Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-04-26
BRITISH GAINS
STIFFEN Line
Haig's Forces Advance Near al
bert and Robecq, Says
London Report.
FOE HALTED AROUND REIMS
Germans Lost Ground in vilIers-
Brentonneux Region-French Stop
Huns East of the Avre River
Artillery Battle On.

Ottawa, Ont, April 23.-That 1,5oo,-
600 German soldiers are cut off from
rations and starving in the big drive
is reported in a Reuter- dispatch. 1t
reads: "AIl the enemy's onslaughts
hitherto have failed to attain their OBJ
jet, owing to the irnpossibiIity of US
ing reserves, and resulted in the bot
ting up of 100000 men in the tri-
angie of Hazebrouck, Amiens and
Noyon. These troops, originally sup
piled with weeks rations, are vir-
tually starving in devastated region,
which is difficult to revictuaI, as the
ground is nnarshy and pitted with shell
holes constantly under fire."
London, April 23.--The British adj
vanced their lines slightly in local OPP
erations on both of the principal bat
tie fronts, the war Office announces.
Gains We're made near Vialers-B re-
tonneux and Albert, on the Somme
front, and Robecq, at the tip of the
Flanders salient.
A strong local attack by the Ger
mans on the front north of Albert
was repulsed after the enemy had cap
tured one of the British advanced
posts. The official statement follows:
Early in the night strong local
attack accompanied by heavy Smelling,
was made by the enemy against our
positions in the neighborhood of Mes
Of A ~, ferIof
ing, in the course of which the enemy
succeeded in capturing one of our adj
vanced posts, the attack was repulsed.
1--WE improved our positions slightly
during the night in the Villers- Breton
neux, Albert and Robecq sectors.
"A number of successful raids were
carried out by us at different points
south and north of Lens, resulting in
the capture of prisoners and machine
guns
There has been considerable artil-
lery activity on both sides on different
sectors Of the British front The enc
mys Smelling has been directed chiefly
against our positions astride the
Somme and Ancre rivers. in the Lens
sector, in the neighborhood in Festu-
bert and in the Nieppe forest
Another Quiet Day on Front.
With the British Army in France,
April 23-This was the third day of
comparative quiet on the British front.
New moves by the enemy were expect
ed at any moment both along the
northern front and in the SOmme reg
ion. They may not develop at once,
but they are written large on the pro-
gram of impending events.
There is no disposition to quarrel
with the enemy on account of Fri
days and Saturdays lull. Time has
worked to the advantage of the allies,
and their position has continually
grown better.
Last night the British pushed for
ward and improved their line east of
Riez du Vinage, and they also carried
out satisfactory movement at Hinges
bridge, south of Pacaut forest.
Parties of the enemy are continual
.1y trying to get over the abandoned
area north of Ypres, but all these at
In the northern field as well as In
the south, French troops have taken
their places beside the British and the
allies forces are not unwilling for
renewal of the crucial conflict of the
war.
AS matter of fact, French re-en-
forcements have been in the Bail1eul
and KENNEL regions for several days
and their coming Wrought new life TO
the valient, but dog-tired men who
had been struggling against such great
odds since April g.
cIemenceau Praises Defense.
Premier Clemenceau visited the al
lied soldiers and passed cheering
words to them. The French states
man was greatly pleased with condi-
tons in the north. He also was high
in his praise for the magnificent de-
Tense the British made before the ar
rival Of French assistance. He re-
viewed one battle-worn division of
British troops. which finally had been
enabled to leave the line for rest af-
ter the French arrived.
French Repulse Raid.
Paris, April The war Office COM
munique says
"a German raid at night east of the
Avre, in the region of Themes, was
repulsed. We took prisoners. Another
German raid east of Reins gained no
greater success.
active artillery fighting continued
at different points on the front