New Front.
In falling back the Germans are
making in the direction Of an emer-
gency auxiliarf line. to the rear OF the
Z Hindenburg font, called the Dro-
court Queant line. Work on this po-
4 sition is far from complete and the
i Germans seem to have had no idea Of
using 1t, except as q last resort.
They are now fighting under orders
a to delay the British advance at every
possible point to permit completion Of
z the work Of making the new position
defendabie.
On retiring from the CONNIE last
month the Germans apparently ex-
I: pected to hold all the Hindenburg line
\ running southeast from Arras In front
OF Cambrai and thru st. Quentin and
I Laon.
The important point at the northern
end OF this line was vimy ridge. There
Il no doubt the Germans never ex-
,keCSAS>u W w uhAvch oii tAdS A1O6C Wy
= frontal attack. as was done by the
sCanad;ans on Monday.
81 Anticipating a northern offensive.
however, and the possible outfianking
Of the Vimy positions, the Drocourt-
Queant switch running north from
the Hindenburg line was planned.
Develops Into Great PUSH"
.sThe British offensive has developed
: into 20 great push in the most literal
+ sense of the word telegraphs Reuters
correspondent at the British headquar-
4 ters In France. "The success of the
4 Operations has been greater than we
perhaps realize and the Germans are
being pushed back from Loos south
2 ward
..ItEtakes an army long time to get
away; however successfully the retire.
nent may have been planned and with
AZ Vigorous offensive as It's skirts 1t may
y overwhelmed. German garrisons
\ sneak out of some villages at night but
his aHppipS away can not be carried
out very far and when they are forced
sack to new lines without the guns
they were forced to leave behind they
can not meet q determined attack"
IS. Village Of Fayst Captured. {
I<oSadop. April 1.-THE village Of
4 FH4et. one mile northwest of st. Quen-
lin isas been captured by y-the British.