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TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1918
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TBTRKE CENTS
Elsewhere
Germans Make 3-Mile Gain at Heavy Cost;
American Marines Again Smash Forward
Mother Ship
With U-Boat
Is Sighted by
Rio Survivors
?Gray Vessel of 6,000
Tons Followed Sub?
marine After Steam?
ship Was Sunk
U. S. Tr.ansport Fire
Beats Off Raider
No Trace of Crews of
American Steamer
and Schooner Re?
ported Destroyed
German submarines operating off
the Atlantic coast are accom
panied by a mother ship, accord- j
ing to the eye -witness testimony
of members of the crew of the |
Pinar del Rio, sunk off the Vir- !
ginia Capes on Saturday.
For the first time so far as is known ,
since the U-boat raiders reached
this side one of them got within |
pun ranpre of an American tran?
sport yesterday. This occurred,
members of the crew of a Brazilian
freight ship say, seventy-five miles
, rR the coast, early in the morning.
1 They further say that the tran- :
|\ port fired five shots at the sub- j
j narine before she submerged or !
was sunk?they do not know
which.
It also was learned yesterday that !
the game U-boat that sank the !
Pinar del Rio accounted for an
American ship and schooner. No i
trace has yet been found of their
"Mother Ship" of
U-Boats Sighted
By Rio Survivors
.N,?VRF9LK- Va-. Jur>e 10.?Survivors
? the American freighter Pinar del
marriving here to-day from Manteo,
??>-. said the German suomarine
HUB sank their vessel 110 miles
?ortheast of Cape Hcnrv last Satur-1
?y morning after a stern chase of
IE, V an hour- was accompanied!
I ???large steamer which they believed1
SJ?? "mother" ship. They also as-1
gv*J that after their vessel was sent'
W*i by gunfire the submarine sank I
wci American sailing vessels.
w?lter C. Rurrows, first assistant,
SSv?', of thfc Pinar del Rio, de-i
*?ed the craft with the submersible
? ? vessel of about 6,000 gross tons, :
*? ?.single funnel amidahip. She!
?WPainted prav and stood some two !
r ?ree miles in the offing while the I
?marine sank the Rio. When the!
??"can craft went down, the sub- ;
"?"'"e signalled the vessel in inter- !
??L? Codei "Follow me." ?nd the ?
????t and her consort steamed awav.
ft. ?i-lng t0 survivors, the first of
?.JL*lhnK craft attacked by the sub
?r?nt after she bad destroyed the
i ?k a 8hipj while the second was
?schooner. They knew nothing as
?Jr? i,te of the two crews, but as
ivSS me" were Permitted to take
t?i? ?ma11 boats, as were the cap
J*??na thirty-three men of the Rio's
Hmni*mLF- Clark- of the >?*ava? Re
^ ?. who ?aid he was aboard the
,? ?a training for service as an
Im t in the naval auxilliary, said
gj ?ubmarine fired six shots at the
?W ??e the Amcrican craft stopped,
^nthe first shot was fired, the
?*?Uin
Put on all steam in the hope
Thl* ??rt an(1 cscaPin?? the en
??jDut the submarine proved too
Ifj&nl' ,u crew took t0 the boats
r JT;<k submarine ?rnved along
??jj'Burrows and Clark said the sub
l?att . 8 about 250 u'et lonK with
iW?M*"ed to be about six-inch
\\t v ,rifle* mounted fore and aft.
?Fl&t n^06*' tbey sa'dt w?s painted
ftj J?y and appeared to be weather
*** worn.
fay Seeks Trace
? Strange Ship
0# Cape Cod Coast
lfv!?N*June io- N'avai inti>'ii
)l*?f7??'r8 were searching the coast
?Tf^WwJP* Cod to-night in an eff j-t
*i?Si e idcntity of a steamer which
* lit. j ia "???bor. West Yarmouth,
?lfc? / y Bnd departed suddenly
^WtoW bours' stay. Reports tha:
Hjjjj,"'?. strangers had been seen
& lfcatln. ?everal Cape Cod towns
kJBja?: *",e mysterious ship was a
V*$?1\ ?nip" to the German sub
i{**%As? ?.ubmarines operating in the
?n?^^ ''ne? were being thoroughly
*< V?Lthe vlait oi the steamer to
i?l???outh became public to-day,
we headquarters cf the 1st
"'?et here had been apprised
on Page 3, Column 'i
Sea "Tank*' Used
By Italians at Pola
LONDON, June 10. ? "Ac
cordng to Vienna newspapers re?
