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took German post, making severa
prisoners.
Moulin Laffaux, the California plat
eau and the Chevreux wood all lie tc
THE south of Eaon and In section Of
Champagne where the French made
some of the greatest gains in the re
cent offensive. Cerny is in the same
section, lying slightly west of era
onne. Chevreux is east of Craonne
Still farther east is Loivre and Mount
Casque.1
! British Move Forward.
| LONDON, June .1.-British forces
moved forward in a. number of sue
cessful local engagements last night,
Field Marshal Haig reported Today.
| I'VE gained ground slightly at night
to the west of Cherisy," he said.
Elsewhere patrol encounters which
resulted in our favor occurred during
the night in the neighborhood OF
| Gouzeaucourt.
Successful raids were carried out
northeast of Loos and near the Ploeg-
steert wood"
UNITED Press dispatches from VIM.
Philip Simms describing some of
these attacks declare that the British
Loos attack reached German third line
trenches and that the Cherisy ad.
vance was by storming Of two enemy
posts.]
British Night Raid.
[By VIM. Philip Simms, United
Press Staff Correspondent
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
THE FIELD. June british forces
reached third line German trench
in a night raid near Loos early this
morning.
West OF Cherisy another raiding
party stormed and occupied two en-
envy posts.
At the moment this is dispatched,
they we're tenaciously holding this
position, despite enemy counter rat
tacks.
No Socialist Peace.
by w. S. Forrest, United Press Stan
ss Correspondent
PARIS, June 1.-France insists that
there shall be no peace except that
which all her people shall make; the
government cannot recognize efforts
Of any single political party to arrange
such a termination of the war.
Premier Ribot SO declared in the
chamber Of deputies today answering
socialist interpretations as to the gov
ernment's attitude on the information
al socialist peace conference" at
Stockholm
France wants only French peace"
he declared. "a conference such as
that proposed at Stockholm which
might result il a PARTIAL limping-
peace, cannot be undertaken.
when talk regarding this confer
ence is quieted, the government will
deliver passports to socialists to per
NIT them to go to Petrograd. There |
they will not risk meeting Germans"
e FrlghtfyI Losses.
by Henry Wood, United Press Staff
Correspondent
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES
IN THE FIELD, June Between
April 10 and May "a, French forces
took 31,S29 German prisoners, ac-
cording to headquarters lists today.
Added to the total of enemy troops
captured by the British and Italians,
headquarters estimated today that
more than $4,000 prisoners have been
taken in the three great offensives on
The western fronts.
The enemy's losses in killed and
have been even more stag
gering. Cases continually come to
light where whole units have been
wiped out of existence. One was re-
ported today where, following a bonn
1ardment on the Aisne front this
week. advancing French infantry
ound six entire German companies
rushed lifeless under demolished
'omb proofs. This was in the wood
outh Of Chevreux.
British Air Raids
LONDON, June british aircraft
asst night made extensive raids over
)stend, Zeebrugge and Bruges.
The admiralty announcement today .
declared that many tons of bombs !
we're dropped with good results"
All British air craft returned safely,l
o Dunkirk.
s
-Four More Aeroplanes Wrecked.
PARIS, June Lieutenant Guy
emer, Frances super man of the air,
'as officially credited today with de-
truction of forty-three planes. Two
T his last four victims were downed S
according to the Off C
ial citation. 2
The war office announcement today t,
aid from May II to 81, the French / c
ad destroyed thirty-one enemy air Il
lanes and ifty-seven others had b
cen brought down behind the en- Y
ny's lines. D
Heavy Losses.
ROME, June IA massed counter Y
tack thrown in force against newly n
on Italian positions on heights 592 b
nd 652 in the Vodice sector, was N
lrown back and completely repulsed. a,
lie Italian war office asserted today. O,
eavy losses were inflicted on the III,
lemy.
In the northern Carso and around s,