Republican farmer., 1918-07-05
Improve Lines on River Ancre, Taking Prisoners, 5 Official Report Says. FRENCH CAPTURE
 POINT NEAR CUTRY Add to Drive Southwest of Soissons, In South of
 Aisne Region.

London, July 1-British troops last night in a minor operation in the region north west of Albert effected an inn provement in the British posi- tons there and captured ma chine guns and prisoners, the war office announced today.
 Activity by the German ar tillery in the region between Albert and Arras and in sec- tors of the Flanders front is re- ported in today's war office statement.
 The British raided a German post in Aveluy wood, north of Albert, and the enemy's trenches to the west of Dernadcourt, on the river Ancre, talk ing few prisoners. N-.9s7S
 Paris July French troops last night carried out an operation on the Marne front south of Ourcq, which resulted in the improvement of the. French position in the vicinity of Passy en Valois
 The Germans counter attacked in an effort to recover the ground gained by the French on Saturday night in the vicinity of Mosley, on this front. The enemy was repulsed, the French re- q in fIoi, tirety
 Taking the aggressive south of the Aisne, the French captured a German strong point near Cutry, southwest of Soissons, adding to their recent gains in this sector.
 Washington, July 1.-Except for in- creased artillery activity on both sides in the Chateau Thierry region Gen Pershing's communique today said there was nothing to report for yester- day from the American fronts Description information of activity in the different sectors occupied by the Americans was given in the sec ond section of Gen. Pershing's report. It follows:
 Section A - Except for the in crease of artillery on both sides in the Chateau Thierry region there is nothing to repor. N, "Secion B-In the Chateau Thierry.
 region June 27 to 2S there was no | special activity other than that of the hostile air forces and of the artillery
 on both sides. The German artillery fire was in fact lighter than on the | 1oft half of our sector Shrapnel and gas
 were used in moderate quantities. A | large part of the hostile fire was con- | centrated on our lines in the general | direction of Boursches and Triangle | farm. The activity of the German air forces was marked only by the fre- Quency of the reconnaissance flights | made. German machine guns were 2 intermittently active at the points. mentioned in yesterdays report. Be- hind the enemy's line activity was
 normal. In patrolling activities, car ried on in the usual fashion by both sides, there occurred an encounter between hostile patrol of about 20 men and one of our ambush patrols
 After a hot skirmish near the La | Roche woods the hostile party, hav- ing suffered losses, withdrew to his
 own lines. South of the Marne, between the
 evening of June 27 and the evening
 of June 28 it was noticeable that the
 activity of the enemy had increased,
 while a certain nervousness on his
 part was also observed. His artillery constantly was active throughout the
 breadth of our sector and as on the
 recepding day paid special attention
 to our positions on the left. In the
 last named region the use of shrapnel
 was again marked. German aero- planes were again busy along ouf
 front although somewhat less so than during the days preceding. Very
 energetic efforts are being made by
 the Germans to prevent further cross.
 ings of the river on the part of our l troops"