The sun., 1918-06-09
ALLIES KEEP UP
THEIR GAINS0N
MARINE FRONT
French and Americans Pro-
gress Nearly a Mile in the
Valley of the Ourcq.
OTHER LOCAL ADVANCES
Indications Of Renewed Activ-
ity in Picardy and Flan-
dprs Sectors.
OTHER LOCAL ADVANCES

LoNpoN. June s--On both sides Of the
Marne salient. a battlefront Of abou'
eighty miles. fighting. while incessant.
seems to have settled down. for a time
at least. to what the ofiicial statements
call local operations" It is note
worthy. however. that In these numer-
Gus attacks and counter attacks the ad
vantage now Is almost invariably on the
side Of the Allies. who are slowly eating
into the Gevman lines, a little here and a
little there. and on the whole are maxi
ing substantial gains. while the German
losses. owing to their inability to hght
otherwise than in masses, continue to
be very heavy.
The fighting to-day was particularly
heavy in the neighborhood OF Chezy and
Dommard. northwest of Chateau Thierry.
where fierce counter attacks by the Ger
mans withered under the fire of the
French guns. All the gains made by the
Allies were maintained. Southeast Of
Ambleny the French improved their po-
sitions during the night and new prog
ress was made south OF the OurcQ. At
Neuiliy y-la-Poterie the French and Amer
leans advanced their lines nearly a mile
TO the north. taking fifty prisoners in
the operation. Further south the Ger
mans made two futile counter attacks
against the French and Americans be-
tween Bouresches and lie Thiolet The
Berlin report speaks OF attacks by
French. American and British regiments.
Activity IN Northern SECTOR
While the lighting is decreasing on
the main front II Is growing more pro-
nounced on the battle nelds Of last
March, particularly in the way Of artil-
lery activity. which was marked in the
neighborhood of Montdidier. on the Avre
front before Amiens. north OF Albert, and
near Arras ON the northern sector French
troops this morning made raid east
Of Dickebusch Lake, in the KENNEL re-
gion. and took forty-seven prisoners.
The British made a successful attack on
trenches south OF Arras and last night Il
successful raid near Hulloch.
The most severe among the minol
battles fought recently in the Marne
Rheims region was in the vicinity OF 81
Euphraise and Champlat, westward
from Rheims. says the Associated Press
correspondent with the French army.
The Germans launched a serious at
tack here at dawn Thursday mornint
along a four mile front, They planned
to pierce the allied line to depth oi
two and half miles. which would per
init them to outhank Rheims mountain
and thus capture the city
The village ana spur OF Bligny fel
into their hands when they came forwart
in dense waves. but the British imme
dately counter attacked and took th'
spur. simultaneously the French coun
ter attacked and reached the outskirt:
Of Bligny and on a second attempt to
day recaptured the village and reestab
lshed the line. The Germans suffered
most severely from artillery FIRE, tn,
two divisions engaged losing many killed
and more than 200 prisoners.
French Gains In Flanders.
Describing the fighting in the KEN
mel district. the Associated Press cor
respondent with the British army il
, France says that Locre Hospice, whicl
the Germans captured on Wednesda!
| night. was retaken by the French Fri
day. They battied their way to thu
much contested position and completed!
reest blished their original line.
The French have thus removed a NOR
, or less serious threat to the village O
! Locre. which itself is an important dc
fence for Mont Rouge and other hill
! lying Immediately TO the west. IA
hospicc lies only abou, 500 yards sout
east Of I.ocre and is on rising groun
which is but slightly lower than the sit
OF the village.
! The enemy has long coveted Locr
and retention OF the hospice would Civ
him a good jumping OF place for ar
other assault in the long list which h
has delivered against the village.
+, British troops carried out We
planned attack west Of Voormezeele tC
day. and captured n strong position hel
by the enemy. The defences obtaine
greatly improved the allied line in thi
sector. which has been the scene of cor
tinual thrusts and counter thrusts sine
Hindenburg began his offensive