Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-19

put upon them in Withstanding a German
before the early impetus Of the German d
came through the ordeal with colors flying ;
From Givcnchy ~ 81 Venant IN ~
milo sector on he eouthcrY side Of he
salient German troops Wcrc hurled 2
fnassos on The British positions b m n
fort 10 break through 70 be -outhwe-t
behind Bethune and compel fhc British
10 fall back from Givcnchy and along hr
front southward towards Nimy ridge
and Arras
British Front Secure.
The defensive line held firm despite
repeated desperate assaults which cost
tho Germans enormous losse4. Last night
tie battle had died down - an artillery
duel Correspondents ~ the front de-
clare the British front now + more So
cure han il has been f0r days
Further efforts probably d an equally
determined nature. may be expected from
the Germans who are p too exposed
position from cnfiading gun fire p their
narrow salient 70 rest comfortably whore
they are.
Assault at KENNEL Fails.
Indeed. they resumed their attacks
last night in the Mount KENNEL region
Ola AAtE tH}f AitIU eltAt Bl tisft LII
southwest Of IDrcs, where they are iInd-
ing the British firmly Installed on the
dominating heights These assaults. ike
the preceding ones. we're failures.
On the Somne battlefield the French
have held 10 their gains 81 yesterday in
the region of Castel, where they drove
the Germans further from the line of
the Pars-Amiens railway 9 spirited
local attack
German machine gun nests on the
+. front Of this attack we're wiped out by
] the French during he night.
Associated Press Summary, Issued
al II am.
British troops are standing firm against
heavy enemy attacks on the front north
of Arras. East Of the Amiens the French
have driven the Germans back IN the
region Of Castel
The heaviest fighting on the northern
front is on the southern side of the sa-
lient from 81. Venant. west Of Merville.
TO Giyenchy. On this 1l-mile front the
Germans are using 10 divisions, or about
1877 900 men.
Capture ot most of the Niesslne>-N yts-
chaere ridge bv the Germans did not
seriously weaken the British position. as
Field Marshal HaIg 0utwltted the enemy
east 0f Apres IN his region h.. Germans
are houndering IN mud while efforts 90
turn the British llne south og pres hF
taking kennlel bill have ralled VItA
severe losses
Huns Flung Back at KENNEL Hill.
Twice Thursday the t,ermans threw
large forces against tins aiI hut each
time were thrown back b sharp FBeogu-
terS. Intense fighting and artillery 6leis
continue hero ana westward f0"ar,.
Metereu
In switching their strong Hffort> from
he north 10 tbe south he Germans haze
not Vet gained amy success. Ihe.r evl-
dent desire on the front mort invest ot
Givenchy IS to cross the La BaSsee Canal
and outfank Bethune and vlth il PROV
abls Lens and ArIas The eliminating
Of the LenS-Arras salient would make
+ less secure me Allied line IA picardv
Berlin for the FRS time since the
northern operations began announces 10
It's latest communication that the >gua-
ton Is unchanged.
French Victors al Picardy.
The French success en- the Plcarjs
battlefield was gained on ! three-mile
front running from the north to the
southwest Of AIorcuII Iac apex q i
short pointed salient wc~, ol CastcI was
within three miles q the railway uin-
ulug south from AmieaS and Wae tht
nearest the Germans had got TO AInicns
IN the offensive which began more than
four weeks ago fhe Germans nave been
driven from >euce.,l wood and the French
have reached the outskirts ot ta9tel
fvc hundred prisoners. lnciudiug r.
officers Was captured bv thv French
Italian troops vii be sen. ~ hcWt>taru
front to ad the embatJied Nlbed troop,
ag4lns' tar Germans announcement ID
this effect has been malc M the ltalaa
Chamber 81 Deputies by Premiyr or
ando
The ,auiou, political parties b Ireland
have patched ap their differences and
Viii resist con9crptlon by the most
effective means AZ their disposal I'll,
Irish bishops ana 4 conference Of political
parties presided over BY ne lord mayol
If Dublin both have slguIIied their pur-
pose 10 resist
The government HAnpo0er Gllt iu
Guiding the Irish CONSUMPTION clause. aas
received the assent 81 King George but
no home rule measure has yet been 94b-
mittcd to Parliament
Austria 10 Work for Peace
Cessation ii all work in Austria 81
AN / Ii hold demonstrations for pcac,
has occu ordered by the German Socialis
party in Austria, according 70 Amsterdam
reports
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