13 APRIL 1918, Page 1
On Saturday last, Sunday, and Monday there was sharp fighting
south of the Somme, as the result of which we advanced our lines again close to the river and took some prisoners. The French foiled the enemy's renewed attempts to climb the slopes west of Montdidier. Our Allies withdrew gradually from the sharp salient in their lines south-west of La Fere, forming a triangle bounded by the Oise, the Forest of St. Gobain, and the Oise-Ailette Canal, and in- cluding the historic ruin of Coucy le Chateau, which the enemy spitefully destroyed last year. The French line now runs along the Oise-Ailette Canal to its confluence with the Oise at Abbecoure
