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THE BATTLES IN THE WEST.
Loudon, Hay 5.
While the Germans are throwing their men with most rockless contempt of losses into the furnace of the Scarpe Valley, whose importance Reuter explained on, the 25th- ult, the French success at Craonne is bound to fore the enemy to further encroach upon his reserves, for the osp tare assures the French of definite possession of the long and rocky crest dodinating the Aisne Valley and makes another breach in the German defences at Laon. The most remarkable feature of the fighting on the British front is the enormous forces of men used by the Germans compared with the British who are employing a tremendous weight of artillery and economising in man power. The Germana lately have vastly increased their guns, especially their long-range five to thirteen inch naval guan, but this ruthless driving of men to slaughter has not been paralleled Ope correspondent says our airmen flying at a great height can see German bodies as a feature of the landscape.
London, May 5,
The desperation of the Scarpe fighting is evidenced by the struggle for the windmill north of Gaselle, which has changed hands eight times in two days. At present the British are in possession of it. There were nine counter- attacks at Bullecourt, all being repulsed The enemy's position at the chemical works at Roeux is described as one of the most complicated machine gun defences ever known, while the conformation of the ground at Roeux apables the Germans to bring up reinforcements continu- ously. The ground at Boeur and Gavrelle is so churned with explosives that the infantry move in the most difficult craters and, as trenches at many points do not exist,they are fighting in the open. But the troops of both sides are finding it difficult to shake off their trench babits, often preferring bombs to rifles despite the wonderful targets of moving masses. An officer at one point found two cum-.. panies of British and Germans bombing in a wood though the range was excessive. He collected half a dozen rife markamen and soon settled the Germans.
London, May 5.
Field Marshal Sir. Douglas Haig reports: We carried out a snecessful raid to the east of Leverguier, taking pris- foners. We made progress northward of Havrincourt Wood and in the neighbourhod of Fresnoy. The enemy three times counter-attacked at night time our new positions on the Hindenburg line. Our artillery broke up the first attack and the infantry, after sharp fighting, drove off the. others. We repulsed raids on Missines.
London, May 5. Reuter's correspondent at Headquarters etates that the most intensive centre of fighting continues to be in the neighbourhood of Bullecourt, where the battle is continuous, aurging in and around the ruined village. South-east of the village we appear not only to have maintained our positions on the Hindenburg switch, but at night-time our bombers worked their way along, an appreciable stretch of both the front and support trenches of the system in the direction of Queant. It is doubtless owing to the great tactical significance of our gains here that the Germans are delivering such violent counter-attacks in which they sustain prodigious losses.
London, May 5.
A Frerah communique states:-- The Germans violently counter-attacked the Craonnie posi tions captured yesterday. Our machine gun and artillery fire inflicted heavy losses on the assailants who were un able to reach, our line at any point. The total number of prisoners here reached to 25 men and nine officers including
battalion commander. We also repulsed a south-east of Berry-au-Bac, where the enemy attempted to strong attack
carry our positions east of Hill 106.
The enemy to the north-west of Reims attempted to make violent infantry re-actions after our attack yesterday, The struggle was particularly stubborn and our troops several times repulsed counter-attacks carried out with ... large effectives. During the evening important German reserves were thrown into the battle, but our heavy and feld batteries smashed up the assault, which cost the enemy beavy losses.
We identified two fresh divisions on this part of the front, where prisoners numbered 700 since yesterday." In Champagne, after intense artillery struggle, a violent fight began towards the evening in the region of Mont Cornillet. We advanced east thereof and on the northern slopes of Mont Blond. The enemy here attacked with fresh divisions whom our fire repulsed. We took prisoner 100, men and 6 officers, making the total prisoners yesterday over 1,000."
London, May 5.
A wireless German official message says:The English attack on both sides of Bullecourt was repulsed, and our English prisoners increased to 1,223. Excessive artillery firing on the Aisne front continues., Fighting for the posses- sion of Winterburg has not concluded. Attacks by four French divisions between the Aisne and Brimoat broke down The French temporarily penetrated eastward of Neuville, but were driven out. We took prisoner 509. Several French divisions unsuccessfully attempted to take the Heights northward of Prosnes. The enemy lost on Friday seven aeroplanes."
London, May 5.
Field Marshal Haig reports that five German acroplanes yesterday were brought down and four driven down, un- controllable, while one was shot down by gunfre. Two of oars are missing.
London, May &
A Parla communique states: Operations continued to develop in conjunction with the British. We were brilliantly successful north-east of Soissons and Cheminides-Dames despite the desperation of the Germans, whe most recidesaly employed great contingents. We attacked the salient on the Hindenburg line south-east of Vaux-Aillon and carried German positions on a front of six kilometres. The enemy bad exceptional losses in manifold counter-attacks which were shattered by artillery and machine gun fire: German columns marching in the direction of Chearaizy and Cham- mille were caught and scattered by heavy batteries. We. captured the whole plateau in the region of Chemin-des-Damer from the east of Cerny-Flaanis to the east of Craonne, despite counter-attacks, and reached the rocky ridges dominating the valley of the Arlette Forest at Vanclerc. Bo far over 4,300 prisoners have been counted, in addition to 1,000 yesterday.
London, May 5.
The German evening official mosage says that a neW battle is in progress on a height to the north of the Aline.
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London, May 5.
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A wireless Graman official message states that a fresh English attempt to break through between Asheville and Queant with from sixteen.to seven- toen divisjons failed Repeated attacks from dawn until night broke down and the enemy only succeeded in entering Fresnoy. Small portions of the trenches near Bullecourt re- mained in the enemy's hands. We inflicted heavy losses and took"" prisoner over thousand.
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The enemy had assembled strong cavalry south-eastward of Arras The bat ile continues, the artillery being most intense between the Aisne and Brimont. Several French attacks broke down near Braye and Win- terberg.
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London, May 5.
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