The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-11
FEW PRISONERS
WERE CAPTURED
British Made a Small Gain
on the Somme FrOnt-The
German Infantry Attack
Has Not Been Launched
(By the Associated Press.l

The French continued their jamming
tactics last night on the westerly side Of
the Marine salient, southwest of Scissors,
capturing the town and railway station
of Corey and the farm and chateau of st.
Paul, south of the town.
The gain Of ground serves still further
TO protect the forest of Villers- Cotterets
totherwise called the Retz forestl, which
forms bulwark of the defense of Com
piegne, the important French base and
railway junction, on the east of that
town.
On the British front, south of the
Somme, Field Marshal Haig's infantry
pushed still farther forward last night
and won additional ground east of Vii
lers- -Bretonneux, on the ridge which
stands as an important eastward defense
of the allied base at Amiens.
Raiding operations comprised the ma
jor portion of the activities on the re.
mainder of the allied front
The operation on the French front, re.
sulting in the capture of Corey, gains in
interest in that it represents continue.
ton of series of important local at
tacks on this front, between the Aisne
and the Marne, begun by General Petain
on Sunday. 1t is along this line that the
allies apparently count it quite probable
that the Germans will resume their Of
fensiye.
Sundays attack took the form of a
drive that carried the French line for
ward two-thiAis of mile on two mile
front north of the Longpont region, in
this area. The gain here was extended
on Tuesday, while during the day of
Wednesday the front of operations was
shifted further south and the outskirts
of Longpont and Corey were reached.
During last night, as to-day's state
ment from Paris shows, the French made
good their occupation of Corey and drove
still further south on the line for q
short distance.
The net result, together with an earli-
er operation further north, late in June,
when a dangerous salient east of the
Laversine ravine which the Germans Gre
ated in their June offensive was wiped
out, is that the French front now runs in
nearly straight line along a series of
strong positions for a distance of ap-
proximately l2 miles southwark to Corey.
Between this and the American sector
to the south, northwest of Chateau
Thierry, there still is bulge in the line.
The French pressure on the north and the
American on the south, however, seems
likely to result in the wiping out of this
salient by the continuation of the pres
ent entente tactics of local plunges in
this sector, if the Germans hold off much
longer in launching their expected re-
newed offensive.
Under Franco Italian pressure. the Aus
trian troops in Albania have retired be
yond the Fieri line in the direction of
the Skumbi river mad Elbasan, the near
est natural defense southwark. The evac-
nation of Berat, announced from Wen
ma, probably was due TO the Italians pro-
crossing around Pieri and the French ad-
vancing between Lake 0chrida and the
Tormorca valley, up which the Austri-
ans also are retreatng, pursued by the
aimed forces.
The fighting in the Macedonian theatre
has spread eastward and the Bulgarians
are making strong attacks north of Mo-
nastir, apparently to draw allied atten-
tion from Albania. The Bulgar attacks
were repulsed with heavy losses by the
French. There is great danger that the
Bulgarian lines east of Lake Ochrida will
be outhanked should the allied forces
reach the Skumbi at Elbasan.