The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-01

In the center, where small enemy force:
the French tactics in the past few days
apparently have been to retire until the
line of the Marne, of heroic memory,
could be reached. Standing on the Marine
and with the river in front of them, the
forces in the center may attempt more
strongly to check the German onrush.
In advancing TO the Marne the Germans
have made Ineffective use of the Paris
Chalnes railway, which parallels the riv
er on the south. The railway has been
the most direct of several rail supply
lines to the Champagne and Verdun.
Rheims still holds out, but little hope
is entertained that its defenders win long
withstand the German attacks. However,
the allied forces there have held the en-
envy for small gains for three days.
North of the city the Germans have ad-
vanced only few miles since Monday,
The line eastward through the Cham
pagne to Verdun is not yet affected by
the battle on the Aisne front.
Since Monday the Germans have ad-
vanced southwark from the Ailette across
the Aisne and the Ourcq to an extreme
depth of 26 miles and reached the Marine
Berlin claims the number Of prisoners is
now $4,000. Captures of war materials
are said to include more than 400 guns
and several thousand machine guns.
The German salient becomes more
sharply pointed as the advance south
ward has continued, and its width at the
apex is now about ten miles Extension
of the battle line to connect il with the
Somme battlefield and the strong and
vicious enemy attacks on the west flank |
indicate the strong probability that it is |
the German purpose to drive on toward |
Paris and cut the capital off from Amiens
and the north rather than to strike east. |
Elsewhere on the western front, includ |
ing the American sectors. there has been
a decrease IN activity. The Germans ap-
parently have given up for the moment |
their violent counter-attacks against the
new American positions at Cantigny. Ae
rial activity by British aviators is at a
high pitch Many tons of bombs have
been dropped on military targets in the
enemy area, and 2s German airplanes
and two balloons have been destroyed.
Greek troops in a brilliantly executed
attack near Soiran, on the Macedonian
front, have occupied enemy positions on
a front of seven miles to a depth of more
than one mile More than | 500 Bulga-
risn and German prisoners and much war
material was taken. The Greek infantry
was supported by French artillery.
Paris, June L. The military critics,
says Havas agency review to-day. still
view the situation as serious, but con-
slider the signs increasingly reassuring.
The most important development is re-
garded as the enemy's attempt to ad
vance westward and push toward Paris, ]
thus. il is considered. revealing his STRAIT
egic intentions unmistakably.
In the first shock of this new rush, II ,
is pointed out. the allies were obliged to I,
give ground in some places. but they
held their own on the Aisne and the
0urcq, and their vigorous counter-attacks (.
are considered a prelude to the stOppage
IF the enemy advance.
At present. the most important part
1f the battlefield is that with Noyon, or
he region 70 the south Of il. on the one !
md. and the district north Of Chateau
on the Marne. on the other. II N
5 here that the German rush towards :
Paris demands undivided attention. T
The newspaper L'Homme Lbre. Pre- :
nier Clemenceau's organ, Is optimistic
o-day over the situation. Il points out T
hat the enemy plan TO draw the allies n
oWsrds The south and to push on west !
yard only met with suocess as far ss the +
irst part OF Il vas concerned. The re- "