Show RUNS UNS BRITISH 5 CRUMBLE INTO DEFEAT AND DEATH TH THOUSANDS AND SLAIN lAIN IN BATTLING ALLIES i Germans Lose in All Onslaughts Against Impenetrable British and French Fronts I By fly Associated Press WITH THE rEE BRITISH ARMY ARY n IT ITIN w IN IN- FRANCE PRANCE April Further desperate smashes b by Von Yon Arnim's army arm against the thi allied lin lines s on ou th the Flan Flanders cr bat battlo Hc yesterday i t d y afternoon a il d evening met with no more success than the th enemy's futile and costly cosily attempts attempts attempts at at- tempts earlier in the day to breakthrough break k breakthrough through and capture c the hill lull positions west of oC Kemmel Kemmer Not only did the British and maintain their positions at virtually all parts in tho the face lace of oC furious onslaughts but during the night the they reclaimed several bits oC or territory on which tb too anem enemy had succeeded in getting a t- t hold had again fallen lallen into German Gorman bands hands late yesterday but the French once more made a dashing counter drive and thrust the enemy out of ot this important place HUNS LIE IN DEATH The allied lines in FJand Flanders rs this thi m ns were to all intents the same is as 5 when the Germans surged yesterday esterday and In front of oC the defendIng defending defend defend- ing ng positions gray uniformed men layn Jaya Jay lay In n a great numbers representing the thea a price paid by b the Germans North of Kemmel the British and French rench countering in conjunction also ilso pushed forward somewhat during durin he the night and bettered their positions U At t one time yesterday the Germans actually had some men on the tho lower Jower slopes of or both Mont Rouge and the Scherpenberg after they the succeeded in Iriving a small wedge into the French line Inc between these two elevations Fierce fighting continued about ill til day and the enemy sacrificed great umbers numbers of or men in an attempt to push through here OLD HOLD AGAINST SHOCKS In the meantime the tho flanks were brilliantly against successive hocks A particularly bitter battle was MIS as wa waged ed astride e the La Kemmel-La- CI tto highway near ilear the junction of thc he lie French and arid British Hero tin tili enem nemy tried his favorite trick of oC try try- Ing ng to divide the two forces but hut he be found no weak spots At Ridgewood west of or heavY eavy fl fighting also continued through through- out lIt tho the day the Germans losing grear numbers lumbers of or men both killed and It Is 15 impossible to say ray hl nany many attacks the tho enemy made at al point durIn the cour course c of ot the rl day the hey came for forward ard in waves through through- out ut long Jon hours There was no cessa cessa- lon Ion of or the terrible battle The won- won Continued on page pa e 2 Thousands SHain In Battling Allies I I II I Continued 1 Ider I 1 der Is ia that the allied troops were e able ablo II to hold haM In the face of such Buch onslaughts by superior numbers DUEL APPALLING Tho The German artillery which t had been greatly aU augmented for tor t this ls at attack nt- nt I tack pounded the tho back areas incessantly inces Inces- and und the thc duel between the op opposing opposing op- op 1 posing guns of oC all calibers from Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- da day evening until last night was I a t ap ap- ap palling Tho The British improved their position slightly sll before The enemy artillery II c I was very ery active In this region and the tho enemy guns suns were in increasingly In- In busy from Vimy north north- wa ward rd Thus far th the Gorman Grman capture of oC has done dono them little good Corthe for Cor forthe the tile allied artillery has kept tho the crest t toC of oC the hill bill so o smothered with shellfire shel that It has been impossible for tal tho the en enem enemy en- en em emy to o occupy cupy It In force PARIS April 30 lu In In the sector of oC Noyon oon the Germans In attacks toda today made gains In advanced French trench elements but hut later were driven out and the I French rench reestablished their lines JInes according to tho the official communication communication com corn issued b by the war office to ton tonight to- to n nl night I gh hL I In n the region of oC Hangard there has haR been a a. violent bombardment The text of ot the statement r reads Tho The r region glon of or Hangard was violently violent violent- ly hr bombarded ed during the course of oC the day dar In Jn tho the No Noyon on sector Rector a n. German at attack attack attack at- at tack resulted in a spirited engagement Our troops drove dro the enemy from ad advanced advanced ad- ad elements clement whore whon the they hall had taken foot In the first t assault and reestablished th their lr lino line Patrol encounters occurred on the left bank of ot the thc Olse Oise Eastern theatre April 30 There was reciprocal artillery action on tho the ma west of the Yardar at the Cerna Cerila bend and between the lakes In tho the re region region re- re gion Ion of oC Nonte onte cast of oC stir Mona our OUI troops troop entered an enemy trench annihilated anni anal- the garrison and returned i without loss los and with prisoners In Inthe I tho the region of the Bulgarians i attacked anew but without success the work which was token taken from