The Mena weekly star., 1918-05-02
ALLIES HOLDING
 THE HUNS AT BAY
Meeting All Assaults on lin. u... stone-wall Opposition and Ex.e,. ing Fearful Toll in. Every con
 flict-British Take Prisoners.

"len tne British Army in France April 2S.-An intense bornbardr,a~, of the allied positions in the Karm-, sector has been continued by the c.. man gunners, but up to noon Fr;a.u the enemy had made no further attao. in this region. General Won Arr;r- was busy consolidating the uos;t;on. won Friday and reorganizino h;s forces for a new drive against IA other hills held by the Allies wes4 as Kemmel.
 The German commander will h.u. to bring up fresh troops for furtbar operations for the casualties sufserad by the enemy Friday were exceeaing' ly heavy. Proof of this was given hv the distressing sight on the l,attls field over which the contendine arm ies struggled During Fridays at. taeks by the enemy one British bri. gade inflicted four times as many losses as they themselves suffered
 French Got Heavy Revenge.
 The proportion might not hold good for the whole sector, but certainly the German losses were excessive at many points. At Locre, which the French recaptured Friday night and where the fighting ragged most of the day. the number of German dead was very large.
 The French in Friday nights opera tions not only drove the Germans from Locre, but took Hospice and Locrehof farm, both strong points ly. ing to the southeast of the village. Locre was one of the most hotly con- tested points along the front.
 British Took 300 Prisoners
 The allied attack south of Villers. Brentonneux Friday gave rise to very heavy fighting South progress was made toward retaining this position, which the enemy held as result of the German push on Wednesday. The enemy in a counter attack t,.rew themselves against one French diI- sion seven times without being able l to get forward.
 The British yesterday had nearly nine hundred German prisoners in the cages as a result of counter opera tions which began Wednesday night i The British Friday also took several hundred in the fighting north of 1em- mel
 X Serious Threat to Allies.
 It is obvious the capture of Kem- mel and the surrounding territory ! present a serious threat against the allied defenses in the north. It would be more serious if General von AInim should succeed in his apparent at- tempt to take Scherpenberg, Mount Rogue, Mount Des Cats and the other elevations in the chain of which Mount Kemmel is part. Another enemy blow against those defenses may be expected at any time.
 Thown Back Three Times. The contest between Locre anl La Clytte, in front of Scherpenberg, was particularly fierce, for this eleS ation was one of the main German onJec- | tives. Three times the enemy LrUops were flung forward in force and on each occasion they were thrown back. The fourth assault, however, carried them into Locre Further desperate attempts by the enemy to break thru in front of Scherpenberg failed and he suffered heavy losses. The attacks along the Ypres- Confines Canal were continued turnout the day and the enemy pushed forward to the regioa If VoormeZeele.
 Lost Heavily in Wood
 To the southeast the Germans car ried the battle to the neighborhood of the Kemmelbeck river. An enemy attack on the ridge wood, east of Dickebusch Lake, at o'clock in the afternoon, was repulsed completely with heavy losses to the Germans
 A strong German attack was de- livered against Givenchy-lez-La bas- see Friday afternoon, but the enemy was beaten off with little change Ill the situation. Festubert and Given chy were shelled heavily during he night.
 Field Marshal Haig's report from headquarters in France last night says:
 Except for minor engagements m the battle sectors and artillery activ- ity on both sides, the day passed com paratively quietly on the British front Bodies of hostile infantry as- sembling east of villers-Bretonneux were effectively shelied by our bat teries."
 Little Fighting on French Front
 Paris, April 27.-"There was no infantry action during the course oi