Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-03-27
GERMAN DRIVE CONTINUES.

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GERMAN DRIVE CONTINUES.
Allied Losses in Territory and Mate
rfnls Are Heavy.
(First reports of the German drive
against the Allied forces will be
found or page ~
New York, March 2i.--European
cables to-day indicate that the great
German drive against the British has
lost It's initial effectiveness, If not its
tierceness and power, and apparently
la being checked by Haig's forces AL
though the official report from Ber-
lin announces the capture Of the
town Of Ham, ten miles west of ST.
Quentin, no extravagant claims are
made Of additional territory or prls-
oners taken. Saturdays official an
nouncement put the lighting imme-
diately east Of Ham, and the capture
OF the town itself means no great fur
ther advance for the Germans.
The most interesting feature Of the
Berlin news OF the day was the state
ment that American troops arc fight
Ing with the British. No word to
This erect had been given out either
In Paris, London or Washington, and
to-day was without confirmation at
Washington. 1t Is not improbable,
however, that American engineers,
and possibly field troops who have
had front line training, are on the
British firing line.
Latest figures on the enormous
price the Germans are paying in
! lives for their advance against the
British put their losses for the first
three days Of battle at over 100000
men. The British estimate their
losses Mt probably half the German
figures.
Fresh German Gains.
New York. March 25.--The Ger
mans have made fresh gains in their
: tremendous drive against the British
line. Berlin claims that the Ger
mans have captured Bapaume, the
key position between Arras and AL
bert. Berlin also claims that more
than $4,000 British have bcen cap
tured and over 600 guns.
Field Marshal Haig, while admit
ting fresh German gains, does not
mention the loss Of Bapaume. He,
says, however. that the British have
lost heavily In material, including a
number Of tanks.
French Troops in Battle.
! France has thrown the weight or
her forces into the great battle rag
| Ing with unexampled intensity on the
western front, ssnd the British antF
French armies are now battling to-
gether against the onslaught Of the
= common enemy In his desperate at
tempt to break through tho allied
line
The British armies are holding
fast along the line of the Somme and
80 np,
Field Marshal Hag reports to-day.
The Germans, in their thrusts In tho
latter sections, reached the British
trenches at only one point, and there
they were Immediately elected. Their
) assaults elsewhere were smothered
by the British fire with great loss to
the enemy. 80
On tho Somme line bodies OF Ger
man troops which had succeeded in
forcing their way across the river be-.
tween Licourt and Brie, south Of
Peronne, We're driven back to the
easterly bank. On both sides Of the
Bapaume the German attacks were
resumed to-day.
The greatest danger point at pres
ent seems TO be further south, where
the Germans apparently have driven
through the great width Of the region
they devastated in retiring in 1917,
as the Paris statement to-day reports
heavy lighting in the region Of No
yon. This town itself is some ten
miles to the west OF Chauny, in the
region Of which Berlin yesterday re-
ported the repulse OF Franco-Ameri-
can reserves, but the German advance
probably has been met considerably
short Of Noyon.
The wedge driven into the allied
line Is evidently deep one, how
ever, as the French troops are report
ed by Paris to be contesting for the
heights to the north OF the Disc with
important German forces. The Disc
on this part Of the front runs south
west past Channy and passes to the,
south Of NOyon.
British Retreat Called Mastery.
Field Marshal Haig's withdrawal,
previously planned in case Of heavy
enemy attack, has been executed in.
q manner described as mastery, and
great credit for its success IS given to
the small units which, sometimes out
numbered eight or nine to one, clung
to their posts and impeded the Ger
man advance. The British have made
few counter attacks, but every one
attempted has been successful. The
British efforts are centered on with
drawing as occasion requires and
permitting the enemy to wear him
self out before the British defense.
Sunday the fighting forces in the
north reached the old battlefield OF
the Somme, and from which the Ger
mans retreated year ago.
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