Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-05-22
FRENCH TROOPS
STORM HILL "a;
HA|G RA[IS FOE
Germans Driven From important
Post Near KENNEL.
ALLIES WIN AT TWO POINTS
Petain's Forces Capture Woods ana
West Bank of Avre River in the
Region of HiIIes, Near
Amiens.

With the British Army in France,
May 16.-Hard fighting continued III
the neighborhOod of Hill "A, north OF
KENNEL. which was stOrmed and re-
taken by French troops. This much-
disputed elevation has changed hands
!. many times recently, but the French
are still holding the Germans off.
Allies Win at Two Points.
London, May 16.-The allied armies
have made advances at two OF the
most important points on the whole OF
the western front.
In Flanders, the official report from
Field Marshal Haig says, French
troops have made further advances TO
the north of KENNEL.
1t is in this region that for several
days the French and Germans have
been fighting for Hill A. This height
has been taken and retaken many
times. and at last accounts it was held
by the French in the face of great
German efforts.
Advance in Picardy.
Other French troops made an i'm
DOIIduL
on the front below Amiens. They
have captured the woods and the west
bank of the Avre river and have held
it in the face of great cOunter-assaults.
This action makes more secure the
Amiens-Paris railroad, which was in
grave peril up to a few days ago, when
the Germans were driven back on the
Avre from the heights overlooking the
railway.
American troops are known to be
close to this scene of battle.
Heavy Artillery DueIs.
London. May 16-Much local enemy
artillery activity is reported on vari-
Gus parts of the British battle front,
in France.
During the night gas Smelling in the
Flanders and SOmme areas was ac-
cOmpanied by q harassing fire against
the line from Newar to Wieltja, near
Dickenbusch lake, around Hinges, at
st. -Biangy and against vii
liers- BretOnneauX, COrble and Vaux
sur-Somme. A fresh westerly wind
was blowing across the battlefieldS.
The only infantry fighting in which
the British were engaged has been a
minor brush southwest Of RidgewOOd.
Enemy airmen are unusually active in
Flanders.
Australians Regain Ground.
London, May 15.-In an attack on a
mile front at MorlancOurt on Tuesday
the Germans penetrated the British po-
sitions at one point.
Field Marshal Haig reports that at
all other points on this line the Ger
mans were repulsed with heavy losses
and that the Australians later recap
tured the lost position.
French Repuse Attack.
London. May 15.-German attacks
north of KENNEL during the night were
repulsed by French troops.
British Casualties.
London, May 15.-The total of Brit
ish casualties reported in the week
ending Tuesday, May IA, is 1852.
They are divided as follows:
Killed or died of wounds: Officers,
sol; men, 5O65. Wounded or missing:
officers, 2,133; men, 33,923.
Cavalry to Belgian Front.
Amsterdam, May 15.-Reports from
the Belgian frontier state that q Ger
man cavalry division has just passed
westward, presumably to fight on the
Belgian front. All traffic has been or
dered stopped to allow the passage of
the cavalrymen.
Big Bombardment by Huns.
London, May 14.-The German guns
launched into an intensive gunfie on
the three great sectors of KENNEL,
Arras and Amiens.
These commandments, following an
ominous lull, indicated to observers
here that the German drive was about
TO resume with the main blows to be
delivered at the three vital links in
the allied line.
Yankees Drive Huns From Town.
With the American Army in France.
May 13.-In the Luneville sector, our
patrols early in the morning estab-
lished the fact that the hamlet of An
cerviller has been abandoned by the
enemy.
The Germans had not even attempt
ed TO occupy shell holes in the salient,
which recently was torn up by our ar
tiIlery. Quiet prevails on all fronts on
which there are Americans, according
10 reports. Poor visibility has pre-
vented extended aerial activity.
Allied Troops Under Pershino.
Washington, May 16-General Per-
shing probably soon viii be command
ing French and British troops SIS the
process of brigading American units
with their allies on the western front
goes forward. As if exemplifying
unity of command and action into
which the United States and its CO.
ibelhgerents nave entered, 1t became
known here that whenever American
troops predominant in the brigaded