The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-05-03
ALLIES COMMENCE
ATTACK ON TEUTS
SLIGHT PROGRESS MADE AGAINST
ADVANTAoEoUs HIGH
HUN POSITIONS.
ENEMY HOLDS KENNEL HILL
French Regiment Ordered to- Hold
Elevation at All Costs and None
Of Them Live to Tell About
Bitter Fight

With the British Army In France.
April -. The allied armies yesterday
took the Initiative on both the northern
and southern ends Of the battle front.
British and French troops, acting In
conjunction, began counter operations
In the region Of Mont KENNEL and the
nelghborIng territory which the Ger.
mans captured In Thursdays sanguin.
AIRY struggle
The aggressors at the time of the
filing OF this dispatch had made some
progress, but they were battling 10
the face of great odds, and heavy
fighting was continuing with the en-.
envy holding the advantageous high
ground IN strength
South Of the Somme the allied forces
launched combined drive against the
German positions between Hangard
and the southern outposts OF yiIlers.
Bretonneaux, The latest reports re-
corded some progress. but an intense
conflict was In progress and the stu
alton was nebulous.
Allies Retake Villages.
Thursday Villers- Bretonneaux had
been cleared of the enemy who over.
rem Il Wednesday, and the British.
by brilliant counter attacks, had re-
taken virtually all their original posi-.
lions.
The main interest from the military
point Of view now centers In the north,
ern contest, where the Germans have
been making such determined efforts
70 gain control OF the chain OF hills.
OF which KENNEL Is one, aud thereby
Threaten the allied positions to this
North.
Yesterday found the Germans hold
Ing the salient which they had driven
into the French ana British lines be-
yond Mont KENNEL KENNEL village.
Dranoutre aud farms aud hamlets In
the immedlate vicinity, A gallant
regiment OF poilus had been ordered
10 hold KENNEL Hill AZ MI costs. After
fhe Germans had Broken through the
defending lines and We're enclrcllng the
elevation, The French chung 10 their
positions and Oheyed their commands 80
the letter. They battled 90 the bitter
end and overwhelming forces OF the
enemy were able to gain the crest only
over the bodies pf these gallant defend.
ers. No more Drastic and inspiring
stand has been made In recent days
thar this.
The allied counter attack hogan Mt
an early hour yesterday morning.
While the French infantry drove for.
ward against KENNEL from the west,
their British comrades began opera.
tions on their left In the first rush
the sturdy British TommleS forced
their way forward In the face OF
heavy fire and got into KENNEL vii.
lage. II was a striking exhibition Of
bravery that took the men In khaki
across the open ground that was being
swept with machine gun fire,
Temmles Withdraw From VILLAGE.
For two hours they held the village
while the Germans from the neighbor-
inE hill poured bullets into the place
from rapid flrers, Al five o'clock II
became apparent that Il would be a
useless sacrifice Ia remain longer aud
the British were withdrawn To safer
grounds from which the assault con.
tlnued.
The French are reported To have
iaade some progress. but they too were
coming under u grllng fire from Mont
KENNEL and other points II was oh
Vious that Il would be- extremely dif.
f,cult 10 Dust the Germans from this
commanding position. which they held
with large numbers ~ heavily armed
men.
How long the French regiment was
able To continue It's dramatic resist.
anee ON the crest OF Mont KENNEL
Thursday may never De known until
the German historians record Il after
The war. 1t was about y o'clock la the
morning when the Germaus finally
succeeded la eurircling KENNEL after
forcing back the allied line M the
junction Of the French aud British
west OF NytsChactc, From that time
until hate Ia the day regiments cnnr
90 the him and continued terrible
execution among the enemy troaps
with machine guns Beyuud thar moth
Ing Is kuown ~ their fate.
There We're very heavy attack <
agpins the British on the French
LEFT all day Thursday The British
Immediately began pushing trnapS
Gown th" gup after the Germans bud
driven ma entering wedge aud hnrd
nEhtnE ensued A particularly san
culinary struggle was waErd al Vler
sfraaH northeast az Wytschaetc aud
her" The e"atruding troops fought In