Second Edition In the West

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 19, 20 April 1918, Page 6

Second Edition In the West

Wm^r —»yr--■pHE ROAR OF CANNON. I I ■utile enemy attacks. Kle reward for losses. p»ro«a Association— Copyright, published in “The'Times.” I (Received 1.45 p.m.) I London, April 19. I- Robinson writes: The news of last twenty-four hours is all good. ■ Germans attacked at several Its and gained nothing. His casing were undoubtedly heavy. Igh the heaviest fighting was at liichy and Robecq, the northerns mr remains oi: the -chief interest. | retirement Irom Passchendaele eyed good results. The enemy I slow to grasp what had happened allowed six hours to elapse hecautiously advancing. His cauwas justified., for we wiped out ook prisoners the advance guards, le the enemy was endeavouring Jvance in strength, our guns were yely handling his formation. In Polygon Word area the Germans itf-. experiencing an unpleasant tin getting his troops, gnns, and sport over the shell-pitted blastregion, aerop.ane photographs reing shell holes brimming with

nee the retirement, we have had ost a total immunity from, casies, while handling the enemy 7 roughly. The enemy yesterday iinued bis attacks on Kemmel lout success.

ur line runs practically through ern. Our guns are more active i; the Enemy’s, their roar and the

stle of shells, through the air pletely dominating the noise of German shell bursts, he Givenchy were very vy and desperately pushed hy sixli- or seventeen divisions on the it of Hollebeke and Merris yesterAttacks in the successive septe drives at Kemmel, midway helen Bailleul and Draneste, and at tern were all beaten off. The atks at Kemmel were fiercest, inving great enemj- losses. There

s a luster struggle around Meteren. acticSlly the whole village is a No n’s Land, and we hold the northi edge. Mutual artillery fire makes 3 ruins untenable.

The result of the German failure at sh point has undoubtedly intased our confidence. If the e of the hill is gained it will be at ormous price. The line was very in five or six days ago, when the ermans were ordered to capture emmel at all costs. It seems mi ra-

pious that we held. The enemy liould have got there cheaply. Tho psition is different now, apart from pr own increase in strength. It is prmissible to state that the French fe with us here as elsewhere.

I Last night the enemy shelled the Ines heavily, especially at Robecq fe succeeded in the darkness in rushlig an advanced post at Saquerelle farm. A heavy bombardment began p the morning and lasted for five [burs. The enemy attacked at, nine [’clock, but was unfortunate from the [tart. Our guns got on to the main forces assembling from Oalonne and lie Clarence river down to Riezedurinage and his losses were heavy. The Lttack extended to Robecq and Given•hy, and were particularly heavy iii he centre towards Hinges, but our ;uns, machine-guns, and rifles smothered four successive waves.

The enemy nowhere gained ground ■xccpt at one post near- Givenchy.