The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-15

which had been lost on June Z, the
year before.
The objective of the further attack
by the Fourth and Sixth armies of
Crown Prince Rupprechts group was
the high ground which bounds the Lys
valley on the north. Unfortunately we
had been unable to hold on to it in the
autumn of 1914. 1t begins at Mount
KENNEL, which affords distant view
to the east and ends at Cassel. The
possession of these heights would bring
about the evacuation of the User po-
sition to the north.
After April -, the driving force of
the Sith army began to fall off, while
the Fourth gradually captured more
and more ground. The capture of Mount
KENNEL on the 25th. marked the climax
of the fighting. More and more French
divisions arrived in front of the Fourth
army. Further attacks promised no
success.
AS the attack on Mount KENNEL
progressed, the English, who were east
of Ypres, were gradually drawn back
towards the town. A blow by the
Fourth army in the direction of LANCE
marck was too late.
South of Mount KENNEL Bailleul had
also fallen into our hands, but further
I south the Sixth army had made no
| more progress.
vIrST a MENTION OF FOCH
! The results of the battle of March 81
| had caused General Foch to be APP
pointed commander in chief of the en-
| tente. In order to hold up the first
great penetration, the English re-
! serves were concentrated in front of
our Seventeenth and Second armies
while French division from the Aisne-
| Verdun front opposed the Eighteenth
/ army. The attacks by the Fourth and
| Sixth armies caused General Foch to
move his reserves still further to the
north. His attempts to recapture
Mount KENNEL were unsuccessful. In
! view of the enemy's strength grand
! headquarters now checked the attack.
AS in the case whenever the front
becomes rigid during the actual prog
| ress of fighting. the situation of the
Fourth and Sixth armies was difficult
| The same care was bestowed on
| strengthening the front lines. complet-
| ing the communications with the rear,
withdrawal into rest of all troops that
could be spared. perfecting training
and discipline, as had been done at
the end of the great battle between
Croiselles and La Ferre.
| BY the end of April, the offensive
| begun on March 81 had come to an end
Local attempts at improving our posi-
tons and counter attacks by the enc
my prolonged the fighting into May.
The main centers were Mount KENNEL
and Bailleul Albert and the country
| south of the Somme as far as the Luce.
We had achieved great success, that
We must not allow later events to make
us forget. We had defeated the Eng
tiSh army. Only few British divi-
Sions were still intact. OF the 80 Eng
fish divisions. 53 had engaged. 81 Of
them several times. The French had
been obliged to engage nearly half
their divisions. The enemy had lost
! large quantities of stores.
Italian troops appeared in the Ar
COME while the English and French
troops that went to Italy the previous
autumn stayed there. In Macedonia.
English troops were relieved by
| Greeks.
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In the next installment, General Luz
dendorff tells hew demans came to him
to sink American troOpships and ex-
plains why he could not. He also tells
Of growing troubles IN Austria, Bull
Earia and Turkey.