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The Great War? 140Sth Day
braving shells in No Man's Land and
gathering in or aiding wounded.
The correspondent to-day talked
with a nineteen-year-old German
prisoner who was sitting under a
tree eating American bread and
drinking French wine. He was the
object of the curiosity of a crowd.
Sweethearts Photo Saves Life
The soldier said he had been
fighting for a year an.i a half, for
the most part in Russia. ?le car?
ried a picture of his sweetheart on
heavy cardboard, which, he said, had
saved his life from an American
bullet.
The youth added that in Germany
there was talk of millions of Amer?
ican soldiers, but that nobody be?
lieved it. He did not know that it
vas the Americans who opposed the
Germans. He thought the troop:-,
were British, as they wore English
helmets. He added that the Ger?
man soldiers no longer hoged to
reach Paris. All of them were sick
of the war, and he was glad he had
been made prisoner.
The importance of the operations
of the Americans on the Marne sec?
tor may be realized when it is re?
called that only the day before the
Americans entered the line the Ger?
mans advanced about ten kilometres.
The Americans are now holding the
Paris road near Pc Thiolet for a
number of kilometres.
Bowlder? Used as Breastworks
Graphic stories of last night's
ftghtmg were related by wounded
Americans to-day They said that
at one point the Germans crouched
behind bowlders and opened fire
when the Americans were within ten
feet of them. One man who par?
ticipated in an encounter of this kind
said :
"Some of us had not slept for four
nights, but we were not tired. We
took a second lease of life and sprang
at those Germans and smothered
them. I never saw so many machine
guns. Our men did not think of
themselves. They thought only of
getting Fritz."
A corporal captured three Ger?
mans and was leading them away,
when twelve ethers surrendered to
him and joined the procession.
Madison Girman, of Evansville,
Ind., was in Torcy. He said:
"We were not supposed to go
there, but the men were so enthu?
siastic they kept on. They would go
to Berlin if their commanders would
let them. The only way to stop them
is to kill them. The Germans can't
make prisoners of us. They tried
hard to get some of us, but we fooled
them. We turned the machine guns
en them and.took them prisoner."
Floyd Gibbons Loses Eye
'oyd Gibbons, of "The Chicago
ne," was watching the battle
with a major and another officer
early last night from a field. An
enemy machine gun spotted them
and Mr. Gibbons was shot in the arm
end in the left eye. The officers es?
caped, but they had to wait three
hours in the darkness to crawl away.
As a result of the wound Mr. Gib
hons's eye was removed this morn?
ing.
The marines captured the vil?
lage of Torcy and drove their way
into Bouresches, northwest of Cha?
teau Thierry.
This morning they were holding
Percy in the face of repeated coun?
ter attacks and were pushing back
the Germans through the streets of
Bouresches. Virtually all their ob?
jectives were attained. The Ameri?
can plan did not include the taking
of Torcy, but the marines swept into
it and drove out the Germans.
The one po:nt where the objective
was not reached was on the right, of
the attack, in the Belleau Wood. The
fiercest fighting is continuing here.
The marines reached the outskirts
of Bouresches last night. They
poured volleys of machine gun fire
into the enemy, inflicting terrific cas?
ualties. Bayonets were used freely
against many of the Germans who
attempted to make a stand in the
streets. At daybreak the Germans
were being driven back slowly.
The American artillery was per?
forming magnificently, using many
gas shells.
There seemed reason to expect
Gorman counter attacks in strength
yesterday, for previous to the begin?
ning of the afternoon attack started
at 5 o'clock, the roads behind
th? German lines were filled with
troops, guns and wagons. American
artillery, however, turned on them
and created havoc.
The marines took strong ground
en either side of Belleau Wood and
cleared out the ravine south of
Torcy, which linked up to the line
with Hill 142, which was taken this
morning. This gave them a strong
and dominating position for a con?
tinuation of their attack.
Germans Show Low Morale
Their total advance was approxi?
mately two miles on a three-mile
front. The total number of prison?
er? taken is not known, but addi?
tional captives were brought in yes?
terday after the morning attack,
which netted about 100 prisoners.
