The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-05-01
Efforts to Flank Ypres or
Capture Town by Frontal
Drives Fail.
GERMANS LOSE LOCRE
Driven From Valuable Ter
rain Around Mont Rouge
With Great Losses.
BRITISH HOLD LA GLYTTE
French Counter Attack Bril-.
liantly on Southern slopes
of Scherpenberg. 5ul
GERMANS LOSE LOCRE
BRITISH HOLD LA GLYTTE

=.
LONDON, April 30. What II In hoped
will prove the long expected turn IN
the fortunes OF war in France and
Flanders came yesterday. and to-day.
the fighting was even more satisfao-
tory from an allied standpoint. AZ
several places the allied troops made
actual gains. while at no point did
they give ground. except in caaes
where. they yielded temporarily. only
to recover their positions IN counter
attacks
Whether or not the German drive
for Ypres has failed remains TO be
seen, but there can he no doubt that
The enemy has suffered stunning
check and that he has paid enor-'
mously for his attempted gains In this
region. Efforts TO flank Ypres and to
capture the town by frontal assaults
alike have proved futile. IS
British Make Gains.
Southeast of Ypres where the Hin
denburg strategy apparently pinned its
main hopes of breaking through TO the
Channel ports. not only has the foe
failed OF his object but the British
have made slight gains. Around Locre I
the French and British not only hold
all the town itself but much valuable
terrain in the hill country near by.
Many prisoners were captured III this
operations OF yesterday and to-day.
Berlin officially admitted to-day the
loss OF Locre, bat claims to have cap
tured certain English trenches In tho
, NoO-mezeele region The German
| statement; Is not clear as To when this 7
alleged gain was made. The British
night statement indicates that Field
Marshal Haig's forces everywhere are
holding the line.
! Apparently refuting the German
claim is a despatch from AN Associated
Press correspondent with The British
army, who says tina: up To noon to-day
the badly punished German troops had
, made no further attacks along ths
Flanders front and that the attacks t.
the south also were dying down. The
despatch refers to the brilliant alice
defence in yesterdays intense fghtine'
| strategic Points Held. =
East Of Nillers -Bretonneux. on the
Somme front, is another point where
the British have advanced their line
a., t,il
hailed as an event OF considerable i'm
} portance. as the village guards the ap-
proach to Mont Rouge, one OF the most
valuable bills OF the defensive line.
which cannot lie ranked unless the
enemy captures Locre. The steady re
sistance OF the British at La Glytts
, has stopped the advance on Scherpcn-
berg.
The Eeigians asaln have been fsh;-
ing vaiIantly and nave stopped u threat
, ened advance north of ipres
2 Al other points along the ions battle
, line he Gernsns are keeping UP an IN.
: 'ermiuent bonbardment OF extreme vio-
T lence IN places. The Hangard region
was among the sectors singled out TO-
/ DAY, At NoYon the artillery engage
ment was followed oy an infantry NJ.
sault In which tho French were forced
~ SiNS Hl'NIu uIuel lHt initial
almost Immediately delivering a counter
, blow which elected the zoe. There have
been patrol encounters Oh the left bank
OF the Disc. on tho righ, bank of tho
Maeus and In Upper Alsace there have
been spirited clashes.
, Correspondents with the British arm"
! agree IN calling Yesterdays engagement
= along The Twelve mile line around Ypres
IA disastrous defeat for the Germans.
The Associate cd Press correspondent with
!. ,he British armies in France says the
t Germans have used probably thirteen
= divisions from the east OF Ypres south =
!. ward on the line OF battle. with two
s more northwsrd. and the violence OF tho
e gun fire was never greater or more un.
q ceasing at any period OF the war.
. The work of the British troops all
: along the from, was magnificent and
. especially noteworthy because Of the
= fact that some OF me men had been
lighting steadily SINCE April 10 They
n sti, had a hold on the northern ridge
o: Voormeseele to-day as they had st
d the beg!nninS OF Yesterdays assault
u Their Inc also was maintained at Ridge
Il Wood
The spirit OF the British troops /,
n shown by an incident that occurred sun
e day near Noormezeeis, Three Germat
)" machine gun companies which held posts
y near this place were causing the British
much trouble. Three parties OF british
l. each composed OF six Tommies and a
10 lance corporal. we're assigned the task
e OF clearing up these posts Tho GOV
It porals put their heads together an
= planned the campaign which they rar
red out so successfully that the Ger
mans were surrounded ana n'ty-eight OF
\ them captured by twenty -one men, Th'
machine gun posts we're cleared
Brtnsing Ip Reserves.