The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-06-05
.CGERMAns AIM TO OPEN
UP WAY TO PARIS
To Crush the Scissors Salient to Inn.
mediate Obiective-Trend to
Westward-French Re-
sist Strongly.


New York, June With their
left wing touching the Marine and
their right linking up with the Pr
cardy battle front at Noyon, the Ger
mans in their offensive are hammering
the allied line, apparently with the
hope of crushing in the scissors salt
ent and opening up the route to Paris
by way of the Marine and the Disc.
They are reported to be using nearly
100000 men in this effort.
Although the enemy occupies the
northern bank of the Marine for G
stretch of a dozen miles east from
the vicinity of Chateau Thierry he
seems to have made no serious at
tempt to force crossing. The only
efforts in this direction that have been
reported were made in small force.
These were vigorously attacked by the
French.
Trend is Westward.
The main trend of the enemy ef-
fort is westward and with this pur-
pose seemingly fully developed, Gen.
eral 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 noon report from
Paris today recorded considerable
success in resisting this pressure
which is being eXerted in great
strength.
The Germans, at last reports, had
succeeded in penetrating from two
and one-half 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 ana
then retook in desperate fighting, end
| likewise before Chouy and Neuilly-
ST Front, to the south. Just below
scissors the crown prince troops
We're forced back on the Crise river,
which runs on a north and south line
through that town. In the engage
ments On this front, several hundred
prisoners were taken by the French
and in the Scissors fighting especial
ly the Germans suffered terrific
punishment
Thierry Still Held.
Near the Marine in the vicinity of
Chateau Thierry an important rail-
way point on the river, the situation
is somewhat obscure, but the French
apparently have protecting line
flung northwest from the Marine a;
Charteves, three and one-h :lf miles
northeast Of Chateau Thierry ana
locking up with their north and south
line above the latter town, which the
Germans are strongly threatening.
Rheims on the left of the Germans
is still in allied hands snd in general
there is little important effort on the
part of the Germans to enlarge their
salient in their direction except at
its narrow edge, where they are max
ing some Roadway in broadening
along the Marine. The line between
Rheims and the Marine takes the
general course of the FOrmans-
Rheims road.
Americans Aid Allies.
Paris military commentators report
the masses Of the allied reserves be-
ginning to take part in the action
and it develops that American troops
already are in the battle aerea, sta
toned at points whence their inter-
vention will be easy when the time
is considered favorable.
News from the Itslian front re-
fleets the opinion that the long ex-
pected Austro-Hugarian offensive is
likely to open soon, Italy is declared
to be thoroa ghly in readiness and
probably better off than ever in the
way of modern war material.