The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-03

-. ~ jHarrass Germans. y !
Allied troops continue TO harrass
the Germans and. have made. further
important gains in anticipation of,, tho
renewal Of the enemy offensive. Amer.
leans among the French troops; are
meeting with success in carrying tor
ward their lines In the important sec
ton OF front between the Aisne and
the ,Marne rivers * A%,
E,3 " Take eaeoe erisoners. !, LID,
@ Two villages : amt more THAN 800,
prisoners have been taken by thS
Franco-American soldiers }tStfohe
German counter attacks have BEEN II.
pulsed and the allied troops hold firm.
ly to the ground gained. j, 80,
After the capture Of gVaux and ad-
jacent strong points the Americans
withstood violent enemy reactions -,bnr
the efforts were of no avail. The A.
tacking force being. virtually wiped
out. Further attempts probably will,
be made to regain Vaux, which Is an,
important point on the battle front be.
tween Soissons and Chateau Thierry,
the nearest the Germans approached
to Paris Il F1 4 ~
eomoardin0 Heavily. a..
Meanwhile the American artillery is
bombarding heavily the German posi-
tions on hill 204 east of Vaux. Amer
ican aviat0rs are aiding the infantry
and artillery and in a combat Tues.
day between nine American and nino
German machines three of the enemy
were brought down. Two American
airplanes failed to return from this
fight and third from another com.
bat
For week now the French have
been driving the Germans out of po.
sitions between the Aisne and Villers.
Cotterets. The latest gain was the
village of St. Pierre Aigle, Immediate
ly north of the forest OF Villers-C C0tter.
cts. North o. the Aisne the French
have withstOod German attacks
against Vingre. ~
Artillery Active. sa.,.
On the British front only the artil.
lery has been active. British aviators
however, continued to be most busy.
FOrty.twO German airplanes aud three
balloon were accounted for In actions
Monday while much bombing, recon.
naissance and photography work was
accomplished. Mannheim, 'Coblenz,
Treves and Thionville, all in Germany
have been attacked by the Erittsa
squadrons. s..
Million Soldiers in France. "
The one million American soldiers
have arrived in France. :,
President Wilson has announced
that the Americans in France on July
|, aggregated 1,Ol9,l15, OF this number
more than 100000 went overseas in
May and June. s
italians Gain Ground.
Continuing their local attacks on
fronts the Italians have
gained ground in the northwestern
past of Monte Grapha between the
Brenta and the Piave, and taken near.
y 600 prisoners. Monte Grapha Is the
Key position between the rivers and Is
east OF and across the Brenta from
heights gained Saturday and Sunday.
East OF Asiago the Italians repulsed
Austrian attacks against their new
positions and captured 100 prisoners,
bringing their total captures since Sat.
lrday to more than 2,700.
important Changes.
Important changes have been made
n the Austro-H Hungarian army com.
nand, probably as result OF tho
grave repulse along the Piave. Gener.
Il Otto Won Below. German, has
'een appointed to the supreme field
while Field Marshal ,Ar1
7on Straussenburg the chief OF staff
las been replaced by General Krauss.
:,l.
ported moving rapidly toward the
durmansk coast, where American.
British and French forces are guard
ng allied supplies intended for Rus
ia. The frontier has been crossed
~ the invaders and clashes have oc'
.urred with Russian troops guarding
he Murmansk railway. The Ger
mans are said, o-have fifty thousand
soldiers in this region.
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