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Show Anglo-French Win Complete Victory in Fight German Dead Cover the Ground Violence of Gunfire Never Greater or More Unceasin? at c i I Any Period of the War. BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, April 30 i ia Ottawa.) The entente allied line has been advanced between La Clrtte and Kemmel. The Franco-British forces also have made some progress south of that region. The artillery was increasingly busy this morning from Vimy northward. Thus far the German capture of Kemmel hill has done them little good for the entente allied artillery has kept the crest so smothered in shell fire that it has been impossible for the enemy ene-my to occupy it in force. -A. LONDON, April 30. The French now hold the entire village of Locre. west of Kemmel, says the official statement from the war ofllce today. During the night the British ad vanced their line east of Villers Ere-tonneux, Ere-tonneux, on the front before Amiens. In the vicinity of Locre th French by counterattack yesterday afternoon nd evening drove the Germans from the remainder of the ground they had gained in the morning. The Germans, having been heavily repulsed all along the northern battle front, the night passed in comparative quiet. The statement reads: "Successful counter-attacks carried out by French troops yesterday afternoon after-noon and evening drove the enemy from the remainder of the ground Lined by him during the morning in th- neighborhood of Locre and captured cap-tured a number of prisoners. The whole village is in the hands of our allies. "After the heavy repulse inflicted on ih- enemj yesterday tthe night passed comparatively quiet on the northern battle front "We advanced our line slightly during dur-ing the night east of Villers -Brcton-neux. "( n the remainder of the British front there is nothing to report beyond be-yond artillery activity on both sides in certain sectors." Heavy Artillery Fighting. PARIS. April 30 Heavy artillery fighting occurred last night north and south of the Avre in the sector of Noyon, and along the Oise, the war ofllce reports. The statement follows- "The artillery battle was waged with considerable violence north and south of the Avre in the sector of Noyon and on the south bank of the Oise. French patrols were active along all this front and brought back fifteen prisoners. "On the right bank of the Meuse (Verdun front) and in upper Alsace, German detachments were repulsed by our fire, leaving prisoners in our hands without obtaining results. "There is nothing to report on the remainder of the front." Review of War Situation. Today's reports from the Flanders' battle front only serve to emphasize the completeness of the victory won by the Anglo-French forces yesterday In withstanding the tremendous assault by which the Germans hoped to break into the allied hill positions southwest of Ypres and begin cutting their way inward toward the channel ports. The situation seemed to have been the cause of the Entente hich command com-mand deciding once more to make a stand after forcing the Germans to use up tens of thousands of men in fighting fight-ing their way desperately forward as far as they have The decision to majte the stand was made and the Germans wero stopped as they have been previously pre-viously on other fields since 'he great offensive on March 21. The enemy, it is i i. mated, threw as many as thirteen divisions or about 175,00o men in the attack on this twelve mile front but d -pite continued furious assaults, was held in his tracks almost everywhere. Ai a few points there was a slight penetration but the line was largely rectified yesterday. During last night i he French, in dashing counter blows, drove the Germans from the remainder remain-der ol the small stretches of ground they had gained in their initial drive of the day. French Hold Line. The most Important feature o' (he i reports is that the French in the cru- I ! eial part of the line at Locre. have not lost any part of their hold on this ; dominating ground. They now have undisputed possession of Locre itself lor the first time in several days and i apparently hae killed off the enemy efforts to edge in and around that' place and force its abandonment Locre Important Place. The importance of Locre lie; in the fact that it guards the approach to Mont Rouge, one of the most valuable hills of the defensive i in which can not be taken in flank as long as Locre remains in allied hands Similarly the allied troops have stopped the drive toward Scherpenberg by holdinc at La Clytte while the Belgians, who had two additional German divisions to face north of Ypres, dealt with them successfully and prevented any breach in the line toward the sea. Germans Suffered Severe Loss. All the evidence points to the probability prob-ability that the Germans suffered well nigh the heaviest casualties of any day of the fighting on the northern front as wave after wave of the attacking forces was mowed down by artillery and infantry fire. The were so ex-1 hausted by their fruitless efforts that they remained virtually inactive all ' night while no reports have come through today indicating any resumption resump-tion of major activities on their part South on the Somme front the British Brit-ish carried out a local operation last night further improving their position: before Amiens by advancing their line somewhat east of Villers -Bretonneux. : Throwing in thousands of new' troops the Germans are making a des perate effort to drive back the allied lines in Flanders and capture Ypres, and the hill positions in the BOUthwest. Many attacks Ln strong force, aided by I powerful artillery fire, have been futile fu-tile and the allied soldiers are standing stand-ing firm while inflicting severe losses on the enemy. Against the British ground at Voor-mezeele Voor-mezeele and the French in the region re-gion of Locre the Germans are making mak-ing their heaviest strokes but each as - 1 sault has been thrown back brilliantly. brilliant-ly. Especially bitter is the fighting in j and around the village of Voormezeele and Locre which are still held by the British and French, Belgians Hurl Back Germans. From the 12 mile front between Ball leul and Zlllebeke the enemy has extended ex-tended his attacks to the north of Yprrs against the Belgians along the Yser But he is meeting with no more success here than elsewhere in Flanders, Flan-ders, the Belgians burling the Ger- ! mans from positions they had occupied by counter-attack? Ypres is yet to be attacked directly from the east but. from the Intel Itj of the enemy assaults south and southwest, it is evidently the German desire most to take the hill positions west of Mont Kemmel. To hold these hills not only would menaee the entire allied position in Flanders and eastward east-ward toward Dunkirk but virtual! would compel the evacuation of pree German progress westward from Voormezeele would if carried to any depth, outflank the hill positions west of Mont Kemmel which must be taken separately. The efforts at Locre are an effort to get between Scherpenberg and Mont Rouge and outflank them as was done at Mont Kemmel. Held by the French at Locre the Germans arc essaying frontal attacks against Locre from Mont Rouge but these also have been disastrous Allies Waiting in Picardy. Id the Picardy battlefield where American, British and Trench 'troops await the next enemy move, only the artillery has been active. The Ger mans have not repeated their local attacks at-tacks acainsi the French against Han-gard Han-gard Declaring that rumors of a change of government in Russia "do not sound altogether improbable," the Berlin foreign for-eign office has asked the German am bassador at Moscow to report concerning concern-ing disorders in Tetrograd and the alleged monarchist restoration Ac cording to reports received in Berlin, the Russian Constitution Democrat leaders Milukoff. Gutchoff and Rod zienko and General Alexieff, foriuei Russian commander-in-chief, are in Petrograd aiding in the restoration movement. Further reports on condi tions in Russia arc lacking. Viborg. 75 miles northwest of Petrograd Pet-rograd and the last stronghold of the Finnish rebels has been captured by the government forces, presumably aided by the Germans who occupied Uelsingfors some days ago. The Red guards who have had the assistance of the Russia Bolshevik government resisted re-sisted desperately and it is declared that nearly (he entire force of 6000 rebels was slain hj the White guards. Cold Delays Attack on Italy. WASHINGTON, prll Ho An unexpected un-expected return of cold weather in the mountain regions of northern Italy will dela . In the opinion of Italian officials, of-ficials, the expected Austrian offensive. offen-sive. Dispatches from Rome to the Italian embassy here say that blizzards had left a snowfall In some places 6 feet deep LONG RANGE GUNS BOMBARDING. PARIS. April 80. The long range bombardment of the region ot Paris was resumed this morning. |