27 APRIL 1918, Page 2

On Wedneeday morning, after a night of heavy gunfire, the

enemy resumed the offensive on the.Amiens front. He attacked the British lines south of the Somme, and the French to their right on the Luce and Avre as far as the ridges west of Moreuil—a front- of about thirteen miles. Our men held their flanks Curdy, but had to give .ground in the centre, yielding to the enemy the village of Villers- Bretonneux, on the main road-from St. Quentin. The French were hotly pressed at Hangard, a few miles further south, on the road from Roye, but retained most of the village. On Thursday the enemy renewed his attacks south of Ypres.