ENEMY HURLS IN FRESH FORCES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14572, 6 April 1918, Page 6

ENEMY HURLS IN FRESH FORCES.

USED UP REGARDLESS OF COST. FRENCH INFLICT CRUEL LOSSES. ENEMY REPULSED AT VARIOUS POINTS. GROUND REGAINED BY BRILLIANT CO U NTER-A TTACKS. (Australian ami N.Z. Cable Association.) (Reuter's Telegram.) (Recehed April 6, 2.30 p.m.) LONDON, April 5, 4.30 p.m. The Frcn :h communique states : — The enemy continued his attack during the nyV, with undiminished "violence, hurling Into the battle fresh forces. Wc identified fifteen divisions on) our batik front, of which seven are fresh. . Despite Ihe marked numerical superiority of his effectives, which were used up regardless of cost, the enemy did not attain his objective, namely the railway from Amiens to Clermont. This is borne out by orders found on prisoners. Our' regiments, by resistance step by step, and energetic counter-attacks, maiutuine.i their line entirely, and inflicted on the euemy cruel losses. AVhilst to the northward we have withdrawn to the neighborhood of Castel, we repulsed the enemy from Bois de Larriercourt to the. west of Mally and Meneval, and south-east of Grivesnes. A brilliant counter-attack gave us St. Agnain farm, which we retained against all assaults. Between Montdidier and Noyon the artillery struggle attained great intensity. We attacked and conquered the major part of the Boise de Pinette, six hundred metres north of OrviHer-Es-sorel. All efforts to dislodge us were in vain. Further east a local operation enabled our extension of our position north of Montrencnud, which the enemy, notwithstanding mendacious statements, never succeeded in 'recovering.