Evening journal., 1917-06-06
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TODAY on Lens.
French Force Back Germans
Who Drive Near
HurtebeiS
ENGLISH AIRCRAFT
TAKE HEAVY TOLL
BY The United Press.


progressed on the western slopes OF
Greenland HILL he reported. West
OF Loos We gained ground slightly
Greenland Hill lies about five miles
south OF Lens, and close TO Gavrelle
Douai toward which the British have
been thrusting In the whole offensive
movement Is a scant i've miles to the
west
I.oos is Just north OF Lens and the
slight gain to the west reported by
the British cOmmander-in-chief indi-
Gates progres0 of the enveloping
movement around the coal city.
BY Tho United Press.
LONDON. June British sea-
planes took heavy toll OF the German
aerOplanes squadron which yester-
day raided English coast counties, &C
cording to an admiralty statement
today.
Lord French today announced the
casualties in the raid as ~ killed
and SO injured The material dam
age he said, was not great.
Yesterday afternoon eighteen
enemy aircraft wers sighted of Os-
tend" the statement said. proceeding
in northwest direction. The enemy
planes we're chased 90 England and on
their return Journey two enemy planes
we're downed by one pilot Later two
or three were completely destroyed
and four others driven down out OF
control, two being cons .dered as de-
stroyed.'
Lord French. commander in chief Of
home defense forces. reported yester-
/ day that two German planes had been
downod before the enemy departed
geaward Presumably the admiralty
count is in addition TO these.
BY The United Press.
PARIS, June Extremely heavy
/ losses were inflicted on two German
assailing waves which yainly sought
to reach French lines near Hurtebeis,
the war Office announced this morning.
There was action during the night
I'm the Chemin des Danes sector and
also west between the Ailette and the
Laon road" the war office stated. "Ihe
artillery struggle reached It's most vio-
lent stage, especially east Of Vauvail-
lon, north OF the Laffaux region and
around Braye En- Laonnois
/, Near Hurtebe.s two German assail.
ing waves attempting 20 reach OUT
b lines northeast Of Monument, vpr'
, thrown back TO their starting p 1nt
losing very heavily"
g, BY HENRY WOOD.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES j.
% THE FIELD. juno 6.-Germany Ia
q only twenty-One divisions of troops o
= the western approximate
. 3l5 600 men-Which she has not ye
flung into the lighting line.
The l07 divisions U.605000 men
, with which the British and French oil
, fensives have been engaged i'm recen
d weeks. have suffered losses averagin
between two and three thousand pc
divislon-or from PA 600 to 32l 90
70 men.
d. These figures are those OF Frenc
headquarters They give not only
> clear idea Of the tremendous effort
which Germany is making 60 stop tn
. French and British advance, but ais
the terrib' e toll which the Allies hav
\ taken in the fighting.
The French estimates are tina
' Germany has a total OF 1876 division
of al kinds of troops now on tn
western front. This would be abon
234O 600 men, or these 1856. only u
are divisions Of real fighting men. IN
others being auxiliary corps. On
hundred seven Of these l2S iightin
corps have been ident f ID as oppose
10 the French and British forces q
, some time during the offensive.