A notable development was the
low morale of the prisoners, all of
whom are Prussians. They ex?
pressed themselves as tired of the
war and glad to get out of the fight
in*, despite the fact that they were
THE ALLIED GAINS IN THE CHAMPAGNE
The Allied gains on the flanks of the Champagne salient reported
yesterday are indicated by black arrows. North of the Aisne, west of
Fontenoy, the French captured Le Port Fontcn (1), and south of the
Aisne they improved their positions near Ambleny (2). Foch's men
captured Vinly and Veuilly-la-Poterie (3) in a continuation of earlier
attacks. American marines advanced northwest of Chateau Thierry,
capturing Bouresches and Torcy (4). On the east wing British troops j
retook the town of Blingy (5). The shaded area is the ground gained
by the foe in the latest offensive.
furnished with food, while the Sax- :
ons, the Wurtemberg troops and
others went without.
It must not be imagined, however, I
that they did not put up a fight, for
their officers were among them urg?
ing them on, but the marines dashed
into them yelling like Indians and i
plying bayonet and rifle. One ma- j
rine who was taking back a prisoner
ran into two German officers and ?
ten men. He tackled them single
handed with his rifle and bayonet,
killed both the officers and wounded '
seven of the men.
Slays Treacherous Germans
Another sergeant was about to ;
take a prisoner wrhen the German !
threw himself on the ground and dis
charged his revolver at the Ameri?
can, after callirg "comrade." That
settled the German. The sergeant |
shot him, as he did four others who :
also had surrendered but refused to
put up their hands.
The marines advancing in the Bel
leau Wood region went forward in
four waves, in open formation. The
men in the first wave were for the
most part armed with rifles and
bombs, while the rear waves were
equipped with automatic rifles, while
with them came squads of machine
gunners lugging their collapsible
guns. Bent over like gnomes they
crossed the open space. The trenches
the marines passed over were clepr
ly visible from below, but they hardly
deserved the name, for they were
simply lines of little holes, each big
enough to hold a man, while barbed
wire was lacking there. Some barbed
wire, however, was interlaced among
the trees of Belleau Wood, but the
: marines pushed their way through it.
Bussaires Seen in Flames
In the open field artillery officers
i with glasses were directing the sup
. porting fire, while on the roof of a
| nearby farmhouse a signalman wig
i wagged with his red and white flag.
j On all sides the guns were flashing,
some of them stationed right out in
the fiehl, while others were hidden
in the woods.
Looking down into the valley, only
a mile away, the village of Bussaires
! could be seen on fire. As the corre
1 ?.pondent watched the scene, the
clouds of white shrapnel smoke over
the village of Torcy also became
brownish and flames appeared in
that town.
The artillery fire that preceded the
attack lasted an hour and was of espe
? cial intensity for five minutes preced?
ing the time when the marines went
over the top. French and American
batteries both took part in the firing,
' putting down a rolling barrage and
then shifting to the roads behind the
1 German lines.
It appears that the marines fore?
stalled an attack planned by the Ger
; mans. Iv was to have been carried out
; by the Prussians who had relieved the
| Prussian Guard division, which was
badly chewed up in the fighting of the
last day or two. They, in turn, had
; relieved the Saxons, just after the
' marines took over the sector, so the
; marine? are proud of the fact that
! they have used up three German divi?
sions in less than a week and are still
vary much alive themselves.
American Morale Wonderful
The morale of the men ia wonderful.
They arc willing to attempt anything,
i and are talking with pride of the
heavy losses inflicted upon the Ger?
man? yesterday morning, while all the
early reports indicated that the after
1 noon attack was even more costly to
the enemy.
The lutter attack was undertaken
largely because of the splendid show?
ing the marines made in the morning,
coupled with the discovery that the
morale of the Germans was low, which j
made the going easier for the fiery sol- |
diets of the Marine Corps. The ad- |
vanee was carried out by the same men
who attacked in the morning ?nul who !
had had no rest. They asked nothing, |
however, but plenty of ammunition,
and hardly ate the food that was
brought up to them, so absorbed were ;
they in the task of chasing the enemy
as far as possible.
No one who saw the marines in ac?
tion failed to agree with the exclama?
tion of their commander, who said:
"I wish I had an army corps of them ?
here."
Many wounded Americans refused to
leave the fight.
Sergeant J. L. Dulswcrth, of Kansas
City, was captured by the Germans j
Monday night while dazed from a blow j
on the head from a rifle butt. A Ger- j
man was dragging him away when he '
regained consciousness. The sergeant
hit tho German on the jaw and es?
caped.