ceived here," says the Central
News correspondent at Amster?
dam, "the Italians used a sea
'tank* during their last attack oh
Pola, Austria's navai base on the
Adriatic. The boat was 40 feet
long, 6 feet wide and propelled
by electricity.
"There is an endless rotary
chain around the vessel fitted
with barbs which cut nets and
other obstacles like the land
tanks. The vessel has two tor?
pedo tubes."
U.S. to Have
25,000,000 Ton
Trade Fleet
Merchant Marine in 1920
To Be Greatest in His?
tory, Says Hurley
SOUTH BEND, Ind., June 10.?Amer- j
fea in 1920, will have a merchant ma?
rine of 25,000,000 deadweight tons,'
Chairman Hurley, of the Shipping
Board, declnred here to-night in an
address giving the most complete i
statement of the nation's shipbuilding
programme which has yet been made
public. He was speaking to the grad- i
uates of Notre Dame University.
This great commerce fleet, Mr. Hur?
ley said, the largest ever assembled in
the history of the world, and involving;
the expenditure of more than 55,000,-;
(00,000, will link the United States to
South and Central America by weekly
steamer service which will enable the j
Latin-American countries to utilize
their unlimited natural resources in j
the freest competition with other na-1
tions. It also will bridge the Pacific |
for the transportation of the products
of Japan, Russia, China, Australia and
the Orient, nnd will continue to pro-i
mote America's trade with Europe.
Will Serve Humanity
And, with it all, he added, American
ships "will serve humanity loyally and
unselfishly on the same principles of
liberty and justice which brought
about the establishment of this Re?
public.
"The vast merchant fleet we are
building," said Mr. Hurley, "must be?
come the greatest instrument of inter?
national probity, honesty and square
dealing at the close of the war. It
must become the vast and vital ma?
chine whereby America will prevent
the oppression of the weak by the
Etrong. The crushing of right by
mi^ht."
Mr. Hurley said he and Director
General Schwab of the Emergency
Fleet Corporation, expected the ship?
ping output this year to exceed 3,000,
000 deadweight tons, while next year
the nation's tremendous new'shipbuild?
ing industry will be capable of turning
out 13.518.000 deadweight tons, more
than Great Britain, heretofore the
greatest builder of ships, has com?
pleted in any five years of her his?
tory.
"It was before the formation of the
present shipping board," Mr. Hurley
continued, "that Secretary McAdoo in?
sisted that our pioneering upon the
seas must in the future be done by an
interest having boundless resources, an
interest that has a single purpose?
the general welfare of the United
States as a whole. Obviously, there
is but one such interest, and that is
the government of the United States.
1,400 Ships on June 1
"On the first of June we had in?
creased the Amercan-built tonnage to
over 3,500,000 deadweight tons of ship?
ping. This gives us a total of more
than 1,400 ships, with an approximate
total deadweight tonnage of 7,000,000
tons now under the control of the
United States Shipping Board.
| "In round numbers, and from all
j sources, we have added to the Ameri
! can flag since our war against Ger
! many began, nearly 4,500,000 tons of
shipping. We are adding to this ton?
nage rapidly, and I do not believe I am
overoptimistic in saying that our ton
. nage output will continue to increase
1 until before this year closes we will be
| turning out a half million tons each
month.
"Our programme calls for the build?
ing of 1,866 passenger, cargo, refrig?
erator ships and tankers, ranging from
5,000 to 12,000 tons each, with an ag?
gregate deadweight of 13,000,000. Ex?
clusive of these, we have 245 comman?
deered vessels, taken over from foreign
and domestic owners, whch are being
completed by the Emergency Fleet
Corporation. These will aggregate a
total deadweight tonnage of 1,715,000.
