Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-31
ALLIED LINES
HOLD F|RM.0N
BOTH FLANKS
Salient Created by Huns
May Become Menace to
Kaiser's Army.
ALLIES MAY STRIKE
EAST FROM SOISSONs
British and French Forces Defending
scissors and Rheims Holding De-
spite Heavy Pounding Of Superior
Numbers-AIlies Believed to Have
Improved Positions and German
Thrust 10 Being Slowed Down.

!. in the<cer.ter flowing strongly, al
tho seemingly less swiftly, toward
the Marine, the Germans simultan-
eousIy have executed strong
drive on the allied left flank, thus
extending the battle line.
Tho attack was delivered along
the AIette river, northwest OF
scissors, sweeping forward in the
salient that projected between the
Somme and the Aisne battle field,
the Germans drove tho allied line
back so that it now runs north
westward from Scissors thru
Epagny and Blerancourt to the
Disc river, apparently at its point
of junction with the Disc canal,
about eight miles east Of Noyon.
The Noyon area was included in
the field Of the German offensive in
March, when the French estab-
! lished new lines along the Aisne
and oise canal, after being driven
back from St. Quentin.
The German drive down the Disc
valley toward Paris then was
checked. The present movement
here presents the possibility Of its
: resumption.
.ThS. advance in the center has
now brought the Germans to within
two miles Of the Marine at one
point, Paris dispatches report. Tho
wedge here appears Increasingly
: narrow, however, and on it's TANKS
.sioM scissors and Rheims tho
enemy is reported firmly held.
The French war Office announces
tho breaking down Of enemy at
taeks ip tho soissons area and to
the south, while on tho allied right
the line extending northeastward
toward Rheims to the neighbour
hood Of vszilIy appears virtually
unchanged, tho Germans failing in
all their efforts to win ground.
The energetic defense on tho
right wing Is exemplified by tho
fighting at ThioIois, thre miles
east of Rheims, w11ere tho Ger
mans failing in all their efforts to
win ground.
The energetic defense on the
right wing is sxempIlfied by tho
fighting at Thio1ois, three miles
east Of Rheims, whers tho Ger-
mans entered the town only to be
driven gut by a French> counter
attack. BY such resistance the
safety Of Rheims Is momentarily
safeeuarded, but observers Of tho
operation View its Ultimate fall as
Inevitable.
The possibility Of German pene.
tration to the banks Of tho Marne
in tho center Of tho advance 10
likewise indicated In dispatches,
which announce tho German ,ap.
!. proach to Chateau Thierry and
Dormans, both Of which towns
are on tho Marine river.
BY penetrating from tho Marine
and southwest from Fere- e-en Tar.
depois, seven miiss north Of the
river, which they now hold, the
Germans apparently hope to spread
out sastward and westward and
thus outhank tho strong allied
positions At Scissors and Rheims.
Paris and London view tho posi-
4 tion more favorably and In neither
oapitahis thsre fear that the Ger
Z man offensive will be 40 serious q
monaco TO the allied defense 10 the
original onslaught in March.
Altho the German salient 10 about
eighteen miles deep in tho center,
Paris 10 not much nearer, nor has
! ths enemy advance affected the
+ allied line eastward from Mont
didisr.. In fact; the Germans would
be in dangerous position should
General Foch strike eastward along
the Aisne from Scissors. This may
bs the purpose Of the allied strategy
In, holding strongly on the fianks
~ tho Germans get deeper and
deeper into the region OF the
Marine.
Berlin claims capture Of many
large guns. The number Of French
! prisoners now 10 said to be moro
than $1,000.
On the British front thd Ger-
mans are active with their artii-
lsry east Of An,iers and in the Al
bsrt> region in the north, as we'll
~ on portions Of the Flanders
front.
In the Toul sector, on tho French
trant, the Americana ahave carried
!. Out Z successful raid.
The Americans in their success.
ful advance captured 242 prisoners,
lslaNsst rePsrts say. Fighting corr
tinyss around cantisny, but neith-
/ Sri1hs enemy infantry nor artillery
has made any Impression on the.
American dsfsnse.
One Ar,e,ican aviator, on the
Tssl sset ~ fell prisoner 10 the