The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-06-07
GERMAN ADVANCE
STILL CONTINUES
ONLY EFFECT OF ALLIED RESTS
TANcE is SLIGHT SLOW
ING UP OF DRIVE.
HUNS REACH RIVER MARINE
General Foch Has Not Yet Brought
His Reserves Into Action and
All Reports Tell of Allies
Being Outnumbered.
(War Review for June D.

(War Review for June ID
Plunging southwark, with its mo-
mentum still unspent, the German
war machine has driven its wedge into
the allied lines along the front until
its apex has reached the Marine river
south of Fere-E En- Entardenois, The
desperate efforts of the French and
British TO stem the tide against the
invaders has served only to slow down
the rate of speed of the German ad-
vance ;the defenders of the heights
north of the Marine seem to have been
swept aside in the rush of the enemy
toward the road to Paris.
The situation is a very anxious one,
not only because the Germans have
made such rapid progress-an advance
of 26 miles in four days-but also be-
cause they still have such large re-
serves available to be thrown into the
battle at any point
Aside from the movement of the
German armies southwark, two other
significant incidents of the tremendous
battle have occurred. One is that the
Germans have extended their attack
to the northwest along the Ailette
river, from which the French have |
fallen back for some distance. The |
other is that the battle has extended |
TO the east of Reims, which city. dur
ing the first few days of the battle,
formed the extreme eastern end. of the
line of battle.
Reims Forts Holding Out.
Along the sides of the salient formed
by the rapid German advance to the
Marine, the French and British have
been holding their positions gallantly.
South of scissors the French have de-
Tended their line with such vigOr that
the Germans have not made much i'm
preston upon it. On the other side of
the battle area, the British are still
holding the forts of Rems and posi-
tfons just west of that war-stricken |
city.
Between the extreme sides of the /
salient the front says toward the south.
the line from Rheims TO the Marine | !
running to the southwest at a gentle
angle, while the French are holding a {
front at right angles to the direction q
of the German advance.
fluHS otdTt ! OWdTQ HdrfS.
The occupation of Chateau Thierry |
marks the beginning of the expected f
toward Paris which the Ger +
mans were believed TO have planned. !
If the town has been taken in its en- il
tirety, the Germans may be expected o
% move down the Marine. 2
General Foch. the commander-in- $;
'hief of the allied forces. has not as
'et brought his reserves into action. S
Nj reports from the field of battle g
ell of the allied forces being vastly OF
q
Americans in Fight. u
American soldiers are in action in
ne Picardy and Toul sectors At Can ~
lgny they have repulsed repeated Ger u
nan attacks to GUST them from the DO d.
itions they captured early in the week. VI
'hile in the Toul sector they have at u
acked the German positions, penetrat- az
d them 10 depth of almost a half
lille and destroyed the German de- u
enses. h'
German airmen have been adding va
errors to the fighting by their DELHI
rate attacks on hospitals back of the |
lied line. One large receiving sta
on behind the American positions in
icardy has been bombed A Canadian
ospital also was attacked and partly
armed by another German air raid a.
g party. -
Disorders in Ukraine are reported. e.
is stated that several villages near -,
lev were drenched with poisonous al
rs by the Germans and that whole a.,
were asphyxiated co.