The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-10
ALLIED ARMIES
Defeat ENEMY
IN FLANDERS
British and French Positions Are
Completely Restored After
Hard Fight.
FOE SUFFERS HEAVY LOSSES
26.OOO Men Used In First Attack on
Three-MlIe Front-NeW Assault
Falls After Several Hours Of
Furious Fighting.

London, May 10.-"At the close OF
the fighting in the La te-Voorme-
zeele sector" says Field Marsnal
Haigs report from British headQuar-
ters in France, "the French and Brit
ish positions on this front were COM
pletely re-established."
Huns Beaten In Flanders.
After two days of furious fighting
over q three-mile front, the Germans
again have been decisively beaten with
heavy casualties on the Flanders nelo.
The report from British headquarters
In France announces that General
Haig's men, aided by the French, nave
completely restored the situation on
the La Clytte-Voormezeele sector.
Reports indicate that the combat
was of the most vicious character, the
enemy coming forward repeatedly In
waves.
Line Vital to Allies.
The La Clytte-Voormezeele sector
runs from point just northeast OF
Mount Rouge northeastward to point
about two miles south Of Ypree. by
driving In on this line the Germans, 1t
is believed, hoped to force the allies
back from the Scherpenberg, the
height on the flank of Mount Rouge.
with the Scherpenberg cleared, Gen
eral Won Arnim would be in position
to undertake more pretentious move
ment to clear Mount Rouge and the
other heights Of the allies. In view OF
this possibility, the French and Brit-
ish did not hesitate to fight desperate
" and use men to regain their old posi-
lions.
Huns Use 25,oo0 Men.
In the struggle on this sector the
Germans employed about 25,OOO troops
in their initial onslaught over the
three-mile front. At the first impact
the enemy was able to break through
in the center, near Vierstraet, which
lies near Dickebusch lake. The allies,
however, held the Boche on both
flanks.
There was a time when the enemy
penetrated the much fought-Over Ridge
wood, and dispatches make it clear the
situation Of General FOch's troops was
serious, If not critical Later in the
evening the allies counter-attacked and
regained practically all the ground
they had lost, except for one or two
pockets.
Germans Come On Again.
Following tremendous artillery work
the Boche reattacked and again was
able to make progress In the center Of
the allies lines. The French and Brit
ish supports promptly came forward,
and for several hours there was the
most furious kind of small arms bat
Ting.
A little later the Germans, their
regiments with vastly reduced num-
bers, were forced back, General Haig
says and the allies original lines re-
established.
Guns Active on the Somme.
Fighting in the Somme district has
been confined largely to violent artil-
lery combats in tie last "a hours. The
French statement reports that the hos
tile bombardment has been especially
severe around Montdidier, south of
Amiens, on which fropt it is known the
main enemy concentrations are located.
The Australians, south of the Som
me, also have betteFed their positions.
in the neighborhood Of which Ameri-
can organizations are waiting for the
expected German assault In this thea
tor