The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-05
MOMENTUM OF
HUN ADVANCE
CHECKED BY
THE ALLIES
Struggle Changes to War Of
Positions Allied Lines
Stiffen and Hold Hun Mass
es Along Extended Fronts.
BRITISH REPULSE RAID
(By Associated Press)

(By Associated Press)
German masses no longer hurl them
selves at the allied line along ex-
tended fronts. The momentum of the
Teuton advance of last week appears
to have exhausted itself in striking
the yielding lines OF the French and
British, which now have stiftened and
are holding the foe except for insig-
| nifcant gains here and ther, especial
| ly along the front running south from
! the neighbcrhood or scissors to Cha
teau Thierry. The struggle apparent
| ly is changing from war Of movements
to a war of positions.
Official reports show that the Ger
mans are launching their assaults on
! Chezy, Corey. and near Dommiers, is
| solated points of vantage. These at
tacks were, roughly, from to miles
apart along the line which includes
ground where the Americans have es-
tablished themselves and have fought
the Germans to a stand still. The
French official statement says the
Teuton attacks were all repulsed
British RepuIse Raid.
The report of operations along the
| British front fails to show any not
able activity on the part Of the Ger
/ mans. At Morlan court, between tho
| Ancre and the Somme south Of Albert,
the Germans supported by heavy artil-
lery fire, attempted to raid the Brit
ish positions. but were repulsed, Ieav-
ing prisoners behind.
Details of the fighting IN which
American units have taken part show
,, that General Pershing's men have
gone into battle with spirit that is
magnificent. In their defense Of the
| bridges across the Marne. they re-
pulsed the enemy in decisive manner
| and with their rife fire prevented the
Germans from making further serious
attempts to cross the Marne.
American machine gun fire has con-
verted the northern part Of Chateau
Thierry into no mans land The Ger
mans, unable to hold their positions,
under the storm of bullets poured into
them by the Americans have with
drawn to the outskirts Of that section
of the city.
Force Is Broken.
Allied defensive measures have
! broken the force of the German offen-
sive in the salient south of the Ailette
and the enemy now is making only
strong local attacks. Although re-
| cording successful engagements" in
its latest report, Berlin. for the first
| time since May II, does not claim any
new advance.
Foiled by the French in their efforts
| to overcome the barrier of the Retz
forest, east of Villers-Cotterets, py
| frontal attacks, the Germans attempt
/ ed to outflank the position by assaults
north and south Of it, After slight
gains, the French stopped them on
| both 1anks. American troops taking
! part in the fighting around Cheateau
| Theirry, where the western wing of
the battle front joins the Marne.
Between the Disc and the Marne,
| the fighting continues heavier than
elsewhere on the new salient North
of Moulin-Sous-T -Touvent, northwest OF
| scissors. the French have improved
their positions, gaining some hotly
| contested terrain from the Germans.
Enemy attacks against the RetZ for
est, although strong, are being local
lied. Near Longpont, the Germans
| were able to penetrate the forest, but
| French counter attacks threw them
out again. If they follow the tactics
| employed in the Picardy and Flanders
battles, the Germans probably will
make very strong efforts to improve
locally important positions before
they finally give up their efforts to ad-
vance. The enemy artillery fire is
very heavy from north of the Aisne to
the Ourcq, on the western wing, and
around Rheims, on the east, which
still holds out
In addition to the present battle.
/ American troops are actively engaged
on four sectors and preparing to enter
the front line on a fifth-Flanders.
Northwest of Toul, east of Luneville,
north of St Mihiel, along the Meuse
and west of Montdidier, in Picardy,
General Pershing's men had given a
good account of themselves before
the entrance of American units into
the fighting east and west of Chateau
! Thierry
With the halting of the offensive on
the new salient, military observers ex-
pect the Germans will make another
attempt to reach the channel ports.
| through Amiens and crush the Anglo
French forces before the full strength
of the American effort can be brought
into play. The supreme war council
has expressed confidence in the situa-
tion and the ability of General Foch
to combat the enemy's plans. Pre-
mler Clemenceau has told the French
chamber of deputies that the future
depends on American help.
Fighting operations on the western
front elsewhere than south Of the
Ailette are at minimum. There has
been active artillery firing on the Bel
gian sector and on parts of the British
front where the Germans have been
repulsed in raids north of KENNEL.
in Flanders, and between Albert and
Arras, in Picardy.
The German submarines apparently
have not left the Atlantic coast Oh
the Maryland shore early Tuesday an
American destroyer rescued French
tanker from an enemy U-boat, which
previously had sunk small schooner
Nearly half hundred persons are
still missing from the Carolina. al
though 1t is believed Is Of these per-
ished from exposure.