The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1918-04-05
Thirteenth Day Of Battle lndi-
Gates Great Fighting Ma
chine Has SpentltseIt.
KAISER PAYS FEARFUL TOLL
British and French Troops Now Take
Initiative in What Little Fight
ing Takes Place.

~ShAu6tOuf April SWIM the
passing Of the thirteenth day OF the
new battle OF the somme there came
increasing evidence that the great
German machine with which it was
intended to crush the Allied line has
almost utterly spent itself.
Where previously the Germans had
thrown men into the fray, not count.
ing the prodigious wastage in killed
or wounded, Tuesday saw them de.
cline anywhere to give battle. On
the contrary in what little fighting
occurred, the British and French
troops took the initiative.
Turn IN Tide at Hand.
Thus 1t seems apt. with the reserve
forces of the Entente virtually intact
and with the added weight General
Pershing's troops viii give them, that
the turn in the tide Of the battle is
at hand.
Waffle admittedly both the French
and British armies have suffered rath-
er severe casualties as they stood val
iantly to their task OF impeding the
Germans and making them pay an un
heard of price for every foot OF ground
gained, their reserves have been con.
served with the utmost care behind
the lines for the fateful time when the
whitening fire OF the Allied guns and
machine guns should have SO blighted
the German hordes as to bring more
equality of strength to the fighting
forces.
American Aid Appreciated.
And, all along the British and French
commanders have no left outside
their calculations the stanch hands Of
Americans. exceeding 100000 men.
who are fully trained and equipped
and anxious to lend their aid in the
task OF defeating the Germans.
Daily the German losses in men
killed or wounded continued to aug
menf as details are obtained from the
Germans made prisoner. Some diyis-
ions lost as high as 70 per cent Of
heir electives, as they charged in
mass formation against the British
and French machine gunners and
rlflemen, Companies withdrew from
the fighting with their combatire
strength reduced to forty men.
Still Hold Germans in Check.
London, April 2-"The day has
PASSED comparatively quiet" saws The
report from Field Marshal Hays head.
quarters in France tonight. Local Al.
lacks undertaken by small bodies of
The enemy this morning in the neigh.
Dorhood OF Albert we're repulsed with (,
He loss Of the greater part OF their
number. We secured a few prison. E,
ers." III
Enemy Massinq Troops. /,
Great masses Of enemy troops con I,
thue TO concentrate in the region of
Albert, according to the Reuter- CORE. !
spondent at British headquarters /,
fighting is in progress toward Villers. ;
brelonneux, to the north Of Hangard +,
UP TO o'clock in the afternoon ,
says the correspondent, no further in. =
lahtry attacks Of Importance we're re- !
ported against the British front. al.
though the enemy artillery was yerv [,
active and Arras was being heavily :
shelled.
Delay in the resumption of the
sland operations Is supremely impor- !
iant,' adds the correspondent. giving :
US the opportunity continually to .
strengthen the weaker spots in our .
DISPOSITIONS. The weather was fine y
and clear all day, and our airmen add. =
ed another glorious page to their in .
comparable story" :
The German Losses, 275,ooo.
Washington, April "A French Of. !.
ticlal estimate Of the German losses !.
IN the great battle on the western q
front received here puts their total :
casualties at between 275,OOO and 800. I
OOO men. The Germans are sending :
Of their wounded to Belgium II
is declared, to conceal from the Ger
people their heavy sacrifices I
1t has been possible to identity. the
says. nearly n hundred c
German divisions, more than ten of Q
which We're engaged twice. Some OF 4
he divisions, Il is declared, had to be d
relieved at the end Of the first day a
ifter losing more than half their men b
There are at present something like 4
ofU divisions in the battle zone north u
u The river, and about thirty seven
'ngaged in the struggle further south. j
EN- Of these have been used against i
lac British and the rest against The i
'rench allies :