"This makes a total of 2,101 vessels,
exclusive of tugs and barges, which
are bein< built and will be put on the
I seas by th* Emergency Fleet Corpora
| tion in the course of carrying out the
I present programme, with an aggregate
deadweight tonnage of 14,715,000.
"Five billion dollars will be required
to finish our programme for 1918, 1919
j and 1920, but the expenditure of this
| enormous sum will give to the Amer
j lean people the greatest merchant fleet
ever assembled in the history of the
j world, aggregating 25,000,000 tons.
Fight to Make
Nation Dry
Is Renewed
Prohibitionists Back Sen?
ator Jones's Substitute for
Randall Amendment
-V
Wilson and Hoover
Opposition Ignored
Point to 3 to 1 Vote in
Upper and 2-3 Major?
ity in Lower House
(Special Dispatch to The Tribune)
WASHINGTON, June 10.?Prospects
of an almost bone dry country?with ?
a little wine for sale, but no beer, and
positively no distilled liquor?loomed j
up to-day when the dry lobby got vig- i
orously behind an amendment proposed
by Senator Wesley L. Jones, of Wash
ington, which is offered as a substitute
for the Randall amendment adopted by I
the House, but opposed by President
Wilson and Food Administrator
Hoover.
The Jones amendment meets all the
objections made by the President and j
Mr. Hoover. The <:orgy of drunken- j
ness" feared by Mr. Hoover as the j
logical result of the Randall amend-1
ment is prevented by a flat prohibition
of the sale, transportation or furnish?
ing of distilled liquors during the pe?
riod of the war. The amendment also
forbids, as did the Randall amendment,
the use of "food, fruits, food materials
or feeds" for the making of wine or
beer. So the Jones' amendment actu?
ally includes everything provided by
the Randall amendment, already ap?
proved by the House, and goes further
in that it prevents the sale of distilled :
liquor. ,
Means Berne-Dry Nation
The practical effect of it, as pointed I
out by the dry lobby to-day, would be j
that the supply of beer in the coun-?
try would be exhausted in a few !
months, whereupon only the rather
scanty supply of wine here?this not
being a heavy wine drinking country? :
would soon disappear before the com- !
bined onslaught of whiskey and beer ;
drinkers, added in their thirst for alco?
hol to the minority of wine drinkers.
Then there would be nothing left to
drink, except the two or three years'
supply of distilled liquor, the sale,
transportation or even "furnishing" of
which would be prohibited by law. A
bone-dry country would result.
No provision is made in the amend?
ment for reimbursing the holders of
the huge whiskey stocks in the coun?
try. The many millionaires made by
the advance in price of distilled liquors I
may well view the amendment with ?
alarm, should it be enacted without
change.
Dry Senators Confident
Dry Senators to-day were confident
the amendment would pass. They point?
ed to the three-to-one vote by which
the national prohibition amendment re?
ferring the question to the states was
adopted by the Senate- Flushed with
victory, the drys are not content to
wait the slow process of the state-by
state ratification, especially since it is j
apparent that the states are not rati-1
fying the amendment with the speed I
for which they had hoped.
They say the Senate will without
question approve the amendment by a I
large majority and the House will yield
to the change made irom the Randall
amendment. As there is a prohibition
majority of more than two-thirds in
the House and only a majority is re?
quired in either house to pass this
amendment, their hones seem to De
well founded.
As to the constitutionality of the
proposed prohibition amendment, the
drys are not so sure. Most of them say
there is no doubt about the powet of
Congress to do anything in war time as
a war measure, but some dry Senators
are not so sure.
"After last week's decision. by the
Supreme Court that the child labor law i
was unconstitutional because it inter?
fered with state rights, I am not so
sure," said one dry Senator to-night.
"However, it is worth a trial."
