Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-28
Terrific Losses Suffered
Compel Bringing Up
of Fresh Forces.
GAINS SOUTH OF SOMME
BY BRITISH AND FRENCH
German, Driven From Strong Posi-
tion. and Counter Attacks
Are in Vain.

WITH THE BRITISH ARMY LIN
FRANCE, April 27.-An intense bonn
bardment of the allied positions IN the
K.mmel sector has been continued by
the German gunners, but up to noon TO-
day the enemy had made no further at
tacks in this region.
Gen. Won Arnim was busy consolldas-
ing the positions won yesterday anu 70
organizing his forces for new drive
against the other hills held by the ailes
+, west Of Kennel.
Must Get Fresh Troops.
rh. cs.rman commander will have 10
bring I'D fresh troops for furtner op-
.r.tions, for the casualties suffered n'
the enemy yesterday were exceeoihsi'
h..vv. Proof of this was given Dy ene
....,...,,g sight on the battlefield
over which contending armies strus
gled. During yesterdays attacks 0s
a.. .,.rv one British brigade inflicted
four times as many losses as tnes
themselves suffered.
This proportion might not hold eooo
<.r tba whole sector, but certainly the
German losses were excessive a' eA'
,osnts- At Locre, which the Frencn re-
c.ntured last night and where tne
Iiehtning ragged most OF the day. the
npmner of German dead was very
large.
Ten Divisions in Assault.
csu. yon Arnin employed about ten
divisions in yesterday.s assaults nve
:, ~h,ch were fresh troops. This
,rasnt that on a front Of about 1e'ooo
=. a. between Dranoutre and the
yrrAs-comines canal. the allies had
total of 100000 troops against them.
one az the new German divisions ar
r;ved At KENNEL from Verdun April
-.
The Germans today were hoioing
wort KENNEL, KENNEL village and
Dr.no,tre in force, and the battle lines
100 drawn up east of Mont Rouge,
Scherpenberg hill. La clytte and Dicke-
busch lake.
French Score Successes
The French in last nights operations
not only drove the Germans from Locre.
hut took Hospice and Locreho1 IaIm'
both strong points lying to the south
east of the village. Locre was one OF
the most hotly contested points along
The allied attack south of villers-
Bretonneux yesterday gave rise to very
heavy fiKhting Some progress was
made toward retaining this position
which the enemy held as result OF the
German push on Wednesday. The enc
my, in a counter attack. threw them
selves against one French division
seven times without being able to get
forward.
The British today had nearly 900
German prisoners in the cages as
which began Wednesday night. The
British yesterday also took several
hundred in the fighting north Of kem-
mel.
Fighting Is Intense.
The fighting yesterday between
Dranoutre and the Ypres-Comines canal
was incense.
The Aay opened with a Franco-Brit-
inh coanter attack, in an endeavor to
force the Germans from the positions
they gained on Thursday; and this
move Vas followed quickly by another
German attack. By O'Clock the fight
ing was raging furiously all along the
line.
Contest between Locre and La Clytte.
in front Of Scherpenberg. was particu-
1arly fierce. for this elevation was one
Of the main German detectives. Three
times .he enemy troops were flung for
ward IN force. and on each occasion
they were thrown back. The fourth
ASSAULT. however. carried them into
Locre.
Furtaer desperate attempts by the
enemy to break through in front OF
Scherpenberg failed and he suffered heavy
losses. The attacks along the Ypres-
Confines canal were continued through
out thu. day and the enemy pushed for
ward - the region Of Voormezeele.
To Tie southeas. the Germans carried
the battle to the neighborhood OF the
Kemmelbeek river. An enemy attack or
the ridge wood. east of Dickehusch lake
at 4 O'Clock in the afternoon was repulsed
completely with heavy losses to the Ger
mans.
A strong German attack was delivered
against Givenchy lez La Bassee yesterday
afternoon. but the enemy was beateI
of. with little change in the situation
Festubert and Givenchy were shellet
heavily during the night.