Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-06-14
Push for Compegne Fails Blow at Scissors Salient Stopped
Short; Driven From Advantageous Points North of Matt,
and Make Totally lJnmportant Gains on the Disc
River; Hun Airmen Beaten in Conflicts
With Allies Air Fighters.
B0CYE SHIFTING FIGHT
American and British Lines Prob
ably VIII Get Force of Next
Enemy Drive
BOTH FRONTS STRONG

~ II ENApAN , , rNDANO
Assooiataf Prose- 7unraary fsaued - r
German attacks on each side ~ the
French salient between WOntdidier
scissors seem 10 have been definitely
checked
Halted in their rush toward COnDiegne
and unable rapidly 10 outfank the French
by their onslaught southwest IF Sois-
sons the enemy has apparently ceased
his pIunping tactics which began last
Sunday and for a time threatened tho
vital French positions. The French
official statement says that only lncal
fighting has occurred along the front IF
attack during the past few hours.
Critical Period Passed
The latest German attempt 70 break
through the French lines lasted hut Eve
days before il reached the phase of
equilibrium which has marked the end
Of the critical periods in the Picardy
Flanders and Aisne drives.
The Germans have been held north
Of the Aronde and Mafz rivers. To the west
Of the Disc. They have failed 10 make
serious attacks against the new French
positions east Of that river. Southwest Of
a mile over a four mile front. out their
progress was ~ slow that after the in
ception Of the fighting little fear was felt
concerning future events in that region
BoMBARDISG AMERICAN FRONT.
The sectors further south. which include
the points at which the American forces
are fighting have 0een heavily oomUarded
uy the senemv nut no further mia ntry
attacks have Nren launched IT ulm
An inference thar might be drawn from
the apparent haste li ne Germans ID
hegnnlng their great attack east Of Mont
Older almost "a soon as their sweeping
advance on the Aisne front nad Heen
checked al the Marine - mat another
German offensive may be speedily launch
ed. II is not improbable. 8cco rulng 70
French opinion. that rms blow viii iall on
ne British front, further north. either IN
front Of Amiens or in the Flanders sector.
where the Germans may attempt 70 cut
their way through 90 the hannei ports.
HIG REFUSES ATTACK.
In this connection. me British official
statement speaks of strong local attack
by the Germans IN Inc region OF Alerris. on
the extreme western angie Of the Flanders
salient TINS 1ttacA vas completely re-
pulsed. { Is SAID
The Amlens front anG the Scarpe River
valley near Arras, have Ceen DOmbardeU
~ me Germans, WhO have not as Vet,
however, attempted infantry attacks on
the Allied lines IN those regions.
German gtflc.a statements Of Thur
day maze nu ia!ui ii any gains west OF
he OiSe and ,he aveuiug report says
he situation unchanged with fighting
continuing southwest 0i Soyon, south
81. "a O.. 81 y Mr.
are no Allied reports ga lighting sUuth
81 y pres and this may herald new
movement IN he north
$. TROOPS WIN OF ANNIVERSARY.
Between the southern edge Of the
Nuier>-Cotterets forest ami Chateau
ThIerrv American troops celebrated the
anniversary ~ The arrival ~ American
troops in France by -epulsing violent
enemy attempts to drive hem from their
recently won positions At Belleau wooC
and Rourcsches wood The enemy at
tackled after heavS homhardment snd
was driven back with severe LOSSES oN
the defensive Gre of the Americans, who
took prisoners and machine guns
Allied sIrmen continue q AaraSS
the ares behind the German lines in The
-\oyon region. Many IONS
III bombs have been dropped GA enemy
targets and more than "a score u enemy
machines were brought down Wednesday
hy French and British ayistors. Amer
can airmen nave Joined IN work ~ crop
ping bombs on DOmmsry BarOnccurt.
AMERICANS DESTROY KUN PlANES.
ON the Tou, seCtor u aerla, sights.
American fighting planes have destroyed
two enemy machines and driven another
down out - control with the loss E,
one machine which landed Within the
German lines British hombcrs Also
have made Incursiou- INFO Germany
Bad weather i hampcring infantry
operations on thy Italian front but IA
The mountain region the artillery light
ing Is intense
FRENCH NOUr nJLGAN7.
French troops m operations Ia eastern
Albania have driven the Bulgarians
from eleven villages and have occupied
territory Ga front Of eleven mics 20 q
depth ~ nine miles Important noun
tain heights covering the lower reaches
of the SkunbI and Devoh rivers nave
been seized and more than three hundred
prisoners captured
The German admiralty, according 10
unofficial adviccs from Holland - about
to declare the eastern coast If the United
states from Canada 20 Mexico a danger
zone Tins warning comes after eighteen
vessels. including several neutrals, have
neen suns of the Atlantic coast