The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-04-16
Germans Fail to Gain Inch OF
Sammies, British and French
Three Allies.
YANKS REPULSE FOE
Stoutness Of British Defense Attested
BY Thousands Of Enemy Dead
Lying Before Positions South
west of Ypres.


taeks by the Germans In the Mer.
willie sector of the northern bat
tIefront have been repulsed by the
British who inflicted heavy losses
on the enemy, IL 10 announced Of
ficially. The British have lost
Neuve EsIise. Southwest of Bail.
Ieui the Germans temporarily pen
strated the British positions but
were driven out by a counterat-
tack.
Paris, April ton the front
above Montdidier the French
made a successful local attack
last night, taking prisoners, the
war office announces.
London, April 16.-Field Marshal
Haig's order that no more ground be
ceded is rigidly being complied with.
The entire Allied line in Belgium and
France is holding firm. Nowhere have
the Germans been able, notwithstand-
ing the great numbers Of men hurled
against 1t, especially that part In
Flanders where the British are holding
forth, to gain an inch of ground.
The stoutness of the British defense
Is attested by the thousands of Ger
man dead now lying before the Brit
ish positions southwest of Ypres.
where ii is the ambition of the high
German command to break through
and envelop Haig's forces and gain
an open highway toward the English
channel
Yankees Defeat Heavy Assaults.
North of st. Mihiel the American
troops have been compelled to with
stand a series of persistent assaults,
second in intensity only to those de-
livered by the Germans against the
British in Flanders. And the honors
at the end rested with the Ameri.
cans, who met the foe at every style
Of fighting he offered and decisively
defeated him.
Along the front held by the French.
Sunday saw nothing of greater i'm
portance than reciprocal lombard.
ments on various sectors. the troops
of both sides remaining In their
trenches.
Likewise in Italy the big guns were
doing most OF the work. although al
several points enemy patrols attempt
ed to carry out diversions. but met
with no success.
Neuvs EelIse Remains British
At Neuve Eglise, northwest Of Ar
rcanttaras xyhara tho Harmans aro on
deavoring to drive their wedge in far
ther in order to outfank Ypres. the
heaviest fighting has taken place.
For two days battle OF most oh
stinate character took place, the Ger
mans throwing thousands Of men into
the attack, Notwithstanding theil
wastage in killed or wounded. Sew
eral times the village changed hands
but at last reports the British were
still In possession Of 1t and holding
tenaciously under repeated German
onslaughts.
Nowhere along the eight mile from
where the Germans are trying u
drive through between Wulverghen
and Meteran have the Germans me
with anything but repulse. and TIT
price they have paid for their at
tempts to breach the British line ha
been enormous, on no sector hav'
they been able to surmount the ston,
wall of defense, and. for the moment
at least, there seems to be justin
cation for the hope that the turn Il
the tide of the battle is at hand.
Berlin Claims Heavy Yankee Losses
Documents captured from Germal
prisoners show conclusively that tn
great new offensive OF the German
was launched with the intention O
separating the British and Frenc
armies and crushing the British.
The latest German official commun
cation dealing with the situation I
the region of St. Mihiel, where tn
Americans are defending the lint
says that the Germans inflicted heav
losses on the Americans, In SUI
csssfll thrust and also took pril
0ners.
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