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ations above and behind enemy lines.
Less than three days was required
by the allies to bring the enemy TO a
virtual halt south Of the Aisne.
Five days sufficed to stay the Ger
man offensive between Montdidier and
Noyon whose objective vas Com
piegne.
The attempted drive by the armies
. Of the German crown prince toward
Paris seems definitely to have been
checked.
British casualties reported In the
week ending June IA totaled S4,171 of
ficers and men, Of this number 4,447
being killed.
American officers and men TO the
number Of 1OS, fighting on the Toul
sector, have been awarded the French
war cross for bravery and fidelity.
Troops who participated in the bat
tie, as well as prisoners, are unani-
NOUS in declaring that the German
losses throughout the five days were
appalling.
The position Of the latest German
effort after five days of fighting is de-
scribed inelegantly, but aptly, by a
general who has just arrived from the
front, as follows: THE Germans got a
akinful."
Friday, the sixth day Of the often
sive between Noyon and Montdidier,
Witnessed only small local actions.
This may be a sign that the enemy has
renowned further efforts in this direc-
ton and is about to start elsewhere.
NJ. Clemenceau's organ, LHomme Ii
bre Of Paris, expresses no surprise at
the slackening of the battle. The en-
envy, 1t declares, has engaged about
eighty divisions since May q, nearly
half Of which left so per cent Of their
men on the battle ground.
The long-awaited Austrian offensive
against the Italians has begun. On the
Italian front, for a distance Of from
seventy-five to 100 miles, Austrian
troops and heavy artillery are endeav-
oring to break down the resistance Of
Italians, who are aided by French and
British forces.
Between the southern edge of the
Villers-C otterets forest and Chateau
Thierry American troops celebrated
the anniversary Of the arrival of
American troops in France by repuls-
ing violent enemy attempts to drive
them from their recently won positions
at Belleu wood and B~ouresches. The
enemy attacked after a heavy bonn
bardment, but wal driven back with
severe losses by the defensive fire of
the Americans, who took prisoners and
machine guns.
WESTERN
The labor bill met defeat in the low
er house of the Arizona Legislature.
In a running fight with three bur
glars in a motor car near Laurel, Neb..
John Conover. owner OF the telephone
exchange at Laurel. was shot through
the head and died in an hour, and DR..
8. s. Sackett Of Laurel was shot
through the body and his death is ex-
pected.
Lieut.. Pat O'Brien, Royal British
Flying Corps, who is in the United
States after having escaped from a
German war prison. fell nearly 1000
feet in an aeroplane at San Antonio,
Tex, but wal only slightly injured.
WASHINGTON
The Navy Department was advised
that the British steamer Keemun had
arrived safely at an Atlantic port.
Continued throat trouble prompted
Secretary McAdoo to return to White
Sulphur Springs, W. Va, to spend sew
eral weeks recuperating.
The effective date OF the order re-
Quiring payment OF railroad transpor-
tation orders on a cash basis was
postponed from July l to Aug. /.
The Senate finance committee de-
cided rot to attempt suspension Of
publishers s~econd-class mail rates
which become effective July /.
A proposal that not fewer than g.,
5000 American troops be used in the
war during the next year is made in an
amendment to the navy appropriation
bill introduced by Senator FAN Of New
Mexico.
The nation must prepare for a bit
ter struggle OF indefinite duration, AID
miral Braisted, surgeon general OF the
navy, warned medical celebrities at
tending the slxty-ninth annual conyen-
ton Of the American Medical associa-
ton.
The purpose of the United States to
send men and materials to France un-
Ill ANY temporary inequality OF force
ls entirely overcome" was reiterated
by President Wilson in replying to a
message from President Poincare on
the anniversary OF the landing OF the
first American troops in France.