Arizona republican., 1918-07-25
TROOPS PUSH FORWARD WITH RAILWAY LINE
 AS OBJECTIVE
t'ranco-Americans Have Ad-
 vanced Over Ten Miles
 Since Last Thursday, In Face of Fierce Resistance
(By The Associated Press.)


 violent German counter attacks ant rear guard actions in great strength Stlll Tall to serve as barriers to the ad- vance on the Soissons- -Reims salient. They have aided in slowing down the last pace, but on the three sides of the now shaped battle front, important gains have been made.
 Advance on Great Storehouse.
 Driving slowly, but surely, south of Soissons the American and French troops have pushed their fronts fur ther eastward toward that part of the Soissons- Chateau Theirry railway line that IS still in the hands of the enc my, and further south, along both sides or the Ourcq river and the road leading 10 Fere-e -Tardenoinse, Germany's great storehouse for the supply of her troops to the south, important penetra- tions into enemy held territory have been made until the maximum point where the allies are fighting near Coincy is about 1O1a miles from their point of departure last Thursday
 In the Marne region north of Chateau Thierry the Americans and French have met with the fiercest kind of resistance, for the Germans are striving hard 10 extricate large num-
 
 part of the great number of guns and quantities of war materials
 Allies Have Advantage
 The advantage in the fighting has rested with the allied troops who have pushed on northward past the village of Epieds and busted the Germans from the greater part of the Chatelet forest. In this region the allies now hoid the villages of Epieds and Trug- nu-Epieds. which were captured by the Germans and were recaptured Wednesday in a counter attack by the Americans. Pressing on northward the allies have driven their pront be- Nond Courpoil, which lies about six and a half miles northeast of Chateau Thierry.
 Along the Marne at several points notably in the region of Charteves and Jaulgonne and further east at Ire loup the allies have put the northern bank of the Marne further behino them in advances and captured large number of cannon and machine guns and considerable war materials.
 Crown Princes Men Hard Used.
 In the region between the MarnC and Reims. where the German crowr prince has brought forward large num-
  warriors are meeting with hard usage Following up the advances of the French and Italians of Tuesday, tho British immediately to the southwest of Reims apparently have begun movement which possibly portends good results.
 Here the British have overcome 2 strong counter attack and, following it. a violent bombardment and struck the German line for a goodly gain This maneuver, if it is pressed to fur ther advantage. will seriously menacC the Reims Fismes railway, a scant three miles to the north and also vii tend materially to lessen the width O. the mouth of the pocket which thu Germans are endeavOring to retrea from the Soissons- Reims salient.
 Bosche Situation Is Grave.
 Guaged by the war maps the nev inroads of the allies troops into thu German-held territory necessarily adt further to the extreme gravity of thu situation on the German inside tn huge pocket and with the long rang guns on both sides of the U heavil! shelling them far behind the actua fighting fronts. with airmen bombin, them assiduously, and with the infan try attacking them an all sides witt rifle and gun fire their situation seemingly is hazardous one.