The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-25
British Forces Hold Fast
Along Line of Somme North
of Bapaume, Hurting Back
Invading Host.
DANGER POINT IN SOUTH
BULLETIN


and Ham, Reuters correspond
ents at British headquarters re-
ports. The French also were in
action.
North of Bapaume, he states.
the Germans we're attacked in
considerable force at dawn, but
did not get through the British
barrage.
The Germans, says the CORE
spondent, are relying upon
sheer weight of number in their
heavy attack on the British
lines, relieving their tired troops
by fresh divisions which press
forward without waiting for ar
tillery support.
The enemy all day yesterday
and through the moonlight last
night kept up his hammering of
the British positions the mess
age states, the British troops re-
sisting with valient stubborn.
ness.
The Germans, are employing
many small bodies of Uhlans,
mainly as securing patrols, it is
added.
(By Associated Press)
France has thrown the weight
of her forces into the great bat
ties raging with unexampled in
tensity on the western front and
the British and French armies
are now battling together
against the onslaught of the
common enemy in his desperate
attempt to break through the
allied line.
The British armies are hold
ing fast along the line of the
Somme and also in the region
north of Bapaume. Field Mar
shall Haig reports today.
The Germans in their thrust
in the latter section reached the
British trenches at only one
point and they were Immediate
ly elected. Their assaults else
where were smothered by the
British fire with great losses to
the enemy.
Germans Hurled Back.
On the Somme line, bodies of
German troops which had sue
ceeded In forcing their way
across the river between Licourt
and Buire, south of Peronne,
were driven back to the easterly
bank. On both sides of Bapaume
the German attacks we're re-
sumed today.
The greatest danger point at
present seems to be further
south where the Germans ap-
parently have driven through
the greater width of the region
they devastated in retiring in
1917, as the Paris statement to-
day reports, heavy fighting in
the region of Noyon. This town
itself is some ten miles of the
west of Chauny, in the region of
which Berlin yesterday reported
the repulse of Franco-American
reserves but the German ad-
vance probably has been met
considerably short of Noyon.
The wedge driven into the al
lied line is evidently a deep one,
however, as the French troops
are reported by Paris to be con-
testing for the heights to the
north of the Disc with impor-
tant German forces. The Disc
on this part of the front runs
southwest past Chauny and
passes to the south of Noyon.
British Foil Foe.
Persistent attacks with strong forces
of infantry and lavish use of artillery
have not enabled the Germans to break
the British defense, and after
four days, the great offensive blow in
northern France has not yet brought a
decision for the attackers Heavy
is in progress around Ba-
paume. near Peronne and where the
French and British fronts Join.
Field Marshal Haig's withdrawal,
previously planned in case of a heavy
enemy attack. has been executed in a
manner described as mastery and
great credit for its success is given to
the small units which, sometimes out
eight or nine to one, clun&
to their posts and fmpeded the German