Text of Jones Amendment
Following is the text of the Jones
amendment:
Provided, that, from and after the
date of the approval of this act and
during the continuance of the pres?
ent, war it shall be unlawful to sell,
furnish or transport distilled spirits
for beverage purposes, and no dis?
tilled spirits held in bond at the date
of the approval of this act shall be
removed therefrom for beverage pur?
poses, and from and after thirty days
from the date of the approval of this
act no food, fruits, food materials or
feeds shall, during the continuance
of the "present war, be used in the
production of malt or vinous liquors
for beverage purposes; and thePresi
dent is hereby authorized and direct?
ed to prescribe any and all rules and
regulations deemed necessary to
carry the foregoing provisions into
effect, and any one who wilfully vio?
lates any of the foregoing provisions
or any rule or regulation made to
carry the same into effect shall be
punished by a fine not exceeding
$5,000 or by imprisonment for not
more than two years, or both. The
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
and all other officers of the United
States shall have all the power for
the enforcement of the foregoing
provisions which is conferred by law
for the enforcement of the existing
laws relating to the manufacture,
rale or transportation of intoxicat?
ing liquors under the r?venue laws
of the United States or otherwise, ,
Bulgaria and Turkey
In New Teuton Pact
LONDON, June 10. ? German
newspapers which have reached
London report the entry of Bul?
garia and Turkev into the German
Austrian alliance as an accom?
plished fact. The "Fra.iKfurter
Zeitung" says the treaty with Bul?
garia includes a number of financial ,
and commercial provisions under
which Bulgaria is liable to supply
all German requirements of coal I
and copper from Serbian mines lying j
within territory actually occupied j
by the Bulgarian army, and also
to construct a canal leading from
the Danubian narrows at the iron
gates to the Bulgarian frontier.
As compensttion Bulgaria has
been promised the valley of the j
Morava and a common frontier with
Austria-Hungary.
45 Objectors
Sentenced to
25-Year Term
Nearly All Are Mennon
ites ; Court Martial
V
Wanted Life Term
SAN ANTONIO, June 10.?Sentences
of life imprisonment were imposed by
a court martial to-day upon forty-five
conscientious objectors who had re?
fused to wear army uniforms. The
sentence was reduced to twenty-five
years each by Brigadier General J. P.
O'Neil, who reviewed the records.
General O'Neil designated the Fort ,
Leavenworth, Kan., prison as the place
of confinement. The men will be sent
there immediately. They are nearly all
from Oklahoma and members of the
Mennonit'e faith.
Some of the Mehnonites have re?
fused to bear arms,, but donned the
uniform and accepted^ work irr non
combatant units. The; men who were
tried refused to put on the uniforms
and refused to work in any capacity
connected with the army.
The trials were held Friday and j
Saturday and no evidence was offered
by the defence beyond the statement
ihe men Avere of a faith objecting to
physical force. None of the defend?
ants offered any explanation of the
failure to obey the command to put on
uniforms. _
Cases of Objectors
Will Be Passed On
By Military Board
WASHINGTON, June 10.?Other fac?
tors than refusal to wear the army uni?
form are assumed here to be involved
in the cases of the forty-five so-called
conscientious objectors sentenced to
long terms of imprisonment to-day at
Camp Travis. War Department of?
ficials say otherwise the punishment
meted out would be extremely severe.
Disloyal propaganda among camp
mates and other such offenses might
have been involved. It is recalled that
one of the first objectors brought be?
fore a court martial was sentenced to
death on account of such factors,
though the sentence was modified when
brought to the department for final re?
view.
Enemy Pays
Big Price for
Every Yard
Germans Hurl Fresh Di?
visions at Centre in Drive
for Compiegne
Seek to Nip Allies
In New Salient
Line May Sway Backward
and Forward for Days;
French Confident
By Wilbur Forrest
(Special Dispatch to The Tribune)
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES,
June 10 (afternoon).?Every addi?
tional hour of the battle raging be?
tween Montdidier and Compiegne
emphasizes the intense character of
the fighting, wherein the enemy is
constantly hurling fresh divisions.
The Germans appear to be striking
with the greatest blows in the centre
with the apparent object of Com?
piegne, on the Oise River, in an
| effort to pinch off the Allied salient
| which would thus be formed.
Heavy concentrations of troops in
j the vicinity of Roye are being used
i as feeders for units, which must con
! stantly be withdrawn on account of
j losses. Every report tells of enor?
mous German losses.
