The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-06-12
FRENCH STRIKE HEAVY
BLOW AGAINST HUNS ON
4 SEVEN NILE front
French Take 1000 Prisoners and Re-
capture BellOy, Genlis Wood and
Heights Between Courcelles
RI and MOretemer
HUNS MAKE SOME PROGRESS
Marines in Chateau -Thierry Sector
Complete Capture of Belleau
Wood and Take 800 Prisoners

The French troops fighting south
east of Montdidier have turned upon
the Germans in violent attack and
administered a severe defeat to the
enemy over a front Of about seven
and half miles between Rubescourt
and st. Maur. 1t was over this front
that the French since Sundays often
sive began had held back>the Germans
from Keeping pace with the advance
they were making on the center of
the line south of Ressons-Sur Matz
toward the Oise river, and where the
onslaughts Of the invaders were met
with defense in man and gun power
that brought to the Germans enor-
NOUS casualties.
The village Of Belloy, Genils wood
and the heights rising between Cour-
Genes and Moretemer were recaptured
by the French and iii addition to the
infliction of heavy casualties in the
engagement Gen. Foen's men took
more than 1000 prisoners and also
captured guns.
American Success
The American marines fighting in
the Chateau-Thierry sector have oom-
pieted the capture of the Belelau wood
from the Germans and with it's occr-
patton took 300 prisoners. The latest
German official communication as.
serted that the Germans had repulsed
several attacks in this immediate vi
cinity.
/. The third day of the German Of
1cnsIve on the front between ,Montdi
dler and Noyon saw the Germans still
making progress from the center of
me line eastward of the Disc river.
put being held back IN their attempts
TO brlng their positions southeast of
Montdldier in alignment Everywhere
tney were continuing to pay an exorb
''aht pr1ce Tor the gains they made.
Must Come in Open
Having reached the Disc in the re-
glon of Ribecourt, the enemy, if he
intends to try to fight his way along
t5he west bank of the stream, so N
Ehust emerge in force upon the low
Ra1ds bordering the waterway, wher,
line troops on Gen. Foch are said to be
IN strong array, both in men AMI guns,
waiting to dispute the road to Paris.
although nearly 100000 men are
being employed by the Germans in
their efforts to open way to the
French capital, their progress is slow
when compared to that on other davs,
Numerous divisions OF the attacking
tfoops have been cut to pieces by the
French gunners and forced to WITH
draw from the battle in order TO f;ll
the gaps with fresh men.
Heavy Toll Exacted
Not an inch of ground has been p;v-
en- up without the exacting Ly ,he
French Of a'terrible toll in men killed
or wounded, and nowhere has the de-
Tending line been pierced.
The apex of the salient driven by
the Germans is still in tho ,a,tor
south of the village of Marouepl;se
TO the west of this point, the Germans
AZ one time almost rea ..1ed the Arondc
river, but were driven back for con-
siderable distances by the French. The
French also are counter attacking
southwest OF Noyon, according to the
nefman OFFICIAL communication which
says, however that renewed efforts Of
the French to regain lost TERRITORY
were repulscd.
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