Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1918 — ALLIED ARMIES DEFEAT ENEMY IN FLANDERS [ARTICLE]

ALLIED ARMIES DEFEAT ENEMY IN FLANDERS

British and French Positions Are Completely Restored After Hard Fight. FOE SUFFERS HEAVY LOSSES 35,000 Men Used in First Attack on Three Mile I'Yont—New Assault Fails After Several Hours. London, May 10—“ At the close ot| the fighting in the La Clytte-Voorme-. zeele sector,” says Field Marshal' Haig’s report from British headquar-. ters In France, "the French and Brit-* ish positions on this front were com-' pletely re-established." Huns Beaten In Flanders. After two days of furious fighting! over a three-mile front, the Germans again have been decisively beaten with! heavy casualties on the Flanders field.! the report from British headquarters tn France announces that Generali Haig's men, aided by the French, have* completely restored the situation on( the La Clytte-Voormezeele sector. Reports Indicate that the was df the most vicious character, the. enemy coming forward repeatedly ini waves.

Line Vital to Allies. The La Clvtte-Voorfflezeele sector! runs from a point just northeast of| Mount Rouge northeastward to a point about two miles south of Ypres. Byi driving in on this line the Germans, iti is believed, hoped to force the allied bfrck from the Scherpenberg, th* height on the flank of Mount Rouge. With the Scherpenberg cleared, General Von Arnim would be in a position! to undertake a more pretentious movement to clear Mount Rouge and tha other heights of the allies. In view of) this possibility, the French and Brit-* ish did tot hesitate to light desperate-* ly and use men to regain their old posl-* Hons. Huns Use 25,000 Men. In the struggle on this sector tha Germans employed about 25,000 troopa in their initial onslaught over the three-mile front. At the first impacti the enemy was able to break through* in the center, near Vlerstraet, whlchl lies near Dickebusch lake. The allies, however, held the Boche on botW flanks. There was a time when the enemjr penetrated the much fought-over Ridga wood, and dispatches make it clear the situation of General Foch’s troops was serious, if not Later in tha evening the allies counter-attacked and regained practically all the ground they had lost, except for one or pockets. Germans Come On Again. Following tremendous artillery work the Boche reajt,tacked and again was able to make progress in the center of the allies’ lines. The French and British supports promptly came forward, and for several hours there was the most furious kind of small arms battling. A little later the Germans, their regiments with vastly reduced numbers, were forced back, General Haig says and the allies’ original lines reestablished. ' Guns Active on the Somme.

Fighting in the Somme district has been confined largely to violent artillery combats in the last 24 hours. The French statement reports that the hostile bombardment has been especially severe around Montdldler, south of Amiens, on which front it is known the main enemy concentrations are located. The Australians, south of the Somme, also have bettered their positions, In the neighborhood of which American organizations are waiting for the expected German assault In this theater.