Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-27
.FOCH FORCES WIN
MORE TOWNS; YANKS
PUSHING ONWARD
Americans Capture TWO Villages
and Make Advances.
ALLIES TAKE 1900 HUNS
Marine Fighting Grows Fiercer as the
Germans Make Stand in Effort to
Break Grip of Wise Closing
on Salient.

Paris, July 24.-French, American
and British troops made considerable
advances during the day on the Aisne-
Marine. front, according to the war Of
fee statement. In addition to cap
turing several villages they took 1880
or more German prisoners.
The French and Americans, by max
ing important new progress against
the apex and western side OF the great
Marne-AIsne triangle, made impossible
further retention by the crown princes
army Of the areas below the Vesle
river.
South of Scissors the Americans
captured the town of Buzancy. and
farther south, in the center of the Ger
man flank. the French took Oulchy-le-
Chateau.
On the north bank of the Marne
Americans occupied Jaulgonne, in the
bend Of the stream, with 300 prisoners.
French in New Drive.
Oulchy-leChateau was one Of the
German pivotal positions on the Aisne-
Marine front. II lies about eleven
miles south of Scissors on the STRAIT
egically important Sossons-Ch, teau
Thierry road.
At the same time the French struck
the enemy in new sector on the
Picardy front northwest of Montdid-
Ter. At this filing it is not known
whether Americans co-operated in the
action.
The Poilus stormed forward on. a
front of four miles and penetrated the
German positions to q maximum depth
of two miles, taking three villages
Aubvilers, Sauvillers and Mailly-
Rainova
The French attack at last advices
had progressed to the western edge
Of the wood north Of Sauvilers Mon
gival, about 1000 yards east of Mailu-
IIaineyal giving the French control of
the heights dominating the valley Of
the Avre, Twelve hundred Germans
Were made prisoner
Allied artillery is reported Smelling
both sides of the German salient be-
tween the AiNne and Marine. over a
width of from six 10 seven miles, leav-
ing only seven-mile strip through
winch the German crown princes
troops can effect their retirement
uorthNard.
The French attack was presumably
designed as a diversion aimed at keep
ing the euemys mind occupied and
preventing him from sending large re-
endorsements 70 the southwark
improve Their Line.
At the same time il also effected an
important local Improvement in the
line at a sector where every advance
means better protection for Amiens
and Paris The French attacked ON Il
four-uile trout after an hours bonn
hardment and captured all three of
the villages within fifteen minutes.
About thousand more prisoners
have been counted by the entente al
Hes i'm the past II hours. OF this num-
Der about hah have been credited TO
the Americans and British. but as II
matter of fact the allies just now are
far too busy 10 devote much time to
the counting of prisoners.
Battle Line WsNers.
Fighting of the tiercest charopter
continues. and the present to and fro
struggling all along the Soissons-
ReIns loop is very close. strenuous
work, aud probably not SO many prts-
0oners are being taken as would he the
case in a direct advance or a retreot
action,
There has been little change in the
last - hours in the appearance of the
SoiSsons-Keims pocket as il opnears
on the map. What changes have been
made there are all to the advantage of
the.allieS The French and Americans
have gained further ground in the hot
tom OF the pocket The French also
ARE pressing hard ON the long line
south of scissors. and the man shows
advances of thousand wards or SO Mt
several points.
Foe Fighting Hard.
The expectations of those who
thought that the Germans we're pre-
pairing 10 give w immediately the en-
tire SolSsons-Chateau Thierry-Reims
salient and retire To the Vesie river or
lthe ANue have not yet been fulfilled.
According to dispatches the Ger
man is lighting his hardest to hang on
10 every foot of ground he has, and is
constantly communicating with sur
prisiug momentum, both Oh the Marine
and along the west side Of the salient
1t is true OF course that this is OK.
actiy Whit the German would be- Hkeiv
TO do il he were actually iu the process
of retreat. bur the allies so FIR have
had no definite indication nmr ths
German has made up ms mnd that 81
general retirement V}i] br ue.ss,a~v
The Germans are buua. VILLAGES
and some small dumps hHt nresuma-
io'F further proaaa- 0'1 he needed
20 push -aew haek to tts N..rr y.s,.