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NINE COUNTER-ATTICKS ON GAVELLE
THE GREAT BATTLE.
THE SCARPE A SCENE OF ALL REFULSED WITH TËRRIBLE
HISTORIC CARNAGE.
LOSSES.
LONDON, April 25, Reuter's Correspondent at British
LONDON, April 24. The letion of the great bustle is Headquarters reports that Gavelle has that the nuin German armies, obey-been the objective of nine violent ing the Allied initiative, have been counter-attacks during the past 24 hought to a stund. The Sower of hours, all of which our artillery the German troops, ristly Peuner repulsed and in which the German anians and Bavarians, were engaged. oases bare been terrible because they The prisoners are superior in play. had to cover a considerable exphase of xique to those of the earlier engage.
monts
Four thousand Germans, massing in a certain wood for a counter attack, were observed by our airmen and were shelled to death: the British batteries filling the wood with
gus shells.
The English troops at many points, k on Monday went into battle wearing red and white favours, in honour of
| St. George's Day.
The tiny river Scarpe is outrival ling the Yer, the Soume and other rivers, as u scene of historic carnage.
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THE ENEMY'S HEAVY LOSSES.
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ground. Their prodigal use of infantry has been unparalleled In ratios, our infantry loses have been much lighter than in the earlier Somme
battles.
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BRITISH WAR OFFICE COMMENT ON GERMAN REPORTS.
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Laxus, April 24, The War Office, in a statement commenting on the German wireless report to-day, scathingly exposes the new German methods of attributing to as designs we never entertained, in onler to prove that they complete- by tailed. The statement closely, exaruines, and Whnultaneously exc
LIKE MOWING WHEAT.“, ploles, the claims of German Suc
cesses, site of which arealleged Loxoos, April 25. ut places, where po attucks were Renter's Correspondent, telegraph-made, and others where we won and Fing from Headquarters to-day, states retained our objectives with moderats
that the Seurpe, Valley continues to lassen.
be the centre of the fierce fighting? The statement cöndludes by say which is going on on the whole lengthing that it can safely be said that" at our advance between Lens and the German document is the most St. Quentin.
encouraging indication we have yet
It is generally believed that the had of the state of mind of the enemy suffered heavier in this battle, German army and the German in proportion to the number, em- people, and the anxiety with which ployed, than in any on the western the German Headquarters regard front. As an example the correspon-the situation.
dent takes the counter-attack upon The statement says:-We did not Gavrelle. Four battalions were seen attack the suburbs of Leas and a considerable advancing from a distance of 4,000 Avion, which are yards.
Our field batteries were astunce from our line. trained upon them and then waited.
Our attack was made on a four- When a short range, shrapnel was teen, not & thirty, kilometre front. poured in or the advancing Wavek
We
captured Gavrelle.and.
as fiercely as the gunners could serve Guruppe, on the outskirts of their weapons. It was like wheat Roux, which village was our sole mowing. The battalions seemed to
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objective
PROGRESS BY THE FRENCH.
LONTON, April 25.
melt into a bluish haze, and wher this cleared on the cease fire." the ground was very thickly strewn with grey Egures.
A French communiqua reports:- ? The Correspondent continues:
We progressed to the south-east of the Remember this is only one of many Cerny-en-Laonnais. region on the Aisne examples of the recklessness with and took prisoners. Our fire stopped which the enemy were Hung upon us; dead a German attack after a violent moreover, our artillery sometimes bombardment, in the neighbourhood of catches him before he can advance. Hurbatise and Vauclere plateau. as, for instance, when the Germans
We also advanced near Moussaspor continued to mass in the very heart in the Champagne and captured pri of the woode just to the east of soners and also a gun,
Enemy raids Dear Tabure and Monchy. Throughout yesterday and yesterday evening, our butteries Maisons des Champagne, failed, the maintained a searching fire on the enemy leaving many dead in our wirs
artanglements. woods, and it is pretty certain that these smoking places are now littered. with dead.",
3.029 PRISONERS. TAKEN TWO
DAYS.
THE GERMAN YERSION.
LONDON, April 25.7% A German official mesange, transmit ted by wireless, reports
The fighting before: Garralle has continued inca yesterday morning.
To the south of the Scarpe, a Britisk attack on a wide front on both sides of
Loxoos, April 25.. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Hig reports.
We captured the hamlet of Bilhem the Amme-Cambrai road broke down to the north-east of Tressault during after violent hand-to-hand fighting the night.
with heavy lassen. We Look 650 Fighting occurred in the early prisoners on Monday and destroyed moning along our front between several “tanka,
The English and tho Fronch Cojeul and the Scarpe river.
We further progressed and secured on Monday, lost 39 aeroplanes the ground gained.
A BUGGESTED REPRISAL,
LONDON April
We have taken 8,029 prisoners, including 50 officera, einer April 23.
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X MISSING BRITISH AIRMAN.
LONDON April In the House of Commons, Mr. Baird stated that there a reason to believe that the misang airman, Lisa
Bobur
In the House of Commers Mr. Boast La stated that the Government was of the opinion that the suggestion, that the Germans should be informed that, unless the Eson Cathedral F Cologne Cathedral would
ould not be adopts
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