Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-05-03
STUNNED BY TERRIBLE
LOSSES FOE GIVES Up
ATTACKS ON KENNEL
Won ARNIM REFORMING HIS BATTERED
FORCES AND FOR THE MOMENT QUITS
EFFORTTO CONTINUE DRIVE-OUR
ARTILLERY is VERY ACTIVE.

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German forces in Flanders have
given up for the moment their
attempt to make further ad-
vances west of Mont KENNEL.
Meanwhile Gen. Won Arnim is
reforming his battered forces
and bringing up new Drigades
to renew his battering against
the granite defense.
After the intense fighting of
Monday, in which the Germans
strove desperately to enlarge
their gains on the high ground
north of the Lys, there has been
only local fighting. Paris is
again being bombarded.
Apparently the Allied commanders
are content to hold on to their present
line and to let the Germans make
more attacks in an endeavor to drive
them back. In their disastrous re-
pulse the Germans not only failed to
gain, although using larger forces
than the defenders, but they were
driven from some positions they had
held. since the capture of Mont KEN
mel last week.
Along the Flanders. front and in Pr
cardy strong artillery commandments
continue. The Germans have been
thrOwig greata number of shells into
the French positions around Han
gard, south of the Somme, probably
in preparation for still another at
tempt to-drive the French back to the
iAvre. A German attack in the Noyon
sector brought the enemy into French
positions from which, however, they
were thrown out in spirited fighting.
American artillery on the Picardy
front has been busy shelling enemy
targets but there has been no in
fantry activity. On the Toul sector
American aviators have brought down
a German machine, the third in three
weeks.
In Mesopotamia Gen Marshall has
advanced northeast Of Bagdad, cap
tured two towns and nearly 900 pris-
oners The Turks avoided battle at
Kifra, 10 miles northeast of Bagdad,
: and fed toward Kirfuk, $50 miles
north and the main road to Mosul,
apparently the British objective. A
Dretreating column was attacked and
more than 500 prisoners were taken.
French troops last night improved
heir positions in the neighborhood
of Locre, on the Flanders front, the
London war office announces. The
in
Veteran sector and took prisoners.
Artillery combats of some intensity
occurred last night on the Somme
front near Villers Bretonneux and or
both sides of the Avre, southeast OF
Amfens says today's French war of
fetal report.
Today's official statement reveals NJ
break in the comparative quiet on al
the recently active fronts in F1ander
and to the south.
In local fighting in the former ares
the British repulsed an attack by tn
Germans northeast of Ypres and tool
prisoners from German posts tina
were rushed in the vicinity of Met
eren. The French troops in Flander
carried out small operation which
was important in that it improved thei
position on the valuable holdini
ground about Locre, which protect
the flank of Mont Rouge.
On the Somme front the continu
ance of artillery actions of some VIC
lence is reported near Villers Bre
tonneauK and to the south along tn
river.
With the British Army in F1ander1
May 1-(By the Associated Press)-
Gen. Won Arnim made no furthe
move along the Flanders battle fror
peced. The heavy defeat which tn
Germans suffered on Monday force
them to pause and bring up fres
troops before continuing their driv
for the hill positions in the Kemmt
region.
The seriousness of the German il
tentions here have been evinced j
numerous ways On Monday, for e1
ample, they pushed at least one fiel
gun forward to within 700 yards {
the battle line and other guns wei
brought close up. Heavy artillery fl
ing continued at various parts of tt
battle line during the night and thel
were the usual outpost actions. Tt
back areas between Ypres and Haz
brouck were heavily shelled by tt
Germans. An enemy attempt yeste
day afternoon to cut the barbed Wi
at Wieltje was dispersed by artillel
fire.
Emperor William appears to ha-
been an interested and active visit,
in the Flanders region yesterday. A
cording to prisoners, he has be-
making his usual Hamburger
speeches to troops and he said r
Gently that the Germans were tryil
to separate the French and Britt
armies, adding Enthusiastically tn
the Germans were going to put t
British back on the English chann
where they belonged"