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ALLIES DEFEAT
hun RESERVES
Retreat Of Germans From the
hlarne is limited.
SCISSORS IS IN FLAMES
Number of Prisoners Taken by Amer
leans and French Placed at High
as 10000

| leans and French Placed at High
as 10000
Paris, July 2O.-"'fhe Germans are
everywhere on the defc. S;Ve, the al
! lied high command anLnIinced offici-
ally
| West of Rheims the Etcst interest
ing movement is happening.
Scissors is in fumes ;ud its fall
! to the Franco-Amerfcan II, cps is eX-
pected hourly. The city is III g grad
ually surrounded. Alread.,, I'">nch and
Americans stand to the s'u;heas, OF
iii, al BuZaney, west of TIE river
Crise
rs, mates of the number of pris-
| oners taken by the French and Amer
leans run as higa as 1s.CN
German reserves thrown into the
battle were defeated Fresh German
forces are now ben" rushed Up.
For the Germars III" crit cnI mo-
| ment of the battle has arrived. I'm
| less they can break the Franco Amer
| lean offensive between the Marine and
the whole Soissons-E Chateau Thierry
| Rheims triangle will be doomed.
Not content with pushing their AIS
ne-Marne drive with the utmost yigor
and continued successes. the French
and Americans. with the aid of Italian
units. began new counter-offensive
by aSsailing the Germans between the
Marine and Rheims.
AT the same time the French hit
back south Of the Marine. retaking
Montvoisin and throwing the Ger
mans out Of the outskirts of Oauilly.
Thus the German armies in the
huge triangle are being violently at
tackled from three sides.
One object of the Franco-Arerican
Aisn"- AIarne drive. namely The relief
Of Rheims. appears accomplished.
Where they threatened TO cut off the
last remaining line of communication
with the cathedral city they have been
pressed back They had to yield
| ground in Roi and Courton woods and
lost the Moulin d Ardre to the Italians
More than 100 cannon have been
captured In the allied attack. accord
ing to the Herald
The Germans were without doubt
taken by surprise. writes the military
commentator of The Temps by the at
tack of the soldiers Of Generals Man.
gin and DeGoutte and the American
troops. who realized in the first blow
an important advance
The Germans however. have dispos-
ed in the Qundrilateral Of scissors,
Chateau Thierry. Dormans and
Rheims. reserves estimated al some
twenty divisions, and it has been pos
sible for them to bring rapid support
to their first line troops. which are
beating a retreat. The writer adds:
Eve have not yet the right TO shout
victory. but our first days offensive
has distinctly resulted in our favor.
The enemy has been obliged to engage
the greater part of the reserves which
he had Immediately on hand Conse-
quently he has been compelled to re-
lax his efforts in the region where he
began his offensive on July 10"
Reviews Of the fighting in the allied
counter offensive, printed by the Paris
papers lay stress upon the interior
ence with the cnemy's railway COM
munications occasioned by the speedy
allied advance
"Our progress southeast of Sois-
sons" says the Echo de Paris, "pre-
vented the enemy from bringing into
action his reserves over the railways
in the vicinity Of Loan, near Chateau
Thierry around Rheims and along the
AiSne. He had expected to secure
reserves"
The newspapers Intentionally give
little information in regard TO the bat
tie going on and the results obtained.
They hold themselves generally to the
official statement. All the critics are
enthusiastic over the success obtain
ed. BY taking the initiative. it Is held,
General Foch has compelled the Ger
mans, at the moment of bOasting that
they were delivering ~ supreme peace
assault, to use their reserves at the
point and time selected by the gener-
alissimo
The question for General Ludendorff
now Is not whether to enter Epernay,
declares the Matin. but to consider
means for the salvation of the divis-
IONS he has thrown across the Marine.