The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-02
Admitted by Berlin

BERLIN. April !. thy wireless 10 Say
vile. )-BrltiSh troops after tenacious
fighting IN which they suffered hearE
losses yesterday pushed their lines into
the German positions on the Sonme inT
a depth OF nearly two miles. says the
official statement issued to-day by Inc
German army headquarters statl. II"
British advance was III the region be-
tween the Peronne-GOuZeaucour road
and the loWlands Of the Omignon stream;
in which the towns OF Jcancourt ana
Nerinand arc situated.
The statement reads:
western theatre: Between Lens and
Arras advances Of strong English recon-
noiclring dctAChments launched on 4
broad front failed -
Attacks of several battalions against
the village of lienIn-Sur-Cojeul SOUTH
east of ArraS, were rcpulscd BY us.
Between the road from Peronne tn
Gpuzcaucourt md the l0wland Of ON
ignon brook. the English In engage
rnents in which they suffered heavy
losses, advanced their lines for dis
lance Of from two to thrr" Kilometres.
Along the road leading northeast
ward from scissors our batteries anu
machine guns Yesterday found aaran-
tngcous targets while French attack
ing troops rhlr"d back and forth win
out gaining success
Our own accommodating dctach-
monts north Of Rheims brought In Il
number OF prisoners without losses TO
us.
Last night hostile dctachmenis
southwest OF coInbrrS and east of 81.
Maurice Tin tho Wu"vrr 9cctor and in
the Parrny forest hrEt-Mosclle
rcgion). tried Ia enter our trenches,
They were Immediately away every
where"
Important Advances.
l. PARIS. April |. 1920 y. m.-ln their
opera lions tn III" southwest OF Lhon
tn" French tro"iS have made lmpor-
liant advances capturing several Ger
man systems and hay" reached the out
skirts Of Hauxaillnn and Laffaux. ac-
ruriing TO the official communication
issued Ivy the war oific" today. The
text reads:
'.Rctw"on tho Snmmc and tho Disc in
;crmittcut artillery actions occurred
and lively fusillad"s by the advanced
posts. We dispersed enemy patrols
and took some prisoners.
south of tn" Athletic river in the
course of y spirited offensive action our
troops occupied from tho Athlete river
as far as Lann road several trench Sys-
TENS and organized points IF support
east of Ncuvillc-Sur- Marginal The en-
cmy, who mad" an energetic defence,
was driven back with serious ldsars as
far rs the outskirts Of FauNaillou and
IafffiauX. One hundred and eight pris-
4 urrrS. including two officers and four
machine guns. remained in our hands.
I'm Champagne. both artilerics dis
played ErcataCtivity west Of MaiSnps
DE Champa gnc. Our batteries took UNI
, der their fire enemy coutIngents seen
"a hc marching in that region. There
was no event Of importance on the rest
Of tho front.
BELGIAN communication: Or the en-
tire belgian front there has been sus-
tanned artillery Fighting day and night.
partiCularir in the region Of DiNmude.
Eonlh and <rcmaGc lighting was resumed
in tho direction of Stcenstracte.'
Fla stern thcartc: The aviation groups
rarc been very active on the eastern
r.."v, The enemy homharded our nosi-
tj'.us on IN Nardar and fired about fifty
sh' rs on Mnnastir. Our heavy artillery
vigorously replied against the enemy
batteries and caused an explosion in the
enemy sector on the Ccrna."
Further Progress.
FAIRS. April l..--FrenCh troops last
night made further progress along both
sides or the Ail"t;e' river. it WIS an
mnunced by tn" French officials state
rncnt issued this afternoon. The French
also pushed forward in the region north
and cas-: Of Marginal. which is Oh the
southern end Of the new battle ltnei in
France formed by the German retire
men'.
The text Of the statement follows:
"Gn the Sonmc and on the Disc the
artillery duel WAS violent in the region
Of Roupy and on the front between l;s-
SiEny and Brnay. There were stirn-
Ishrs between patrols in the sector Of
FnIcmhray and CouCy-L e-Chatcau.
North and south Of the Athletic river
; We made sensible progress during the
night. especially To the north and east
OF Marginal.
"AttrmptS made ny tnc enemy on our
small posts south and east OF Crannne.
rear NauIuos and In the region west Of
Le Mort 1lomme completely failed. We
made some prisoners.
The night elsewhere on the front was
calm.
"Despi,c the unfayorahlc weather that
still prevails on this front. our pilots
were engaged in numerous aerial COM
bats in the course of this week and de-
stroyed seven German machines. Lieu
tenant Dorm brueght down his eiEh-
tecnth German airplInc and Captain
Lormer and Adiutant Cacale each forced
down his seventh enemy adversary. Cap
tain, Nation brought down hts nth Ger