"I was not going to be the first
American captured on this sector,"
Sergeant Dulswerth said. "The Dutch?
man looked more scared than I. so I
biffed him. Now I got to get back and
get me a Dutchman to make up for the
lump on my head."
The sergeant took part in the fight?
ing to-day.
Private Charles Ginsberg, a former
New York newsboy but now of Wash?
ington, Ga., captured a German in a
shellhole. Ginsberg searched the Ger?
man for hidden weapons, and when he
came upon photographs of the pris- ;
oner's two children the German
wanted to fight. The prisoner was al?
lowed to keep the photographs.
An American corporal found himself
behind the German lines two days ago. j
By keeping himself hidden and crawl- i
ing a foot at a time he reached the j
American line during the height of to
, day's battle and in.time to take part
! in the victory.
| -
\ Battle Continues
I
All Along Line of
American Advance
(By Tho Associated Press)
j WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES
?IN FRANCE. June 7 (Evening).?
The sharpest fighting continues
around the sector of Veuilly-la
Poterie, Bussiares and Bouresches,
where the Americans and French
have been attacking shoulder to
shoulder for some days, making al?
most uninterrupted progress, not?
withstanding strong enemy resist?
ance.
The French this morning com?
pleted the capture of Vinly, Veuilly
! la-Poterie and the heights southeast
! of Haute Vesnes.
; Unarmed Officer Captures Gun
At the same time the Americans
j were fighting in a wood that eon
! tained numerous enemy machine gun
; emplacements. When this dispatch
I was filed the line was uncertain, but
; it was evident that progress was bc
! ing accomplished by the Allied
? troops.
An unarmed American lieutenant
' went out alone, attacked a German
: machine gun position, killed the gun
. ncrs and brought back the piece.
The ambulance workers courage
j ously remained in the open under fire
caring for the wounded, whom they
| afterward brought safely into the
! American lines.
Numerous prisoners were taken
? by the Allies, while the Germans
? suffered the heaviest of losses.
J Foe's Loss Heavy
In Marne Battle,
Pershing Reports
WASHINGTON, Juno 7.?Fur?
ther advances by the American and
French troops near Ch?teau Thierry
and the infliction of severe losses
! upon the enemy were reported in to
i night's communiqu? from General
Pershing. An American raid in
I
Picardy in which prisoners were
taken also was announced.
The communiqu? follows:
"West and northwest of Chateau
Thierry we made minor readjust- j
mcnts of our lines involving several |
advances, in the course of which we ?
inflicted severe losses and took pris?
oners, among them being one officer
and twenty-five unwounded men,!
Our advance was made in conjunc- j
tion with French troops on our left, j
"Artillery on both sides was j
active at points held by our troops
in Picardy, on the Marne front, in
the Woevre and in Lorraine.
"In Picardy we took prisoners in
the course of a raid."
A continuation of General Per
shing's communiqu? of yesterday
also made public to-day reads:
"Section B?In Picardy, during
the night of June 2 to June 3, a hos
tile patrol of one officer and about ??
thirty men attempted to raid one of j
our listening posts. The men in our ;
post opened fire, killed the German ]
officer and retired to our lines with- j
out suffering any casualties."
How 11 Americans
Won D. S. Cross
For Acts of Heroism
(By The Associated Presa)
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
TRANCE, June C?The Distinguished
Service Cross has been awarded to the
following officers and men of the
American expeditionary forces:
Lieutenants George S. Redwood and
Christian S. Holmes, Sergeant James
A. Murphy, Corporals Ernest Burch
and Henry J. Mongeny, privates Ed?
ward Armstrong, Bernhard S. Rolt and
Carson L. Shuman; Captain C. Ray?
mond Hulsart, Lieutenant Paul Mc
Loud and Second Lieutenant Donald
Moo? a a c.
The last throe are railway engineers
and won their crosses for their be?
havior in the light on November 30
southwest of Cambrai when the Amer?
ican engineers assisted the British in
withstanding a German attack.