The French artillery is doing the
bloodiest execution. An idea of the
fierceness of the combat is shown at
the-~-viU?gfe?-of Courcelles on the.
French left, which, though now a
mere stone heap, is one of the most
hotly contested points on the entire
line. Taken and re-taken many
times, it remains in French hands
at noon to-day.
Line May Sway for Days
There will be the heaviest of fight?
ing. Perhaps for many days the
line will move backward and for?
ward and anxious moments arise.
But the confidence among the
French defenders is absolute. The
battle is yet young; the Allied com?
mander in chief is playing his cards
with care. The world can await his
play with confidence also.
Perhaps the fiercest fighting of
1918 has been raging since just be?
fore daybreak yesterday on the 35
kilometre front, between Montdidier
and Noyon.
The earlier stages of the battle
having already created a salient
formed by two irregular lines reach?
ing down to the Marne, from Sois
Continued on next pape, Column 4
Send an American Army,to Russia,
King Demands in Senate Resolution
(Special Dispatch to The Tribune)
WASHINGTON, June 10.?An Ameri?
can army to cooperate with the armies
of Japan and China in repelling Ger?
man inroads into Russia was proposed
j by Senator William H. King, of Utah,
j Democrat, in a resolution introduced in
the Senate to-day and referred to the
Foreign Relations Committee.
The resolution proposes also that a
commission be sent to Russia by the
United States "to overcome and neu?
tralize German propaganda in Russia,
and to aid in Russia's economic, indus?
trial and political freedom."
The text of the resolution follows:
"Whereas, the people of Russia, af?
ter centuries of political servitude, are
finally about to realize their aspira?
tions for liberty and the constitution
of a federal republic, and.
"Whereas, the innate sense of just?
ice, desire for public order, and the
community life of the Russian people
promise a sound moral paais for the
institutions of liberty and the equal
rights of man under the Ibw as incor?
porated in a republican form of govr
ernment, and
"Whereas, it is the traditional pol?
icy and the interest of the United
States of America to promote and pro?
tect the progress of liberty and the
principles of democracy as incorporated
in republican Institutions, and
"Whereas, the people and the govern?
ment of the United States hailed with
great and sincere good will the prospect
for the establishment of these prin?
ciples in the great domains of Russia
for the permanent welfare, political
dignity and beneficence of the Russian
people, and
"Whereas, the imperial government
of Germany, by intrigue and propa?
ganda, and in perfidious violation of the
pretended peace with Russia, designs
to destroy the government of Russia
and the unity and nationality of the
Russian people, and for this purpose ia
attempting to separate Russia into
small vassal states in order to more
effectually bring the people, territory
and resources of Russia within the
German power, and
"Whereas, in the pursuit of this per?
fidious purpose, Germany is now sub?
jecting Russia to industrial and eco?
nomic servitude, and is attempting to
replenish her depleted armies an? to
promote her felonious purpose in the
world, and
"Whereas, the Russian people desire
to establish a republican form of gov?
ernment and are in sympathy with the
cause of the United States of America
and of the Allies, and would welcome
assistance in neutralizing German in?
trigue and propaganda and in repelling
the intrusion of German power, and
"Whereas, German troops are now
operating in Russia and are making
advances with a view to taking posses?
sion of Russian territory, including Si?
beria, and subjecting the same to po?
litical domination and industrial servi
tude, and
"Whereas, the cause of the Allies
and the principles for which they wage
war are thus placed in jeopardy; now
therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of th<
Senate of the United States that i
commission be sent to Russia to co
operate with the American Ambassa
dor and other representatives of ou:
government to overcome and neutral
ize German propaganda in Russia, am
to aid in Russia's economic, industria
and political freedom, and be it
"Further resolved, That it is th
sense of the Senate of the Unite
States that a military expedition b
organized and sent by the Unite
States of America in conjunction wit
its allies, including Japan and Chini
to cooperate with the armies of th
Russian people to repel the advanc
of German arms ana to expel fei;
Rutera Gorman military power and e?
tablish therein the authority of th
people and government of Russia."
