The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-07-23
FRANCO AMERICANS
ON MARINE SALIENT
.. DRIVING FORWARD

mans souIh vi the Marne t0pnghtSa are dead Germans
1has Reuters correspondent French headquarters sums up
success OF the yesterday around the
OF the Ane Marine salient with driven back again
all along the east side with German points on the
Rheims side Of the salient and with the south thrown back and
all the ground taken by the Germans the first three days of the
The entire south bank Of the Marine cleared Of he
STRATEGIC" OF COURSE D."
wireless despatch ont from Berlin night states that
the Germans Effected their evacuation Of the south bank of the
Marine pndcted by the French which does not agree with The
official FRENCH and American communicates which more
one taken bringing the total since Thursday up noon OF
esterday to more than twenty thousand guns captured
yesterday making this total more than four hundred ~
The German retreat the Marine forced saws the Of
hea report from French headquarters last night BY violence
OF the attacks launched against their lines river and
by the with which the along the German right
flank Being conducted threatening to reach point where fe
German positions south of the river would become traps the
-~' ADVANCED THROUGHOUT DAY
All day yesterday the Allies continued German
sides of the salient The preside was maintained on the
front with gaining ground
stent On the scissors sector the French extended gains
advancing southwest front from Montague the
Of Beeu From this point south American positions north
west Of Chateau hieTry the advance general between
Friday and nine o'clock yesterday morning the gains along
twenty-mile front averaging mile in depth.
Desperately the Germans attempted hold rushing
from the crown Princes Champagne army into the to
total estimated hundred men This stifening Of
the German defense slowed down the progress
the day progressed
LINE AT NOON YESTERDAY
innate
as follows; Starting at Fonenoy the Asue Scissors
the line swung to the southeast the scissors plateau
southeast OF Soissons where marks
the gains on the north and where the Allied guns
bridges to the north and of Scissors the line
turns south to Berry swinging east again
and buzancy Passing well of Very where the Americans
nave been gaming steadily in the hardest fighting the line
sans to the southwest passing that point
and then south to the of Chouy and Neuiy Front in The
Ourcq Valley Here swings again to the east THROUGH
means re and the western edge of Eeply which marks the
1arthest gains OF the Americans northwest
TINS point 1t circles west to the original position the Americans
on the Marine southwest of Chateau ,Thierry
CLEARING MARINE BANK
When the FrancoAmericans pushing the Germans. all
along TINS line at noon south Of the Marine driving the
Germans north The Bots de Missy taken with rush by the
FRENCH who threw the Germans back river while on the
opposite side of the salient Americans were ATTACHING 6ce
at fosoy after German offensive between Fosy and Reuv IN
tho big bend had been smashed ' -
NORTH OF the Marne the Rheims side of the salient the
eh TOOK Martaux midway between Rheims river
Vanced west OF Pourcy breaking up defensive
rem along this 'front.' while between Auberive an d
vance OF a thousand yards scored
by last night these gains had been fph
ing with the German defense growing gradually more determined
Wood in the Are Valley and in the direction St. Euprase
AIRMEN KEPT BUSY
throughout the day and last night the Entente air forces
pussy uhdred OF ar battles fought
infantry and artillery twenty German machines he
ing shot down by the French and Americans while the Re M
patches claim that thirty Entente machines were desttovad d
the day. '' ou''"s
Ing ed myers ralded the German positions persistentv ron
ping th1rtytwo tons of explosives enemy aos ;
OF coHmuncaton and rear lines number Of conaapraoS -
started by these bombs Vouizere Fer en- Tardeno$ and e
laon was also bombed. - ~