Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-08
FIGHT GROWS
DESPERATE As
HUNS RESIST
Battle of Friday More In
tense Than On
Thursday.
GAIN OF ONE AND
ONE HALF MILES
Combined American and French Thrust
Nets Much Valuable Ground on Six
Mile Front-Enemy Thrusts In Effort
to Restore Lines Meet With RepuIses
and Heavy Losses-Freneh Troops
Improve Positions at Loers.


Thierry shows no indication Of
relaxation. Tho enemy having
yielded readily to the first thrust
against him on Thursday, the
entente forces have pursued their
adva ntass and are realizing new
progress in series Of local opera
tions.
The whole German line at the
tip Of the salient driven into the
allied front has been pushed back
in this process. Tho allied line 10
now astride the cllsnon river and
points of vantage have been So
cured north Of that stream.
According to reportg from tho
front, the attack Of Thursday be-
gan over a front Of about three
n4ies but the reaction has spread
Until now Il extends from Hill 204,
west Of Chateau Thlsrry, to DAM
(; noard, over seven miles to the
northwest. Along thls line the
allies have won ground with en-
couraslns rapidity.
The oftleial statement Of the
Frensfh ~.r o.:.::ee :nen.!ens twe
vieisnt eouptsr attacks against the
.Bourseehss line. Il Ii On this ssc.
ton 10 thsss16,ss sbattis lins that the
American marines have bssn IN
action and they probably srs stiiI
operating there. The fact both
German assaults wore rspulssd
with heavy losses indieatss that.
these Americans still are fighting
with their initial visor.
According to official statements,
the heights east Of Hautsvesnes
have been taken by the French,
which may indicate that q wedge
has been driven into tho German
line north Of tho clignon and that
the retirement Of the Germans
farther north may have been
accelerated by tho danger Of being
trapped by the rapidly advancing
allies.
American marines and French
troops on tho sector northwest Of
Chateau Thierry have driven tho
Germans back two and half
miles on front Of dix miles and
latest reports are that sharp fight
ing continues. Along tho cIlonon
river the Americana have taken
Bouresehes and Torcy and the
French VeuiIiy.la-Poterie and
Viniy. The sxtrssnlties Of the. ad-
vanolng line are marked by
Bouresches and vinly.
Friday the fighting was of a
mors despsrate character than \on
Thursday, but the Germans wore
com pslIsd TO give ground, tho Inn
petuous marines and Freneh being
too much for them. German pris-
oners taken now exceed 800.
A. result Of the advance tho
enemy has been driven back on
the river and across Il at vinly.
He no longer menaces the height
positions south Of vsuiIly, which
forms . formidable part Of tho
barrier holding the Germans from
Z closer approach to Paris.
On the wing between the Marns
and The oursq the Frsnch have
completed the capture Of elisny.
Elsewhere on the salient the infan.
try fighting has bssn at ~mlni-
mum and nowhere have ths Ger
mars sssayed attacks.
I The artillery duel 10 violent wsst
% Rhsims along the Marine and
north Of the ourcq.
In reporting on the Sighting
northwest Of Chateau Thisrry on
Thursday Berlin says "local at
tacks by ths enemy were repuIsed."
A German advance near sarcy be-
tween Rheims and the Marine, In
which 900 prisoners were taken, 10
reported.
fFenen troops on the flanders
salient have improved their posi-
tions near Locre. On the Pieardy
battleHelds American troops took
prisoners Ii ! raid. There and in
the Wosvse and in: the Lorraine
ths German and American artillery
. has been active
Anglo. American airmen ( on
Thursday accounted for thirty five
German lairplanss and eight OBJ
ssrvation balloons. v
s Further north The Frenci, have
improved thslr positions in ,ths
nsiahbofhood |of AmbIsney, while.
u Favseeillss Ia the viIlera. c otter
sts ar.s, 'l Z violent b9mbardments =
\ IMPORTED. 81 a
Petrol aoemsnts Of minor
9aturs ars sspprtsd from the erit-
I'm front 800 81.
Paris. June = New progress wa
made BY the French last night in til
'sgtta bstweea the Marne and til