The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-15
GERMANS LOSE:
THOUSANDS IN
ATTEMPTS TO
BREAK LINES
British Lines on Lys Front
Near Franco-Belgian Bord-
er Holding Well Against
Terrific Drives Of Hun
Hordes.
AMERICANS KILL MANY
(By Associated Press,

sssssoseeOSvuvO UNu0e bv00vUVu
(By Associated Press)
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE. April 15.-The battle about
Neuve Eglise near the Belgian border
which has been retaken by the Ger
mans, continued to rage this morning
with the same intensity that has
marked it for days and the British
are pounding the Germans hard. An
other assault on Bailleul, four miles
west OF Neuve Eglise, is expected mo-
mentarily.
The latest reports this forenoon.
showed that the British line, being
strongly held as q hole in this north
ern zone. in some instances had been
considerably improved by counter
strokes.
The British last evening followed up
their success Of Saturday when they
pushed the Germans back from Ro-
becQ, on the Clarence river.
(By Associated Press)
The British lines on the Lys front
near the Franco-Belgian border, are
holding well against the terrific drives
which the Germans are continuing to
make upon them. All around the
sweepine semi-circla created hv the
enemy attacks IN the .nrthwe.t =, the
Messines ridge no.ition. =. ..s
fought to a standxtiII vestardsv .nd
last ni1ht In .c,na Yoc.1;st.. .Ls
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effected theft farhe.+ -.st-.S .s.e
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6ut of fmporfant r.iIvsv ~o.se,.s.. -
the British and mSta the hnIS;.~ " ~
the line to the northssst c~tr.r..i-
difficuIt
The Germans d,.n,.vas 49,. .
citation az fhia Nv attscttr~
than seven times in the Me1vsj,. 80
ion. the desDeratfon ~ thsir .tt.ra.
being evidenced by the tact th.t nns
assault was carried ont nv froor. N
five vaves This w.s the .,iv st...r
that bent the British line n the ,ii,ht-
est and the position was sneediIv -
stored in its entirety bv = coun,.r.
attack.
The Germans SIMILARLY hsya h..n
foiled in their efforts to unah IN S,,r.
ther In the BailleuI rexfon and this
important town is still in the hands of
the British.
Far to the southwest On the Tvs
front they have failed lfkevise IN thar
attempt to drive In back Of Befbnne
The British in local operations hera
have advanced their lines and pushe9
the enemy back from the Ciarence
river. They took $50 prisoners and
some machine guns in one OF these
operations.
Fighting heroically in hand.to-hand
engagements British troops have
checked the German drive in the reg.
ion west Of Armentieres and this en-
emy effort like the one in Picardy.
seems almost definitely stopped. The
Germans have spent thousands of
lives in reckless and insistent attacks
to break through the British lines or
to destroy the British army but the
effort has been without the result de-
sired.
Against the American sector south
of Verdun. German storming troops
hurled themselves Sunday. American
infantry men beat the enemy in hot
fighting The enemy withdrew to his
trenches with the loss of nearly 100
Northwest Of Toul the Germans have
not repeated the attacks which cost