THE MONTDIDER FRONT

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 76, 3 April 1918, Page 5

THE MONTDIDER FRONT

ENEMY ATTACKS _REPULSED BRITISH REPULSE ATTACKS IN ALBERT REGION. SITUATION UNCHANGED- NORTH • OFTHESOMME. GREAT WORK BY AIRMEN. (Australian and N.Z. Gable Assooiatinn)

'-"- April 2, 1 a.m. A French cornmunique says :—The battle continues on the whole front to the north of Moritdidier, where the enemy: artillery- is particularly active. New, atta.cis by the enemy delivered against Grivesnes were all repulsed with heavy losses. In the. course of sharp fighting, the -British, and French troops made appreciable at various points between the Somme and De Mum. LONDON., April 1. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re-ports':—-The day has been compara.tively. quiet. We repulsed small local attacks this morning in the neighbourhood of Albert. There was local fighting at Moreuil and Hangard, where gained ground by successful counter-attacks. The War Office reports:—The situation north of the Somme is unchanged. There was hard fighting south of the Somme in the neighbourhood of Moreuil. British cavalry*, brilliantly counterattacking,- retook a wood between Moreuir'and Hangard. The French beat off an attack south of Moreuil. Sir Douglas Haig reports aviators bombed and ma-chine-gunned a large column of troops south of the Somme. We brought down three enemy aeroplanes. Four of ours are missing. Four previously reported missing have returned. * Night bombers dropped 24 tons of bombs on the stations at Douai, Cambrai Bapaume, Rosieres, and Thorout, and the docks at Bruges. They bomband machine-gunned troops and transport in the neighbourhood df Bapaume and Chaulnes. All returned.