Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-04-20
Germans Divert Their Attack to
Flanders, Again Failing to
Break Through.
BLOODY FIGHT At GIVENCHY
Kaiser Seeks 20 Annihilate British
Army-Amerieans Now in Great
BattIe-Premier Lloyd George
Proposes CONSUMPTION for
Ireland.
BY EDWARD w. PIckARD.
7 shall not pass.

They shall not pass"
Not CLOSING over the increasing
seriousness of the German offensive
on the west front, not making vain
boasts, but with unfaltering courage
and logged determination, all the
allies, French, British, Americans and
Portuguese, in France and Belgium,
have adopted the Verdun slogan and
refuse to let the Huns break through
their line. Weary and battered,
drenched with gas and explosive shell,
pushed back here and there by power
full attacks of massed infantry greatly
outnumbered all along the line, they
cling as long as possible to every de-
fensive position and exact terrible
price for every yard of terrain they
give up.
Failing to push his way through to
Amiens, the kaiser last week turned
his attention to Flanders, and after
three days Of intensive bombardment
attacked the British on % mile front
of which Armentieres was the center.
In the three days of fierce infantry
fighting that followed the Huns showed
back the British and Portuguese line
some five miles between Armentieres
and Glvenchy. and three miles at the
north of the former city. On Thursday
the British retired from Armentieres
which is of little Importance as STRAIT
egic point and is now but heap of
ruins. They also had abandoned sew
eral villages but still dominated the
battlefield from Messines ridge on the
north and Givenchy on the south. The
latter place was the scene OF. the blood
lest fighting, being taken and retaken
several times. The British were out
numbered there more than four to one,
but defended Il splendidly and retain
ed possession of the town, which is
situated on high ground. The losses of
the Germans here as well as elsewhere
were very heavy, and considerable
number of them were captured.
Though the immediate object of the
| Germans in this sector apparently Is
| to take Bethune, an important center
|
wheeling movement push on to the Eng
| fish channel. their greater purpose, ac-
| cording to prisoners and captured doc
| uments. is nothing less than to annihl-
| late the British army. 1t Is expected
that the kaiser will direct his full
strength to the accomplishment OF TINS
aim and that the battle in Flanders
will he considerably extended to the
north and continued with desperation
-n-
On tho southern front of the Ger
man salient the French, at the begin
ming of the week, withdrew to the Wes'
hank of the Aiyette river In the Couos
region. thereby rectifylng their lines
and leaving to the Germans the MARSH
os Of the Disc. Since then the enemy
have been greatly harrassed by the
French outposts and have been unap't
70 carry on any operations IN the
swampv ground A little further t'
the west Chauny has been the center
of furious struggles but up to the um'
Of writing the French had repuise'
every attack, and were in possession
of the town and the nearby cemetery
For the present at least Ainien'
seems 70 be safe for, though the artii
Iorv activity in that sector has beel
continuous and violent, infantry oper
atoms almost ceased during the week
Ia
As has been said, the allies 90 no
..o, m minimize the menace IN IN
successes the Huns have gained ou
their commanders are as confident a
ever that the kaiser cannot accomp'ls'
his aims, and the men in the rank