The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-04-28
GERMAN DEAD
STREW WAY TO
KENNEL HILL
New Troops Sent Up as
Front Lines Fall Before
Machine Guns.
MANY VICTIMS OF TANK
Prisoners Curse kaiser's High
Command for Ruthless
Sacrifice Of Men.
MANY VICTIMS OF TANK
Nv PERRY ROBINSON.

Special Gable Despotch to Tas Sen from sAs
London Times.
Copyright, 1918: oil rtohts reserrsd.
BRITISH ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE. April 2s tdelayed).-In the
lighting around Mount KENNEL the Ger
man losses undoubtedly were very Sc
we're. The French. on the hill. we're
we'll supplied with machine guns and the
Germans came In great numbers.
The price the garrison exacted for
possession of the height must have been
huge. These guns played upon the Ger
mans during seven or eight hours dur
ing which they were forcing their way
up the Slopes.
The Scottish Black Watch. besides
taking goodly numbers Of prisoners In
nicted enormous casualties. especially
on the point where the long German line
was exposed to machine gun fire while
It was struggling to hnd a way through
the wires. Last evening some OF our
| troops which had come up from support
! into the line holding KENNEL village
couSu NV Ske$ uySSVS ~ sAso "ee'S "'e
chine sdA hrjSYftms he north. This
msPning. however, we again pushed ou,
and estanaisnsd'uha lss,A @0se positionl
In the front lines a. they were aligned
yesterday, Just north OF the village.
I Help From Alpine Corps.
! The Germans. We know. have used. be-
1t yrt. Itx.tCi
| nsni.ou-u ,. former dispatches. tho
/ Eleventh Bavarian. the ll7th. the newl,
brought UP F'ifty-sixth and other units
II is evidence Of how roughly they were
handled that after having pushed through
the line they were unable to 60 OH
but were held easily by our supporting
battalions and prisoners were taken from
them. Since then We have been able u
push them back
Further details show that In the fight
ing for vi,lers- Bretonneux our counte
al..cn WAS completely successful. To
day our line was practically where
was before the German attack. Las
evening the Germans still were holdini
out In the rear Of our advanced position
along the railway and elsewhere.
This morning only two enemy nests
one on the railway and one furthe
south. had not been cleared up. Thes
We're smoked out to-day.
The Australians aye OF the opinion
that they killed more Germans than eve
before. even in the famous fighting Il
this. After the Germans were in N!llers
Bretonneux We threw gas shells int
the village, and later. when We attacke
a. night. we took numbers Of prisoner
|, who were hiding In closed dugouts an
cellars and who did not know that
counter attack was In progress.
Some OF the officer prisoners complai
. bitterly OF the hardsh!ps OF the rccen
fighting and the lack OF rations an
curse the German higher command 10
eXpecting men TO do more than hesh an
blood can stand. They talk OF the wa
coming 70 an end this summer. but d
, not believe the Germans can force II I
military decision. Under the BRAY
words there Is evident depression an
misgiv!ng
p gave an account OF the operations c
the German tanks and how one wa
knocked out by one OF our tanks Ar
other German tank also broke dowi
but the enemy was able to get 1t ava!
We recovered one OF our tanks disable
> by the enemy.
I Further evidence goes To show ths
the work Of our light tanks was eve
more eUeCtlNc tIsn fshi pVci 'SlN'''O'
!. Prisoners say whole companies wei
wiped out by them. The crew OF or
: light tank. which got into something lik
y two battal!ons OF the enemy. declare
= that a thousa nd Germans were kille'
e Making allowances, there Is no quest'o
that they did get we'll into large nun
bcrs Of the enemy. both with guns al
by running them down and crushin
!. them.
Elsewhere II has been fairly quiet q
. the front At Aveluy wood and Zouz!i
court the Germans two minor attacl
were crushed successfully by rife al
a machine gun hre
Il The enemy doubtless will try agai
i as the ground from which We forced hi
q hack is OF great importance TO him. o,
: capture OF one point at the southwa'
end, especially. not only robbine hi
of observation points but giving us o.
servation pOinty