Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-27
German Advance on
Flanders Front Held
at All Points.
BRITISH REPULSE NEW
DRIVE SOUTH OF YPRES
Enemv Still Holds KENNEL Noun
tain, Village and
Dranoutre.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 27.-Continuing their
counter attacks on the front east OF
Amiens the allies have gained further
ADVANTAGES in the Hangard-Villers-
Bretonneux sector, it is announced Of
fcially.
The fighting en- the Flanders front
north of the Lys was very severe. the
enemy advance was held at all points.
Heavy losses were inflicted on the Ger
mans.
French Retake Positions.
The French have recaptured positions
from Locre to La Clytte, in Flanders
west of Mont KENNEL.
The Germans made heavy attack on
the front south of Ypres. There was a
long battle for Voormezeele, two miles
south of Ypres, which the British re-
tanned, taking hundreds of prisoners.
The statement follows:
There was great artillery activity on
both sides during the night on the whole
battle front north of the Lys river The
fighting in this area yesterday was very
severe. the enemy making repeated ana
determined attempts to develop the ad-
vantage gained by him on the previous
day. After many hours of fiuctuating
battle the enemy's advance was held az
fered by his troops in the course of his
many unsuccessful attacks
Violent Attacks Beaten Off.
The enemy's assaults on the French
positions from Locre to La Clytte were
pressed with extreme violence. and after
three attacks had been beaten off with
great loss to him his troops succeeded at
the fourth attempt in carrying the vii
counter attacked and drove the enemy out.
reEaining possession of the villaGe Al
other points all the 7easen5s attacks neres
.Fierce fighting took place north Of
KENNEL village and in the neighborhood
Of Voormezeele. which, after q prolonged
struggle. remains in the hands of our
troops. In the afternoon the enemy again
heavily attacked our positions at the
ridge wood southwest of VoormeZeele and
was completely repulsed. Some hundreds
cf prisoners were captured by us in this
fighting.
Local fighting also took place yester-
day afternoon on the Lys battle front
In the neighborhood of Givenchy. as
. result Of which forty prisoners were
captured by US.
Tank Drive Broken Up.
South of the Somme the fighting con-
tinued during the afternoon to the ad-
vantage of the allies troops in the
Hangard-Villers-Br sector.
Our line was again advanced at GER
tain points and hostile attack with
tanks early in the afternoon was
broken up by our fire and failed to de-
velop. The number Of prisoners cap
tured by US in this area is over 900.
successful raids were carried out by
US during the night in the neighbor-
hood of Arleux. northeast of Arras, and
in the Vieux-Berquin> sector, south
east Of Hazebrouck. We captured
twenty prisoners.
''On the remainder of the front there
10 nothing to report"
Germans Hold KENNEL Mountain.
LONDON, April 26.-The Germans
have captured KENNEL mountain and
village and also are in possession of
Dranoutre, according to the official
communication sent by Field Marshal
Haig from headquarters in France to-
night.
The communication says that north of
the Lys river the battle is continuing
fiercely along the whole front from
the neighborhood of Dranoutre to the
fpres-Comines canal