Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-04-01

Along Entire Front The Advance
Has Been Checked Offensive Is x
Expected To Take On New Vigor

tby Arsociared Press.)
LONDON, April i. The Germans
made two attacks On The British positions
in the Western out~kint> of Albert last
night and were repulSed in both casts. the
war office announces
South Of the Scmme the enemy perSis-
ted IN his efforts to advance along the
Luce and Avre valleys hui made little
progress. In Their attacks near Scrrr
Saturday the Brit n captured 100 ma
chine guns
REPORTS from the battle front this mcrn-
ing are regarded A. favorahr for MI the
allies. The b,l.ef l. held here that the first
on rush Of the enemy has been stcmlned,
Lie A. engaged In the press Of CONSOLIDATE
'rr BIS positions and bring ng up heavy
artillery and III eXpeirtd stnt when this
work has leeH runp- -lt,i a4Euther 'hig bluW
Wiii be dr.Vergh with alI hp uurr4v he ia.
fh eiiew-p4psr are 1.iisd with calling at
tonticn 10 the offcnAve The Standard
SayS that by calling all men of military age
and raising the .aee-hmI EneianC
an addtional million men by aui
ing that with the gathering III
Of the United States there Shon
less than two million new troops
for warfare by autumn.
BRITISH ARMY HEADQUARTE5
lFRANCE)--The last "a hours continV
ued unfavorable ~ the aggressive 0erl
man troops along the British sector of |
the new battle front. Today the British
are holding ther entire line with strength
and had smashed numerous heavy Geh- y
man attacks and have successfully taker
the initiative in many places
The most intense fighting continued
South Of the Somme Ia the zone where
the French have been making such a GAL
liant stand. The outstanding feature of
the conflict on the northern end OF the
front j. that the British ag.lin have killed
in great number Of the enemy which, de5-
|pife its harsh ~ounl will win the war.
PARIS. April 1.-The battle continued
with ertreme violence last niaht in the sec
tor OF Montddier large bodies of troops
being thrown IN BY the Germans. the war
office announced. The British and
French broke MP the ASSEMBLING waves.
Further South the fighting was no lers
violent. the Gerv~n~ making ineessant
lacks in an effort to capture Grieve~-
ness. The French retained their position
lin the town and inflicted heavy losses IL
the Germans.
The =et back Of the Germans here Yas
most pronounced a. they wer. established
west Of IIaneard on Santerre and were en-
dcavoring 10 i,houch from this position
wothin -cant ten miles Nj the outsk IT. of
Amiens. They have now been pushed hack
well beyond that limif.
Further south in The Montdidier region
n the enemy made determined attempt tu
capture Gricvnes and nnlarge salients had
pushed in here west Of Avre His powerful
thrust, however. delivered virtually with
ont interval, were broken up by the French,
who punished the Germans badly.
| The most determined effort III the enc
! my 10 advance tawardS Amien@ and Push
out from Montdid er salient seem "a
have been in the ncighborhood Of Ham
. gard En- Santcrre where the French Brit
/ iSh met the assaultinc waves. The Brit
isl counter attacking broke up the Ger
nsan assault. The French followed np
ard the village was re-captured-