Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-15
HUNS SEEKING
WEAK POINT IN
ALLIED LINES
thitat Successes Of Local At
tack Lost When British Win
Back tic lost Positions
INFANTRY IS HELD BACK
Artillery Fire Daily Grows in
Intensity on All tmpor-
tadt Fronts

fn rfautcrs md Pic4rdy there are
-tII Ho indications thtt the Germans
a-e ready tJ resume infantry opera
f,ns on lars scale Local enemy
attacks probably for the purpose
NJ feeiin- cut the allied positions
n advance of zig attack. have
Heeu repustd north Of KENNEL and
south of Albert
On the southern battlefield the
term7u effort wrs made on a front
tf one mile near MorianCourt. be-
tween the Soflue and Ancre rivers
hI- was not pushed strongly. The
trary gained am initial success and
utre trutet the British lines at one
uuirt being reptlsed elsewhere. 4
.arrjer8ttgck hy Australian troops
fuIIs restored the Britsh position.
The attack north of Kennel was
AGAINST the French ON hill a. and
a1ioini1s elements. The Germans
sainei the hill which dominates tire
SURROUNDING region but Field Mar
shat Faie teTorts they we're repdlssd
finally.
THE expected renewal Of the Ger
mau offensive having failed to de-
#af0U th. allies are continuing their
tactics 9t anticipating the thrust by
reaching out for new vantage points
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Fhe French were the aggressors
i1 the latest operation of this kind.
carried out late Yesterday. II ey
pushed out from their lines south Of
HaIles on the Somme front their
objective oeing wood situated at
about the point where the Germans
had made their furthest westward
advance and are within a short dis
t4nce Of the Paris-Amiens railway.
Tho operation was entirely sue
tessful, resulting i1 the capture of
the wood on the slopes west Of the
trre river. possession Of which i'm
uroEes considerably the allied de-
frnsige position on this important
sector
COunteruttaCk FaIs
The Germans evidently recognized
tf 8 feet, for they cguntared strongly
Ht night Their determined attack
Ha= failure however. for after
spirited lighting the French remained
m possession of thei rnew position.
after having cut the enemy up badly
with the'r fire. besides taking more
than three score prisoners.
The artillery fire is report ed bv
Paris 10 have been violent last night
north Of Montdidier. Just To the
south OF his sector where America,
teoops are holding a portion Of tho
f"ont The bombardment wa
severe als1 along the soufherlv side
Of the MOntdidier salient. as far east
as Novon, and tine Germans at
tempted to attack at one point on
this line but we're promptly checked.
Huns Speed Up Ifrc
Ihe London statement also indi-
Gates considerable activity nv tbo
hostile artillery on the British nor
tion Of the Somme front i'm Sorrne
and AnCre valleys. while 91is mann
ing it increased in the region ne
tween the Somme and the Arrrs
near Norlancourt where the AustraI.
tans recently have made notahie adj
tances and where Yesterday tbev
repulsed German effort 20 recan.
ture the lost ground.
On the FLANDERS battlefront III,
Germans likewise speedad nm their
fire early to-day in thN KENNEL sec-
tor after having worked their guns
moderately hard during the night
on the southerly side If the rvs
salient In the Bethune and Meme
wood sectors '''ePS
Almost a week has gone bv since
'iN w iiiHilN NiNHldNeQ HUK marked
infantry activity. and while tho a.
tack north Of KENNEL end south
Of Albert apparently were not i'm
great strength, they were made
Against the vital sectors Of Inc two
German-driven salients and where
the enemy probably will launch his
next heavy attempt or attempts n
is not unlil elythe attacks were r,ade
20 ascertain the results Of the Cer-
ma1 artillery fire which continue.
exr eedingly violent along these sec
tors.
Conside able activity is reported
TO be going on behind the German
lines in the region of Montdidier.
where the americans hold a part Of
the allied line. French batteries
have broken up German troop con-
Contrations and convovs around
Mortdidier as we'll as near Noyon.
The artillery fire along the Ameri-
can zones In Picardy and northwest
Ct Torl has been below normal.