The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-09
HEAVY ATTACK
RESUMED ON
NARROWFRONT
IN FLANDERS
Germans Again Attempt to
Drive Wedge Between En-
tente Line and Outflank
Hill Position.
BRITISH MAKE GAINS
<By Associated Press,

(By Associated Press)
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, May 9.-Fighting was stiu
in progress this morning near viers-
tract on the front southwest of Ypres.
At one time the British were forced
back slightly by machine gun Are.
All the rest of the original defenses,
however, appeared to be again in the
| hands of the defenders in the voor-
mezecle-la-Clytte sector.
After their first success in yester-
days fighting the Germans were un-
able to gain further ground despite
| repeated smashes at the allied line.
| Bitter struggles took place about
Kleine Vierstrate Cabaret, west of
Vierstraet, and in the ridge wood, but
| the British clung desperately to their
| positions.
! The British organized a counter at
| tack during the night which was SO
vigorous that the Germans were un-
able to withstand it and gradually fell
back until they had abandoned all
the ground gained.
(By Associated Press)
| Heavy fighting, although on COM
paratively narrow front is continuing
in Flanders where the Germans began
| yesterday another attempt to drive
wedge into the entente line and out
| flank the hill position southwest of
Ypres.
This attempt failed and only tenn
| cncnPad hy tho N.
emy in gaining foothold of the allied
| front line at points between Voorme-
| zeele and La Clytte.
| Last night the British and French
drove back sharply at the Germans
| and ousted them from the small bits
of territory they had won. Heavy
| casualties we're inflicted on the two
German divisions which were engaged
| in this operation.
Germans Are Persistent
! Notwithstanding their heavy losses.
the Germans seemed reluctant to aban-
! dan the effort and this morning found
| them renewing the attack to the north
| of KENNEL A heavy machine gun
| fire forced the British line back at one
! point but the recession was a slight
| one and the ground remained disputed
territory. The fighting was continu
| ing here when the days report from
British headquarters was dispatched.
The British are continuing to inn
| prove their position in the Somme reg
| ion on the high ground between the
| Somme and the Ancre. Further prog
ress was made there during the night.
There was local fighting in the Buc-
quoy region. between Albert and Ar
| ras. and south of the Somme the heavy
q rtilIorv firo fhot ho haon ronnrfod for
| some days past continued on the
French front on both sides af the Avre.
Return to the Attack.
In Flanders the Germans have re-
turned to the attack. but apparently
| only in a strong local attempt to out
| flank the positions of Locre. Scher-
| penberg and Mont Rouge, which they
were unable to take by frontal op-
Grafton. While this my be the be-
| ginning of another furious battle on
the sector where the enemy made his
strongest effort ten days ago, fndica-
tions are that the attack is not in
very great force, although the fighting
| is intense.
Pushing against the Anglo-French
forces on five-mile front, between
Voorbezeele and La Clytte, the Ger
| mans gained the allied front in the
center, but were repulsed elsewhere,
the French even making a slight ad-
vance of their own south of La Clytte.
In the center the allied troops con-
| tinue the fighting in an effort to throw
the Germans out of the advance po-
sitions they captured.
Huns Lose Heavily.
Seemingly the Germans are attack
ing in the hope of driving the enemy
toward the Kemmelbeeck river and
its branches or beyond Poperinghe
and thus outfank the ridge running
west from Mont KENNEL Very
heavy loses were inflicted ON the en-
emy in his previous strong effort to
penetrate this line and the line about
Locre and its adjoining hills. 1t may
be the attack is only a mask for a
stronger effort elsewhere, although
to break through the Voormezeele-
Locre line might be Of marked ad-
vantage to the enemy.
Elsewhere in Flanders and in Pi-
cardy the infantry has been inactive.
The big guns. however. are roaring
without cessation, especially north and
south of the Avre, east Of Amiens.
Aerial fighting is most active and in a
big air battle near Douai, British
! aviators brought down eight OF the
enemy without any losses. Four more
German machines were brought down
at other points.
Bad weather prevails on the Ameri-
can sector in France. Northwest of
Toul an American patrol has been am
bushed by the Germans In this sec
tor also American artillery has been
in action for the first time. Near
Montdidier, in Picardy, the American
gunners continue their harrassing fire
against the Germans.
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