Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-13
BRITISH HOLDING
HUNS IN CHECK
ON BATTLE LINE
Halg's Successes Of a Positive
Nature; Prevents Germans
From Advancing West
Of Mcrv'lle.
ALLIES GAIN ON SOMME

Associated Press Summary N
Indications that the German drive IN
the Armcntieres region is losing Some
of its force arc contained in today's ot-
fcial news from the battle lines.
simultaneously American help IS count
ing strongly the holding q the long
Franco Belgian front at other points
notably n the region east 0f IT. MlhIei,
where American troops have again gwen
a splendid account OF themselves IN nard
lighting IN Aprem0nt forest.
The Germans returned 70 the attack
an French positions IN bruie wood n
he Anrrmont region where the French
Yesterday rnpulsed the German attacks.
The Americans once more displayed
vigorous resistance ana "a conjunction
wIth ne French beat Of the Germans.
throwing them our BY q counter attack
from ne one point where an enemy loot
nag R4> obtained,
HOT Fight FoR BAFLLEuL
III ne Ianders Sighting the Germans
apparently are making their stTpa-es5
effort Ia the drive Tor Bailleul, an import
ant point northwest of ArmenrereS iced
Ing the Mcssine> ridge section. he
heaviest hghtlng last night m this re-
glon seems - have oeen ne \euve
Igiise-N ulverghem sector, between iiai--
leul and Aieo>lut~. the Germans directing
their thrust here instead 81 directly be-
loW Ba.iIeuI and 30 tne southwest q it,
as was Indicated yesterday his en-
gagement still was ID progress at .ate
hour last night
Positive British Successes.
EiSeN hcrt he British ~ucee>se> were u
German attempt to advance west ~
Meryllle. where The railway base ol
Hazebrouek IS Ire objective repu'>lnS
an enemy attack. IlkeWl>e they hold ap
the enemy ia MS >ouchwg~ttrly push Tor
Bgthune checking him II LOGON, thre5
miles norris ii Betauue, where 'Nu
heavy attacks we're beaten 81
Capture Hun Outpost.
Neauwhij. tbc >outhurll aavboraEe ot
the British line WAS being strongly held
Iu.t . -at north Of GIYcaehy where tht
British not ONLY maintained themselves
bur advanced their line near feaLuhert,
capturing an Important enemy post
ttIled Successes also were scored uD
The Smume battlefront. Inc French and
British IN united att5ca near the river
Luce. southeast Of Amen~ where their
lines jo.4 drIvia4 be Geunan~ comrlyte-
y OH ii the village oi ltaagJd. which had
beeu Dcnetr..3 ~ German stack dur
iog The lay
The slta Ii RHEIMS. lose : ,be bat,.e
Gnr which has boon under Il German
renrisal bonb.rtimeat. Is ia flames, the
French War Office announces, today.
The French are working under heaVl she'll
fire 10 limit The burning arca
Airships Hill ) in England
-Four German airshipS rmdcd England
last night but only Two If them sue
ceedr,. n penetrating ANY considerable
distance inland One oj these GOT 8s far
ts the Nlialands and che other nearly
pepetrucd to The northwest English
coast
The dsna2, was nyon~idcfahe mo-t
of The bombs being dropped in open
country Five persons were killed and 10
injured.
Through Inst nights air laid ou p4us
- persons were killed aud O. wounded
The Crisis is Reached
Military observers and Mar Gen.
Maurice director If military operations
Of the British War Office agree hat "a
crisis has been reached There must hc
no retirement. Field Marshal Hang slys
IN hls appeal French forces are rapidly
coming to the aid of the British and 5
gigantic and most sanguuary struggle
probably viii he enacted on the lowlands
between Lille and ST. Omer
In heavy lighting the British nave rc-
tired toward Bailleul on the north and
toward Eyre on the south
Germans Gain TO Miles.
III the centre the British and German,
are hotly engaged around st Nenant,
which marks an approximate advance Of
10 miles for the Germans since Tuesday
On the northern and southern end Of the
25-mile front where the Germans have
at least 400 600 men there has been littl,
fighting
South d the SOmmc the Germans iOrtel
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