The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . successful attacks against theGermans on several sectors, capturing the greater part ofSenecat Wood and advancing their line east and west of thestream. The Germans in the Aisne region attacked theFrench near Corbeny and in the Champagne, but in eachinstance were repulsed. The arrival of French troops on the northern front wasthe most important event that happened at this time, splen-did men, hard and solid, who had become war-worn andweather-worn durin
The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . successful attacks against theGermans on several sectors, capturing the greater part ofSenecat Wood and advancing their line east and west of thestream. The Germans in the Aisne region attacked theFrench near Corbeny and in the Champagne, but in eachinstance were repulsed. The arrival of French troops on the northern front wasthe most important event that happened at this time, splen-did men, hard and solid, who had become war-worn andweather-worn during three and a half years. As they came 84 LUDENDORFFS COLOSSAL DRIVE IN THE WEST marehing- up roads, they looked like a streaming river ofbine—^bliie helmets and coats, blue carts and blue lorries, allblending into one tone through April mists as they woundover the countryside and through French market-towns onthe edge of the Flanders battlefields. Some of them onApril 17 attacked on the British flank and drove the Ger-mans out of a village. Several actions were in progress allthe wav from the Flanders front as far south as FREACil INFANTRYMEN ON THE MARCH TO ANIMPERILLED FRONT The Germans were making desperate efforts with strongforces to capture Kemmel Hill. On old Flanders battle-fields of former fighting, the ground was still in a horriblestate with innumerable shell-craters filled to the brim withwater, liquid bogs among dead trees and the wreckage ofbattle. The prisoners taken appeared disconsolate, with noenthusiasm for a continuance of the oftensive. They hadbeen told by their officers that they were going to break 85 ON THE WESTERN FRONT through to Calais, but they did not believe they would everget there, and admitted that their losses had been ghastly. The heaviest attack was made between Givenchy and St;Venant, southwest of Merville, on a front of about elevenmiles, this blow being aimed to force a crossing of La BasseeCanal and cut a way to Bethune. Te
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