The Robesonian., 1918-06-10
VOL. IXL
GERMANS BEGIN NEW DRIVE
Retveen Montdidier and NOyon Over
2O-Mile Front-Enemy Advances
Near 2 Miles-French Resisting
With. Their Usual ValOr.

Near MutS-TTchCH NcSlStlHS'
With Their Usual Valor.
The armies of Crown Prince Rup-l
nrecht of Bavaria again are hitting
the allied line in new offensive with
paris apparently their objective.
The latest news from the front
..otes that the Germans continued
tteir attack last night but failed to,
mske much headway. French and
Anner;cans continued their drive and
the French captured 500 German prls-
oiI, between Montdidier and Noyon
.var front of about 20 miles, preced-
o w as usual by heavy bombardment,
eG e.;th shells of all calibres and with
,o~;ons gases, the enemy's initial
maneuyer evidently has in view the
hand;ne back of the allied front to-
.,.ard fhe town of St. Just, on the
northern wing, and toward the rail-
road r junction of Compeigne, on the
southern flank, getting astrlde the
&c river and driving southwest TO-
ward the French capital.
The French troops are resisting the
;,,nact with their usual valor but the
Garmans r on their right and in the CEN
ter have been able to penetrate the
line linz for distances ranging from two
th;rds of a mile south of Montldler,
40 relatively two and half miles at
Tassons- -Sur-Matz, in the center.
Thence to Noyon, however, the allied
line is holding strongly.
II success should rest with the ene-
u,,, on the new battle front, 1t pos
siblv might badly affect the stability
of tbe line of the defenders from the
Oise TO the region of the Marne and
coninel a falling back westward from
49, Disc to the region of the Marine
northwes+ of Chateau Thierry in order
to straighten out the deep salient thai
would then project eastward with tne
SCISSORS sector as it's apex.
me alned commanders, 1T is as
serted. were not taken unawares by
the new offensive. On the contrary
tbev had anticipated, since the failure
of the enemy of the German crown
prince to vain it's objective between
Soissons and the Marine, and thence OF
the southern part of the line running
to Rheims. that the German high com
mand would decree another maneuve
to the north and preparations accord
inglv were made to Withstand TN
shock. =,
The fighting is of extremely san
culinary character and whether it viii
be confined to the area at present ar
fected remains to be seen. AT last &C
counts it had not spread north,
Montdidier to the village of Cantigny
which the Americans are holding.
Comparative quiet prevails IN tn
region of the Marne and on that por
ton of the line in Flanders held by tn
British there have been no occurrer
cies of interest, according TO f!el
Marshal Haig's lates. communication
The only attack reported in the Frenc
official communication in the regio
of Rheims was delivered by the Gel
mans, who suffered serious loss bu
gained no ground. =,
From the Astico region to tn
Piave river in the Italian theatr
there have been intense artillery duel
but no infantry engagements of gres
Importance although the British sout
of the ASA and the Italians east
the Brenta river carried out success
fully surprise attacks inflicting col
siderable losses on the enemy and tai
ing prisoners and machine guns. Sin
liar attacks by the enemy IN the, Vi
Arsa and Astico Valley were repuise
The American casualty list issue
Sunday was the largest yet of ar
single day since the war departme7
began to make public the Amerlcs
losses. 1t contained 1913 names. Thl
ty three were killed in action al
nine died from wounds. In additio
eleven men died of disease, one fro
airplane accident and four from acc
dents and other causes.
The aggregate of deaths in the Sc
vice from all causes reported up
the present is 1927, while 4,O46 ha