Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-04-03 | Page 14 | British Improve their Positions near Hangard

BRITISH IMPROVE THEIR POSITIONS NEAR HANGARD By the Associated Press. BRITISH ARMY HEA DQUARTERS IX FRAXCK, April 2. The British yesterday yester-day improved their position by an attack south of Hangard, and later repulsed two German counter-attacks which essayed es-sayed to restore the situation. South of Hebuterne the British conducted a successful suc-cessful local attack and repulsed a counter-attack. According to prisoners, the 20Sth German Ger-man division lias suffered losses of 70 per cent since the beginning of the offensive. of-fensive. The 20th division lost 50 per cent. The SSth division lost 30 per cent t lie first day and 40 per cent In an attack at-tack on Mczleres March 29. In tlie First division the average strength of the companies was reduced to forty men by March 2S. The guard Ersatz Er-satz division suffered 25 per cent loss between be-tween March 21 and 2S. Tlie Fifth division had 50 per cent casualties cas-ualties at Ham and additional heavy losses in crossing the Somme. In an attack at-tack north of the Scarpe river one regiment regi-ment of the 26th division lost twenty-four twenty-four officers.