Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-04
ON RUSHING HUNS
FORWARD TO PARIS
CROWN PRINCE THROWS 10000
MEN FORWARD TO RUSH BY
WAY OF THE MARINE.
ALLIES MAKE A GAME STAND
Block Path for Time Being at Least
BY Desperate Fghting-Foch's
Reserves Leap Into Fray
Greatest Battle of War.

With their left wing touching the
Marine and their right linking up with
the battlefront at Noyon, the Ger
mans in their new offensive Saturday
hammered the allied line apparently
with the hope of crushing in. the
Scissors salient and opening up the
way to Paris by way of the Marine
and the Disc. They are reported to
be using three-quarters of million
men in this effort.
Main Trend Is Westward.
Although the enemy occupies the
northearn bank of the Marine for a
stretch of a dozen miles east from
the vicinity if Chateau Theirry, he
seems to have made no serious at
tempt to force a crossing, the only
efforts in this direction being made
in small force. These were repulsed
by the French.
The main trend of the enemy is |
westward, and with his purpose seem
ingly fully developed General Foch |
is disposing his forces to resist it. |
Already the French seem to be in
considerable strength in the path of
the crown princes drive west of the
Scissors road to Chateau Thlerry.
French Rally in Desperate Fight.
The Germans at last reports had
succeeded in penetrating from two
and one-half to nearly four miles at
, points west of this road They were
stopped for the time being at least at
Chaudun, three miles from the road,
, which the French first lost and then
} retook in desperate fighting and like
wise before Chouy and Neuilly st.
Front, to the south. Just below Sois-
sons the crown princes troops were
forced back on the Crise river, which
runs on north and south line through
: that town. In the engagements on
- this front several hundred prisoners
, were taken by the French and in the
y scissors fighting especially the Ger
mans suffered terrific punishment.
u Near the Marine, in the vicinity of
:, Chateau Thierry, an important rail
way point on the river, the situation
- is somewhat obscure, but the French
appear to have protecting line flung
- northwest from the Marine at Chart
ewes, three and one-half miles north
{ east of Chateau Thierry, and linking
up with the north and soluth line
above the latter town. which the Ger
~ mans are strongly threatening.
y Rheims, on the left of the German
H. advance, is still in allied hands anC
- in general there is little apparent ef
" fort on the part of the Germans to en-
a large their salient in this direction eX
II cept at it's narrow edge, which the,
VI are making some Roadway in broad
10 ening along the Marine. The line be
ie' tween Rheims and the Marine takes
H. the general course of the Dormans
10 Rheims road
Paris military commentators repor
the masses of the allied reserves be
ginning to take part in the action.
ny Allies Battle Line Forced Back.
10 The seventh day of the new ba
~ tie found the allied line from Soi'
,~s sons to Rheims, although it had bee
-,s bent back at points, not so har
10 pressed as on previous days, an
~ seemingly more capable of resistin
ov the enemy's onslaughts.
The strength of General Foch's r
~ serves has been felt byb the Germa
80 crown prince in the battle IL
Paris"
French Recapture Towns.
tor East of the line running from Sol
81 sons to Chateau Thierry, where Il
all Germans Saturday, in continuatiC
lad of their mighty strokes, gained sc
lad eral additional villages and then
ess tempted to proceed further westwar
us magnificent opposition was impos'
out by the newly strengthened lines an
but with terrific smashes, the Fren'
the forces recaptured Long Pont, Core
md Faverolles and Troesnes, vanta
ain points in the center of the line lea
/ is ing to the forest of Villers Cottere
ess. which seems to be the present obje
i've of the enemy.
by The Germans, however, still ha
/. a in their possession the village
fiat Vaurezis, west of scissors, and f
ork Their south Saconin-et-Breuil, ChaudI
alt Licy and Bouresches, the last nam
sky directly west of Chateau Thierry.
ers' little to the southwest of Chate
o., Thierry the enemy has rtached
ttla Marine.
No Attemmpt to Gross Marine.
ueu Nowhere has there been any
~. tempt by the invaders to cross
re- river, and at all points east of G
teau Thierry they are hugging
northern bank of the stream.