Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28

London March 2s-In the twenty-four the Ger
mans have comparatively ng gain the result
the British there
be claimed several distinct local successes completely
repng blows wrestling back ground won by counter
Although the Germans continue to use their infantry with
determined This may be attributed in to
eneny waiting bring heavy artillery preparatory to-
another great effort, and in part of exhaustion.
Nothing be learned of the of tanks on
the British 'front.' while those by rereang British
systematically destroyed, the correspondent reports .
The enemy continued to bring troops from tar and near to
is held by mere screen OF troops
Striking with almost unexampled fury against the allied front
near the point where French and British lines the
Germans yesterday last night drove in deep wedge the
west and forced the French out of Montdidier
This town, which lies nineteen miles southeast of Amiens
of the German obiecves miles of Roye which the
Germans took Tuesday.
British Lines Firmly Held
The threat against Aens in the north seems to be we'll held
by the British along their front north of the Somme where they
maintained their line firmly all points and nd
o-days official report have advanced it in places
the Noyon and Lassgny regions and along the Disc to the
the French likewise preventing the Germans
ting opening The force of their drive thus diverted
Roy region and the forward push there developed
probably the dercest fighting of the present battle y
Engagements of "Unheard of Ferocity"
Paris characterzes the engagements of unheard of
erocy The French regiments however fought with their
stomed bravery and made the Germans dearly for bit
of ground they covered their desperate push for outlet the
Montdide News dispatches from the front this morning
ported the line in this to be holding we'll
While this effort drive in between the British and French
being carried the south the apparently
worried by the salient they creating and wishing
their right wing from ankng attack have developed threat
the north of the front in the region
Aas London reports the beginning this morning of heavy
bombardment of the British lines this Sector followed
development of an attack
The possibility lost sight of that this attack far north
the front may herald the extension of the active fighting
along the lines the north the development of German
for the channel Seemingly however the enemy has all
take care in the of opposition in the present field
offensive and the probability points the Aas proving
a protective rather than a offensive
German Line Extended
Meanwhile the German line being extended apparently
dangerous the southern front where thanking
has been pointed to most likely to prove effective.
Checked all along the front of than fifty miles except at
points the German drive is fast slowing up The beginning
Of the second week of the great battle which opened prob
ably the colossal attack in history and with the
intense fighting, finds the British and French holding
enacousy the western edge of the old Somme battlefield while
inficting further losses upon the enemy.
British counerattaks have begun in the region of Albert
which Germans hold but which they have been unable
repused enemy attacks all day Wednesday, of Albert
Field Marshal Hag has carried several and
has advanced his line eastward between Somme and Ancre
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