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British Win in C0unter-At at
V0ormezeeIe.
HUNS WIN MONT KENNEL
French in Vigorous Counter-Attaek for
"Key to Ypres"-Hangard Recap
tured After Hard Battle-En-
emy Suffers Heavy Losses.

and Zillebeke were repulSed, the Ger
mans losing heavily, according to the
report from Field Marshal Haig. The
attacks were preceded by q most vio-
lent bombardment.
Allied Armies Hold Lines.
The British line held absolutely, but
at various points the Germans gained
a foothold in the French position,
only to be driven out later from the
greater part of this territory.
The Belgians also repulsed heavy
attacks, indicting severe casualties on
the enemy.
At certain points along the allied
fronts the fighting still continues.
British Recapture Post.
The post near FeStubert, north Of
Givenchy, taken by the Germans last
week, was recaptured by the British
at night More than fifty prisoners
were taken here, and other prisoners
and four machine guns were brought
In as a result of raiding operations in
sectors further south.
in the vicinity of Locre, west Of Mont
KENNEL, was repulsed.,
Germans Aim at Ypres.
With the British Army in France,
April 30.-The fourth German army
during the morning heavily attacked
the allied front in Flanders. Prisoners
captured have admitted that the Ger
man intention is to attempt to capture
Ypres.
Severe fighting is reported in both
the French and British areas. The at
tack extends over front of about fif
teen miles.
British Call for Aid at Ypres.
London, April 30.-The British
troops around Ypres several times af-
ter dawn sent up S. O. S. signals for
artillery support, telegraphs the Reu-
ter correspondent at the British head
quarters in France.
British Regain Town.
London, April 29.-The Germans
the northern side of Flanders sail
ent and captured the town of VOor-
meZeele, two miles south of Ypres, but
were driven out at night by a counter
attack the war office announces.
British Take 900 Captives.
The British on Saturday had nearly
800 German prisoners in the cages as
q result of other counter-Operations,
which began Wednesday night. The
British on Friday also took several
hundred in the fighting north of KEN
mel.
Check Boche Advance.
Paris, April, 29.-Violent artillery
fighting occurred north of the Avre
Southeast of Amiens) and in the re-
gion between Lassigny and Noyon Con
the southern side of the Picardy battle
front), the war office reported.
French troops repulsed German at
tacks northwest of Reims and in the
sectors of st. NIihiel (near which are
stationed the American troops which
were attacked by the Germans a week
ago., Luneville lin the vicinity of
which there has been an American
fOrce) and lie Pretre wood.
Berlin Statement.
Berlin, April 29.-The capture of
Hill 60, north of 1pres-Comines canal,
about two miles southeast Of Ypres,
was announced by the war office.
Locre, six and half miles south
west of Ypres, also was captured by
the Germans, the statement says.
Huns Win Mont KENNEL.
London. April pa counter-attack
by French troops against KENNEL
hill, the key to Ypres. has brought on
a furious battle for this important
high ground The fight is still rag
ing.
FrancoBritish troops on the Somme
front east of Amiens also are counter
attacking all along the front from VIII
ers-Bretonneux to opposite lanyard
en-Santerre.
A large part of the ground lost in
this region has been retaken, and the
official communiQue issued by the war
office in Paris says that the French
have re-eStablished themselves in the
western portion of lanyard. which
village changed hands twice during the
day.
On the northern battle front the
Germans, in addition to holding Mont
KENNEL, are in possession of the vii
lagos of KENNEL and Dranoutre, Field
Marshal Haig reports.
Tanks went into action on both sides
for the first time in history. In the bat
tie about Villers-Bretonneux the Ger
man tanks appeared at the beginning
of the engagement and by noon the
British tanks joined In the fray.
Zeebruggs Raid Casualties.
London, April 3O.-The admiralty
has issued the following list of cas-
Iualties incurred by the British naval
forces in the recent raid on the Ger
man U-boat bases at Zeebrugge and
Ostend: Officers, killed. 10; missing,
2: wounded, %. Men, killed, 1859;
usissin1- ID: wounded. 355.