Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-29
DUTY OF u. s. ABROAD
CALLS FOR GAPFuLMG
War Department Announces That Big Quotas
for Replacement Units Will Be Required
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after period of relative calm
ut Is not difficult to follow the stra-
tegic conception of the German higher
outlined which. on the one hand. is to
force the, retirement of the British
from Aarras. and. II wholly successful.
result in the capture of both Arras and
Amiens; on the other, bysthe occupa-
ton OF the important heights & OF kems I'm,
throw the" British lines back of Haze
brouck- k-Poperinghe.
''In the south the thrust toward Amiens
has been we'll contained. The British
are holding firmly in the face of fu-
rious assaults. 81
'Hangard has been the scene Of very
violent engagements and the enemy is
here pressing the attack with great
vigor. Ailly-sur-Noye and the sur
rounding area has Been subjected to
very intense bombardments and Amiens
itself is being consistently shelled.
Americans il Action.
"Our own forces have taken part in
the battles American units are In acr
ton in the area east of Amiens. -DurA
ing the various engagements which
have ragged in this area they have ac-
quilted themselves well.
'In Flanders the situation is less sat
isfactory. Last week the Germans
drove a strong thrust against the seq
ment Of the line held by the Belgians.
This was well met and the enemy was
unable to make any headway.
after delay during, which the Ger
mans replaced their depleted units and
brought up supplies and munitions
another principal assault was launched
with Mont KENNEL as its objective.
In the region from the Ypres-Comines
canal to Dranoutre violent fighting has
again developed as a result of which
the enemy was eable to capture Dra-
noutre. gain the summit of KENNEL
and reach Locre. Fighting continues in
this area with unprecedented stub
bornness, and the advance of the
enemy has not been definitely checked.
The loss of Mont KENNEL is serious
menace to the British dispositions in
Flanders.
Pressure Northwest of Toul.
Northwest to Toul enemy pressure is
increasing. At dawn on the 21st, after
powerful preliminary barrage. the
Germans launched a heavy raid against
the sector held by our men.
"On a frontage OF approximately
three kilometers, in the vicinity Of
front lines. Our men were driven out
of the village, which the enemy, was
able to hold temporarily. During the
night the Germans evacuated the posi-
tions captured and we were able to
reoccupy our original front lines. Along
the Meuse our troops beat on another
raid. -
"A,lied aircraft was particularly ac.
tive and executed a large number of
raids on depots and other points of i'm
portance in the Picardy and Flanders
salients.
British and French troops have
landed at Murmansk on the Arctic
coast and are assisting the bolsheviki
and Russian red guards in protecting
the Finnish coast and Kola railway
from attacks by the white guards. The
white guards. supported by the Ger
mans, made an attempt to cut the rail-
road near KEN. In southern Finland
the Finno-German forces are still max
ing headway. Viberg Is the only city
now remaining in the lands Of the red
guards.
"In southern Russia the enemy has
occupied Perekop and has advanced
southwark into the Crimea, having oc-
cupied Simferopol. thereby gaining
control of the railway which connects
Sebastopol with the mainland of Rus
sia.