The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-16
ANOTHER PAUSEN
FLANDERS BATTLE
French and British Beat Back
German Hordes With
FrightfuI Losses.
ALLIED LINES HOLD POSITIONS
Ground Before Ypres StreWn With
Gray Clad Bodies OF Hun Dead
Artillery Active.

Washington, May Again there
has come a pause in the battle OF
Flanders, where the ground every
where is covered with the gray clad
bodies Of German dead, and the Brit
ish and French are holding securely
to all their positions.
British Lines Are Intact
From Saturday until well into Mon
day night, General Won Armin's forces
continued their efforts to break the
British lines on the Ypres salient and
to press back the British and French
from the high ground to the south
west, but everywhere their efforts
were fruitless. True, they gained
their objective and again captured
Locre, but a counter thrust forced
them out again, and at last accounts
the French were holding the village.
In the billy region just to the north
of LocTe the British also pushed back
the enemy attacks at several points,
notably between KENNEL and La
Clytte.
Germans Losing Snap.
Much Of the snap Of the German at
lacking forces has been absent from
the maneuyers they have been carry
ing out in Flanders against the stiff
fened line of the Entente troops. This
has been apparent since last Sunday.
To the south, near Amiens and TO the
east, around Noyon the enemy like
wise has failed in all his attempts to
push further forward The British
east Of ViIlers-Bretonneux, which lies
directly east Of Amiens, have adj
vanced their front and in the Noyon
sector the French have re-established
their lines which the Germans pre-
viously had captured from them
Artillery Duel in Progress.
The Germans on various sectors OF
he line are still hurting tons of steel
against the British and French posi-
lions, but the allied guns everywhere
are answering them in kind
While the present halt in the battle
possibly may indicate the near ap-
prosch OF the throwing into the ARRAY
the great army which General Foch
has gathered, that such is the inten-
ton OF the supreme commander Of the
allied forces has Tot become apparent
It is not improbable, however, that at
a meeting Of the inter-aIIied war coun-
ell in Paris Wednesday, which viii be
attended by the American, French,
British and Italian Representatives,,
matters having in view the turning in
the tide of the battle viii be upper
most in the discussion
Check Germans at Ypres.
Washington, April 50.-Germany's
armies are hurting themselves against
a granite wall on three sides OF the
ruined city of Ypres. After fighting
Of the most terrific nature the British
and French lines are still intact and
the enemy has lost terribly in his re-
peated assaults against the lines
where the Allies stand at bay
The objective OF the fighting that is
now going on is the capture Of Ypres,
where since 1914 the British have held
their positions. Two years ago the
Allied lines were carried forward and
the salient in front OF the city was
wiped out, but from these positions
the British retired a week ago TO the
trenches where they stood on the de-
Tense, fighting in the spring Of 1915,
when they stopped the Germans in
their drive for the channel ports.
The present battle opened with q
bombardment OF the British and
French lines from Meteren to Voor-
mezeele, a distance Of twelve miles.
Then came reports OF a spread of the
fighting around the curve in the line
in front Of Ypres until the Belgian
armies north Of the city were in
Tolved- Field Marshal Haig's official
report, anxiously awaited, brought the
news that the utmost efforts OF the
Germans had been ruitless all along
the line. The field marshaFs state
ment said the Teutons had paid q
great price and had gained virtually
nothing.
No Signs Of a Withdrawal.
The only point at which the Ger
mans made any gains was on the billy
section back Of KENNEL Hill, where
the French are standing. At some
points the enemy WIS able TO OCCUPY
portions Of the line, but from the
greater part Of these they were driven
out by the French, who re-established
their defenses-