The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-06-06
AMERICANS STOP
GERMAN ADVANCE
ON MARINE RIVER
U. S. Troops Turn Back Huns
on North Bank.
VlCTORS IN NEUILLY WOOD
Pershing Says Yankees Broke UP At
tempt to Advance-Forced Enemy
to Retreat to Right Bank of
Stream and Inflicted Heavy
Losses in Killed and
Prisoners.

With the American Army in France,
June 5.-Aided by Americans, the
French have stopped the German ad-
vance in the second battle or the
Marne.
The flower of our troops was hurled
against the enemy at the pivotal point
in the worlds greatest offensive. The
Americans turned back the German
horde on the north bank of the Marine,
west of Chateau Thierry, where the
enemy had penetrated fartheast east
of Paris.
Pershing Statement.
Washington, June 5.-Further con-
firmation of the heroic action OF
American troops in hurting back Ger
man forces across the Marine and de-
feating them in Neuilly wood is given
in the official communique from Gen
eral Pershing.
The communique follows:
"In the fighting northwest of Cha
teau Thierry our troops broke up an
ullelnpl VI lllt cilCuly W uNNoiNS ="
the south through Neuilly wood and
by counter-attack drove him back tc
the north of the wood. On the Marine
front a German battalion which hao
crossed the river at Jaulgonne was
counter-attacked by French and Amer
lean troops and forced to retreat to
the right bank. 1t sustained severe
losses in killed and prisoners.
"Patrolling was active in Picardy
and Lorraine. In the Woevre we
shelled the enemy positions, using
gas"
General Pershing's communique
mentions United States troops in every
active theater of the war save Elan
ders. He confirms the French report
of the gallant actions in Neuilly wood
and on the Marine. In the Woevre
there has been persistent cannonading
for ten days. In Picardy the Ameri'
cans stand at vital points on the out
bent allied line. In Lorraine they are
maintaining the boast that mo Mans
Land is Yankee land"
News PIeases Baker.
There was a sort of jubilee through
out Washington when news of the
American exploits arrived in the
French afternoon coinmunique.
This was the first mention of the
Neuilly wood and Marine actions that
reached Secretary Baker.
Zine, fine" he exclaimed, leaning
back in his chair and smiling broadly.
The French news was received with
equal glee by officers of the French
and British missions here.
But even more thrilling than those
two single exploits was General Per-
shing's official statement showing
that at last the United States troops
are knit up with all the others, stand
ing shoulder to shoulder along all the
frontiers of freedom"
The mention of Picardy, Neuilly
wood, the Marine at Jaulgonne, the
Woevre and Lorraine, Enthusiastically
showed that the United States has ac-
tually become a vital factor in the
fighting. 1t was taken to mean that
Germany Is not walking away with the
man power race.
The location of the Americans at
Neuilly and along the Marine marks
them with the badge of honor. They
are first line electives"
French RepuIse Huns.
Paris, June 5.-The Germans tenn
porarily penetrated the forest of Vii
lers- Cotterets (43 miles northeast of
Paris) in the region of Longpont, but
a French counter-attack threw the in
vaders back upon the eastern out
skirts, the official night communique
says.
Huns Halted on Marine.
Paris, June 5. American troops
thrown into battle on the western side
of the Champagne salient have stopped
the German advance near Neuilly
wood, and in "a dashing cOunterattack
have thrown back the Germans, the
war office announced.
On the Marine front German troops
which had forced passage of the
river were driven back again by
French and American troops.
The battle continued with ths great
est violence between the Aisne and
the Ourcq. The Germans captured
Pernant. Farther south the French
lost little ground.
Between the Disc and the Aisne the
Germans last night were prevented
from making any progress. says the
official announcement.
The Germans have made a further
advance in the Ourcq valley, captur.
ing the town of Silly-la-Poterie.
Hun Drive Stopped.
Paris, June 5.-The French have
stopped the German drive toward
Paris, it now may safely be said. As
was forecast when the offensive began,
1t lasted just eight days. The enemy's
movement is now splitting up into
series Of battles for positions, in which
the French have the advantage of ter
rain.
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