The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-30
HARD FIGHT
DURINGD
Attack Planned on Gigantic Scale Bat
tiers Fifteen-Mile Front With Furious
Drumfire and Infantry Assaults.
Americans Defending Amiens

London, April 29-"Suicide corner the Ypres bend
remains unbroken and many thousands of picked German
fighters who tried test the truth of the dead or
wounded the end of aay battle in which General
Arnim tried vainly to break through.
From dawn till dusk and far into the night the German
infantry egons hurled against the southern and south
western approaches Everywhere the allied line held IKE
granite.
The attack had been planned gigantic scale All the
way between Mecrcn, the little town between Bacul and
Hazehrouck lake Ilebekc village front Of ID
miles battalion battalion division after division,
forward with the order conquer die Thousands
of them did the latter the rest either wounded
ed back before murdcrous British machine gun fire
1t of the beres disappointment the German
staff has yet had 10 swallow.
After KENNELS fall the taking of Yprcs had looked like
walkovcr An earhshakng drumfre along the whole Fland
ers front ushered in the great concentrc assault
The sun when this furious cannonading began
after sector true systematic Pssan fashion, was
with volcano of hot metal until the whole line was
abaze Field Marshal Hag just issuing his early morn
report when the German shock troops left their trenches
Infantry attacks developing he buetned to the
Office At the time front correspondents eesraphcd
that S signals had been ocketed from the British lpres
positions asking for artillery support.
The that followed of the tensest Britain has
lived through in this Anxiety TO feversh point
as the hours rolled by bringing definite note OF
pessimism the air Everybody knew Won Armm, and
indcnburg behind him. and the kaiser behind both meant
business For after Kennels fall the Teutons thought they
had they wanted him and todays onslaught
was 10 be sort of coup dc grace.
Then came the first bulletin from headquarters to the
Office:
'.Enemvs attacks repulsed.''
had the effect of electric fash Apart from handful
of superopmsts everybody had looked for the natural
thing namely, enemy advance bending the line
The of the hour had been that the line might break
Now the that hadn budged and the full text OF
Hags statement revealed that Every heavy osses had
been inflicted Hag seldom the word very.
The battle is by Fighting is still IN full
swing at nearly all vital points, but the first shock the kind
that an attacking army only weeks
has been met and IFS force rccoed.
Nor does the allied in beating off the e1ons
mean that Yprc is permanently safe in their hands
The aimportant thing is that had the Germans broken
through in their attacks today disaster would have befaen
the entire British front Hag according to military consen
ss is prepared get of the salient but he means
to do it in his time and in his fashion, not at the
enemy's dctaton.
To north of Ypres the Begans violently attacked
right in effort to flank the city from that dl-
rection Every assault beaten off by the Belgans.
The French positions around Scherpenberg hill and on
Monrouce both to the Of KENNEL subjected to
equally terrific onsaughs At points the Germans man
aged TO gel foohod only be driven out from practically
all the sections penetrated.
Intense directed by the foe against the
line between Iaasse and outhost forest well against
the Vimy Lens Up to late hour tonight infantry
attacks had been reported on these fronts.
Won Arnm right is fancally struggling for possession
of the three main heights dominating the ground south d
Poperng head These Scherpenberg, Montrouge and
Mount Nor
On the battlefield before Amiens, where Americsns
are the front lines according to officially released
TODAY the quet before the storm continues far lnfau
v fighting concerned There heavy dues along
the whole Picardy front, however.