Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-25
Today's War
Summary

American, British and French.
troops on a twenty mile front in
ricardy are withstan ding. renewed
German efforts to reach Amiens. Bat
Ting furiOusly, and with the help of
heavy artillery fire. the enemy infan-
try has gained but little and on most
of the front his attempts are being
repulsed by the allies.
Having forced the British from
Somme and eleven miles east Of
.Amiens. the enemy is facing the Brit
ish on hill positions west and north
west Of the village. American and
French troops on the line from Han
gard En-Santerra to south of Castel
are holding the Germans we'll In
check. The only progress the enemy
has made here has heen in Hangard
where heavy Aeht' =" IS progressing in,
and around the village.
South vi the Sonlme the Germans
were hurled back by the British eX-
cept on the center of the line around
Villers- Bretonneux. while north Of the
Somme attacks near the river and
north Of Albert were repulsed, the
British taking prisoners.
Against the F'ranco-American po-
sitions the Germans, although in large
force. had to be content with only a
footing in HargArd and in the woods
to the north. Assaults asst Of Hailles
and against Senecat wood and Hill
lS2. in the region Of Castel. were
thrown back with no gains for the at
tackers. The line between Hailles and
iCastel is but three miles from the
railway running south from Amiens.
Apparently the Germans did not re-
sumo the offensive with as heavily
massed forces az were used in the
previous battles in Picardy and last
week in Flanders. Probably they are
counting on the artillery to blast a
way for smaller bodies Of troops. the
losses since March 81 in massed as
saults having necessitated economy in
man power. I. =
1t is not vet clear whether the re-
newal Of the fighting east Of Amien,
means another desperate attempt to
reach that city OF whether the Ger.
mans are carrying out attacks on a
large front in an endeavor to straight
en- out their line. The German posi-.
tons from Albert south to Montdidie,
have several small and dangerou.
salients in them and the enemy may
desire to wipe them u
There has been some increase also
in the fighting activity in Flanders
especially at the apex Of the new enc.
my salient. The Germans attacked
east Of Robecq and were repulsed
while the British made slight gain.
west Of Merville and around Meteren
Northwest of Festubert, where tn.
new line joins the old. the British
have recaptured an advanced post, in,
ficting losses on the Germans.
On the Macedonian front alice
troops have gained new local success
es in the continuation Of the increas
ed activity in this theater. British
troops west Of Dorian penetrated Bull
garian defenses on a wide front ant
in the Cerna bend French and Ser
bian troops repulsed enemy attacks
In Albania. west of Lake Presba, al
lied troops forced the enemy to re
tire from the heights along the vrb,
and captured two villages.
Relations between Holland an,
Germany e demands made b,
Germany are still serious and 1t IL re
ported that little progress has bee,
made toward an agreement. Accord
ing to an Amsterdam newspaper tn,
Dutch minister to Germany and tn,
German minister to Holland have LEI
their posts and are returning to thei
respective capitals.