Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-04-04

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toevard ten British tanks DROVE iaAe
then and shattered so0e q their bat-
tallsas With their naehise-gun IRE.
~diapersiag srosps Of the advancing
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The British fought many rear guard
actioas and made numerous counter.
attacks In the neighborhsod Of Rsisel.
falling hack to The line Of the 6onne
ealy whsa new masses Of Germans
passed through those battalions which
they had not net and beaten.
Between Goseaucourt and Epephy
occurred . most desperate struggle.
The Germans attacked In overwheln.
Ing streasth. Their previous BON.
bardment had had little effect and the
British troops had suffered but
slightly.
The weather was misty. and. scrseu-
ed BY this mist. the Germans were
On top Of the British before the lat.
ter were aware Of II. In dense for.
nation they came On, Offering excel.
lent targets. Ground was yielded By
the British only under pressure Of
overwhelming numbers.
Heroic Deeds Of the British.
Fighting Saturday between Arras
and Bapaume for possession Of the
heights between the Cojeul and Sen
see rivers was especially bitter. Out
numbered eight to one. the British
troops chung to their positions to the
last.
In Gauche wood. where Scots and
South Africans were placed. another
terrific struggle ensued. The Ger.
mans several times managed to reach
the wood but were repeatedly thrown
back. Their losses In killed were
especially heavy, as they came on In
mass formation. Attempt after at
tempt was frustrated.
From u height below Gauche wood
known as Chapel hill to Epephy three
German divisions and parts of a
fourth were thrown against the Brit
ish. At n point the enemy was &C.
tually among the British advance
posts before he was discovered. The
fog thoroughly screened him.
Waves OF Germans flowed past the
farm and around it, but in the farm
itself the Leicesters held out, fighting
and refusing to surrender until every
man was killed or 80 severely wounded
he could fight no more.
The British showed the greatest
strength between Bapaume and Pc
rome and above Bapaume as far az
Arras. The Germans, however, con-
cerned with the southern flank, at the
Franco-Brltish junction point, concen-
trated their most terrific blows against
the Peronne.Ha -Chauny line, relying
OH the necessity of an automatic Brit
withdrawal in the north II their
line was bent or broken in the south.
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northern side. to capture which they
thousands Of their best
Rivers Of blood were shed for
the towns possession In a combat that
almost all night, until the
British finally yielded the ruins, after
having exacted a fearful price.
Kaiser Orders %JubilatIon.
The kaiser was with Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg In Peronne surveying
the bloody fields where thousands of
his best fighting men were killed or
manned before the British finally with
drew. The emperor ordered a general
iubilation throughout the empire.
rockets and flags and a holiday for the
children being the chief symbols of
celebration. He conferred a gold in.
laid iron cross on Hindenburg.
Wilhelm also sent dispatches to the
empress telling of the progress made
by his armies.