The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-05-01
EMPHASIZES A
GREAT VICTORY
Defense Of Ypres front Will Mark a
Bright Page in History Of War
Defeat Army Of $4,000
HOLD AND REGAIN GROUND
Most Cory Battle Of the War Event
uaiiy Ends With Allies Gamers
in Every Place in Conflict

Today's reports from the Flanders
battle front only serve to emphasize
the completeness. of the victory wor
by the Ang1o-French forces yesterday
in withstanding the tremendous as
,sault by which the Germans hoped tc
break into the allied hill positions
southwest of Ypres and begin cutting
their way toward the channel ports.
The situation seems to have been one
OF the entente high command deciding
once more to make stand after hav
ing forced the Germans to use up tens
OF thousands of men in fighting theil
way desperately forward as far as
they have. The decision made, the
stand was taken, land the Germans
we're stopped as they have been pre-
viously on other fields since the great
offensive opened on March Il. The
enemy, 1t is estimated threw as many
as thirteen divisions, or about 175,O0O
, men into the attack on this twelve
mile front, but despite continued fur
ious assaults was held almost In his
tracks everywhere. At few points
there was slight enemy penetration
but the line was largely rectified late
yesterday. -, -.
During last night the French. in
iiashing counter blows, drove the Ger
mans from the remainder of the small
stretches OF ground they had gained
in their initial drives Of the day.
Locre in French Hands.
A most welcome feature Of the cur
rent news from the front is the an.
nOuncement that the French in crucial
part of the line at Locre, have not lost
any part of their hold on this domino
ting ground. They now have undis.
puted possession of Locre itself for the
first time in several days and appar-
emily have killed off the enemy's ef-
forts to edge in around that place and
force its abandonment.
The Importance of LOcre lies in the
fact that it guards the approach to
Mount Rouge, one of the most valu.
able hills Of the defensive line, which
cannot be taken in flank as long as
Locre remains in allied hands. SINH.
larly the allied troops have stopped
the drive towards Scherpenberg by
holding at La Clytte, while the Bel.
sians who had two additional German
divisions to face north of Ypres, dealt
with them successfully and prevented
any breach in the line. toward the, sea.
All the evidence points to the prob.
ability that the Germans suffered well
nigh the heaviest casualties of any
day of the fighting on sthe northern
front .sas. wave after-wayef OF the ct:
tacEing forces was moved down by
artillery and infantry fire They were
so exhausted by their fruitless efforts
that they remained virtually inactive
all night while no reports have come
through today indicating any resump-
tions of major activities of their part.
South, on the, Somme front, the
British carried out q local operation
last night, further improving their
position before Amiens by advancing
their line somewhat east of Villers'
Bretonneaux.
Against the British around Voor-
mezeele and the French in the region
of Locre the Germans are making their
heaviest strokes but each assault has
been thrown back brilliantly, Especi.
ally bitter is the fighting in and around
the villages of VOormezeele and LOcre
which are still held by the British and
French. -
German progress westward from
Voormezeele would, II carried to any
depth. outflank the hill positions west
of Mont Kemme, which must be taken
separately. The attack against the
French at Locre is an attempt to get
between Scherpenberg and Mount
Rouge and Outflank them as was done
at Mount. KENNEL. Held by the French
at LOcre, the Germans are essaying
frontal attacks against Scherpenberg
and Mount Rouge but these also have
been DISASTROUS.