The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20
ALLIES TURNING
TABLES ON HUNS
British, French and Americans
Are Pounding Forces of
Kaiser viciOusIY.
ONLY ISOLATED ATTACKS NOW
sammies Aid French In Driving leu
tons Back Across Marne-Many
Prisoners Are Taken.

Washington. June 5.-From drives
on wide fronts the German offensive
in France has deteriorated into $50
lated attacks along the area between
scissors and Chateau Thierry, and
eastward on the Marine, in the general
direction OF Rheims.
Although in these attacks the enemy
still is using large electives and great
numbers Of guns, he is being held al
most everywhere from further prog
ress and on various sectors COM
PEELED to assume the defensive against
vicious blows delivered by the Ameri-
can. French and British troops
Americans Beat Off Huns.
The Americans on the sectors where
they are alone or brigaded with allied
troops everywhere are fighting with
spirit Of abandon that places them
rightly in the category Of veterans.
Near the Neuilly Wood, which lies
northwest Of Chateau Thierry, and at
the point where the drive has brought
the enemy nearest Paris, the An1eri-
cans have beaten off a strong German
attack, and on the Aarne, at Jaul-
COME, some six miles northeast of
Chateau Thierry, fighting shoulder to
shoulder with the French, they have
aided in forcing the first contingent
Of the enemy to cross the Marne again
to seek refuge on the northern bank
of the stream In this last engage
ment the Germans suffered severe
casualties and also left 100 men pris-
oners in the hands Of the defenders
of the line.
Between the Aisne and Ourcu rivers
the Germans have captured Pernant
and to the south Of that village the
French have ceded a little terrain. In
the Ourcq valley they also took the
town of NeuiIly-la-Poterie CVeuiDy-la-
Poterie), seven and one-haIf miles
northwest Of Chateau Thierry, in
fighting during which the place
changed hands several times.
In the region between the Disc and
the Aisne the Germans have been IN
able TO advance anywhere.
German Drive at Stand Still.
Washington, June Although it
cannot be said that the Germans in
their new offensive have been def
nitely stopped, there is, nevertheless,
a marked diminution in the speed
with which they started out, and their !
gains since Saturday have been rela- |
lively small when compared with |
those of previous days.
And, according to the accounts Of |
unofficial observers, wherever they
have been able, since the stiffening
Of the allied lines, to attain new po-
sitions, an exorbitant price in lives
has been exacted from them So great
have been the casualties suffered that
the Prussian Guards diYision-the
pride Of the German crown prince
is declared to have been withdrawn
from the battle.
Particularly hard fighting again has
been in progress between scissors
and Chateau Thierry, where the Ger
mans are endeavoring to push for
ward toward Paris, but not alone have
the French troops almost everywhere
successfully withstood the onslaught,
but on several sectors themselves
have taken the initiative and gained
ground. AS a whole, the situation
along this line is relatively unchanged.
No Effort to Cross Marine.
The German war office at last has
a0m1tIed that the allied line on the
west has been reinforced by fresh
units, but it asserts that they have
not been able to hold positions to
which they were assigned. Never
theless, the fact is patent from an
observation Of the war maps that al
most everywhere in this region the
German line, for the moment at least,
is being hard held.
From Chateau Thierry eastward
along the Marine and thence to
Rheims, the situation is virtually IN
changed from that OF Sunday The
enemy now holds the northern bank
Of the Marne for a distance OF about
fifteen miles but as yet he has made
no serious endeavor to cross the
stream
The Germans, however, still have
in their possession the village OF
Vaurezis, lying to the west OF Sois-
sons, and further south Saconin Et
Breuil, Cheudun, Ley and Bouresches,
the last named directly west Of Cha
teau Thierry. A little to the south
west Of Chateau Thierry the enemy
has reached the Marne