Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-04-05

q bloody struggle In u chalk quarra
where many German dead now na
After the Germans had cons seine wmy
forward ten British tanks drove snta
them aud shattered some or their bet.
talions with their maehine18un Gre.
dispensing groups Of the advancing
units
The British fought many rear guard
actions and made numerous counter.
attacks In the nelghhorhooa of Roisel.
falling back TO the line or the somme
only when new masses OF Germans
passed through those hattalions which
they had not met and beaten.
Between GoEeaucourt and EpcpKy
occurred q most desperate struggle
The Germans attacked Ia overwhelm.
Ing strength. Their previous hom.
hardment had had little effect and the
British troops had suffered bug
slightly.
The weather was misty. aud. screen
ed by this mist. the Germans were
on top Of the British before the lat.
ter were aware OF 1t. In dense for
nation they came on, Offering excel
lent targets. Ground was yielded hy
the British only under pressure of
overwhelming numbers.
Heroic Deeds Of the British.
Fighting Saturday between Arraa
and Bapaume for possession or the
heights between the Cojeul and sem
see rivers was especially bitter. Out.
numbered eight 10 one. the British
troops clung to their positions to the
last.
In Gauche wood. where Scots and
South Africans were placed. another
terrific struggle ensued. The Ger.
mans several times managed 20 reach
the wood but were repeatedly thrown
back. Their losses In killed were
especially heavy. ms they came on In
mass formation. Attempt after at
tempt was frustrated.
From a height below Gauche wood
known MS Chapel hill 10 Epenhy three
German divisions and parts OF a
fourth were thrown against the Brit.
ish. Ar one point the enemy was &C
tualiy among the British advaRce
posts before he was discovered The
fog thoroughly screened shlm.
Waves Of Germans flowed past the
farm and around IL. but ia the farm
itself the Leicesfera held out, lighting
and refusing 10 surrender until every
man was killed or 80 severely wounded
he could fight no more.
The British showed the greatest
strength between Bapaums and Pc
rome and above Bapaume ne far az
Arras. The Germans. however. con.
cerned with the southern flank. ut the
Franco British junction point, concen.
trated their most terrific blows against
the PeronneHam-C hanny line. relying
on the necessity Of an automatic Brit.
ish withdrawal In the north II their
line was bent or broken In the south,
BapaHme was an obstacle on the
northern side. TO capture which they
sacrificed thousands OF their best
troops. Rivers OF blood were shed for
the towns possession In a combat thet
lasted almost all night. until the
British finally yielded the ruins. after
having exacted > fearful price.
Kaiser Orders Jubiiatlon.
The kaiser was with Field Marshal
won Hindenburg IN Peronne surveying
the Bloody fields where thousands of
his best lighting men were killed or
malmed before the British finally With
drew. The emperor ordered q general
1ubllatIon throughout the empire,
rockets and fiags and holiday for the
children being the chief symbols Of
celebration. He conferred Il gold In
laid Iron cross ON Hlndenburg.
Wilhelm also semi dispatches TO the
empress telling Of the progress made
BY his armies.
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