Evening star., 1918-04-08

1inuation Of our attack brought fresh
nnecessed.s sayp the ofacial communica-
ekoa from headquArtsrs this evening.
SPferrcmaude and Folembray have been
taken"
the officiai communication reads;
Wsssrn theater: On the battle front
violent artillery duels developed IN sne
afternoon, followed BY strong britisa
'sands French attacks on the Ancre nne
the Avre. The British forces stofmins als 3
Beaumont-Hame and before our BRIDGE
head positions on Albert.
.So,,th Of llers-Bretonneux an ac-
zion by enemy stormfng troops Which
had assembled did not develop on ~
sFrench divisions which had been
brought up from other fronts stormeo
In vain on the western bank OF tne
Ayre between Castsi .sax ana Nanny my % nvs
times near Mesnf. With the heaviest
(oases, their attacks broke down many
times after desperate hand-to-hano ngnt-
1ng.
Attack South Of Disc.
-rhs troops Of the army Of Gen.
Boehin attacked yesterday morning en-.
amy positions ,on the southern bank OF
th Disc near Amigny. While some OF
them forced a passage over the oroad
and very marshy Disc sector and took
BY storm the suburbs of Chauny. other
froons. in an attack from the east.
took strong enemy positions near
Amigny and in the northeastern por-
zion Of Coucy wood. They reached tn the
northern border Of Bartslis.
'As q result Of the overpowering hre
of our artillery and mine throwers.
the French suffered very sanguinary
losses. To the present more than 1,4OO
prisoners have. been brought IN.
-By way Of reprisal for the con-
tinuous bombardment Of our dugouts
IN Lqon, the bombardment OF Rheims
was continued.
s1On the eastern bank of the Meuse
- reconnoitertng thrust near Beau
mont yielded seventy prisoners and
tan machine gunA
"In aerial battles eighteen enemy
airplanes were shot down yesterday"
Paris Report Of Fighting.
PARIS. April The Germans last
night renewed their attacks on the
French positions in the region of Chauny
and Barisis, on the Disc front, in which
sector the French earlier in the day had
withdrawn to prepared positions, the
" West S Of Noyon. % = German I detachment
which had gained foothold in the ad-
svanced French limo was elected by q
counter attack.
A German attack on the French lines
Hontdidier. was repulsed. Rheims was
Violently bombarded by the Germans last
night
. Attsmpts by the Germans to make
gains against the French troops in the
region Of Hangard-En-Santerre Sunday
were blocked, according to the ofncial
communication issued tonight. The
French artillery took under It's fire Ger
man troops at various points north Of
gontdidier.
A strong attack by the Germans in
the region Of Hill 344, in tho Verdun
sector. was put down.
+, British Recapture Positions.
LONDON. April 7.-Successful British
counter attacks were launched yester-
day against the Germans In Ave1uy
wood, on the west side Of the Ancre
river. north Of Albert. The war once
statement, issued today. says the Brit
3nh recAptured all their former posi-
lions. A German attack On the British
Hines opposite Albert was repulsed and
!. another Teuton assault south of Hebu-
tteFne was completely broken up by the
s0re Of the British artillery.
4 There was no resumption Sunday of
the heavy fighting along the British
4toht. The Germans, according to the
Epport from Field Marshal Haig's head
NpArters tonight. started two attacks
NJ Buoduoy, but were repelled.