Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-15
EXPECT NEXT BLOW
ALONG FRONT HELD
BY BRITISH FORCES
Almost Continuous Artil-
lery Activity Near
Chateau-T -Thierry.
AMERICAN AVlATORS TAKE
PART IN BOMBING RAIDS
Long-Looked-For Austrian At
tack on Italians Has Not
Yet Begun.
NO INFANTRY ACTION FRIDAY
Berlin Reports Repulse Of French
Assaults in Flanders Fight -.
ing Area.
NO INFANTRY ACTION FRIDAY
Berlin Reports RepuIse of French
Assaults in Flanders Fight -,
ing Area.
fBy Associated Press.

fBy Associated Prcss.1 49,
During the course of Friday there
was no fighting between the infantry
any sectors OF the battle front.
There was considerable artillery activ-
ity in the Hangard wood. south of tho
Aisne and in the sector between villers-
Cotterets and Chateau-Thierry. Amer
lean troops are on the battle line near
Chateau -Thierry.
The attempted drive by the armies OF
the German Crown Prince toward Paris
seems definitely to have been checked:
With thousands of their men having
been fed 10 the guns on the Montdidier-
Noyon and Soissons-Eillers Cotterets
sectors in the mad rush to pierce the al
lied lines In these regions, and thus
gain a fair way to the French capital,
the maneuvers OF the German COM
manders apparently have brought to the
German arms nothing moro than the
obliteratIon of the Noyon salient and
the capture OF a few unimportant posi-
tions southwest of Soissons. near the
outskirts Of the Villers- Cotterets forest
Friday, the sixth day of the offensive
between Noyon and Montdidier. wit
messed only small local actions, the de-
plcted German forces evidently fearing
again to test the mcttlc Of the French
and allied troops. whose cannon, ma
chine guns and rifles had worked such
havoc among them. Less than three
days was required by the allies to
bring the enemy to a virtual halt south
OF the Aisne
MAIN GERMAN EFFORT
NOT YET LAUNCHED
The feeling still prevails in military
circles In France that the main effort
OF the Germans has not yet been
launched, and speculation is rife as to
when 1t will come and what the gen
eral objective will bc-whether Paris
or the channel ports 1t is known that
the enemy still has large electives
available behind the lines, thousands ot
them brought from the Russian front:
The armies Of General F'och, however.
everywhere are watehful. and OF such
strength and good morale as to lead
10 the belief that. no matter where the
enemy chooses TO oppose them, they
VIII be able to give splendid account
of themselves. ti +
ARRAS-SCARPE SECTOR
PROBABLE SCENE OF NEXT DRIVE
seemingly II is not improbable thar
Field Marshal Haigs forces will he
asked again to measure their strength
against the Germans, and that the ter
ritory near Arras or in the Scarps
sectors, or before both positions. may
De CHOSEN by the Germans as the the
atcr. In both these sectors the German
guns again are working with the vio-
renee that generally presages an at
TACK. At last accounts. however, the
infantry had not been unleashed
In the Marnc sector there is almoat
continuous artillery activity In the
region OF Chateau-Thierry. where
Americans are fighting beside the
French On the other sectors OF The
front comparative quiet prevails.
American. British and French airr,.n
continue to carry out aerial opera
tions above and behind the enemv Iin..
Fights In the air are numerous. ana
large Quantities OF explosives daily
are being dropped upon military nosi
tons fnr beyond the battle area. Amer.
ican alrmen have participated in the
bombing assaults and returned safely
TO their stations although they werh
heavily shelled by antiaircraft ha,
teries.
AS yet the Austrians have failed TO
start their expected offensive against
the Italians. Several fresh attacks have
been made against the lines In IN.
mountain region, but the Italian war
Ohce announces that they were re-
pulsed
British casualties reported during tn.
week ending Friday aggregated 34,171
or this number, 4.4t7 men were killed.
AMERICAN BOMBING