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region to the south of St. Quentin.

We continued to progress to the east and south of the Oise on the plateau between Baris and Quincy Bass and occupied a fresh enemy point d'appui,

which fought at Locs in 1915 and at Higi:" Wood in 1916, was ordered to take the village at all costs. It suffered very heavy losses.

COSTLY ATTACK ON

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8,000 GERMAN CASUALTIES.

Loxoox, April 18. Details of the German attack yesterday, on the British positions between Hennies and Noreuil, in which four Gumman divisons parti. cipated and which resulted ma serious reverse to the Crown Prince upp.edut army, it 'Lugnicourt, is given by Itentera correspondent at

The artillery dued as very violent during the night along the whole front, including the Soissons and dieaugti. He says the attack · Rheims fronts.

Was ist theresting from a tactics! After violent auctillery prepation Pons of view, undone of the best our detachments penetrated the samples of old-fashioned field war fure dit open sighting, for which we enemy lines at several points in have been praying since

the war Alsace and Lorraine. Muny German begin. The German papers have dend were found in the trenches..in been bowsting about what their won- derful Pick-Greys would do when the forest ut l'atroy which were over- |

they met the British in the open, thrown by our fire...

The German soldiers have hitherto Our detachments reached the only succeeded" in "making their enemy's second line at six points in papers again look ridiculous. Frizz the plair in Alsace and inflicted seri-is no match for Tommy in a hand- Ous loop on the eneiny, and brought back prisoners and material.

GERMAN REPORTS.,

Loxtos, April 18. A German oficial message, tran mitted by, wireless, reports

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On the north bank of the Scarpe and "to the north-east of Croisiles fire kept down the British attackers.

Our

Our thrust drove back the enemy on Lagnicourt and Bouries. To the muguinary losses suffered by the Australians, must be added" 475 prisoners, 15 machine-guns and 22 gutx

to-hand fight, and it does not im- prove his torule thus he is beginning to realise this,"

After a very heavy bombardment the German infantry came over shortly before 5 o'clock, in formid- able, waves, but our men stood their ground everywhere except at one spot, and our artillery played havoc with the Huns who wavered. Ther officers rallied them and again ad- vanced, but the steady rifle and machine-gun fire of the British wis inore than they could face and gupa were rapidly tom in their ranks. Suddenly the attack seemed to melt away and the costly assault failed...

Only at one spot," near Lagni. court, the enemy, by overwhelming weight of numbers, gained a short lived success. These positions were entirely re-carried after three hours, the enemy leaving 1,500 dead and 300 prisonens in our hands. Huns, nearly 8,00 casunities.

The attack must have cost the

French attacks near Vauvailion and Chivres failed. There was in tense and heavy artillery activity) between Soissons and Rheims where infantry fighting developed on wide

LATER. sectors:

The correspondent communicate French storming attempts in the further particulars of our successful Lorraine plain and at Burgundy counter-attack at Lagnicourt yester Gate failed.f

day morning. The retreating Hung Between Soissons and Verdun the were caught by their own wire which enemy lost 11 aeroplanes yesterday LATER.

"

A German official message, trans mitted by wireless reports:-

There is little Eghting at Arras The great French attempt, with the far distant object of breaking through ou the Alaus has commenced, after ten daya' mass-fire.

A bitter Fght is proceeding around our foremost positions on a frontal at tack 40 kilometres wide.

was not, cut in the direction in which they were forced back While they were running wildly up and down trying to find a passage, our mew, firing with deliberate aim, werd shooting them down in hundreds. The intensity of the rifle-fire has not been equalled since the days of the blame. Many of our men fired hun- dreds of rounds and the despersie holding up their hands Germans doubled right at our mem

The correspondent reports that the fighting at both ends of the line how! been steadily intent throughout BRITISH CAPTURES

the last 24 houm. Our forces ata clost ig in on Lens and St Quentin TO DATER

The correspondent mentions that LONDON, April 18 she captur

captured-Bix-inch" nas Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig mentioned in a communi reporte

Bon now being employed Upwards of 14,000 prisoners and tive) against the Boscher 194 "guna have beer captured since booty ind

mamber the morning of the

Fame guar

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There has been hear afternoon and

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