The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-11
(By Associated Press)

tachment which was advancing in tho
Devoli valley.
fBy Associated Press)
LONDON, July 11-Italian troops
on their offensive on Albania continue
to advance. says a dispatch from Rome
to the Central News agency. The Aus
tro- Hungarjans are falling back on the
Skumbi river, 25 miles north OF verat
French Make Gains.
The French continued their jam
ming tactics last light on the westerly
side of the Marne salient, southwest
of scissors, capturing the town and
railway station Of Corey and the farm
and chateau Of ST. Paul, south of the
town.
The gain of ground served still
further to protect the forest Of Villers-
Cotterets (otherwise called the Retz
foresO, which forms bulwark of the
defense of Compiegne, the important
French base and railway junction on
the east of that town.
On the British front south OF the
Somme. Field Marshal Haig's infantry
pushed still further forward last night
and won additional holding ground
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Raiding operations comprised the
major portion Of the activities on the
remainder of the allied front.
Americans to South.
The operation on the French front
resulting in the capture Of Corey gains
in interest in that it represents con-
tinuation of a series of important local
attacks on this front, between the
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eral PetaIn on Sunday. Il is along
| count it quite probable that the Ger
| mans will resume their offensive.
The net result, together with an
earlier operation further north late in
June. when a dangerous salient east
Of the Laversine ravine, which the
Germans created in their June often
sive, was wiped out, is that the French
front now runs in almost a straight
line along a series of strong positions
for distance Of approximately IL
miles from Aisne southwark to below
Corey.
Between this and the American sec
tor to the south, northwest of Chateau
Thierry there is still westward bulge
in the line. The French pressure on
the north and the American on the
south, however, seems likely to result
in the wiping out of this salient by
the continuation of the present entente
tactics of local plunges In this line II
the Germans hold off much longer in
launching their expected renewed Of
fensive
Enemy Artillery Active.
German artillery and aerial activity
has increased on the Flanders battle
/ field, but the infantry is still held in
check. Elsewhere on the western
front there has been no marked ac-
tivity except northwest OF Soissons
where the French have advanced their
positions.
Since the revival of the enemy bonn
bardment most attention has been
paid to the sectors north and south OF
the BONNIE. east of the Aisne, and to
the Lye salient west Of Hazebrouck.
an important railway and supply CEN
ter in the Flanders region. The Ger
man guns are busy pounding the sec
tors after Hinges, on the south. and
Lecere, on the north Of the Lye battle
ground. In Picardy. the area about
Marian court is being shelled.
Enemy aviators. who had not been
very active on the British portion OF
the battle line, are quite active IN
Flanders. British airmen in battle
, with the Germans have accounted for
ten of them while another fell before
the British anti-aircraft guns. British
superiority in theair is now firmly
established, and scouts and bombing
planes have outfought and harassed
the enemy on innumerable occasions
recently.
Prisoners Are Taken.
French troops in their latest gains
south of the Aisne have extended their
lines around Corey and Longpont.
northeast of Villers-Cotterets. Enemy
opposition at Chavigny farm has been
overcome and French patrols have
pushed forward to the outskirts OF
Longpont and penetrated Corey. Pris-
oners were taken. Further southeast
American aviators have been active
around Chateau Thierry.
Under Franco-Italian pressure the
Austrian troops in Albania have re.
tired beyond the Berat-Fieri line in the
direction OF the Skumbi river and
Elbasan, the nearest natural defense
forward The evacuation Of Berat an
nounced from Vienna probably was
due to the Italian progress around
Fieri and the French advance between
Lake Onehrida ard the Tormorica val
ley up which the Austrians also are
retreatinR pursued by the allied forces.
The fighting in the Macedonian the
ater has spread eastward and the Bull
garians are making strong attacks
north Of Monastir, apparently to draw
allied attention from Albania. The
Bulgar attacks were repulsed with
heavy losses by .he French. There 10
great danger that the Bulgarian lines
east Of Lake Ochrida will be outflank.
ed should the allied forces reach the
Skumbi at Elbasan.