Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-03
TOday's War
Summary
(By the Associated rress.)

H
Allied troops continue to haIrass
the Germans and have made further
important gains In anticipation OF the
renewal of the.enemy offensive. Amer
lean and French troops are meeting
with success in carrying forward their
lines iasthe important section of front
between the Aisne ana the Marine
rivers.
Two villages and more than 500
prisoners have been taken by the
Franco-American soldiers. Strong
German counter-attacks have beer
reputsed1.. and the allied troops hold
firmly to the ground gained.
After the capture of Vaux and ad-
tacent strong points the Americans
w1thstood violent enemy reactions but
the German efforts were Of no avail,
the attacking force being virtually
wiped out Further attempts probably
will be made to regain Valx, which ID
an important point on the hattie.
front between Scissors and Chateau
Thierry, the nearest the Germans
have approached to Paris.
Meanwhile tho American artillery
10 bombardtng heavily the German
positions On Hill 204. east Of VAux.
American avtators are aiding tho in
fantry and artillery Inc in a combat
Tuesday between nine American and
nine German machines three Of the
enemy were brought down. Two Amer
lean airplanes failed to return from
this fight and a third from another
combat.
For . week now the French have
been driving the Germans out Of po-
siuons between the Aisne and Villers-
lage Of st. Pierre Aigle. Immediately
north OF the forest Of Villers-Cotterets.
North of the Aisne the French have
withstood German attacks against
Vingre.
On the British front only the artil-
1ery has been active. British aviaAor,
however. continue to be most busy.
Forty-two German airplanes and three
balloons We're accounted for inactions
Monday while. much bombing. recon
Nuisance and photography work was
Treves and Thionville, all in Germany,
have been attacked by the British
squadrons.
h one million American soldiers
have arrived in France.
President Wilson has announced
that the Americans in France. on
July I. aggregated 1.019.115. OF this
number more than soc, 900 went over
seas In May and June.
CONTINUING Lnelf local attacks on
h mountain front the Italians have
gained ground in the northwestern
part Of Monte Grapna between the
BrentaN and the Piave, and taken
nearly 500 prisoners Monte Grappa
Is the key position between the rivers
and is east of and across the Brenta
from h heights gained Saturday and
Sunday. East of Asiago the Italians
have repulsed Austrian attacks against
their new position and captured 100
prisoners, bringing their total cap
lures since Saturday to more than
1900.
Important changes have been made
in the Austro-Hungarian army COM
mand. probably as a. result Of the
grave repulse along the Pave. Cen
eral Otto Won Below, a German, has
been appointed to the supreme field
command. while Field Marshal Arr
Won straussenburg, the chief of staff,
has been replaced by General Krauss.
German and Finnish troops are re-
ported moving rapidly. toward the
Mur1nansk coast, where American,
British and French forces are guard
Ing allied supplies intended for Rus
STA The frontier has been crossed by
the invaders and clashes have occur
red with. Russian troops guarding the
Murmansk railway. The Germans are
said to have fifty thousand soldiers in
this region.