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BRITISH ,-EADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, via London, April 28.—Another attack was launched by the British this morning. Bitter Fighting Goes On. The blow was struck on the front be- | the i s Rive the ground over which some of the most desperate fighting has occurred since the British inaugurated their offensive en Easter Monday. The struggle now in progess is very bitter. The There is an interesting report current here that Field Marshal von Hinden- to the German positions op- ! posite the British lines on the Arras front just after the Easter Monday attack and was much wrought up over the conditions which he found there. Retreat Roils Hindenburg. The Field Marshal is said to have been particularly annoyed by the Ger- of I -.1 and i uided t British effort, had brought titled by the works, but there lblesomo strong1 , points between Roueux, just north of1 i the Scarpe, and Gavrelle. ' Prisoners Are Brought Back. 1 North of Gavrelle satisfactory prog- I judged, and early in the day prisoners were being brought back. South of J this place the British got on toward r Greenland Hill, taking a trench north1 ( of Monchy. I It is reported that the British have 1 occupied the town of Arleux and half. 1 of Oppy, but furious German counter attacks are developing and the situa- t tion is one of surging changes. i The fiercest imaginable fighting is-! J under way for the wood west of Roeux. • The weather is favorable. The airmen , 3 aboui Bens wlxe-n it looked! iixes lighted in Bens two weeks! 1 are burning a.nd it seems there; I trb 1- t i i i< t i i Hie time the ! i nuea to take many . 'i ,i I, tin the subma-i a-fare will bring victory to Ger- [ Russian Guns -Used. idan.t that the German' .Mg-ber ; is ns.Nidnoinn , is in order to keep up the j 'an Hlhdenburs 3 front guns captured from
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Original index title | Northwest History. World War 1. United States. |
Newspaper | Oregonian ; 1917-04-29 |
Title | Drive is renewed British Make Gain : Two Miles of German Positions Captured : NEW BATTLE IS DESPERATE : Attack Made on Well-Organized French System. |
Description | Drive is renewed British Make Gain : Two Miles of German Positions Captured : NEW BATTLE IS DESPERATE Attack Made on Well-Organized French System. I AERIAL FIGHTERS ACTIVE Recent Retreat in liens Sector If Said to Have Been Stopped by Appearance of Field Marshal Von Hindenburg. LONDON, April 2S.-The British troops have captured Arleux-en-Gohelle and German positions on a front of] more than two miles north and south of that village, says the official report from British headquarters in France tonight. The British received their attack this morning along several miles of the front north of the Scarpe River. The British troops are making good progress in the face of considerable opposition. |
Subject Keys | British : German Positions ; Captured : Attack ; Well-Organized French System ; AERIAL FIGHTERS ACTIVE ; lens Sector ; Field Marshal Von Hindenburg ; Arleux-en-Gohelle ; Scarpe River. |
Date.Original | 1917-04-29 |
Resource Identifier | nws-s-26-159 |
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Northwest, Pacific -- History --20th Century World War 1. |
Resource Type | Text |
Genre | Clippings |
Source | Northwest History World War 1 Box 26 |
Language | English |
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Rights Notes | Copyright not evaluated. Contact original newspaper publisher for copyright information. |
Full-Text | Drive is Renewed British Make Gain : Two Miles of German Positions Captured : NEW BATTLE IS DESPERATE Attack Made on Well-Organized French System. I AERIAL FIGHTERS ACTIVE Recent Retreat in liens Sector If Said to Have Been Stopped by Appearance of Field Marshal Von Hindenburg. LONDON, April 2S.-The British troops have captured Arleux-en-Gohelle and German positions on a front of] more than two miles north and south of that village, says the official report from British headquarters in France tonight. The British received their attack this morning along several miles of the front north of the Scarpe River. The British troops are making good progress in the face of considerable opposition. |
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Original index title | 159-back |
Resource Type | Text |
Genre | Clippings |
Language | English |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0 |
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Full-Text | BRITISH ,-EADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, via London, April 28.—Another attack was launched by the British this morning. Bitter Fighting Goes On. The blow was struck on the front be- | the i s Rive the ground over which some of the most desperate fighting has occurred since the British inaugurated their offensive en Easter Monday. The struggle now in progess is very bitter. The There is an interesting report current here that Field Marshal von Hinden- to the German positions op- ! posite the British lines on the Arras front just after the Easter Monday attack and was much wrought up over the conditions which he found there. Retreat Roils Hindenburg. The Field Marshal is said to have been particularly annoyed by the Ger- of I -.1 and i uided t British effort, had brought titled by the works, but there lblesomo strong1 , points between Roueux, just north of1 i the Scarpe, and Gavrelle. ' Prisoners Are Brought Back. 1 North of Gavrelle satisfactory prog- I judged, and early in the day prisoners were being brought back. South of J this place the British got on toward r Greenland Hill, taking a trench north1 ( of Monchy. I It is reported that the British have 1 occupied the town of Arleux and half. 1 of Oppy, but furious German counter attacks are developing and the situa- t tion is one of surging changes. i The fiercest imaginable fighting is-! J under way for the wood west of Roeux. • The weather is favorable. The airmen , 3 aboui Bens wlxe-n it looked! iixes lighted in Bens two weeks! 1 are burning a.nd it seems there; I trb 1- t i i i< t i i Hie time the ! i nuea to take many . 'i ,i I, tin the subma-i a-fare will bring victory to Ger- [ Russian Guns -Used. idan.t that the German' .Mg-ber ; is ns.Nidnoinn , is in order to keep up the j 'an Hlhdenburs 3 front guns captured from |
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