SEVERE LIGHTING ON THE LYS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 181, 20 April 1918, Page 7

SEVERE LIGHTING ON THE LYS

STRONG GERMAN ATTACKS REPULSED

ENEMY ROSSES EXTREMELY-HEAVY

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iWfh ? $l*l\ m reports :-"Ther,e is no chanjje on the British front. DurGLn,L fn ,r f ° B« at /, M . t, «tr ;™ ««e Part of the hostile artillojv from Torn iVi l°f ?# ec(! V' A i leftvy toml >ardment of our positions■ between fZ Z rt« -tt * St f'" CCn n a } in ?\ ) Ve re i" ,lsc(l local attacks last evening on the/Jlerris sector. Details of yesterday's fightin" in the Nionne Forest watf t% W >' tsch . ft «te /ront establish the severit/of. tfio enem-'s S. Three flares of German -infantry. attac!dn G south-east of Mont Kemmel pressed back u-prp J? lf f d , at , all Point ? : Threo oneln - v - Bttftcks on tlle Bailleul sector

(Eec. April 19, 11.20 p.m.)

. Sir reports: 'There has been JSS'ifoS? on* "8? » I*l,l r ° ft? fH Stron S i;,tncks Mlowd a Bombardment frS ii Bassee Canal to the Lys River, eastward of St. Venant, Yll were remilsed with extremely heavy lopes Wβ look 200 prisoners. The dni s Z was partc-. f»i»1 TU ln fl t n- ,nC! l ffllbo " rhoGcl - 0f Givencl ?r. wllM ' e determined enemy'Sb ' ihnlt'nf fv / < nS^ r ! l lS;Co A' U 7 unus - Th(> « nel "y' s artillery is active on tho ■ 2 I^ 0 "' , further attacks which developed later n the mornin" southward of-Kenmiel were repulsed."-Aus.-N.Z. table Assn.-Beuter ' °

NEW GERMAN ATTACK BETWEEN GIVENCHY AND EOBECQ.

" tihs mor r* , s lvS r . : »w« rtf it was everywhere repulsed, exwptinjr at Qivenchv where the,Gerfli.an s ,ejitered,at certain .Cablu'Assn, ■ • ?• },

A DAY'OF DEFEAT FOR THE GERMANS

PLAN TO OVERWHELM THE BRITISH BAFFLED,

(Eec. April 19, 7.20 p.m.)

Bemi-officia l report states:-"Yesterday was a day of defeat teW™,™ Who had hoped to overwhelm the British. This nlnii ni„ t? i' eliorts, and whether they are able to continue to the finish."-Eeuter. . ENEMY'S HAMMER-BLOW WEAKENING ®ec. April 19, 7.20 p.m.) " Pall G - azetts ' s " war corrcs Pondcnfc states:—'Tlir^nmy's'' hain WEDNESDAY'S CEASELESS STRUGGLE . REPEATED ATTACKS' BROKEN. northern' llanfc D o{^the e, Lv^ n ßalienr Bntish high explosives dispersed three s .cc^ih * , The , "IK to reach the Keiumol Hill without the RriS 1: ? wcle . eudeavour- ' Mult .In the same rosio.i d S the ' h u Al i ol,,er as " the eituation.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assii ' • a coun ter-attack restored GERMANS' LAVISH USE OF MACHINE-GUNS ...ARRIVAL OF FRENCH REINFORCEMENTS AT METEREN. Colonel Kcpington states that the German London, April 18, • before they are exhausted and (he ranks filled un frnm S TP B ]''" , v ' it ' ulraw n features of the attack include the lavish use of Oilier filn'^-n OOI " 8 ' tlle em P'°.vment of largo number"of SIITT 169 , 1 " 11 ' tho held artillery accompanying. the first line where possilZ ' 1 moriare ' also ete ren... ;'.ri»ey P ,atlnbute at BATTLE REACHING A DECISIVE STAGE . ' A .GKjANTIC TRIAL OF ENDURANCE, ' Correspondents with tho French Armv claim tw ih. i m ndon ' A P ri . ! 18absolutely decisive stage. The. Germans must secure frf W - ls rwi S l Y 1 n ? an •exhausted, after which, the 'Allies will be permitted to bihi ° r t!' bnck njcncal superiority. Tho battle is bMomW-a-gi w UnS!" B Sft2! "* *»4 4CUB ISSBBf THE ATTACK ON THE'BELGIAN FRONT BELGIANS'FIGHT "ONE OF THE EPICS OF THEIR SPLENDID STORY." MJjLA » ' (Rec. April 19, 8 p.m.) Beuter's Headquarters correspondent sa.vs:-"Specially . stage of the campaign is the attack which four German ■ divisions inclmliS« marine and infantry, yesterday made on-the Belgians on a six kilometres m K^-w 0nt v etv ;?t n S'P.??. a - nd fansemarok-, after an all night and most intense bombafdment. The Beljians put up a fight ranking as one of-tho epics of their s "_Keyt° ry ' drove back the enemy in confusion, taking over GOO prisonRETURN OF SIR WILLIAM ROBERTSON DEMANDED London, April 18 Soma nuarters in England are demanding that Sir William Eobcrtson (late Chief of tho Imperial General Staff) shall be brought back to advise the Gov-**nmo"'-—&"«..N.Z. Cable Awn.

