The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-02

.ENectiva Assistance.
Effective assist nee to the Amert.
can infantry in their forward dash
was evidently giveA by the French ar.
tillery, which is pS,sted on hill 2o4.
about midway betw9en v6I1sand Cha.
teau Thierry. =
From this emineAce. which forms
the bastion Of the defensive llne;nsss
the apex Of the Ger1 1,ans' MsrnS :sal.
lent. the allied line Aas been Carried
forward all the way toa a point.be$ond
Vaux, making the, petition q a,,srsatly
improved one for either offensive or
defensive purposes. i e,
This operation was evidently uT!c0h.!
tinuatio OF the, Framed American foss
ward movement carried out by local
attacks, which has beeA progressing
actively of late in this hector, It al.
retady has resulted. in tho strength
ening and Improvement d tthe line to
a marked extent from the allied view
point. :. ! ~, ~.
Promises Further Retults.. =,
Should it continue to be rushed. the
movement promises further important
results by the pinching out process up.
on which German salients which have
made the line an irregular one be-
tween the Marne and the Clignon,
near the northerly end Of the Ameri'
ca sector. Il u,
Dn the British front in the Npicard$
arfa Field Marshal Haig's trooAs have
bean forced to fight hard to hol4 their
new line northeast Of Amiens, where
on Sunday night they forced the Ger.
mana out OF a valuable position Oh tho
high Eround near Bouzincourt north OF
Alberf s.,t"&
The Germans cunter:attacked very
strongly there last night hut failed TO
regain their lost territory, Only at
one point were they able to gain q
footing lin their old trenches being
renulsed with loss everywhere else,
On Other parts OF the front there
were raiding operations in which ;pris'
oners wete taken both by the British
and the French. The Germans were
repulsed ID several raiding attempts.
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Germany's expected blow, against
the western front is still withheld.
Meanwhile the British and French
continue to fecapture small pieces OF
terrain in local actions On the
mountain front west Of the Brenta the:
Italians have extended their success
by the capture OF two more heights
Activity increases.
Activity behind the enemy lines is
reported to be- on a greater scale than
last week but the Germans have Civ.
en- no sign Of where they will attack.
In fact, the Germans have not even
made strong attempts to retake the
ground captured by the allies In tine
successful nibbling operations OF the
past ten days. The latest, gains by the
British have been ON the important
sector between Arras and the Somme
while the French are active between
the Aisne and the Marne., i
Allied airmen are hartssing the area
behind the German lines with incress.
ing violence. Aerial cQm0ats have
been numerous and the French and
Briits airmen have brought down or
sent out of control 50 German ma?
chimes and destroyed eight captive bal
looms Railway functions. Rirdromes
and other military targets have been
bombed heavily. while British airmen
keep up their bombardment ohthe dis.
trict around Metz and eastward to.
ward the Rhine. Mannheim again has
been attacked. The Germans rSpeat-
ed their attempt to raid Paris Mon.
day night but met with no success.
First American Corp Completed!
When the Germans attack they Will
probably find an American army
corps aiding in barring their waySwest.
ward, It. is believed that the,s first
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