them b by bytho bytho I tho Serbs Serb April 21 n. At the Cerna bend bendan I nn an enemy attack was repulsed b by the thc Italians Italians' I Enemy Repulsed in Hangard Assault By Associated Press WITH THE TilE FRENCH FREr ARMY IN FRANCE FRACE Monda Monday April 29 The Tho Tho Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans again ln turned theIr attention to the tl southern flank tank of oC their front of oC attack Sunday night and early earl Monday l mornIng morning morn- morn Ing InS assaulting the Hangard d wood a a. number number num num- ber her of ot times unsuccessfully At the same samo time they bombarded with poison polson gas SM shells the northern flank nank where there are strong strong- Indications of an approaching re renewal rc- rc newal of their Infantry operations around Ypres It appears certain that tho the Germans soon must disclose their intentions showing show show- howIng Ing whether t th-c th they havo have decided to cun- cun fine their thell operations to the present battie battle bat- bat tie tle le front or to o end the tho actual fight fight- In lug line lino on one end nd or the other in the tho hope of or finding a weak wank spot The enemy's tactics In the present battle battle bat bat- tle tie bear a n very e resemblance e to those used In the battle of or Verd Verdun n In 1916 1911 but buton buton buton on an Immensely larger Jarger scale After the opening rush along alonS' the entire line for fOI forthe he the purpose If H possible of ot overwhelming over I Ithe the he defenders er b by pure strength of numbers num- num hers bers jers before thc they are arc n able to recover from hc tIme first t great t shock each flank Is at attacked at- at tacked separately with the object of se securing so- so curing strong supporting bases hases on both wings vines which would permit them to launch a second and real offensive with masses of ot fresh troops concentrated meanwhile opposite the central point ARRAS LEFT IN PEACE On this thle occasion Flanders and Picard form the flanks of the tho German battle battlefront rent front the tho center of which In is the Arras salient which for tho the moment Is IB left lell In comparative peace For their operations In n Flanders the Germans are arc well placed as ns regards communications since behind their lines there Is a series of oC good routes and railroads The allies arc not to so well provided in tr inthis this respect I Up to tIm tho present pr however r. r tho the enemy has hao made little progress on either end of the he lino line but his menace ha has not been I effaced It Is IB known that the In n spite of their losses are very powerful powerful powerful power- power ful and ami that fresh esh divisions are arc avaIlable available avail avail- able for further big efforts notwithstanding notwithstanding I standing the fact act that t they already have thrown brown approximately 1 two million men Into nto the line Several of these divisions which h have vc not been are composed of ot excellent material materiel but the others hrc- hrc have ha occupied quiet sectors where the they hey have hl lost tomo orno of their offensive spirit MORALE IS WEAKENED I Many divisions that have ted participated Inthe in the he battles have been severely punished I Some estimates tes of their lo losses es amount to toas toas tois as is high as a half hal million men Conservative Conserva- Conserva tive Ive calculations however do not place the he losses beyond men Tho The Germans Germans Ger- Ger mans nans have enough men amen In their depots In Inho Inthe Inthe the ho Interior to fill uI all gaps saps for some somo time although reconstituted divisions never will willbe willbe b be able to equal in n fighting hUng quality the tie original formation since larco laro numbers number I of oC the men have hwe been leen wounded and after fil filer Rf- Rf ter er recuperation n again aln thrown into the line inc Prisoners taken recent recently do not mot display the old time feeling of oC certainty that hat the tho great blow which has been so JO soone long one prepared pa will yield immediate and full ull success Berlin Admits Loss of By Ely International News Service LONDON DON April 30 The lO-The The German official om- om cial cl st Issued tonight North of ot and Groote- Groote VI trant rf we e captured several ec English trenches Storming detachments tonIght who were pell penetrating Into the enemy lines JInes at came me In contact with strong trench French counterattacks During the course of the hUng fighting th the enemy succeeded 5 In h Itching himself In Leers His Ills attempts atU to advance b beyond on th the village failed Artillery Artillery activity t throughout the d day y rom page 1 v e extended to the whole territory I and continued until darkness On tho the remainder of oC tho front fighting fighting fight fight- in ing activity was limited to sauces and temporary revivals of artillery artiller fire Von Arnim Busy Reforming Broken Army Dy fly Associated Press BRITISH AR ARMY IY IN IS FRANCi April 30 Up Up to noon today the badly bl punished German troops along the Flanders front had made nu further attacks against tho allied lines which held so 60 brilliantly throughout yesterdays yesterday's yester est r- r I days day's Intense fighting The German Gernan general Von on Arnim was bUB busy buey