The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-02
PENDULUM RUNS
BACK AND FORTH
MOST DESPERATE ENCOUNTER
OF THE BIG DRIVE
KAISER WATCHING OPERATIONS
Locre is Taken and Retaken with F.uc.
tuatihg Results. French Use Guns.
With Telling Effect. Can
adams in Brilliant Dash


are striking on practically the whole
Flanders front today" Field Marshal |
Haig asserted in his official war office
report
From Meteren to Vooremezella a |
distance of ten miles infantry attacks |
We're developing under cover lf ter |
rife bombardment At the southern
part of the Flanders theatre from Gil
venchy to Nieppe forest ten mile
front was also under heavy artillery
firing.
At the same time the enemy began
Smelling the British positions on a ten
mile front between Lens and Arras. |
comprising the one half mile sector
which separates the Flanders from the
Picardy battle fronts.
Hostile Attacks Repulsed.
'The hostile attacks in the neighbor
hood of Locre reported yesterday We're
repul. ed by machine gun firing" Haie
said Heavy commandments with high
explosive gas shells were opened by
he enemy early today.
Prisoners and Machine Guns
South of Albert in the neighbor
hood of Neuve.vitasse we conducted
a successful raid last night and this
morning taking prisoners and machine
guns" the statement concluded.
British Make Gains.
'In the neighborhood of Festubert
by successful enterprise we re-took
positions which had been captured
Friday night, including fifty prisoners
and three machine guns.
Hard Fight For Locre.
London, April 29.--Heavy Sighting
has continued at Locre since the
French recaptured it Friday, with iuc
tuating results, according to the Reu.
ter correspondent at headquarters in
France Last evening the French were
reported to be again in possession, but
the situation in this sector, the cores
pondent adds, remains obscure and
desperate fighting continues.
French Cling To Hangard.
Paris April 29.-Repeated German
attacks in the Hangard Woods region
we're repulsed this morning, the
French war office announced todayS
There was heavy artillery fighting
on both sides of Villers and in the vi
cinity of Noyon.
German Lines Are Raided.
A German attack failed north of
Gravesnes and the French patrolmer |
penetrated the German lines.
In the upper Alsace region French |
prisoners.
S. o. S. Signals Sent Up.
With the British Armies in Flanders, |
April 29.--The French forces in the
Mt. KENNEL region were under heavy
Smelling all last night and reports
OF violent bombardment began early |
today
Later s. o. s. signal calls, indica
ing an attack, and calling for the
artillery support went up from this
part of the line
There were two similar calls from
the region of Ypres and later one
from Locre.
A Hurricane Bombardment.
At three o'clock this morning the
Germans began hurricane lombard
ment of the British and French lines
from Ypres southwark towards the
Lys.
Various allied defenses sent up S
%. S. rockets. At five o'clock this
morning the Smelling became very eX
.traordinary in violence.
As cable this it is too early to
describe the developments.
Canadians in Brilliant Dash
London, April 29.-The Canadians
have carried out three successful raids
opposite Lens, taking sixty prisoners
and four machine guns and killing
many Germans says dispatch from
Reuters correspondent at British
headquarters in France.
Kaiser Watching Operations
Amsterdam, April 29.-The kaiser
watched the KENNEL battle early
Thursday morning from an advanced
position. Carl Rosner. the kaiser'i
|fayorite war correspondent declared in
the Lokal Anzeiger today. Rosnor sale
tne kaiser FOLLOWED the details of thf
battle by eye sight and typographical: :
marking down observations ON hi
map.
vormexeele Taken and Retaken.
London, April 49,. The Germans
made an attack yesterday afternoon or
Inc northern side of the Flanders sal
lent, capturing the town of vonnezeele
two miles south of Ypres but were
driven out last night by 4 counter as /
tack. the war office announcsd, Latel
at night the Germans again attacked
on this front. "a