Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-27
T!lo,ddy's War q! |!
Summary

49, lIst,
i. IaiEhting. Of the, most desperate
character attends the Germansattempt,
to enlarge onX the captuneJof Mount
KENNEL, on the Flanders, front ~ as
the Ffanco. British troops strive to
hold, the enemy in check. On the
vital sector Of the ;sPicardy front east
Of aAmiens, sthe allied soldiers have
driven, the Germans from more OF the
ground they gained earlier in the
week. n t;$ .., A;e:s' ,s5.i 4 . ..5ss3A
The fall Of Mount KENNEL is aeri-
Gus blow to; the security;of the salient
about Ypres but sto gain complete
victory there the Germans must strike
quickly. This they are trying to do
while the allied troops resist strenu-
ously. While keanmei's capture I by
,.he enemy does NOT mean the inme-
diate evacuation Of ~ pres. military OBJ
servers say, It does menace the British
positions there, and q further retire.
mere in the next few days is not I'M
likely. /.
y Southwest Of Ypres$the Germans
are now On q line running from the
northwestern Bailleul through Locre, to
La Clyte and eastward to the Ypres-
Confines canal. Field Marshal Haig
admits a retirement along the canal
and Berlin claims, the occupation of
st Eloi. two and one-half miles south
of Ypres.' Berlin also says that the
prisoners in the present Flanders
battle. have incfeaseds to $500. ::
.KeMmel hill did not fell without a
to the bravery Of a. French regiment
which, cut of from the allied line,
held out until surrounded on all sides
by the Germans. The ultimate fate Of
the French defenders, fighting tre-
mehdous odds, is not known to the
allies. Franco British troops attempt
ed strong counter attacks to retake
the hill but were driven back, by the
Germans. who are using nine divisions
on front of about eight miles.
The German attack in the north,
momentum, does not yet threaten the
Belgian line from Dixmude. to the sea.
although It does affect the British
about Ypres.s 800
- The enemy. must advance still
further before the Belgians will be
compelled to give up the historic line
of the User which they have held for
lso neny months. IS 81.
Successes were gained by allied
the Somme from Villers- Bretonneux TO
south Of = Hangard. The Germans
were driven back all along the line
ana most furious sighting ragged in the
village Of ofsaangard.t the western quar-
stersof which Is now heldS by the
French. South OF the Luce the
,Frehch also gained enemy positions
and the hEhting still goes on.
This SUCCESS was aided greatly by
the fact that the British. had recap
tured yilleSs. Bsetonneux Th1rsday.
Bretonneux, the scene of a battle in
the war Of 1876. i: will be notable for
two things. In 1T British apd German
tanks met for the Arst time and the
Germans were wors4d, while British
Infantry Re4rfng rs masks for, prob
ably the first time insan attack, re-
took the yiiiae from the Germans
who Ind lh0Trtedly w dbnned gas masks
s,1dst attaek of gas q, shells. 4. 4
try opSf IONS at the British war Of
ncS, a1ticipates an enemy offensive 81
|a bigger Sdals than yet attempted Ia
10 great efKort to break the juncture
OF the British and French armies He
thinks tt1tl will, fall on the line from
Arrassto the SONNY. Fighting will
continue through the summer and
man power reserye5Will bring victory.
Genel1 fFoch, accord ding \ to general
:Radc clifte. still has the allied reserve
arnay almost intact. . ]: v
|relations betwesn Holland and GerA
|tr,any ere any n Arer n = peacsable
adJhstmeut. the leaves a absence a
tn! pltchs sssly md i,syy. ; have been
siiDpAnded 1 f1ea II SlsS reported the
Dutch eovefplnent lass King cartAth
|mflitary III naSllE4s, The 0er1nsn prssd
FhS1s sfakeMs ~ lhes 90 0g4 4l1s ainsk H0ls
land ana threaten the littla country,
ailssing that German patisncs g q.