St. Louis Post-Dispatch
April 26, 1918

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MYSE LF. “By A. P.” sively the afternoon 1 news-gathering eiation in the © world, Sieifes that the Post- Dispatch receives exelu- reports of the rid, PAE Associated greatest Press. Only Evening Paper in St Louis ae eee ne ee ee VOL. 70. NO. 246. ~~ mee ee QUIS. A. T: DISPATCH | W ith the Associated Pres News Service a er > eal eae Me 4 he "9 sb wee Be Bee Witte e", eee i me, yo ee nf St ae dap tne a hg a ‘F ~ cineca ~ RPE roe“ 0 eee attacking at Mont Kemmel in an @ tempt to reclaim the positions tal by the Germans, | Yesterday’s fighting was of @ de |pérate nature and the enemy gai were made at a frightful cost, LONDON, April | 26 (By A. P.). A footing has been obtained on mel Hill (the highest point in 'region southwest of Ypres) by |, Germans, in their attacks on northern battle front, the War Offfé announced today. The fighting 1 continuing in this region. The allied forces were engaged day yesterday with greatly superioy enemy forees along this fréht fren Bailleul to Hollebeke (a weal about 19 miles) and finally Were ¢ pelled to give’ ground. ie German posts which were holdft of a i out southeast of Villers-Bretonnell on the front south of the Somme, aft er its recapture by the Brien ‘cleared up. The statement follows: .- : “On the Bailleul- Hollebeke re after severe fighting lasting throw out the day againgt.a greatly supe lor force, . the allied troeps w r _conspelled to give ground “and ‘enemy obtained a footing 68 Kem mel Hill. Fighting continues in th ‘neighborhood of ohmmaee \otac, “IT imel and Vierstraat. “We carried out a successfu operations during the night W | Merville and captured 66 pri ‘and three machine guna, ge has been ac tile artillery , our front from the Lys rité Givenchy. ; ~ ae The allied line seems to have fairly well to the southwest of Moun Kemmel, whieh is virtually i nable to frontal attack, bat (67 northeast the Germans were apm ently able to push forward enough in ‘the neighborhood of ¥i ‘gtraat to enable them to appr ae the height on the flank. The ied effort naturally will be to @ome trate against this enemy wedge. anc drive it back again sufficiengy'y ease the pressure on the easterly abd of Mount " Stagaaied Definite possession of Kemmel F by the Germans might mean thats British would have to abandon, Ypres salient, according te | _spondents at ppodry re -ou HEAVY ARTILLERY DUEL IN PRC SOUTH OF PARIS, April 26 (By ry. Pie | Heavy artil'ery fighting south* " ‘Somme ts reposted by the. im fice. “Bouth of the Somme tillery fighting oceurred course of the night. © 2 “We carried out aa raids at different pola ESS.