New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
Allies Defences
mistaken After
Terrific Assaults
TBu A Associated Press

WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, April 30.-Up to noon to-day
the badly punished German troops
along the Flanders front had made no
further attacks against the Allied lines
which held so brilliantly throughout
yesterdays intense fighting.
The German general, Won Arnim, was
busy reforming his broken divisions
and, presumably, bringing up reserves
to replace the great numbers of men
who gave their lives in fruitless as
saults, by which they had hoped to
wrench away more of the hill positions
and thereby gain dominating position,
with the idea of forcing the Allies to
pull back thei2 iines to the north.
Yesterday was great day for the
Allies, and to-day those divisions which
were engaged in the sanguinary strug-
gle received a message commencing
them for the magnificent defence they
had made. Not only was the Allied line
practically intact at all points to-day,
/ but the latest reports show that the
British, during the counter attack yes
terday afternoon north of KENNEL, re-
claimed considerable ground, which the
taken.
Odttic lux SIOSbIOdQS
Al the crossroads between Scherpen-
berg and Mount Rouge and about Locre
the lighting was particularly fierce.
Iocre changed hands several times dur
ing the day, and at nightfall the Ger
mans had a hold on the place In their
counter attack during the night, how
ever, the French cleared the Germans
from their positions between the two
hills and thrust them back from Locre,
thereby regaining ground to depth of
nearly a mile.
many attacks on the initiative of Off
GERS commanding the smaller units.
Time and again French captains or
ganized counter thrusts with their
companies and drove the enemy back
after the Germans had gained foot
ing in advanced positions.
The German attack against the Brit
lsh was from the southeast, toward
Ridge Wood. between Dickebusch Lake
and Voormezeele. At Ridge Wood,
where the fighting was very bitter. the
Germans at the outset advanced with
fixed bayonets, but they came under
such an intense machine gun fire that
they were never able to employ their
steel.
Enemy's Losses Heavy
West of Voormezeele. heavy fighting
also continued throughout the day, the
Germans losing great numbers of men,
both killed and wounded. 1t is impos-
sible to say how many attacks the en-
emy made at this point during the
course of the day. They came forward
in waves throughout long hours. There
was no cessation of the terrible battle.
The wonder is that the Allied troops
were able to hold in the face of such
enslaughts by superior numbers.
The German artillery, which had been
greatly augmented for this attack,
pounded the back areas necessarily,
and the duel between the opposing
guns. of all calibrcs from Saturday
evening until last night was appalling.
The British improved their position
slightly before Villers-B s-Brctonneux The
enemy artillery was very active in this
region, and the enemy guns were in
crsasingly busy from Vimy northward,
Thus far the German capture of KEN
mel has done them little good, for the
Allied artillery has kept the crest of
the hill SO smothered with shellfire
that it has been impossible for the en-
cnpmv to O~cIYpy IN fo~>o "