El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-17
GERMANS LOSE
40-NILE LINE
100000 Killed, Wounded or
Captured by French in the
First Days Offensive.

Other German counter attacks I'm the
sector Of Courcy also were broken up
The weather continues very bad over
the whole front
I'm tire Champagne the night was
marked by more active artillery hight
ing west or Auberive. Everywhere
else the night was calm
In the period between April DO and
- our pilots accomplished numerous
exploits Capt LIE Court Capt. Grand
maisOn, Sub Lieut.. Languedoc and
Sergt Rousseau brought down each
his fifth German machine. Lieut. Pm
sart accounted for three enemy air
planes. bringing the number 20 con-
Sidera bic OF this officer Au1t- N1tdiis
destroyed his seventh adversary. Lieut.
Deullin his 18TH and capt Guyncmet
scored his 36th victory
Fight All Along Front.
British Headquarters in France, April
16.-With hot flames Of war raging
along the entire western front. British
and French alike, l. can he tated that
each detail OF the offensive plans has
been worked out 1t prolonged confer
enceS between Gen NIvelle and field
marshal Haig and the war councils of
France and England
The part to be played by each bel
hgerent has been definitely agreed up
on and schedule has been arranged
as for one great cohesive force. Nari-
Gus tasks have been precisely allotted
along the wide reaching battle lines,
and the results thus far attained 1usti-
fy the conclusion that the supreme
military test of the war is near at
hand.
It was planned that the British
should strike from Arras while the
French guns still were roaring their
preparation for infantry hOstilities
along wide front farther 10 the south.
The successes gained in the first
stages Of the British advance have Civ
en- the French great confidence in the
Inauguration Of their own enterprises
It's n Titanic Struggle
The whole struggle IN the western
theater promises TO be a titanic one.
The allies are prepared as never be-
fore, both in material and personnel.
and are cooperating with a snoothness
which comes from a complete under
standing and thorough appreciation OF
the work at hand The Germans have
more divisions on the western front
than would have been thought possible
a year ago, and however much OF an
fastener" field marshal XSn Hinden-
burg may have been in the past, he
viii have to devote his entire time and
attention to western events for some
weeks to come.
Germans Trapped at Own Trenches.
It Will ever be one Of the most strik-
ing pictures of this war. the rout Of
the Germans at Lagnicourt after what
they believed to have been a success
tul attack Running for their own
trenches, which were part OF the famed
Hindenburg line, they were trapped BY
the barbed wire advertisements which
had been built with such great strength
and thickness in front OF them. The
boast OF the HindenburE line has been
its belts of protective wire
Germans Scream and Die.
caught within the meshes Of this
wire. the German guardsmen screamed
madly for help and guidance. Some.
like trapped rats. scurried Up and
down the outer barriers searching in
vain for openings. The British troops.
meantime, had the greatest Opportun-
ity 10 open field rifle shooting since
the battle Of the Marine. Lying upon
the ground they poured bullets into !
the panic stricken gray coated Ger
mans until each man had fired a fun /
100 rounds
While this was going on, the British /
field guns came into play with a !
barrage. which completed the I
demolition Of the entrapped enemy.
1900 Dead Counted.
II was little wonder that later 1900 !
German dead could be counted OF that 4
400 guardsmen surrendered with up
held hands and emotional cries OF /
-kamerad, kamerad-' Everywhere they
have been pushed back from the Brit
ish front and especially north Of the
rolled up" portion OF the Hindenbure-
every means to gain time in order 70 ]
complete defences upon which to fall J
back. Ihir efforts to dig in every
where to seek shelter of strongly for
titled lines do not tend TO corroborate
the officially stated German hopes that
the warfare might become open again.
Explosions continue within Lens and +
the outlying mine districts and there
seems little doubt that the mines viii
as p