Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-12
HUNS IN MESSINES:
HAIC HOL DS RIDGE,
ARMENTIERES LOST
Capture of French City Has Sen
timental But Not Strategioal
importance.
DOES NOT MEAN DEFEAT
Battle Nov a Contest ~ Which
Side Can XII the Most Men
~ Next Few Week.
SAVAGE FIGHT CONTINUES
; AssocIs'od P-,,s - g7r-- Hv-,l-r

3 i Assoris'cd P--se 20 Yyr-- g~-,'-v
With fhr Bri' % trur w f-ircS
Thur DE- tpr Dc'r~n1ot eu
m Hack continued 'n1s ignr' rmrf
Of 'rateYral -ai.c s'.ag 're -fr l'fr
front north 4nd gHh 'r-orr.
f-pm Nhich tho Brh ta-r fts
thc Gcrmans having PLACED f.n = IL tc-
br driving t-Jg" .l 'trr +n
on he extreme gir r--r9-
to-day were posrtIry -" gr.-- .
British icfruoc4 :. fr.r.c.r ..r. "a"
changed hands humorous c.r -rr
nfial rncrnr 91tlarght IGeeta. r-
of trnen+iaro- tar Gcr-re,. rr 0-
ng IN rrDal 3reirc ~ rorr f- --
ridge and W.~artar-o .rti~h
mating position 4ud r'rt ngrd a-t
several tirnre refore.r a~4 n
The Germans grf h t.r'-g hfre-rt
village end rr -eorr t, ta-
morning buf tr- H-r-,
'0 tae ro-' dye se5 -rr@ -".
cucmv from W.--choaf.
Iu rn afghhrrnrCd P.nor-+ra~-
enornr gam llvgrd forward nd
lighting .- proceeding f- r-'n-
late fuda, south w trnrr-.a-a
rncTn- .i-o Ioiirarerl 0ienf .-atuf
ar-H ->FNT rpns' psr.rr-
The BRITISH tr- morning ,de
ocesflil counter t'i"- 1d ..-rrI 'rr
enemy rou p-rad.- a-thRe+ 4-
from This nn tho t-0-f .aruer-
F.stairr~ and 'iire0ctr
Arrneuf Iprrs was avartiafed --a~- erdat
afternoon but va stiii --ekInr -rcav s7-r
clouds ~ poisonous "a and v-as mos
nhoSultahle place f1r the eDe1v -r
British withdrawal became 1e~o~sar-
when the Germans On tne forth drove
forward 10 the vicinity rs ~+eenwerrs
bnttling up the cltv Bv tEelr operations
tha Germans had Eradlaiiv L--sf ;ar-
ward lines on either side of the clty -0Wari
the HeSt tIuti at noon vesterdav ArIIen-
rieres Law at thc bottom % a sack s1aped
salient 5ynO,e -ldes we're l2.OJ0 ards
long and whose mouth near SteenwercE
was onlv 3.00O v,rri, across
4HsiESTIEREs PAIL rNnTPoKTAsT.
The withdrawal does not mean =
nuch from 4 military standpoint ~ might
appear from 4 trst glance. nIt the Ger
mans undoubtedly viii MAKE much of the
capture for ne moral erect ~ home. Any
distress over tne .uanuonment - n
u-entlera~ l- due more 10 -enrmental
nan tactical reasons.
Il orler tu apI r'-ciite Iuily he rrpnd
hi he present lguunE he offensive opera
IONS must u- viewed. 8 5 + anie iar they
70 -o ruake t0 what Undoubtedly -ne
crucial conflict ur 'nr wsr Re oss ~ 5
crv here .r mere or llr itaAdoument e.
I'VE ~ 30 Gule~ \. r@rutur' ~ -nv 49,
-or do,- hot -le.tu a-astcr
AD.NTE>r ~ ~LArgHrEE
File battle uts -pt a-,und -,4cA soA-
-t4eratlou~ n4 tI- settled Gown -
grim a,ct ~ determine whether r-c 'Isi
ut1 .nel(rJWpg rs enough = -LAnc -pte
title threat - aumu,late b. Buusl arms
and Force r- -ap,t liati2u. r coh
urppu,tJvu winch -'le an -7u 1'
mos. men n -Lr l,N t." weeks a-a
the same utt mo wure recruits -H Z.
tide iepietei RANKS
Thy .ulst~ s,-JcrlAy .nnc,DgeL r
favor -he eneu, and 20 lampr ae -e
tending ulDnel~. = H.ls parJly Hu go
count If ,he.c .og~ 'Aa. he GeruAu'
progressed IS .tr tAcy Gd c0lg \r
m.u.iere- IRo situation here 1Gal ut
nut epp,ac t3 B, rlucM. he -4Dmy 't-
terday ,ad NOT itta,N -l,t ac has
forces employed ou other sectors -.u'-
he opening q the offensive.
HJN~palAl> Euu aE>4o-v
~u4tn o- Auueut Iert- H, Rri-l ~
rtr,.aS 1n& last a,EE. au MUGS ro..
most ii herr IRON satisfactorily h'
euent crossed ny -sa. l.Nt sad ae
talucl < footing Ny-..u bar wer,
gulcNN orocd ast t-t.. .- night
considerable German fagc. -a~,c! a'
r5v.r aetu..n N,,''r talus., tul l.e-
trsm .a8 anyt ra.re -p-cau,c ~
gr,u. ut a-ao ..ete rl-r 0aA
Throughout o, s ,,r1lsa vlator
du mu.h living ~ elgEJ~ iaa '.-
we're attiv, u houna- work dong 81
battle ,ue-
aRHlle> n..h 5. s.e1. oars
small .ols- II, ir,r.sa
e,.I- jfJ nu.la. "or. =. b.,,is. s. be.
the Po-tu-ie- 1,ra forces, 'lcs and
VIA, e.ce-~.r niarre -h, ~lf-t r
+ae Nlle. hatt s.. hcios \rulsntier,-
Ih., httlg uul> +. -ooG- were thrown r
and held ou caiiau,y unui the 7egula
.ntantN could r. brought ~
There sa~ specially butter nglun
.,ou. rhs t>- a.-l- C-oiA ,lL Ra, vhe-
fhe trt-ma1- .rn~S,a +, Asi'ns
fac1 oorkca n sWari- u, -rcr from
both laDks thy BRITISH arII hc IRE in.
.lowel the ruem> 70 assemble
Once the tcrfnan- we're To- The rve
tac defenders opened i ter0te irc an
hero was huge pie X + dies n n
waterway bciOrc some u tde acmt sus
cccded in getting acrus
AmusangntS TuuluhL