The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-06-11

With the IrenCn Army IN france,
June l0.-CBy the Associated Press)
Fighting in this war probably never
has been more severe than that going
on today in the great battle of French
and German armies between Montdi-
cied and Noyon.
The Germans attacline on ground
where the entente allies We're ready
to receive the shock have found them
selves thrown into a slaughter house
whence most of them never Will make
an exit
When the German infantry began
coming over in the densest masses
they encountered Immediately heavy
fire from both n achine guns and arN
tinery. which moved them down.
The German progress must not he
taken to mean that the German forces
have overcome the defenders, who in
tended from the beginning to retire 10
their actual lines of combat as soon
as the action developed.
Some idea of the determined nature
of the fighting may be gathered from
the struggle on each wing The vii
lage of Courceles changed hands
numerous times and, when this dis
patch was sent. was in the possession
Of the allies At the other end of the
y ne. Mont Renaud was sjil MAKING
a magnificent defense and last repor.
showed that I.eplempnt was yet in
allied hands.
The center. about Ressons Sur
Matt. where the Germans made their
most obstinate effort and formed
pocket tending souJheastward. is the
only part of the line against which the
Germans have been able to report
real gain Their intention is to tsy
10 reach the banks OF the O.se ana
threaten the allied salient which eN
tends TO the vicinity OF Noyon
The Germans knew when the5
opened the attack that their task
would be difficult The force they
sent in the fray were their best di-
visions, which mad special training for
the assault ut is estimated that they
engaged approximately twenty diViN-
ions on the front line for the first
shock while behind these, reacy 10
take the place of the exhausted di-
visions there probably were a SINH
lar number. perhaps even greater.
AT the conclusion of the first "a
hours of the new battle between Mont
didier and the Disc the impression
gained is that the powerful German
smash has not been as successful as
the Germans had expected
Extreme violence was the dominant
feature of the battle ON the first day
and desperate assaults with huge
laasses of troops seem likely to con-
tinue at least for some days The
Germans have brought up large mum
bers of troops at the point chosen for
the heavy attack.
When the masses of German infan-
try came over, the entente allied
troops spread lightly in the forward
works, fell back coolly fighting yard
by yard. to the actual line Of resist
ance. They held back the enemy just
sufficiently to make him show his
strength and to permit the main body
OF defenders to make the proper dis
position to meet him
Only at one point was the real
French line forced to recode and that
was in the neighborhood of Reasons
Sur-MatZ
After the German infantry mad
started. four hours Of the most in
tense fighting had broueht them only
partly across the allied advance zones
They were battered thorouahly by the
allied artillery whose target was so
plain that the enewlg's losses must
have been friehtful with very little to
eompensste him for his sacrifices