The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-06-05
RESERVES HURL
BACK TEUT0N HORDE
Seasoned Veterans, Blocking the Road
to Paris, Hold Flower Of German
Army in Check Along
1OO.Mile Front.

General FOch's reserves HIS been felt
by the armies of the German crown
prince in the battle for Paris
East of the line running from Sois-
sons to Chateau Thierry, where the
Germans Saturday in continuation OF
their mighty strokes gained several
additional villages and then attempted
to proceed westward, magnificent op-
position was imposed by the newly
strengthened lines, and with terrific
smashes the French Forces recaptured
Longpont, Corey, Favorelles and Tro-
esnes, vantage points in the center of
the line leading to the forest of Villers-
Cotterets, which seems to be the pres
ent objective here of the enemy
The Germans, however. still have in
their possession the village of Vaure-
zis, lying to the east of scissors, and
further south Saconin- n-et-Breuil, Chau-
daun, Licy and Bourseches, the last
name5l directly west of Chateau Thier,
ry. A little to the southwest of Cha
teau Thierry the enemy has reached
the Marne.
Nowhere has there been any attempt
by the invaders to cross the river and
tt all points east Of Chateau Thierry
they are hugging the northern bank of
the stream. 1t is not improbable, how
ever, that the tactics of the Germs IS
have in view the fording Of the river
when the time is more propitious, for
in the center of the line, between Cha
teau Thierry and '9heims, they have
pushed back the allied front across the
Rheims-Dormans road between Olizy-
Violaine smd Ville-en-Tardenois ana
are pressing onward toward the
Marine.
This is the only point on their left
wing, however where the enemy has
been able to make fresh gains not
Withstanaing the fact that he has
thrown new divisions into the battle,
some of them the best trained troops
in the Germ.m army.
Having failed in all their efforts to
conquer Rheims by direct assault it
now seems to be the intention OF the
Germans further to widen their occu-
patton Of the territory lying south of
the Rheims-Dormans road and thereby
outflank the cathedral city ana bring
about its capitulation.
In the fighting in the immediate vi
cinity of Rheims, the enemy won Fort
de LEI POmrelle, but his tenure of the
position was short lived, for the
French troops in counter ATTACK re-
conquered it.
Taken all in all. the seventh day of
the new battle found the allied line
from scissors to Rheims, although it
had been sent back at various points
not so hard pressed as on previous
days, and seemingly more capable of
resisting the enemy's onsls ght3. Just
how many men the Allies are using
are now actively engaged on the Sois-
Rheims f on has not become o.
parent, but the fact that On tae west
the enemy is being not only hell bui
driven back 1T points and on the south
ern end of the salient he mas been ul-
able to make hardly any progress, is
apparent evidence that q turn in the
battle is not far distant.
The British in the regions Of Ar
r2s, Lens and Bethune are i.eep.ng uF
their trench raiding opersEions against
the Germans. Saturday night eontin-
gents from the London 70 ces invaded
q German trench southWe2. OF Arras
snd took 27 prisoners and = machine
gun, while east OF Lens an, north Of
Bethune simultaneous manauvcrs were
carried cut and other Germens made
prisoners. There is considerable artil-
lery activities by both sides OH the
western front.
AS yet the expected great battle has
not broken out in the Italian theater |
There has been only moderate artil-
lery activity along the whole front. |
The Italian end allied aviators, how |
ever, are busily engaged in reconnais-
ance work and bombing attacks over
the enemy lines.
German airplanes again have deliv-
cred an attack on Paris. Several per- |
sons We're injured by the bomb explo-
sions.
Wv S S.