Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-01
EXTEND ATTACKS
EAST OF RHEIMS
AND on AILETTE.
British and French Hold
Positions Along Sides of
Enemy Advance.
RESERVES OF GENERAL FoCH
TAKING NO PA2i' III FIGHTING
Berlin Official 2erc-t Claims
Capture Of $4,000 Prison
ers and 600 Guns. Y
AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN ACTION
Hun Airmcn Add to Horrors by De-
libcratc Attacks on
Hospitals.
SOLDIERS IN ACTION
Hun Airmcn Add to Horrors by De-
libcratc Attacks on
Hospitals.

PlunginC southward with its monen-
tum still unspent. the German war
machine has driven i's wedge into the
allied lines along the front until rs
apex has reached the Marine River.
south of Fere- re-cn-Tardenois. The dss-
peratc efforts of the French and Brit
iSh 10 stem the tide against the IN
raders have served only to slow down
tho rate OF speed OF the German adj
vance: the defender of the heights
north of the Marine seem to have been
swept aside in the rush of the enemy
toward the road 20 Paris
aside from the movement of the Ger
man armies southward two other sig &
niiicant incidents OF the tremendous
battle have occurred one Is that the
Germans have extended their attack
to the northwest. along the Ailette
River. from which tho Frcnch have !
fallen back for some distance. The
other IS that the battle has extended to
tho east of Rheims. which city, during
the first few days Of ;he h1ttle. formedN
the extreme eastern end OF the line OF
battle.
.Alor5 the ..idns If the salant formed
by the rapid German advance to the
Marnc. the French and British have
heen holding their posi- ms gallant!y.
South OF Soiss"us. the Fr nch have de-
! Tended their liae win xurh vigor that
! the Germans have rot made much i'm
j preston upon It. On tho other side of
/ the battle area the Eritish are still
I holding the forts of Ehnins and po-
/ SitionS Just west of that r.ar-striclen
/ city.
| 1etwocn the eNtrcrie sides of the
salient. the front says toward the SOUTH
/ the line from Rheims 10 the Marne run
| n'T;s 10 the sou Invest AZ q gentle angle.
/ while the French are holding n front
at right angles to the directioon of the
| German advance.
BEGINNING OF EFFECTED
TURNING MOVEMENT
The OCCUPATION of Chateau-Thiery
marks the beginning OF the eynected
turning movement toward l.aris which
the Germans were believed to have
planned II the town las been taken
In IT'S entirety, the Germans may he
expected TO move io"n the Marne Re-
fore they can go far in this direction,
! however. ii Will be necessary for them
TO break the French lines south of
| Soissons for rs long as the French
stand firm along the Soissons-Harten-
nes road. the Germrn advance Is in
'eopardy' The Germans. however.
claim already TO have crossed the line.
me attack alons the .A:,ette NAV be
nc beginning Of Il movement that will
seek I" prevent the rrrnch from maxi
ing heavy attack somewhere in the
neighhorhood of SCISSORS
General ,Foch. the commandar
chief Of the allied forces has nor as
Yet brought his reserves. into action.
All reports from the neld Of battle tell
OF the allied forces being vastly ou.
numbered
The German official report claims
that more than 45.coo prisoners and
~" guns have been taken by the Ten
TONS since the beginning OF the battle
Monday, not counting large numbers
OF machine guns. This may be COM
pared with the German claims of more
than 10000 prisoners and 1900 guns
captured from March II to April
IN the Pcardy battle
American soldiers are in action in
Picardy and Toul sectors At cantigny
they again have rcpulsed repeated Ger
man attacks TO Gust them from the
positions which they captured early in
the week while in the TouI sector they
nave attacked German positions. pene-
trated them 10 depth OF almost n
haif-mi!e and destroyed the German
dcfenses
German airmea have heen adding
horrors TO the lighting by their de-
hherate attacks ON hospitals back OF
the aliie' lines. one large receiving
station hind ;he .\merican positions
in ficardy has been bomhed.
SEVERAL nhD.Ns AnoNG
KILLED AND INJURED
Only few p,rsons were injured by
iE'ns glass as mos; of the windows
IN the hospitals had been shattered by
bombs dropped the previous night.
several private houses We're wrecked
and number of rivilions. including
several iabics. were killed and In
jured
That the raid wss planned on a
much larger scale thar recent ones oyer y
this territory is evidenced from re-
ports made by many Americans in viz
lagos over which the raiders passed, n
The Germans came in wave formation
and then scattered widely. One squad