Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-04
AMERICANS HIT
HUN LINES HARD
Magnificent Centre Attack
French Officers Designate
Blow at Germans
BOCHE BRING MORE GUNS
Renewing Attack All Along The
Line, From the Disc to
the Marine.

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Associated Press -tInnarv -sred .-
~ ID
American troops IRE fighting with -he
French ID holding up new German r-istez
and already have begun ~ make their
presence felt
One force II Americans thrown into
the fatfle on The important front between
the Durcq and the Marine nnt nnlv
stopped an enemy advance into Eemllv
Wood. between seven and cight miles
northwest n Chateau Thie-rv. bur carried
ont what the French official statement
rharacterizes as magnificent center
attack which threw back Germans north
II this wood
AMERICANS AGAIN vIcToRs
On vet another front that running east
and west along the Alarne-the American
forces cO-operatec with the French y
hurting back German battalion winch
had crepr over footbrldge 70 The south
II the river The Germans sustained
casualties and lost one hundred men IN
Z prisoners.
The Germans evidently succeeded in
bringing I'D considerably more III their
srillery sndssrr attacking in force along
virtually me whole front from the Disc
70 the Marne
ENEMY BATrERs ALLIE 5 SALIENT
Desperate fighting developed az many
points on this front asst night whlcn
resulted IN the enemy making advances
II lev points, notably in the region south
west ID Scissors where he * irving ~
batter IN the tip 81 the allied salient The
village of Pernant WAS lost by the French
IT. h,s area, and they had 70 give little
ground further south The German
attack was held elsewhere
To the south, tetween rhe Our-yI gnd
the Narne. ground was gwen ana taken
by both sides The Americans we're h
the fighting here. gaining theIE SUCCESS
81 NeUlly Wood Just 20 the south 81
tins wood the French were obliged -
concede he town - \eullv-La-
Poterle To the Germans after the place
had changed hands several times
FRENCH REcAPruEE VILLAGE.
Strong counter-aJtscks were -arriea
out by the French 81 other points sd tai~
front, and one Of these enabled General
Petain troops 70 recaptUre rhe -illage
Of Acsloy n the stretch southwark 20
the harne the Germans we're held from
any further advances
ON the Alsne battlefield the German
~
been stopped, before the desperate -aSls-
tance Of the French. SUNDAY the euemy
progress vas slight while on Monday the
French anu German gains on the western
wing balanced each other Now that the
force Of the German blow has aeariv
spent tsef the offensive is turning into
series OF battles for important positions
Before the Forest If Nillers-C otterctS
and between the Oucq and the Marine
the Germans are making violent efforts 70
drive the French from advantageous hin
positions
FRENCH PACE FRESH TROOPS.
Villages on the eastern edgc Of the iorest
have been taken and retaken by the
bitterly contcsting forces, but the Ger
mans, despite fresh troops, are gaining
but slightly
The situation north OF the A,sue Is
Nmlar There cine French have recap
tured-Monr Choisy, for the hfth time
German attacks elsewhere between tho
.Nsne and the Ose, on the line between
NoNon and scissors, nave been rcpulsed.
W est ot scissors the enemy has been held
Tor no gains, although Berlin, IN Is latest
report, claims progress mere and 90 the
south
Nus ATTACH BRoKEN
Heavy attacks by the Germans AC-
tween the Ourcq and the Marine 70 take
the hills around Cocherel broke down
with heavy losses Along the Marine the
activity has been Slight while from the
Marine to Rheims the Allied TROOPS main
tain their positions Rheims IS reported
almost thrce-fourths surroudned BY the
Germans who are within q mile Of the city
on the north, northwest west and south
west ana east
On the British front the lighting still Is
confined u raids British airmen continue
their bombing operations and have
accounted for - more German airplaneS
AMERICANS BEAT Bic toR,E
There has been heavy artillery firing on
the American sector northwest 81 luul but
NO infantry action Ia aerial cmobats
there another German maclne has been
brought down
An American patrol east oi LaneWlle,
after being surrounded hy 3 superior
enemy force, fought is Was through % The
American line. suffering only ,'igAt losses
Return From Washington
Frank Parker ami sydney Retts have