Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-05-11
Germans Defeated With Awful
Slaughter in an Attack on
YpreS Salient.
prep AIRING FOR new SMASH
Americans Calamity Repulse Hun AS
sauIt Near Amens Teutonic
peace Offensive" Developing
Third Liberty Loan Heavily
Oversubscribed-Pla to
Expand Our Army.
BY EDWARD W. PlckARD.

Monday of last week was 81 bitter
day for the Hun--the day Of his worst
defeat since the great spring drive be
can. Under orders from General Won
Arnlm 10 take Scherpenherg Mont
Rouge. Mont Noir and all the high
ground back Of KENNEL the Ger
mans hurled themselves time after
time against the stone wall of Brit
leA and French defenders, only to fall
back I'm disorder. leaving thousands Of
their men dead and wounded on the
field. The enemy employed about
thirty fresh bnttalionS. IN addition 10
the numerous divisions already In no
sltlon on that front, and his onslaushtq
We're so frequent rs TO he almost con
tinuous throughout the day.
When the morning Of Tuesday came
the great numbers Of Cray-uniformcd
dead in front of the defending posi-
lions showed the awful price the Hun
had paid Moreover. he had nothing
to show for this expenditure of life,
for the allied lines were virtually In
tact at all points and the British lat"
in the afternoon counter attacked
north OF KENNEL and regained conSid-
cradle ground previously lost. lust
to the west Of this position. about
Locre and at the cross roads between
Scherpenberg and Mont Rouge. the
French met the flercest assaults Of the
day. Changing hands several times.
Locre was held by the Germans M
nightfall. and they had pushed ahead
until the situation was most critical
for the defenders, but the French
came back with such irresistible dash
that the advance WINS stopped. ana ar
ter dark they pushed the Germans out
Of Locre and back from the positions
they had won between the two hills.
IA
In this. the most pretentIous attack
on the Ypros salient the British and
French largely oulnumbcred. fought
with equal gallantry and determinn-
ton. At the same time the bray"
BeIcians, farther north repulsed an
other attack. not yielding foot Of
ground The kaiser had just visited
the German lines and eXhorted his
troops TO push the British back TO Nh"
channel. where they belonged but
the stubborn Tommies didn't wish 10
he pushed. md they were not. The
big attack probably had the double
purpose Of capturing Yprcs and di-
vpriing large Numbers Of allied troops
from the Amipue salient 50 tho Ger
mans could make another drive there,
INT neither object was attained. The
artillery fire from both sides WAS con
tinuous md very heavy. md the Ger
mans. despite the excellent work OF
the alrmon improved their transport
and brought up many ~ their larg"
guns. The British batteries west Of
KENNEL devoted much NJ their efforts
during the week "a deluglng the top
If that hin with shells so that th"
Huns were unable 20 obtain any hene-
ct from rs capture
The intense activity observed h"-
hind the German lines indicated thnt
Won Arnm WAS preparing 70 resume
the attack on The Ypres salient imme-
GiateIy. Except FOR KENNEL bin. his
troops ore occupying lower ground
than that held by the allies, aud they
cannot continue there long under the
smorhering Are o. the British and
French artillery. n they cannot gain
the line of heights they seemingly
must soon retire.