Lieutenant Redwood and four mem?
bers of his company, Corporal Mon?
geny and Privates Armstrong, Rolt and
Shuman got into a portion of an enemy
trench and were surrounded by a party1
double their number. Thoy drove off
the enemy and made their way back to
the American lines with four prisoners. ;
Lieutenant. Holmes "led a patrol and
displayed extraordinary coolness and
daring in cutting twelve strands of ;
enemy wire in front of a listening post. '
find crawling through." There he
leaped on a sentinel, made him prison-1
er and brought him back through No
Man's Land. Sergeant, Murphy aided
in the. exploit and "with coolness and j
nerve killed one of Ihe sentinels who j
had fired on Holmes."
Lieutenant McLoud remained under:
fire until his engineers had ?-scaped.
He then assisted in rallying the Brit?
ish troops, led them into the trenches
and directed the procurement and dis
tribution of ammunition, displaying'
coolness and judgment while contin- j
ually under fire.
Lieutenant Mooraac, a sergeant at
the time, went into a barrage to as?
sist a wounded American soldier and)
remained until help arrived. He
T lunged into the barrage fire a second
time in search of a missing British
soldier.
Lieutenant Hulsart acted, as did
Lieutenant McLoud, in directing the
escape of his men under heavy shell
fire when they were caught unarmed
under the German attack and lemained
until all of them had left. Later he !
passed twice through barrage fire, once j
to assist in the removal of wounded I
American soldiers and again to search j
lor wounded British soldiers. '
In the case of these engineer officers, i
all three men had been previously!
warmly praised by the British for the !
part they played during the Cambrai
fighting in November, the details of j
which have been previously told.
Lieutenant Burch acted with con- I
spicuous bravery in leaving his dugout j
under an intense bombardment and j
going to the rescue of a wounded com?
rade lying outside, exposed to the I
enemy fire.
Allies Placed at
Disadvantage by
Enemy's Advance
LONDON, June 7.?Reuter's corre?
spondent at British headquarters in
France sends the following analysis of
the situation on the Western and
Italian battle-fronts:
"Between May 31 and June 8 the'
Germans made considerable progress '
between Noyon and Ch?teau Thierry,
namely, four to five miles between ;
Soissons and Ch?teau Thierry and one :
or two miles between Noyon and Sois?
sons. Their attacks on the rest of the
salient have been local.
"On June 1 the enemy attacked with
tanks southeast of Rheims in order to
capture high ground, but the attack
failed and the French regained the lost
ground and captured four tanks. The
Germans have hesitated to make a
direct attack on Rheims, as it long
had been prepared with various fortifi?
cations. The French have barricaded
the 6trcets and the underground de?
fences would make the city very diffi?
cult to capture.
Immediate Danger Over
"Except for the moral effect, the
Germans would gain very little by the
capture of Rheims, unless they could
drive the French back as far as the
important railway junction on the high
ground. Since June 3 the Germans
have made only local efforts to capture
the crossings of the Oise, the Aisne
und the Ourcq.
"The French resistance has been
much strengthened, and they have
mnde important counter attacks, capt?
uring several hundred prisoners. The
enemy's progress, therefore, has been
checked and the immediate danger is
over.
"The German plans now are suf?
ficiently clear. After crossing the
Aisne River they intended to advance
as far southward as possible, with a
defensive left flank on the Marne River
| in order to protect their thrust south
! west toward Paris along the valleys of
| the Oise and Ourcq.
"Although the immediate danger
here is over, the situation is still seri?
ous.
Germans Ueed Forty-one Divisions
"T'.ie Germans have used forty-one
divisions since May 27. A few of these
came from the groups east of the
Crown Prince's army which holds the
line from the Oise to Argonne. Untii
we know where his large reserves of
fresh troops are to be used the situa?
tion will remain anxious.
"There are some signs that the Ger
; mans intend to continue the frontal
j attack between the Marne and Mont
I didter, but those signs at present are
? indefinite, and the Germans may still
I hope to thrust westward toward Amiens
j or^ other purts of the lino.
"By retreating our line has been
: lengthened, which is a disadvantage
for us, as we are numerically inferior.
The Official Statements
_...
PARIS, June 7.?The War Office to-day issued the following state?
ment:
NIGHT.?Between the Ourcq and the Marne we continued with success
our operations of detail.
The French and American troops have enlarged their gains north of
Vinly up to Lisi?res, east of Chezy, and taken Veuilly-La Poterie and
Bouresches, and also in a general way have notably bettered their posi?
tions on the front of Torcy-?iouresches.
