The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-02
HUN LONGS FOR PARIS.
Hopes to Get to Capital By Way Of
the Marne.
l.. A /

<ANSNlSW Wy AC hSoSNldtSo lSSS y
With their left wing touching the
Marne and their right linking up
with the Picardy battle front at
Noyon, the Germans in their Of
fensive are hammering the allied
line apparently with the hope of
crushing in the Scissors salient and
opening up the way to Paris by
way OF the Marne and the Oise.
They are reported to be using well
on toward three quarters OF a
million men III this effort.
Although the enemy occupies the
northern bank OF the Marine for a
stretch of dozen miles east from
the vicinity of Chateau Thierry, he
seems to have made no serious al
tempt to force crossing, the only
efforts in this direction that have
been reported being made in small
force. These were vigorously at
tackled by the French.
Trend Is Westward.
The main trend of the enemy Ell
fort is westward. and with this pur-
pose seemingly fully developed,
General Foch is disposing his forces
to resist it. Already the French
seem to be in considerable strength
in the path OF the crown princes
drive west OF the scissors road to
Chateau Thierry, and the MONDAY
report from Paris Saturday record
ed considerable successes in resist
ing this pressure, which is being ex-
erted in great strength.
The Germans at last reports had
succeeded in penetrating from two
and onehalf to nearly four miles
at points west OF this road. They
were stopped for the time being, at
least, at Chaudun, three miles from
the road which the French first lost
and then retook in desperate fight
ing, and likewise before Chouy and
Neuilly-St.-F Front, to the south.
Just below Scissors the crown |
princes troops were forced back
on the Crise river, which runs on
north and south line through that
town. In the engagements on this
front, several hundred prisoners
were taken by the French and in the
Scissors fighting, especially, the
Germans suffered terrific punish
ment.
French Protecting Line.
Near the Marine in the vicinity
of Chateau Thierry, an important
railway point on the river, the sit
uation is somewhat obscure, but the
French apparently have a protect
ing line flung northwest from the
Marine at Charteves, three and one
half miles northeast OF Chateau
Thierry, and linking up with their
north and south line above the lat
ter town, which the Germans are
strongly threatening.
Rheims, on the left of the Ger
mans, still is in allied hands, and
in general there is little apparent
effort on the part OF the Germans
to enlarge their salient in this di-
Iection, except at its narrow edge,
where they are making some head ,
way in broadening along the Marne.
The line between Rheims and the
Marne takes the general course OF
the Dormans- Rheims road.
Paris military commentators re-
port that masses of the allied re-
serves beginning 20 take part IN
the action (and it develops that
American troops already are in the
battle area) stand at points whence
their intervention will be easy
when the time is considered favor
lble.
News from the Italian front re-
lects the opinion that the long eN-
,ected Austro- Hungarian offensive
5 likely to open shortly. Italy is
declared to be thoroughly in readi-
less and probably better off than
.ver in the way OF modern war ma
erials.