PROGRESS OF THE NEW GERMAN OFFENSIVE
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The shaded areas show the German gains in the first two days of their
offensive west of the Oise River. It will be noted that the French are hold?
ing strongly to the flanks, while in the centre the enemy has gone ahead
more rapidly. The small insert map shows the relation of the new drive
u- the whole front.
700,000 Men
! Sent Abroad,
| Says Baker
!
Secretary Gives New Fig?
ures in Speech to De?
parting "Blue Devils"
WASHINGTON, June 10.?More than
700,000 American soldiers have gone
overseas to carry back to France the
e'ncouragement and assistance which
Lafayette and Rochambeau brought to
. America. Secretary Baker told the
, French Alpine Chasseurs this in Did
ding them farewell here to-day at the
base of the Washington Monument.
The War Secretary's last announce
j ment four weeks ago concerning the
i size of American forces abroad was
i that 500,000 men had sailed for the
battlefront.
The Alpine Chasseurs, better known
as the "Blue Devils" of France, came to
America last month to assist in the
third Liberty Loan campaign, and since
have toured the South and Middle West.
j They were reviewed and received bv
the Secretary of War to-day before
I leaving for Baltimore, Newark, New
j York and Boston en route back to their
native land. Attending the exercises
were M. Jusserand, the French Ambas?
sador; representatives of the French
i High Commission, Mr. Baker's staff j
i and many government officials.
Welcomed by United States
"You soldiers of France." said Mr. |
Baker, in addressing the Chasseurs,
"came to this country that the people
! of America might see with their own
I eyes in your persons the kind of men
j who have written a new page in th?
j record of human heroism and success.
1 You were welcomed in this country.
j The hearts of our people went out
i to you and to your people.
"As the embodiment of the deter
' mination, the courage and the heroism
! of France you have been accepted and
received. Nearly all of you, I am told,
are battle-scarred veterans. You are
members of an army which has never
known defeat, and you are representa
; tives of a people who would rather die
; than not be free.
! "You are going back to your own j
? country?still, thank God, your own.
i And when you get there you will find
; that the small beginning of our army
which you left there has thrown into !
? a mighty manifestation. When you
I left France, the American army was !
i there in small representation, but now
? more than 700,000 Americans have
1 sailed from their shore to carry back
i to sour r.rmy and your people the en?
couragement and the assistance which
i Lafayette and Rochambeau brought to.
I Am?rica in the early and struggling
j days of American freedom.
Learning Art of War
"They are there learning from you,
' emulating the virtues which you ex?
emplify, learning the art of war as j
you have learned it. in the hard scho.l j
of strenuous experience. Thev and !
you are about to accomplish the great !
wonder in the world of winning a |
victory which will forever set the !
stamp of mankind's approval upon the ?
true theory of civilization.
Build New Civilization
"Instead of b?lieving in mere physi?
cal force, instead of divorcing the
things of a material character from
their moral intent and purpose, we are
collecting now for the children of men
everywhere a civilization which will
rest on moral foundations.
"I trust you will have a safe and
pleasant journey home. I know where
your hearts are. They are in the
trenches where danger lies. No doubt
many of you will return to those ex
l.ilarating and ennobling experiences
which soldiers have.
"I trust when this great war end.*
each of you will be active and well to
Continued on Hpge 3, Column 6
U. S. Marines
Push Forward
Nearly a Mile
Renew Attack Near Cha?
teau Thierry on Front
of 600 Yards
(By The Associ?td Press)
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE, June 10.?The United
States marines attacked the Ger?
mans after daybreak this morning
and penetrated the German lines for
about two-thirds of a mile on a 600
yard front in the Belleau Wood,
northwest of Ch?teau Thierry.
The Germans now hold only the
northern fringe of the wood. The
Americans captured two minen
werfer, which are the largest pieces
yet taken by them.
It is expected that one will be sent
t? Washington and the other to An?
napolis.
Major Edward ^D. Cole, command?
ing the machine gun battalion, capt?
ured several German stragglers dur?
ing the early stages of the attack.
Numerous machine gufcs, it is be?
lieved, will be rounded up in the
wood?.
