Show GERMAN ADVANCE IS SLIGHT AND COSTLY Heavy v Assaults Sacrifice Great Numbers of f Soldiers By Dy International News Service LONDON April 11 Following H.-Following Following the powerful German thrusts between La Basseo canal and the Ypres Ypres-Comines canal in the zone north of the I battlefront the German front has been advanced from two to five miles and has been pocketed Tho The Germans are now on thre e sides of ot and at latest accounts I were pressing their attacks with great vigor especially along the Lys river j is in France upon the tho thoI I Belgian border It lis is between seven I jand and eight miles west of ot Lille eleven j i miles south of ot Ypres and twenty-eight twenty I miles northeast of ot Arras Areas Tho The Germans Ger Ger- mans overran In the early days of ot the war but were driven out I II and established their lines In front of I LUte Lille which city they have since used I as a n base I American troops have now reached the British battlefront but whether i they are near the scene of ot the fighting of or the past forty eight hours north of ot i La Bassee canal and in West Vest Flanders I Is unknown HUNS ATTACK IN FORCE In the attacks attacks' which were made along tho the Lys river and north of ot Ar Ar- on Wednesday the Germans used strong forces In his night report to the British h war office Field Marshal Haig Halg said that heavy fighting developed all along the line I North of ot the weight of the enemy's assaults pressed the British British Brit Brit- I ish troops back to a line Une running through the crest of ot the famous Messines Messines' ridge and steert Field Marshal Halg stated German Infantry forced their way into Messines but were we-re driven out by a counter attack South of ot the Germans after a prolonged struggle struggle struggle gle established themselves on the north bank of ot the Lys river at certain points east of ot Estaires and in the neighborhood of ot St. Bac-St. Maur The Germans crossed the Lawe river at Lestrem but later were driven from the village and back across the stream Between Estaires and the British all positions were maintained maintained- I PORTUGUESE FIGHT HARD Although the Germans have made I I some attacks against the French north of ot Montdidier the brunt of ot the German German Ger Ger- man pressure has fallen alien against the British and Portuguese during the past few days This was the first big en engagement engagement engagement en- en In which the Portuguese troops have taken talen p part rt and while they were compelled by superior numbers to yield some ground they fought gal gal- All of ot the towns and villages mentioned mentioned mentioned men men- by py y Field Marshal Halg are near tho the Franco Belgian frontier Messi- Messi nes flea Is seven miles north of ot Armen Armen- is five miles south lot nf of Ypres The Messines ridge lies bee be- be e een leen and the town of ot MesI Mes Mes- sines Ploegsteert is three miles north I of Estaires Is seven miles northwest of ot and St. Bac-St. I Maur is four miles southwest of ot ArI Ar Ar- The German attacks were I delivered dell over a front of ot about twenty miles CHANNEL HUN GOAL For the time being the Germans ceased their direct pressure against the British base at Amiens which was considered by military experts to be their immediate objective From the developments of ot the past few days it would appear that the channel coast is isnow isnow isnow now the German goal It U has been accepted by military critics all along that the channel coast was t the to e ultimate objective but the opinion o was prevalent t that the Germans Germans Ger Ger- I mans would v complete t their campaign p 1 against Amiens and Arras before trying try try- ling hog to break through to the coast i The Germans claim to have captured I British ard Portuguese ese prisoners in the fighting Tuesday and Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day and guns but the accuracy of ot I these figures Is doubted GERMANS EXAGGERATE GAINS Premier Lloyd Llod George in his n nin I In the house of ot commons Monday Io lay stated that the German war office has hasI I exaggerated the number of prisoners I and gun guild Ci in m the Picard batt bat bat- t tie the In Its night report the war office I claimed that several sc crossings of ot the Lys river had been gained between I and Estaires and that the I British positions had been penetrated Ion on both sides of the tile Warne aasten I ton The night of the French FrenchI I war office told Lola vf of violent cannonading north of Montdidier and in Ia the sector I of the Gise Olse canal r lus la been the scene of a violent struggle changing hands four I times T. T the north of ot the slight extension of oC the German lines i has created two small email Ar- Ar I lies at the junction at the apex of at the British salient which has been created by two small German I i wedges |