The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-05-03
Enemy Dead Cover Flanders
Battlefield.
FRENCH WIN AT NoYoN
Franco British Forces Not Only Hold
Positions, but Reclaim Ground at
Several Places-Capture OF
KENNEL Hill Costly
to Huns


lines on the Flanders battlefield Mon
day afternoon and evening met with
no more success than the enemy's fu-
tile and costly attempts earlier in the
day TO break through and capture the
hill positions west of KENNEL.
Allies Regain Ground.
Not only did the British and French
maintain their positions at virtually all
parts in the face Of furious onslaughts
but during the night they reclaimed
several bits of territory On which the
enemy had succeeded in getting hold.
LOcre had again fallen into German
hands late Monday, but the French
once more made a dashing counter
drive and thrust the enemy out of this
important place.
The allied lines in Flanders Tuesday
morning were to all intents the same
as when the Germans surged forward
Monday.
Enemy Pays Fcarfu! Price.
In front of the defending positions
gray uniformed men lay in great num-
bers, representing the awful price paid
by the Germans.
North of KENNEL the British and
French, cOuntering in conjunction, also
pushed forward somewhat during the
night and bettered their positions. At
one time Monday the Germans actually
had some men on the lower slopes OF
both Mount Rouge and the Scherpen-
berg, after they succeeded in driving a
small wedge into the French line be-
tween these two elevations
Foe Makes Heavy Sacrifices.
Fierce fighting continued about
LOcre all day, and the enemy sacri-
feed great numbers of men in an at
tempt to push through here.
In the meantime the TANKS were
shocks. A particularly bitter battle
was waged astride the Kemmel-La
Clytte highway, near the junction of
the French and British. Here the en-
envy tried his favorite trick OF dividing
the two forces, but he found no weak
spots.
AT Ridge wood, west of Voorme-
zeele heavy fighting also continued
throughout the day, the Germans los
ing great numbers of men, both
killed and wounded. 1t is impossible
to say how many attacks the enemy
made at this point during the course
OF the day; they came forward in
waves throughout long hours.
Allies, outnumbered, Victors.
There was no cessation of the ter
rible battle. The wonder is that the
allied troops were able to hold in the
face of such onslaughts by superior
numbers.
The German artillery, which had
been greatly augmented for this at
tack, pounded the back areas inceS-
sanity, and the duel between the OPP
posing guns of all 'ealibers from Sat
urday evening until Monday night was
appalling.
The British improved their position
slightly before Villers-BretonneuX.
4 Thus far the German capture of
KENNEL has done them little good, for
the allied artillery has kept the crest
of the hill so smothered with shell fire
that it-haS been impossible for the en-
envy e.occupy it in force.
French Victors at Noyon.
=. Parfs,zAIay In the sector OF
NOyon the Germans in attacks on
Monday, made gains in advanced
French trench elements, but. later
were driven out and the French re-
established their lines, according to
the official communication issued by
the war office Monday night. In the
region of Hangard there: has been a
violent bOmbardment. =.
French-B British Win.
London, May 1.-The French now
hold the entire village OF Locre, west
of KENNEL, says the official statement
from the war office.
During the night the British adj
vanced their line east of Villers-Bre-
tonneaux, on the front before Amiens.
In the vicinity Of Locre the French
by counter-attacks drove the Germans
from Tie remainder of the ground
they mad gained The Germans, hav-
ing been heavily repulsed all along
the northern battle front, the night
passed in comparative quiet.
British Regain Town.
London, April 29.-The Germans
made an attack in the afternoon on
the northern side of Flanders salt
ent and captured the town of Voor-
mezeele, two miles south of Ypres, but
were driven out at night BY 9 counter
attack the war office announces.
British Take 600 captives.
The British on Saturday had nearly
900 German prisoners in the cages as
a result of other counter-operations,
which began Wednesday night. The
British on Friday also took several
hundred in the fighting north of KEN
mel.