The Sentinel=record., 1918-06-01
Desperate Effort of French and British to Stem the OnruSh Has Been in Vain
rhe German Offical Report Claims That More Than 45,000 Prisoners Have
 Been Taken By the Teutons Since the Drive Began General Foch Has Not Brought His Reserves Into Action.

New York, May 31-Pluneing southward with its momentum still nnspent the German war machine has driyen ifs wedge into the allied lines along the front until its apex has feached the Name river, south of Fere- en- Tardenois The desperafe Efforts of The French and British to stem the tide against the invaders have served only to slow down the rate of speed. the defenders of the heights north of the Marne seemed To have been swept aside in the rush to- ward the road to Paris Aside from the movement of the German armies southward two other signiflcant in cidents of the tremendous battle have occurred One Is that the Germans have extended their attack to the northwest along the Ailette river from which the French have fallen back for some dis anCe. The other ls That the battle has extended to the east of Rheims which city during the first few days of the battle formed @the extreme eastern end of the line of battle
 Along the sides or the salient form 4d by the rapid German advance 10 the Marne the French and British have been holding their positions saAantly south of Soissons the French have defended their line with such visor that the Germans have not made much impression upon it. On the other side of the lattle area the British arc sull holding the forts of Rheims and positions just wes of that war-strick- en city.
 Between the extreme sides of the salient the front sags toward the south, the line from Rheims to the Marne running to the southwest at d gentle angle, while the French are holding a front at righ angles to th7 direction of the German advance The occupation of Chateau Thierry marks the beginning of the expected turning movement toward Paris which the Germans were believed to have planned If the town has been taken In its entirety the GeImans may he cNpected to move down the Marne Before they can go far in this direo tion however it will be necessary for z them to break the French lines south x of Soissons for as long as the French stand firm along the Soissons- liar tennes road the German advance Is in jeopardy.
 The Germans however, claim to have already crossed the line. The attack along the Aillette may be the beginning of a movement that will seek to prevent the French from mak- ing heavy attack somewhere in the neighborhood of Soissons
 M General Foch, the commander-in- chief of the allied forces, has not as yet brought his reserves into action All reports from the field of battle tell of the allied forces heine vastly out numbered
 The German off cial report claims that more than 45.oo prisoners and aO0 guns have loeu aken by the Teu- tons since the heginnina cf the battle Monday. not countino large numbers of machine guns This may le com pared with the German claims of moro than 90,000 prisoners end l3e9 guns captured from March 10 April in the Pieardy hattle
 American soldiers are in action on the Picardy and Toul sectors
 At Cantigny they again have re- pulsed repeated German attackg to oust them from the positions which they captured early in the week while in the Toul sector hey have attacked positions, penetrated them 10 a depth of almost half D mile and destroyed the German defenses
 German airmen have been addine 10 the nshtius horrors by their deiib- crate attacks on hospitals tark of tho allied lines One large receiving sta. ton hehlnd the American positions II picardy has been bombed A Cana Mdian snip was also attacked and partly
 burned by another German air raid. ing party.
 Disorders in the Ukraine are re- rted. II Is stated that several vii