Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-19
Twelve Divisions Rushed
Into Breach Unable to
Halt French Attack.
NIyELLH's FORCES
PRESSING ONWARD
viii Quarter Million Fresh Men Ger.
mans Make Desperate Resistance.
\ snus Frsneh Continue TO Advance
eeth Nsrth Of Aisns River and in
I Champagne pistriet-"oranits Waip'
Ds.wssn Scissors and Rheims Shaken.

4 0ferter OF mulOn 1reSH tTooPS
into the fray on the sixty-mtle
sector Of tho western front be-
tween Soissons and Auber.yo and
ntiil is unable to check tho French
8 = ~: .ce.
Both, north Of the Aisne and In
the Champagne General Nivelle's
fssceo are pressing forward. The
I last stronghold of the Germans on
the Aisne was taken with the cap
ture OF the vail1y bridgehead
& yesterday and their wavering lines
continued last night to be pushed
rapidly northward
FROM Chavonne on the Aisne the
Z Frsnch have driven three miles
north OF the river despite des-
4 psrats resistance by Won Hinden-
6urgs reinforced armies.f Z
4 Ii the Champagne the French
s. haxe sd74voo Q great wedge into the
sf1arnaA Hne between Auberive and
i s1ghs1me ana last nights attacks
\ ih1tteA. General Nivelle's men sew.
erai Important heights In the
d 1goronyillieres region.
Nean1hfla sthe British are quies-
I. = 4. Y so 1ar - the Official ac-
xsss s;Si n a 4 aIi6: waiting thstr 9uSn to
X 1t q Ss fl1nk oE the Won
HinAenburE line.
The French so far have taken
moro than 1900 prisoners in their
Offensive. In last accounts the
& British had taken in excess OF
& $4,000. The French also have cap
Y tursd nearly 100 guns.
x paris, April 1s.-That section Of vol
Iaindenburg's granite wall which run
trom Sois0ons to Rheims has beel
,haken TO Its Foundation by, the ter
ranc blows OF General Nivelle. Tn
french have tho whip hand now ant
Inc Germans are still staggering from
the great rebun dealt to them o.
Monday
Fhs French soldiers who won tn
mt line have been relieved by fresl
and the second phase o
rs battle has begun with renewe'
vircr. Unaffected by counter attack
Il, pogme places and the stern resist
pnce offered everywhere. the Frencl
have GAINED substantial advances AM
have drivsn forward with such spee'
that sa,s Germans have been oblige'
Ia abandon many big guns.
Rjeksd Troops Fail 70 Hold.
4 sTshH anAmv attempted to stem tn
tide between Juvincourt and Berry-au
Bac This IL the weakest point OF hi
line, beins devoid Of natural defensei
Thirty thousand Of the best Germal
troops were hurled forward here in
furious counter attack, but the NOV
had been, forsseen and the French gun
were ready. Artillery and machin
runs smashed wave after wave OF tn
rreen-clad soldiers until finally tn
attempt was given up after an awu
Further details Of yASterdays battl
row that the French infantry tacti
caliy outclassed the Germans. TIL
MT army operating from soissons t
6,raonne had established. itself Of
Nonday night along the front run
ninr from northwest Of Margival Z
tns south Of Craonne. Il
oimultanseus Attacks Succeed.
sSnrth of the Chivres- Chivy line tn
e,,stnv retained all the heights and
2 ssflax had to be won thereon befor
lS,s y beratiSn could be properly com
1900. Two simultaneous attack
rere decided upon with Nanteuil-la
p6sse on the left and Chivy Ind Braye
sn-Lannois on the right as the re
sirsctive objectives. The attack sue
,Seded perfectly Notwithstanding tn
j determined resistance Of the enemy
&ho had all the advantages Of tn
ground. ~
Driven out Of Nanteuil and Bray
llie Germans still clung to Intermediate
- comprising yaa!!lys, ard tn
lnportant bridgehead on the Aisne b.
which they could threaten the Frencl
hanks. n J$
n Frsrch Carry Hpdsehead.
81 ,ie movement was then extended t
Ne bsidEehead which was soon carried
md the attacking troops scaled tn
SIopeS of the plateau north OF Vail,
fkey advanced rapidly as far as tn
lSonee Maison farm and the countr,
~ 80 the right. gaining severa
xandred yards of ground on the sum
MI ~ thA plateau.
ubstsntial% progress also was mad
s ~ 6f Nanteuil and by the afternool
fl6e6 II enSainsd only one marrow gal
f5Su vhich the Germans could with