The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-05-02
GERMANS CLOSE :
IN ON YPRES
British Now Stand on Line Of
1914 and IN One Place
Further West.
HAIG HOLDS v00RMEzEELE
london Reports Germans Driven Out
OF Voormexeeie by Counter Attack
and Fighting or Both Sides OF
the Ypres. s.Comines Canal

the Yprescomines Canal.
London Before Yprcs the British
are back where they stood IL 1914.
They withdrew TO their old Hines on
SATURDAY
To The east the battle line now
swings scaut two miles from the
ruined city ipres i practically use.
less rs base, and It's evacuation fore
Swallowed when the Germans storned
KENNEL. seems imminent
Won Arnlm'S success In forcing the
hghiing nnrthward from KENNEL TO
Noormezcele, which the Germans took
only To hc ilnue out again, compelled
rearrnugemeut of the line above
Ypres
Noorlnczeele is almost due south of
Ypres, nj the foot OF IA low ridge, and
for the British 10 have remained in
the bulge northeast Of Ypres would
have been courtng disaster
That the retirement was orderly
there is 10 doubt The official reports
from London do not mention 1t, and
their reserve may indicate larger
movements under way back of the bat
tie front
Berlin gives the new line as from
point southwest of Langemarck four
and half miles north of lpres,
through Narlorenhoek lIoogc and
ZillIbeke. all within radius of two
miles of lprcs, down TO N0ormezeele.
The British front is stralghtened,
but whatever high ground remained
In British hands falls To the Germans.
The enemy was more prompt Ia follow
than after the last retirement, aud
Halg's men fell back fighting sharply
and with some loss Ms they plvoted ON
the BelganS
The engagements on the Lys battle
field were local only though London
reports new attack developing
against Locre. west OF KENNEL But
the battle nuctunted fiercely, with the
Germans striving desperately to ex-
tend their advantages and the French
and British dogg'dly taking their toll
of dead
Voormczccle fell. vas regatncd and
then held against fresh assaults of the
foe
On the Somme battlefield there were
only putrol encounters, IN which the
British took some prisoners But the
great cannon were roaring with intcn.
slty, especially north of the Ayre and
on the southern leg of the German sal
lent between Noyon and l.aSsigny.
A Telegram from Reuters CORE
spondent at Amsterdam says
Extraordinary nervousness and de
preston prevail In Germany owing TO
the losses on the western offensive.
This is revealed with remarkable
frankness IN an article by Captain won
Salzman In the VosSlche Zciiung, I'm
which he endeavors to restore lost con.
fidence to the Germans by emphasizing
the importance Of the capture OF KEN
mel hill
The people. continues Captain Salz-
man. have begun 10 lose their nerve. |
Replying In the reichstag. the minister
of war said something like this
II goes without saying that there are
big losses Ia such struggle Our
losses in one part Of the front have 4
been very heavy Two-thrds OF the
company leaders In many regiments
have fallen
Our losses have been enormous. The
offensive In the west has arrived at
deadlock The enemy is much stronger
than the supreme command assumed
We are unable 10 continnc the often.
siye owing to lack Of horses The re-
gion before lprcs Is great lake and
therefore impossible. The whole coun-
try between our Amiens front and Par.
Is Is mined and viii be blown up