ON THE FRENCH FRONT ENEMY'S ATTACKS ALL REPULSED. - s ' (Rμ. April 10, .7.20 p.m.) London, April IS, 4.10 p.m. A Irench communique states:—"ln the region of Corbony our fire dispersed a strong enemy detachment which was attempting lo roach ' our lines, after a heavy artillery preparation. The eneiay launched several coups do main in the Champagne, the right bank of the Mouse, oust of Caurieres Wood, and in the direction of Damloiip, but we repulsed them all. AVe made several successful raids north-east-of lieinis and in Lorraine."-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Eeuter. FRENCH ARTILLERY CONCENTRATION IN THE SOUTH BOMBARDING A SIXTY-MILE FRONT. . . . ■ Paris, April IS. _ -A. vast. I'rench artillery concentration south of the Somme is-bombarding n. 6ixty-mile front as far as the Oise and for miles into tho rear, preventing the Germans entrenching and inflicting tho heaviest losses—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. FRENCH AND CANADIANS ENGAGED ON NORTHERN FRONT m, t, ', . .. ■ London, April ,18. Ihe 1 rench are. heavily engaged in a new battle on the northern front, lne Canadians are engaged on the Lys front—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assa. AMERICAN VIEWS ON THE SITUATION ■ .. :■ ' : ■ • Now York, April IS. Ae\r York newspapers adroit the seriousness of the situntion on the "West front, but express confidence in the ability of the British to hold the line. Mr. M'Adoo, Secretary of the-Treasury, in a speech, snid:—"Before we have finished the American flag will fly. in Berlin." , '. ■ " Washington, April IS. . iitr. N. D. Baker, Secretary for War, views the position on tho West front optimistically, , but says there must not ba any limit to -America's war activities. It is believed he will recommend preparations based on an -Ynierican Army of three millions.—Aus.-N.Z;. Cable A6sn.

BRITISH EMPIRE'S FORCES =7,500,000 MEN IN ARMY AND NAVY. ' « m . , ' / Washington, April 18. Official figures received say that the British Empire hat) enrolls. 7,5f!f1,CC0 men in the Army and Navy up to April 1, of which England fimsisi-ed 4 530.003. ?cotland 020,000, Ireland- 170,000, Dominions and■ Colonics. 9oo,ooo, and India, Africa, and other dependencies one million native labourers and special service men.— Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. ■ . . . ■' THE GERMAN REPORT . (Bee. April 19, 11.20 p.m.) .. ■ . ' London, April 19. A German official report states:—''Following on the retreating enemy we captured Zomiebeke and drove back the.enemy behind Stecnbroek. A. counterthrust south of Blankacrtlnke wns checked. In our forward movement we havo gained ground north- of the Lys and taken over 2500,, prisoners during the past few days, mid captured •numerous, machine-guns. A strong French thrust north of -Flirey sanguinarily failed. French attacks north of Jloreuil broke down."-Aus.-A.Z. Cable Assn.-Eeuteri ...•■:

VIENNA PAPER'S WARNING TO THE "WAR-MAD" GERMANS

(Eec. April 19, 7.20 p.m.)

.•■■'.' • • • London, April 18. The "Arbeiter Vionna, warns the "war-mad" Germans thai they will not learn, by experience. They are stupidly belittling, the. Americans, as they belittled Sir John' French's "contemptible little-army." They jeer at America, as <i .negligible adversary, forgetting the Americans ai-o of the eame type as the obstinate and determined Anglo-Saxons. The paper declares that the only remedy is to abandon militarism and embrace disarmament.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.