Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-11
Huns Hurled From Van.
tage Points by Allies
Enemy Guns Active.

Paris, July 1I.-FrenCh troops
last night captured the town Of
Corey, on the front southwest
OF Scissors, the war Office an
nOunced today.
In addition to gaining COM
plete possession Of Corey, In
Guiding the Corey railway sta
tiOn, the French took the cha
teau and the farm OF St Paul,
TO the south of Corey.
The capture was effected In
an operation for the enlarging
of French positions east OF
RetZ forest
The French statement reads:
"In the night French troops en-
larged their gains in the outskirts
of the forest OF Retz. Our troops
took possession of the entire vii
age of Corey, the railroad station
of Corey and the chateau and farm
of st. Paul. Fifty prisoners, in
cluding one officer, remained in our
hands.
Two raids executed by us in the
region of Maisons De Champagne
and an unnamed hill resulted in a
dozen prisoners being taken by our
| troops"
British Push Lines Ahead.
London. July 1.-THE Germans
again last night bombarded some
what heavily the British positions
! east of Amiens, on both sides OF
| the Somme river, the war office
announced today.
In a local operation carried out
last night south of the Somme,
east of Villers- -Bretonneux, the
British positions were improved.
adds todays war Office announce
ment.
! The statement reads:
I'VE improved our positions
slightly during the night east Of
! Vi1lers- -Bretonneux.
Yesterday afternoon and last
night, successful raids in which
we captured several prisoners and
a machine gun were carried out by
us in the neighborhood Of Merris
! and Festubert.
THE hostile artillery has shown
some activity against our positions
/ astride the Somme."
tBy The Associated Press)
The French continued their jam
ming tactics last night on the west
erly side Of the Marne salient,
/ southwest OF Scissors, capturing
| the town and railway station OF
/ Corey and the farm and chateau OF
St. Paul, south of the town.
! The gain serves still further &c
protect the forest OF Villers-Cot-
! terets otherwise called Retz for
! est, which forms a bulwark of the
defense OF Compeigne. the impor-
tant French base and railway
| junction, east of that town.
Haig's Men Gain.
On the British front south Of the
SOmme, Haig's infantry pushed
still further forward last night and
won additional, holding ground
east Of Villers- s-BretonneuX, on tho
ridge which stands as an impor-
tant eastward defense Of the al
| lied base at Amiens.
Raiding operations comprised
the major portion of the activities
on the remainder OF the allied
! front
The capture Of Corey represents
a continuation Of a series OF impor-
tant local attacks on this front he
tween the Aisne and the Marine,
began on Sunday II is along this
| line that the allies apparently
count it quite probable that the
Germans Will resume their orrcn-
sive
Sundays attack took the form ot
drive that carried the French
line forward two thirds of mile
on a two mile front north of the
Long pOnt region. The gain was
extended Tuesday, while Wednes-
day, the outskirts Of LongpOrt and
Corey were reached.
During last night, tho French
made good their occupation OF
Corey and drove in still further
south on the line for a short dis
tauce
The net result is that the French
front now runs in almost
straight line along a series OF
strong positions for approximately
u miles from the Alsne southwark
10 below Corey.
Between this and the American
sector, TO the south. northwest of
Chateau Thierry, there Is still a
westward bulge IN the line. The
French pressure on the north and
the American on the south huwey-
er. seems likely 20 result Ia the
wiping out OF this salient by the
continuation OF the present entente
tactics of local plunges I'm this sec
tor, IL the Germans hold Off muon
longer in launching their expected
renewed offensive.