The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-05-17
HUNS DRIVEN BACK
BY HA|G'S TROOPS
At MORLANCOURT
Australians Regain Ground
Heavy Losses for Fee.
ATTACK ON MILE FRONT
French Fighting Hard to Gust Ger
mans From Hill 44-RepuIse At
tacks Near Kennmei-Teuton
Cavalry to Belgian Front.

| London, May 15-In an attack on a
mile front at MorlancOurt on Tuesday
! the Germans penetrated the British pc
! SitiOns at one point.
| Field Marshal Haig reports that at
| all other points on this line the Ger
| mans were repulsed with heavy losses
| and that the Australians later recap
| tured the lost position.
| Hard Fight for Hill "a.
! With the British Army in France,
| May 15.-Hill A, small but impOr
| tant elevation near the Wyverbeek
| river, north of KENNEL, about which
| such sanguinary conflicts have been
waged since May s, appeared today to
| be in the hands of the Germans again.
The enemy began an assault in the
morning and gained hold on this po-
| sitiOn, and at latest reports was still
clinging tenaciOusly to the rugged
| slopes, although the hard-hitting
| French had been pressing the invaders
| vigorously.
| Hill A has been one of the most hot
| ly contested points on the northern bat
| tlefeld.
French RepuIse Attack.
London May 15.-German attacks
i north of KENNEL during the night were
| repulsed by French troops.
All the ground between Ypres and
/ the North sea is extremely muddy
from partial inundatiOn, preventing the
; development Of an offensive in thai
area, writes the military critic of the
! Exchange Telegraph company.
/ Between Ypres and the Flanders
hills the flat country might tempt an
extensive movement opposite PEPPER
inghe.
HasebrOuch and DOuliens Tin north
ern France) offer allurement.
British Casualties.
London May 15-The total of Brit
ish casualties reported in the week
ending Tuesday. May IA, is 41,612.
They are divided as follows:
Killed or died of wounds: Officers,
sol; men, 5065 Wounded or missing:
Officers 2,133; men, 33,923.
Cavalry to Belgian Front.
Amsterdam, May 15.-RepOrts from
the Belgian frontier state that Ger
man cavalry division has just passed
westward, presumably to fight on the
! Belgian front All traffic has been or
, dered stopped to allow the passage of
! the cavalrymen.
Big Bombardment by Huns.
! London, May 14.-The German guns
launched into an intensive gunfie on
the three great sectors of KENNEL,
ArraS and AmienS
! These commandments, following an
ominous lull Indicated to observers
here that the German drive was about
to resume with the main blows to be
delivered at the three vital links in
T.. the allied line.
! Hindenburg Reported Dead.
London, May 14.-All German pris-
OnerS captured in France say that
/ Field Marshal Won Hindenburg is
. dead, letters from British officers on
the western front report, according to
/ the Daily Express. At the same time
| the name of General Won Mackensen
| is brought into prominence as that Of
, a great man who is to bring the Ger
mans victory. The Express assumes
/ that the Hindenburg story is circulat-
/ ed to explain the failure of the great
offensive.
| Yankees Drive Huns From Town.
+! With the American Army in France.
, May 13.-In the Luneville sector, our
patrols early in the morning estab-
! lished the fact that the hamlet of An
J cerviller has been abandoned by the
enemy.
/ The Germans had not even attempt
! ed to occupy shell holes in the salient,
which recently was torn up by our ar
tillery Quiet prevails on all fronts on
| which there are Americans, according
! to reports. Poor visibility has pre-
| vented extended aerial activity.
French Take 100 Prisoners.
London, May 13.-French troops on
| the Flanders front improved their DO
! sitions north of KENNEL village yes
! terday and took more than 100 pris-
oners, the communication from the
| war office announces. German artil-
| lery is active in the Ancre river sec
| tor. south of Albert, east of Loos and
| near VoOrmezeele, in Flanders.
Hun Attack Fails.
Paris, LAY ia German attack
at night Oh the positions recently won
| by the French near Orvillers-Sorel, on
| the southern side of the Picardy bat
| tie front, broke down with severe
losses, the war Office announced.
| There was heavy artillery fighting
near Mailly-Raineval. on the battle
J line helow Ami,ns. and also on the
Verdun front.