The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-28

drove the enemy on a front of 10
kilometers to a depth of 3 kilo-
meters southwark of Noyon.
| BERLIN, March 28.-British
Admiralty Per Wireless Press.
Troops Of the German crown
prince having penetrated to a
depth of 60 kilometers (3D
miles from st. Quentin across
the Somme have captured Mont
didier says today's official re-
Iport.
| The German losses have been
kept within normal limits says
the communication although
they have been heaviest at the
vital point on the front. The
slightly wounded are estimated
at 60 to 20 percent.
BRITISH ARMY HEADQUARTL
ERS IN FRANCE, March % by A. p.
News received from the extreme
right wing is that the allies are hold.
ing well. (This refers to the south,
ern sector where the French have
been falling back.)
Near Beaumont-Hame1 the enemy
attacked heavily. Severe fighting fol.
lowed. This morning it appeared that
the village virtually was No Mans
Land, with the contending lines drawn
close on either side
Hard fighting occurred at several
points along the battle front during
the night in consequence Of enemy at
tacks. The latest reports indicate
that the British have kept the aitua-
ton well In hand.
There Is danger Of q hanking oper.
alton on the southern front.
The German artillery this morning
put down an intense bombardment
along the front between Acheville and
the Souchez river (south Of Lens).
but infantry action had been repulsed.
In the last twenty-four hours the
Germans have made but one compara.
lively trifiing gain as the result of
numerous massed attacks along the
whole front, says Reuters correspon.
dent at Brisish headquarters. For the
British there may be claimed several
distinct local successes in completely
repelling enemy blows or in wrestling
back ground won by counter attacks.
<By Associated Press)
Striking with almost unexampled
fury against the allied front near the
point where the French and British
lines connect, the Germans yesterday
and last night drove in a deep wedge
to the west and forced the French out
of Montdidier.
This town which lies 19 miles south.
west OF Amiens, one Of the Germau
objectives, is ten miles west OF Roye,
| which the Germans took on Tuesday.
The threat against Amiens In the
north seems to be well held by the
British along the front north Of the
Somme where they have maintained
| their line firmly at all points and
even, as indicated, by today's Off.
cial reports, have advanced it In
| places.
| French Hold Firm.
! In the Noyon and Lassigny region
| and along the Disc to the east the
French are likewise preventing the
Germans from getting an opening.
The force of the drive was thus di-
verted to the west of the Roye region
and the forward push there developed
probably the fercest fighting Of the
present battle.
| Paris characterizes the engage.
ments as of "unheard of ferocity" The
French regiment, however, fought
with their accustomed bravery and
made the Germans pay dearly for ev-
cry bit Of ground they covered In
their desperate push for an outlet, the
French finally retiring In good order
to the heights to the west of Montdi-
dier. News dispatches from the front :.
this morning reported the sector to
be holding well.
Fear Flank Attack.
While this effort to drive in be-
tween British and French armies was
| being carried out in the south, the
Germans apparently worried by the
salient they were creating and wish
ing to protect their right wing from a
| flanking attack, have developed
threat on the extreme north of the
present front in the region east OF Ar.
ras. London reports the beginning
this morning of heavy bombardmet
of the British lines in this sector, fol-
lowed by the development of an at.
tack
South Of Albert, Field Marshal Haia
has carried out several counter-attacks
and has advanced his line eastward
between the Somme and Ancre about
one mile. South of the Somme, the
British have regained Proyart and
have repulsed strong attacks st
Rosieres.
Gain Along Ancre
Along the Ancre. north of Albert, the
British threw the Germans back across
the river and drove them from two
towns between Albert and Monchy. On
this front which has held fast for
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