Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-27
Associated Press summary. Issued al

III a. m.
F,rl.,lnr ii tn most desperate eh..r-
artcr ..tt,ud- tie German tt,tupt t. "a
large on tac Il pturo Il Nont kcnmel
ga Tie fl ndeIs II nt Is he Franco
Rrt,sh tru,p ~ strive q held tn enemy
IN check On the vi sector TIA. Pc rdy
front cast of Anaens. tie Alied dIei@
Il .yc driven tn, Germ .n~ from ult r. q the
ground thev Z ncd 4 rliei IL tle Ye.k
The Il II y II krmr.el : sri ~
blow IL the 81 ni}t, II II" i III iaalf
Atr bu; t.r H. & eert lte s. ~ ers
thr trrln.n~ ist.~t strtae aat klN +
tl,.4 >rc irving 4 d. Will fhe tllitd
n. u resist ~irruia1ISlS " lalc Nom
mel ! capture hI th, enemy docs not III" n
the inIucdl I" cyscu. Il Ii ol Apre~. mil
tury observers ~fN Il dse~ ut1Haee he
British positions there rpd = hlfthef te-
tlremcnt ~ IN, neNt lew day IA aot TN
likely
Southwest ot ll,rcs tn, G,erru.u- aaw
4rr on d I'm, running tom the northwest
~ I,aIil,ul thf 7leh logre. - lsa ut
and eastward to TIN pf,-t eiats.'s canal
Berlin Claims $500 Prisoners.
ficld Marshal HaIr ednnt- : rstlre-
mcnt along the canal aui Berlin 4 ius he
occupation of ST Eoi nnlc7 south
east of lprcs Berlin also s..Ys that The
PRISONERS II the present Flanders hattie
have increased To = Ti0
KENNEL did not iaH without a struggle
and Il remains Il monument to the bravery
Of a French regiment which. cut eif from
the Allied line. held oul until surrounded
on IN sides hv tie Germans TIE ultimate
fate Of the French defenders lighting
tremendous odds. Is not known Ia the
tIlIes lrancu-krItish troops attempted
str ng couutcr att4, Is 70 rettkc the hill,
bat Hcre driven b5ek hv the Gerlnsus,
who arc ll>ing ulnc divisions on . front al
about seven miles
Belgian Line Intact
The German attack IN the north. unless
II can gather much greater momentum.
does net vet threaten the Belgian line from
| i<mudc to the sea ,lthough It does
! affect the Blush about Ypres The enemy
must advance still further before the
! Relglens viii be compelled to give up the
/ hist re inc Of the User " Inch [ e. have
held fer 50 many months
Successes were gained ~ Ahed troops
/ in !. counter stroke south ot the SeHme
from Nillers KrrtanneuX 10 outb oi
! H4ugard TIE GERMANS Were driven back
all along hc line and Ii ast t5Iiaa fighting
ragged IN The village . hdt e1sd. he vest
ern quarter OF which Is nov beid lv the
renCh South oi the Luce the treneh as
gained enemy positions and the lighting
,hIl Eoes Oh
German Tanlss Norsted.
Iht- success Was aitie,i greatly by tht
Tact that the British had r,esptured
Nllrrs BrctonncuA Thursday he fight.
| ing in and around Aillers FrctonneuN the
scene OF battle in the var Of so, will h
notal lc for two things In II Er tish anc
German tanks met for the first time ano
the Germans were worsted. while Brttist
infantry wearing gas mas6s toI PROBABLY
the first tin4e ~ an at'aebi took The vi
Iaet from the C,ernans s no fttd hufriedtN
donncd gas masks under i heavy attseb
oi gas shells
(itnrrai Eoch according 10 f.aefa
Radcliffe. still has the Allied rescl - arInN
almost intact.
There are no indications hat lie fea
tt0ns between Holland and Germany ar,
any nearer il praecahlt adjustment lht
leaves Of absence in the Dutch army ant
navy have been suspended while II Is r.
ported the Dutch government II taking
certain military measures The German
press has taken up the cudgels agalns
Holland and threatens the little country
alleging that German patience IS almos
exhausted