Between the Marne and Rheims our activity was pursued at Bligny
and gave us that entire village.
The number of prisoners taken during the day exceeds 200.
The activity of both artilleries is fairly violent north of the Ourcq and
and in the region west of Rheims.
During the day of the 6th our aviators put out of commission thirteen
German airplanes and set on fire four captive balloons. Our bombard?
ing machines mado numerous expeditions over the regions of Noyc, St.
Quentin, Soissons and other places. Twenty-seven tons of explosives were
dropped and numerous fires broke out in the places bombarded.
Army of tho East, June ?.?? There has been reciprocal activity hy the
artilleries in the region of Huma, on the Velrenik and west of Monastir.
The enemy after a violent bombardment tried two surprise attacks against
our positions on the Cerna, endeavoring to reach our lines, and another
attack on Lake Presba. He was repulsed everywhere.
DAY.?North of Montdidier and west of Noyon the French made sev?
eral successful raid3 and took prisoners.
North of the Aisno French troops in a night attack captured the vil?
lage of Le Port, west of Fontenoy. South of the Aisne the French improved
their positions southeast of Ambleny.
Between the Ourcq and tho Marne the French continued their local
operations in the region of Veuilly la Poterie and Bussaires. They made
further progress and captured the village of Vinly, north of the Clignon
River, as well as the grove east of the station of Veuilly la Poterie and
the northern edge of this village.
Further south American troops gained ground on the front of Torcy,
Belleau and Bouresches, west of Chateau Thierry.
A spirited attack made by the French resulted in the recapture of Hill
204. Between tho Marne and Rheims British troops regained a footing
in the village of Bligny and inflicted heavy losses on tho Germans.
The French took 100 prisoners in the course of these actions.
On the remainder of the front there was intermittent artillery fighting.
Berlin Ignores American Gains Near Ch?teau Thierry
BERLIN, June 7.?The official communications from general head?
quarters to-day follow:
NIGHT*--The situation is unchanged.
DAY.-On the battlefield the fighting activity remained restricted to
local actions. North of the Aisne and northwest of Ch?teau Thierry local
attacks by tho enemy were repulsed.
Southeast cf Sarcy wc captured, after strong artillery preparations,
enemy lines on the banks of the Andre River. We took 300 prisoners.
Artillery duels have been revived at intervals, and there has been lively
reconnoitring activity. During an advance into the French lines west of
Kemmel we captured two officers and fifty men.
Haig Reports French Gain Near Locre
LONDON, June 7.?The reports issued from British headquarters by
Field Marshal Haig to-day said:
NIGHT.?The French troops improved their line in the neighborhood
of Locre early this morning by successful local attacks in which they capt?
ured a few prisoners.
A small party of our trcops raided a German post in the Strazeele
sector by daylight this morning and captured nine prisoners and a ma?
chine gun. We had no casualties.
Beyond artillery activity on both sides of the different sectors, there
in nothing further to report from the British front.
DAY.?A party of our troops raided a hostile post last night north?
east of Bethune, and after inflicting casualties on the garrison and capt?
uring a machine gun returned without loss.
Also, we have several vulnerable points
and, fighting on the. outer lines, we j
cannot keep such large reserves con- j
centrated as can the Germans. We have
to spread out our reserves more than
we like, while the enemy can keep his
concentrated for immediate use in at
tack. Moreover, we now have been
driven so far back that we have not
much room to man?uvre and must
fight where we stand. There is, how?
ever, not the slightest reason for de?
spondency."
Allied Losses Small
"The Germans claim to have capt- i
ured 55,000 prisoners and 050 guns. I
In such a rapid retreat we were forced
to leave behind many wounded, who \
swelled the number of prisoners, and i
G50 guns is a very small loss consider?
ing the fact that the enemy attacked
and the French had a broad river to
the rear.
"In regard to the Italian front we
must expect the Austrians soon to
take the offensive. The Piave no long?
er is a formidable obstacle, as the
floods from the melted snows have sub?
sided, leaving a broad but shallow
river.
"The Italians run the danger of hav?
ing their line outflanked by a possible
advance of tho Austrians in the moun?
tains around the Brenta Valley, but
their present line undoubtedly is much
better than was the Isonzo line.
