The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-04-30
ALLIES REGAIN
LOST GROUND ON
FLANDERSFIELD
Ypres Sector Scene Of Hard
Fighting Marked by Extraor-
dinary Violence.
Brunt of Attacks Felt by 25th,
21st and 49th British Di-
visions-Hold Lines.
international News Service,

international News SerNiceJ
London, April 3o-The village
Of Loere, a position Of strategic
jn,portanee on the Franco Bel.
aian front, has been reeaptured
from the Germans by the French
il was announced by the British
war office today.
Other ground that the Germans
.,a GAINED during the recent
f;ohtino on the Flanders battle
front was reoaptured by the a.
lied forces. -I,.
seven miles southwest OF rpr
ard has been the scene OF marc
f;ohtina for the past few days. "
les amidst the hills from which
the Germans have been vainy
trv;no TO drive the British forces.
Although the mighty assaults OF the
nast twenty four hours on the Flan-
ders battle front were marked by ex-
traordinary violence the Germans
have failed to advance their lines
anywhere and the losses tnat tney
have suffered were caiIeo VIZ s,s
heavy" by Field Marshal Halg IN MS
dispatches to the war ONCE.
The German attacks were, EXTENDED
all the way to the positions NSedi py
the Belgian army--along front ol
from fourteen to sixteen miles.
The assaults were preceded by an
intense bombardment which was es
pecially severe between Meteren anu
Zillebeke lake. ,a.,
(Meteren is in France near Bail.
,euil. Zillebeke lake lies due south oI
Ypres in Belgium.)
The brunt of the German az
taeks fell upon the Twenty fifth,
twenty first and Forty ninth
British divisions. The soldiers ~
these units, although hammered
BY violent shell fire and attacked
by superior numbers ne,d tnen n
lines intact, hurling back the Ger
mans as often as they attacked.
The Germans were trying to fling
hack the British flank from the hiil
nositions southwest of Ypres, but
their efforts all ended in casualty ana
when darkness brought an end TO the
nghting. the field of combat was COW
cred with German corpses. and the
German lines were lust where tney
had dN-becn in the morning .wnen the
assaults began.
The comparative lull continued
upon the Picardy battle front
(east OF Amiens), but the shelling has
been very heavy on both sides. Sharp
local attacks were delivered on inc
southern flank of the German salient.
The Germans tried to force their way
over the Disc river but were thrown
The Flanders front has been the
vital field Of action. On some
parts Of this front fighting has
continued with the Germans
thrusting against certain posi-
tions despite their repeated re.
pulses. In the sectors OF Scher'
penberg and Mont Roue (south'
west Of Ypres in Belgium, the
oettina a footing in positions held
by the French, but the defenders
rallied and regained all their
around in strong counter blows.
The thrusts at the Belgian lines !
centered in the district north OF tho |
Ypres- Staden railway.
It was noticeable fact that the !
German war Office did not make a |
single claim as to ground gained nor !
did it mention their attempted efforts |
to throw back the allied lines along |
the Franco Belgian frontier.
The Germans have used fifteen
divisions, or approximately 1SO,-
900 to 100000 men, in their at
taoks around Ypres on Monday.
according to the war correspond
ent Of the Times.
Along the 'front.' OF hefnHlel' Id
Clytte and Dchebusch the Germans
delivered four determined onslaughts
without gaining an inch Of ground.
In the Nooremczeele sector (south
Of Ypres) savage fighting took place.
Both sides held posts in the village
and there was terrific firing.
The recklessness with which the
German high command has thrown
troops into certain slaughter is
appalling. The men wer sent for
ward time after time into the calling
fire from rifles. machine guns and ar
tillery which moved them down in
masses
Another feature Of the action OF
the past several days has been the
violence OF the gun fire. Lots of can
non were massed on both sides and
their mighty salvoes shook the earth
and the thunder was heard for miles
and miles. The air. black with the
smoke of gunpowder. trembled with
the conclusions
Success attended allied thiusts on
the Picardy battle front as we'll as in
Flanders
The British lines were again ex-
tended in the sector of Nillers- Breton
neux.
(Nillers BrrtonneuX lies about nine
miles east Of the British base Of
Amiens. There has been strong Brit
ish pressure against the Germans there
for a week and the Germans have been
pressed back several times)
The complete text Of the Official re-
port follows:
Successful counter attacks carried
out by French troops yesterday after
noon and during the evening drove the
enemy nom the remainder Of the
ground gained hy him during the q:
morning in the neighborhood Of Locre.
a number of German prisoners we're
captured.
"The whole Of the village OF Locrc IS
now in tho hands OF our allies.
AFTER the heavy ropulse inflicted !
unon thc enemy Yesterday. last night
was comparatively quiet
we advanced our lines slightly cast
Of Nillers RretonneuX. on the re-
mainder of tho british front there was
nothing but artillery activity on both
sides"
The German hsrTaEcs have reached
a ~ ~ record for tensity. and every
4 Z ground behind the British front
ba. ,en felt out tn hope of catching
frtt rts or artillery emplacementS
Thi. -nsitv of Eunhre has not been :
-.nfrsa 20 tire Flanders front. but y 5
los been thorough on the Picardy