Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-05-01
No. os5.--volumo LXIx.-No. is.
FIERCE BATTLE STILL RACES.
Latest Dispatches Indicate Another
Turn Favorable to Allies.

poFt from the VlanQerS Dattl0 front
only serves to emphasize the COM
pleteness OF the victory won by the
Anglo French forces yesterday iK
withstanding the tremendous assault
by which the Germans hoped to
break into the allied hill positions
southwest of Ypres and begin cutting
their way on toward the channeR
ports. ~
The situation seems to have beem
ono Of the entente high command de-
| Gliding once more to make stand az
ter having forced tho Germans to use
up tens Of thousands of men in fight
ing their way desperately forward as
far as they have. The decision made.
the stand was taken, and tho Ger
mans were stopped, as they have been
previously on other fields since the
great offensive opened on March 21.
The enemy, 1t is estimated, threw as
many as thirteen divisions, or about
12-mile front, but despite continued
furious assaults, was held almost In
his tracks everywhere. At few
points there was a slight enemy pene-
tration, but the line was largely rec
tilted late yesterday. During last
night the French, in dashing counter!
blows, drove the Germans from the
remainder Of the small stretches OF
ground they had gained In their ini-
tial drives Of the day.
Corpses Clutter Ground.
With the British Army, April 80.
In front of the defending positions
gray uniformed men lay in great
numbers to-day, representing the aw-
full price paid by the Germans In their
attack.
This morning the ..llied lines i'm
Flanders were to all intents the same
as when the Germans surged forward
yesterday
At one time yesterday the Ger
mans appeared actually to have had
come men on the lower slopes Of both,
Mount Rouge and the Scherpenberg.
after they had succeeded in driving "a
small wedge into the French lines be-,
tween these two elevations. !
Things looked critical, but the
French counter-attacked determined
ly and re-established virtually the old
positions.
The artillery was increasingly busy
this morning from Vimy Ridge north
ward. Thus far the German capture
Of KENNEL Hill has done them little
good, for the entente allied artillery
has kept the crest so smothered In
shell fire that 1t has been impossible
for the enemy to occupy it in force.
Fierce fighting continued about
Locre all OF yesterday. The enemy
sacrificed great number Of men.
At the ridge wood west Of Voorme-
zeele also heavy fighting continued
| nd ,,,t,1, -.
of German casualties in that region
was great. 1t Is impossible to say
how many attacks the enemy made In !
the course Of the day. They came
| forward In waves throughout long
hours.
Serious Reverse for Germans.
London, April 30.-The CORES
pondents with the British army agree
that the enemy yesterday suffered
nothing less than O disastrous defeat.
It was the first phase Of the battle In
the enemy's attempt to capture the
line Of hills held by the allies, which
endangered his possession OF Mount
KENNEL. The violence Of the gun
fire was never greater or more url-
ceasing at any period Of the war.
The successful allied defense made
the day the bloodiest yet experienced
by the enemy, as attack after attack
was smashed by artillery and infantry
fire. The Germans had already suf-
fered heavily on Sunday, when their
concentrations OF troops were caught
and shattered by gunfire. Their
waves yesterday were moved down
and the British wings and French
center neither bent nor broke.
Allies Make Gains.
British Headquarters in France,
April 30.--The entente allied line
has been advanced between LaClytte
and KENNEL The Franco-British
forces also have made some progress
south of that region.
French forces this morning held
the whole Of the town OF Locre, west
Of KENNEL, including the hotly-con-
tested Hospice. The allied line also
made some progress, slightly improve
ing the position around WILTSHIRE
tOnneux.
| Yesterdays attack was the biggest
emort the Germans have yet made In
the Flanders offensive, the enemy
employing about hirty fresh battai-
ions OF reserves, In addition to the
large number of divisions in position
at the beginning Of the battle.
satisfactory feature OF the strug-
gle is that the British and French
employed relatively small forces to
defeat the enemy.
| at one point the French were forced
to yield little ground, but supports
promptly arrived and drove back the
| Germans. a$
Checked in Noyon Sector.
| Paris. ADrll 30.--In the sector of