OCR Text |
Show FIGHT CONTINUES WITH GREAT FURY ALONG THE FRONT WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE, April 29 (By the Associated Press). This has been one of the bitterest bit-terest days of fighting that the Flanders battleground has seen since the present offensive began. Since early morning Von Arnim has been flinging great numbers num-bers of German troops against the allied lines between Zillebeke lake and Bailleul, with the hills east of Mont Kemmel as his ultimate objective. At the same time, a secondary thrust has been made at the Belgians in the region of the Yser, north of Ypres. When the correspondent left the battle-front battle-front shortly after 1 o'clock in the afternoon, after-noon, the German commander had nothing noth-ing to show for his pretentious drive but a long list of dead and wounded. Along the major portion of the front his front troops have been held, and where they succeeded by superior weight of numbers in pushing forward, they were soon ejected by counter-attacks. The allied line was intact throughout at that hour. The Germans pushed on between Scherpenberg and Mont Rouge. A counter-attack by the French, however, gradually grad-ually pushed the dogged Germans back until Locre had been regained and the whole line re-established. Meanwhile, the British were holding with traditional valor and not an inch did they allow the hard-hitting enemy, notwithstanding the fact that the defenders were greatly outnumbered. out-numbered. One regiment, which was holding a position astride the Kemmel-La Clytte road, had repulsed four fierce attacks up to the time that the correspondent left the front. In and out, the fighting continued con-tinued at Voormezeele, at latest reports. The Germans made strenuous efforts to capture the place, but the British clung tenaciously to their posts and the best the enemy could claim was a footing in the hamlet. On the Belgian front fortune also was with the defenders, for the Belgians, in a spirited counter-attack, drove the enemy en-emy back after the latter had pushed, in and secured a few advanced posts. The hills were being continually bombarded bom-barded and Ypres was smothered With gas. German aviators were out in force today, trying to bomb transports along the highways, but the British fliers were more than upholding their end. A number num-ber of fresh German divisions were engaged en-gaged in today's battle, having been brought up during the night. The artillery artil-lery likewise was heavily reinforced. The German casualties were exceedingly heavy. The fighting was still continuing with great fury at latest reports. |