"We can await the Aus'trian attack
with confidence. There are no German
troops with the Austrian forces on the
Austrian front."
Marines Capture
Machine Guns That
Harass Their Line
PARIS, June 7.?In announcing that
the Germans are being held and that
French counter attacks are meeting with
success, an official note mentions espe?
cially the activity of the American
troops along the Marne and northwest
of Chateau Thierry.
The note says that the latest fighting
confirms the general impression of the
last few days that the enemy is being
held everywhere, and that his reactions,
which have become purely local, yield
no results. The French counter attacks
have enabled the French to ' improve
their positions.
"An episode to the honor of the
American troops," it adds, "happened
north of Lucy-lo-fiocage, northwest of
Chateau Thierry. As the American
first line was being harassed by Ger?
man machine g'ins an American patrol
boldly attacked the machine guns,
killed the gunners and captured the
guns.
"It is thus that the young American
.soldiers give daily fresh proofs of their
spirit, initiative and courage, as well
as their perfect adaptability to modern
fighting conditions."
Unwilling Enemy
Forced to Fight by
American Attack
! LONDON, June 7. ? Router's corre
! spondent with the American army in
: Picardy sends the following dispatch
i concerning the fighting northwest of
i Chateau-Thierry in which the Ameri
i cans were victorious:
"The American force operating north
j west of Chateau -Thierry appears to
| have been involved in a much larger
i affair than was at first believed. This
I force has now been engaged for three
j days in serious and determined fight
I ing in which our allies held the upper
hand throughout.
"The Americans themselves believe
they have been holding up a German
advance that was intended to extend
the front along the valley of the Marne,
but the Germon methods rather sug
i ge3t a reluctant acceptance of a fight
j that was forced on them unexpectedly.
I "The Germans doubtless believe that
, the Americans here, as elsewhere, would
| hold the line defensively in order to
?gain experience. The American action,
I however, has been on the offensive
! throughout and they daily wrested
? ground from tho enemy which he had
? been compelled unwillingly to defend
?and forced to attempt its recapture.
1 "According to the statements of pris
oners it appears that a single American
unit forced three German divisions
into action, making a serviceable ex?
ample of the first two and taking
ground from the third in a bitter strug?
gle lasting a whole night. With this last
named division the Americans were still
employed when the correspondent left
the field, at which time the omens were
favorable to the Americans."
"Judging from further statements of
prisoners the Germans were badly in
need of rest, and according to the ap
pe'tites of the prisoners, they were
sorely in need of food.
Enemy Short of Artillery
"Inadequate artillery backing given
to the first two German divisions sup?
ports the idea that the enemy did not
expect an offensive, and tha't the guns
they used last night and this morning
I were hurried back to a point wh?re it
was not expected they would be need?
ed. On the other hand, it'was largely
owing to superior gunnery of 'the
Americans that the first two enemy di?
visions were compelled to give ground
and had to suffer severe casualties.
"But if the enemy was short of ar?
tillery he appeared to have an un?
limited number of machine guns, which
were used with great skill and effect.
The Germans evidently extended their
practice of sacrificing a machine gun
or two in untenable positions in order
to bring the captors under a deadly
flank fire. This" manoeuvre took toll
of the Americans, as indicated by the
number of machine gun bullet wounds,
and the surgeons explained that a ma?
jority of such wounds had been re
j ceived at very close quarters.
Americans Pass Objectives
"Nothing hindered the American de?
termination to reach their objectives.
Indeed, their eagerness carried one at?
tack in the night three kilometres be?
yond the assigned position.
"In the river valley, which contains
a railroad, the stiffest fighting of the
] night occurred, the enemy showing
I great determination to hold the rail
| way station of Bouresches. This sta
j tion, with the entire village, ultimately
? fell into the hands of the Americans
! and the French.
"One reason why the fighting last
! evening was so desperate was because
| the German counter attack was
? launched at the very moment our fresh
advance began, the men thus coming
into close grip?, in which the bayonet
played a decisive part.