reforming his broken divisions and presumably bringing brinGing- up reserves to ro re replace place the tho great numbers who gave their lives In fruitless assaults on th the hill hili po positions 10 sit ons to pain galim a a. dominating position with tho the Idea of or forcing the tho allies to pull pullback back to the thc north Yesterday wa a n great cat lay day for the al allies tl- tl lies Ile and today toda those thoo divisions which were in iii the sanguinary struggle received a message commending then them for or tho the thoma ma magnificent defense Not ot only was the tho allied line virtually Intact to today ay but the latest reports show that the tho British during durIng- the counterattack yesterday afternoon afternoon aft aCt north of reclaimed considerable considerable con con- ground which the tho Germans had held since Kemmel was 8 taken FIERCE FIGHTING A At t the o between her berg ant and Mont Hou Rouge c and anel about bout the thic fighting was particularly fierce changed hands several times timeR and at nJ nightfall hlf the Germans had a n. hold on time tho place In their counterattack luring during tho nl night ht however the French cleared the Germane Germann from rom between tho the two hills hillsand hillsand hillsand and thrust them hack back from regaining regain In ing ground for fOl nearly nearh a mile mill The Tho French during the time da day repulsed many at attacks U on the tile Initiative of officers oUI- oUI cers cera commanding smaller units s TUne Time and awl fI again aln French captains or organized drove the enemy back baek after they gained a roo footing Un I In advanced ad positions I ADVANCE ADVANCE WITH BAYONETS The German attack against ln hr tho thio British Tint Brit ish was from the time southeast towards nl wood between Lake Lako and I. I At RIdgewood hero the time fighting was very bitter bitten tho the Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans advanced with fixed bayonets but came under an all intense machine gun Kim fire tire and were never able to their steel The rhe work of the British h troops all along I the front was wan magnificent and e especially note orth noteworthy because some somo had been fighting fighting fight fight- I ing stead steadily ance nce April 9 The They still had hada a hold on the time northern ridge of or today as the they had at the be beginning ho- ho ginning of or yesterdays yesterday's assault Their line also 1 was manifested at The spirit of the time British troops Is la shown by an Incident on Sunday Sunda near Three German machine gun companies were causing the British trou trou- ble Three parties each composed of ot aix mx Tommies and a a. lance corporal were as assigned assigned as- as signed to clear up UI these posts Tho corporals cor con planned tho the campaign which the they carried out so successfully that tho the Germans Germans Ger Ocr mans were surrounded and el fifty eight ht were were captured c. by 13 one twenty men The Time machine gun sun posts JOStS were t cleared too Allies Steadily Better Position By Associated Press BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE FRANC April 30 via Ia Ottawa French French forces this morning held tho whole of at th the th town to of ot west of ot Remmel Including In ing the hotl hotly contested Hospice HospiceS The Tho al allied allied ni- ni lied line also made some progress slight ly iy Improving the th position around VIlers- VIlers B re on Yesterdays Yesterday's attack was time the biggest ef erfort of- of fort the tho Germans have havo yet et made In time the Flanders e offensive tho enemy nemy employing about thirty fresh resh battalions of ot reserves s In addition to the large number of divisions divi I dons In at the beginning of tho the battle A satisfactory feature of tho the struggle Is 18 that the British and French employed relatively small forces to defeat deleat the time en en- en I cm emy At ono point the French were ere forced to yield a n. little ground but supports promptly arrived and drove bade back the Gorman Ger Gor- man mans I IB B By 1130 o'clock in the morning the I Germans German had hail forced their wa way through near as far as Hyde Park Parl corner II between Scherpenberg and Monte lonte Rouge This Thin was ono one 0 of of the critical moments moments moments mo mo- ments of ot the tho da day but tho the French counterattacked coun coun- fiercely and an hour later had pressed back the enemy on the time flank and anti held him in tho time B By 3 o'clock time the French were Vero holding the ground east cast of ot farm and an chat chateau U and also part of village laJe on the tho southern slope of ot Scherpenberg Thenceforth the position be became be- be e- e came CAine stead steadily II moro more satisfactory and by the French halt hail retaken all nU tho time lost ground round except pt a a. narrow strip at Hyde Byde Park corner Germans Exhausted by Their Vain Onslaughts By International News Service LONDON April 30 Thoroughly exhausted ex ex- hausted by their vain and CO costly on onslaughts onslaughts on- on yesterday the tho Germans dd did not renew their attacks on the Flandera Flander front toda today There was only local rt fighting durIng durIng dur dur- ing the da day time the official night bulletin from British headquarters S says The Time st statement reaffirms |