The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-04-26
FOEWOULD FORCE
WAY TO AMIENS
WHATEVER COST
However, Salient Being Formed
by Germans In Somme Re-
qion Is Becoming Perllous.
ASSOCIATED Press.)

ADVANCE A'oH0 tHe VoSu soW"'os
Amiens the more perilous becomes
the salient the Germans are form
| iru in the Somne region, especially
! In Wow Of the fact that the allied
reserves are virtually intact and
| the allied armies re now com
manded by a single ehief.
The present moment IL less favorable
! TO tho German plans than when they
| started their advance on March IL.
| Then n weak point existed between
| the French and British armies. Now
| there is no sensitive part OF the limo,
since tho uniiicd command has been
given the opportunity TO mako tho
most practical use OF all the allied
| troops.
An all-night battle In which tho Ger
mans, after gathering powerful coll
umns. hurled them upon Hangard-cn-
| Santcrre. resulted In the village chang
| ing hands several times.
Fire on All Sides.
Fire burst out in all directions until
| the village is mere heap OF smoking
ruins, which the Germans held this
| morning with difficulty. for tha French
| gave them no liberty OF movement ana
their repeated movements 10 advance
| further were stopped as soon M they
| began. Meanwhile, the artillery OK
4 tending the radius OF It's Are bonn
barded heavily ua.lles, Castei and
| fseneoat wood. all situated on the same
! nlnteau 10 the southwest of fIangHrd,
which elevation bars the route TO
Amiens. Tho enemy launched sew.
eraI assaults upon Hailles and oven
succe' 'ed In reaching the lower slopes
! OF nm Sc Just to the south OF TINS
village, but the French artillery and
machine guns put an end to his prog
| ress here.
At tho same time the Gcrmans were
| devbtIng great attention further north
TO the British sector around Cachy.
where tho fighting was worry severe.
The Germans met the most determined
resistance from the French troops
wherever they came In contact.
Whatever the Cost.
The German effort gives more
marked signs OF becoming n desperate
| attempt TO force way 10 Amions,
whatever the cost. This cost hitherto
has been very high. Several addl-
tIonai German divisions have been ter
! rbly tried since the offensive was re-
sumcd this week and the enemy pos
| sesscs only a limited number moro win
WHICH 10 fbHilIuf iiH ON''
rusbcs.
From March u until today the Ger
mans have employed approximately 1870
divisions OF which thirty have been
withdrawn to rcfll the ranks and have
then been sent into the battle Tor the
second time, making tho total OF d.
visions in action l60. About seventy
other divisions have not yet been en-
gagged in the BATTLE. but OF these
considerable proportion arc UNITED TO
do moro than hold quiet sectors. The
| forward movement must therefore he
carried through very quickly ms other
wise the German stan will ind itself
| without further reserves.
Regiment immortsliIed.
Ono French regiment. TO which had
been intrusted the defense OF the
| crest OF Mount KENNEL with orders
| TO hold II TO the last man, immor-
! tnlized itself in Yesterdays battle.
| Throughout the long. bitter day they
! clunE 10 their post and sent swirlinT
streams Of death from their machine
/ guns down the slopes into struggling
| masses OF German infantry which had
surrounded the hill and WAS trying
| 10 battle 10 the top. Some Of these
! fearless poilus. At the latest reports.
we're stu there and the Htaccato chat
ter OF their rapid frers sent out the
message 10 their general that they
were obcyinE his ordcr-to hold or
die
Pumping Streams OF Bullets.
Along the Yprca. KENNEL railway
the defenders held for n considerable
time and inflicted heavy losses on the
attacking troops. Meanwhile the
French infantry on the crest OF the