"The American casualties were not
out of proportion to the magnitude of
the operation, but, owing to the un?
faltering courage of the marines, the
losses largely have fallen on that fine
regiment of redoubtable fighters."
| Allies Make Gains;
Germans Are Held
To Minor Attacks
(By The Antedated Press)
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY I>
FRANCE, June 7.?Jhe Germans, it ii
generally believed, are now held a
every point of their recent advance
They seem unable to execute more thai
minor attacks, which are invariably re
pulsed, whereas the counter attack:
which the Allies are making are prov
! ing notably successful, nearly alway
bringing about an improvement in po
sitions.
Throughout yesterday, except in th
! sector northwest of Chateau Thierrj
; where the French and Americans mad
j their brilliant incursion into the encm
! lines, and on the Champlat-Bligny lin?
| southwest of Rheims, where the Frene
_ and British cooperated in opposing
: German attack, there was little activit
: along the battle line by the infantry.
As for the artillery, the enemy ha
' increased his in volume during the las
? few days, but he confined his attention
: chiefly to bombarding the rear of th
? Allied positions. In return the Allie
' cannon left the enemy positions ver
little peace, constant showers of shell
i being thrown in.
Italy's War Exhibit on Tour
The United States government ha;
taken over the Italian War Exhibit ii
Madison Square Garden and will put i
; on view in the larger cities of th<
I country. The exhibit will close at th
Garden Sunday night, and next wee!
< will co to St. Louui.
Military Comment
By William L. McPher?on
LATER dispatches disclose the
full extent of the brilliant
American operation north?
west of Ch?teau Thierry. There
American troops had their first real
test of the war at open fighting. Our \
gallant marines met every require?
ment. They attained all the objec?
tives set for them, as well as some ;
which were not pricked on the map [
beforehand.
The Americans attacked, facing
north-northeast, on a two-and-a-half ;
mile line drawn between a point
south of Bussiares and a point south
of Bouresches. This is a region in
which the Germans had made con
s;derab!e progress in the early part
of the week. They had gotten across
the righ road running from Chateau
Thierry to the Ourcq River. They
had taken Veuilly-la-Poterie, at the
northwest; Torcy and Belleau, tow?
ard the centre, and Bouresches, at
the southwest. Bouresches is only a
mile or two away from Ch?teau
Thierry.
On their left our marines were
supported by French troops. The
primary objectives were Bussiares,
at the one end of the line, and
Bouresches, at the other end. These
villages lie south of the high road.
Bouresches is surrounded by woods,
except on the west. It was reached
on Thursday afternoon. But the
Germans held on to a part of it, and
they were not driven out completely
until yesterday afternoon.
Bussiares fell more quickly, the i
French cooperating in taking it on
Thursday. Then the marines, find
ing the going comparatively easy in
the centre, pushed across the high
road and retook Torcy. They also
reached Belleau, north of the road,
and cleared out the Belleau Woods.
All these positions have been organ?
ized and held in the face of strong
enemy forces.
Last night's communiqu? from
Paris reported the recapture of
Veuilly-la-Poterief so that the Allied
line in the entire sector just north?
west of Ch?teau Thierry has been
advanced about two miles.
North of the Aisne the French
have recaptured Le Port, to the west
of Fontenoy. On the Rheims side of
the salient British troops retook the
village of Bligny.
Unofficial reports from the Marne
front dwell on the dash of the
American attack and the lack of
equal fighting spirit on the German
. side. The Germans in the Aisne
Somme salient have now reached a
point at which the strain of the of?
fensive is peculiarly trying. They
have out-travelled their supplies in a
large measure. They are battle
worn. And they must face fresh
enemy troops without the benefit of
full artillery support and without
trench protection.
It is too early to dig in, because
the offensive has not yet been form
j ally renounced. A strong counter
attack therefore finds the enemy con
| fused and somewhat dispirited. The
American advance of two miles on a
front of only a little more than two
miles shows the state of relaxation
, which the German offensive has
reached. It also emphasizes the
freedom of movement now possible
on the fighting front in the lower ;
half of the Aisne-Marne salient,
? which the Germans are holding
? lightly and where their strategical
j pians are as yet uncertain and un
| developed.
The defence is now reacting
! against the offence at many points.
: This reaction will probably continue.
j It is the inevitable sequel of the ex?
haustion of the German initiative.
The Allied armies will seek to im?
prove their positions locally, while
the enemy rests and recuperates.
! That was the story of the later days
of the fighting before Amiens and
of the later days of the fighting in
the Lys Valley.
Ludendorff cannot draw another j
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