The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-26
BRITISH GIVE
GROUND BEFORE
HARD ATTACKS
OF HUN HORDES
Terrific Fighting Continues
Today Over Ten Nile
Flanders Front
FRENCH COUNTER
ATTACK AT KENNEL
South of the Somme Paris
Report Reveals Intense
Fighting

IBy Associated p-rsHas
London, AprH zss-Ths Garnana Cd
their attack en- tire norkhern hataa
frous have sosupisd RsmHsl Ill.
General nslusa RadsIiHA. ehisS alraes
tor of military eperztions &c tha aaN
oifios EtHtad this aftsrnoea.
General RsSeliHs aselaras 4 maa
p0rfsetly Possibls Ter ere allies e
held on ths Yprsa ssetor avua sagah
TIRE Gsrnans en- kemaaI hiI. kut
that Il was net eeuvuisnt e hnea
them there and Il vas hapsd e slazs
them.
AZ ksmmsl hill, esutnasd tis vsn-
srsi, ira osgwzas szlasS go ssrSs
on = front o. absut 100 yaraz. iu-
eiuaina the iEpartaus tactical feas.
uru Of the hin itssH, which gives iss-
POrtaHt observation ever 81 a.
ground to the uurth.
LOndon. April "a fssalnu hna
been obtainsd on ksmnaal hi ~ tgss
Germans In thair nttaekn an "a
ncrtaarn battle trent tha war eFrea
announces to-day. IRE finhtinn Sa
still continuing in tltis rnrian.
tha allies teHcas were ennaueS al
eaY yesterday with greatly sapafsar
enemy fercss aionu khia frank frews
6aiiieui 60 Hoilehsl<e q distance cf
about 20 miieul and finally e0ra
eompellea 60 nivs uround.
The statement foIiowr
On the Bailleul- -Holiebeka rent
after severe fighting lasting fhrunrh-
cut the day against q greatly anne-
rior force. the allied troops we're
compelled % give Eround and the
enemy obtained q footing On KENNEL
NIL Fighting continues la TIA
ueighborhood of DTanoutre. kemmal
and Vierstraat
We carried out a successful mln-
or operation during fha mlEht wse4f
or Merviile and captured SO urinanarm
and three machine guns. Tie hnsefa
artillery has been active alanr CIR
front from the Lya river = Gle
"south OF the somms hostile POSTS
which were holding out noutheart a
Fillers- -BretunneuE have been rsaaT-
ed hy our troops. The euemY'H mrssfs
iery has been active also ia this area
with EaG. shells.
~on the remainder OF the Britain
front there was nothing to report
German Statement Briaf.
Berlin, Thursday. April IS. via
Lsondon.--Ihe supplementary ofnciat
statement from the German va go
flee this evening reads:
The army Of General vau Afnira
e engaged IN q battle Tor KENNEL
height"
Fighting soulh Of somma.
Paris. April 2s.-Eeayv arEuiera
fighting south Of the s1mma fn res
ported by the war Office.
Ihe statement follows
South Of the Somme violent are
llleFy nghtinE occurred during the
course OF the night
we carried out 4 number nn raids
at different points on the front. e-
pecially In the reglom east ST Lars
hignNs between Fha M&etta and fna
Alsne, near BeEonvauw. In tha rn@
sion OF EparEeE. in Lorrafnn. ard -
the Fosges. We took prisoners.
,tsverywhere else the nlEht wa
French Counter Attack.
With the British Army ia rsarr.
April 26s-The French thls non7s~
are counter attacking ct Mont Rem~
mel IN an attempt 60 reclaim the na=
sitlonS taken hy the Germans
yesterdays fighting Was of s Fsa4
perats nature and the enemy ea8Sa
were only made at e frfRhtf1f eask
One French regiment defenaiaa
the crest q Mont kemmel. with sr@
Gers % hola u @ the lazt man. fur~
mortallEed itself ThrouFhout 80
long bitter day they clunr Is thsr
post and sent aNftr71Haes aSrz.rss-s ~