Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-06-18
FRENCH PRESSED
BACK To O|SE;
WIN IN Center
Germans Push to Rib eCodrt on
Allies Right.
HUNS GAIN AT HEAVY COST
Furious Counter-Attacks by Foch's
Troops Check Hun Advance on
French Left and Center-ToWn
of Merry Regained.

Of Merry Regained.
London, June 12.-Writing from
French army headquarters, Reuters
correspondent says the French have
been pressed back to the Disc.
[This evidently refers to the re-
tirement of the allies south of Ribe-
court.]
Foe Gains at Heavy Cost.
Paris, June luxurious counter-at-
tacks by the allies appear TO have
checked, at least for the present, the
German advance from Noyon on the
French left and center, but the war
Office communique announces the en-
envy has made some gain in his drive
down the east, or left, bank of the
Disc river.
The gains made, however, have
been at a cost that appears to be al
most prohibitive and nowhere has the
enemy been able to progress except
by the most reckless use of reserves,
which repeatedly were annihilated or
cut to bits by French machine gun
and artillery fire from prepared posi-
lions.
Berlin Claims Little.
Much significance is attached to the
Berlin war statement, which makes no
claims to gains for the last "a hours.
The German report says:
ION the battlefield southwest of
tRn,np nvryoH oo1Jp FOR nlyc fai1oH
with the heaviest losses for the en-
envy"
That General Foch considers the
situation menacing, if not serious, is
indicated by the fact that he has
thrown in re-enforcements of such
strength that a counter-attack, not
only checked the hostile advance on
the French left, but threw the enemy
back two miles in the center.
Allies Retake Merry.
Despite repeated OnSlaughtS, the
war office statment says, the Germans
were unable to capture La PloyrOn
or COurcelles, both of which lie south
and a bit to the east of MOntdidier.
The village of Merry, somewhat fur
Their southeast, was lost, but regained
by the allies.
Further east, however, it now APP
pears, the enemy drove forward in the
center nearly to the ArOnde river, only
three or four miles north and west
of Compiegne, one of the German
high commands detectives. The war
office report says the enemy, exert
ing great effort between the towns of
BellOy and Marquglis" pushed on to
'the vicinity" of the Aronde.
Foe Is Thrown Back.
Here the French inaugurated cOun-
ter blows which sent the Germans
Keeling backward approximately two
or three miles.
This counter-strike virtually re-
established the allies line, although
possibly a mile or little more south
of the point where the foe launched
his great attack.
1t was on the right, however, along
the Disc river, that the Germans seem
to have made the greatest progress.
Here, the war office announces, the
French withdrew their lines south and
west of Ribecourt, which lies in a
bend of the Disc. The allies lines
now run almost east and west from
lBellOy to Carelpont
Caught in Loop.
So far nothing has been forthcom-
ing as to whether the allies have been
compelled to withdraw from the loop,
20 the east, formed by the Disc, with
the northern point at Sempigny, and
running down through Carelpont. due
east To RibecOurt. Included in this
loop, about six miles across. are heav-
lily wooded hills, which the Germans
were unable II take in recent fighting.
which developed at the end of the
Marine offensive.
There is no doubt that the Germans
are perilOusly near COmpiegne, an i'm
portant railway and highway point,
which lies on the northern edge of the
forest of Compiegne.
Fail to Reach Railway.
With the French Army in France,
June 12-The strongest effort made
by the Germans in the course of the
night and morning in their new often
Sive was in the direction of the rail-
road connecting EStrees-St. Denis and
Montdidier The Germans met with
such resistance that they renowned
for the moment their attempts in this
region.
Negro troops (perhaps Americana
supported ny entente allied tanks
which did great execution, delivered q
brilliant counter-attack in this vicin.
ity ind recaptured the forest running
southwest of Marqueglise, between
Perte farm and Loges farm.
Late at night the allied infantry re
entered the village of Merry, which ha(
formed protective point for the Ger
man advance through the valley.
Seeing their progress hindered or
this side, the Germans turned toward
the other flank and nearly reached
Ribecourt, to the north of which place
the hottest encounters occurred in tn,
woods of DreSlincourt-
The Germans have found it neces
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