, The 9th and 23d regiments of in?
fantry, comprising what is known as
the Syracuse Brigade, hold the
ground on the right of the marines
at the point on the front nearest
Paris. This is the second time the
Syracuse Brigade has held the point
on the line nearest the capital, the
former occasion being at the offen?
sive, when the Allies were still fall?
ing back and the 9th and 23d
went in at Coulomb, for a short
time. The 23d captured machine
guns on June 6, while supporting
the attack by the marines.
PARIS, June 10.?French and Amer?
ican troops have gained ground near
Bussiares, seven and a half miles
northwest of Chateau Thierry, on the
Champagne battlefield, the French War
Office announced to-day.
The text of the part of the statement
dealing with this sector of the front
follows:
"Between the River3 Ourcq and
! Marne French forces ropulsed several
j Germah attacks east of Vinly. Con?
tinuing their progres? in the region
of Bussiares French and American
troops gained ground, brought up to
250 the number of prisoners taken
and captured 30 machine guns."
-??
American Soldiers
Dominate Adversaries
PARIS, June 10.?The French gov?
ernment to-night issued the following
; statement respecting the American
; troops:
"With strong will and irresistible
i activity the American troops con
! tinue absolutely to dominate the ad
i versaries they oppose. Detailed op
| erations which are frequent ? nortn
| west of Chateau Thierry have an im
i portance which, thanks to the liason
, existing between the two armies, is
i of the highest degree and the re
1 suits of which have already been i
felt."
Foe Is Held
On Flanks,
Forges on
In Centre
Captures Mery, Belloy
and St. Maur in
Hardest Fight?
ing of War
Extreme Advance
5 Miles in 2 Days
Teutons Throw 20 Di?
visions Into Battle Be?
tween Montdidier
and Noyon
The new offensive is proving leas of
a success for the enemy than the
three previous drives.
The French are yielding ground
slowly. All dispatches emphasize
the unprecedented losses of the
Germans.
On the two flanks the line has been
held firmly. On the west, south
of Montdidier, there has been most
j furious fighting, but little change
in the line. The ruined village of
Courcelles changed hands several
times, being held by the French at
last report. In the same way on
the east, southwest of Noyon, the
foe found his way barred.
The enemy advance was thus "canal?
ized" to the centre of the line at?
tack. Here, 'about midway be?
tween the centre and the west
flank, he scored his greatest gains
of the day, moving forward about
three miles and capturing Mery,
Belloy and St. Maur. In the cen?
tre, around Ressons-sur-Matz,
where the Germans made most
progress the first day of the of?
fensive, the movement yesterday
was slowed up, although more
rapid than on the flanks. a
; The German gain for the two days
is about five miles at the point of
extreme depth.
: Details now at hand show the Ger?
mans used the heaviest concentra?
tion at the beginning of the drive
; that has been seen so far. Twen?
ty divisions were thrown forward,
with probably an ejjual number
held just in the rear to be passed
through the lines as replacement
forces by the von Hutier "leap?
frogging" method.
! The Allies were fully prepared and
held strong positions. The artil?
lery fired for hours on masses of
men, inflicting losses which pris?
oners say were enormous. In the
end the defenders had to fall back
slowly before the weight of num?
bers, but they fought every foot
of the way and added to the
mounting enemy losses.
Correspondents say more severe
fighting probably never was seen
before in the whole war.
United States marines advanced
two-thirds of a mile on a 600-yard
front in an attack in Belleau Wood.
northwest of Ch?teu Thierry,
this morning. They captured two
mine throwers. The Americans
in the Montdidier region have not
yet been engaged in the new Ger?
man offensive, which rages just to
the southeast.
German Advance
Slower and Made
At Terrible Cost
By Arthur S. Draper
(Special Cable to TKe Trtbunt)
LONDON, June 10.?To-day'?
news of the second phase of the
drive for Paris is even more en
; couraging than yesterday. Though
! being attacked with great violence,
! the French are resisting with a stub?
bornness that the German hordes
have been unable to break thus far.
The last twenty-four hours resulted
; in comparatively little change, th?
French centre withdrawing slightly
end the wings holding with steadi
; ness that sp??Hs bi<; losses for the
enemy, who attacked in wave form?
ation. *?
Without the advantage of sur