The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-10
BRITISH AND
FRENCH TAKE
GROUND LOST
TO GERMANS
British Restore Positions In
tact = French Capture
Park, Five Miles North of
Montdidier, Taking ESQ
Prisoners.
FOE LOSSES ARE HEAVY
(By Associated Press.)

The fighting of last night brought
success to both the British and the
French In the case of the former,
the action took the form OF a British
counter attack upon the bit of ground
the Germans took yesterday in the
Albert sector northeast of Amiens.
Field Marshal Haig's troops gained a
complete victory restoring the posi-
tions intact and taking some prisoners.
The French success was still more
important as 1t represented net gain
of ground for the allies on the Somme
front. In an intensive operation, her
aided by brief but heavy lombard.
ment. the French captured Grivesnes
park. five miles north of Montdidier
and held their own there against coun-
ter measures by the Germans, taking
$50 prisoners during the fighting.
The Germans had held an important
section of this part which adjoins the
town Of Grivesnes on the east and is
just TO the north of the sector where
American troops have been reported
fighting in the Picardy battle.
Await Next Move
British and French troops south.
west of Ypres, having firmly re-estab-
lished the line attacked on Wednes-
day. are awaiting the next move by
the Germans in their efforts to drive
through behind Ypres. The latest re-
pulse was the second the Germans
have suffered along the Voormezeele-
I.ocre line since the capture Of Mont
KENNEL. but further attempts by the
enemy are expected.
Attention is being paid by the Ger
mans to the British line north of the
Somme. in Picardy. and for the first
time In several weeks, the enemy
again has attempted to advance his
lines west of Albert. In a local at
tack the British, after suffering heavy
losses, the Germans have captured $50
yards of the first British line, but
We're repulsed elsewhere. A similar
local operation at Bousincourt. north
OF Albert, VISA smashed by the fire
Of British rifles and machine guns.
Elsewhere along the Flanders and
Somme battlefields only the artillery
has been active. Paris reports vio-
lent firing in the sector north of Mont
didier to Hailles.
Latest reports indicate the German
effort in the north was to have beell
in great strength, but that the British
artillery on the east and a French
infantry attack and barrage on the
west broke up the enemy divisions
waiting to join the attack. AS result
only two divisions attacked on the
scant five miles between Voormezeele
and LaCNtte. After much heavy
fighting. these troops had gained moth
ing and had sustained heavy losses
Berlin reports the capture of CTS
Anglo-French troops in successful at
tacks.
Weather Improving.
The weather has improved in north
ern France. Probably the Germans
have been waiting for this to launch
another strong blow. Allied airmen.
however. have taken advantage of the
change from rainy conditions. to drop
many tons of bombs on important rail
way and concentration centres behind
:he German lines. In air fighting.
British aviators have accounted for
% German machines, % of which
were destroyed. One enemy airplane
was brought down by rifle fire
RostOv-or thc-Don. the largest city
In the Don cossack territory and near
the mouth OF the Don river. has been
occupied by the Germans