The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-06-08
.H0LEENEmY
LINE PUSHED
BACK AT TIP
OF SALIENT
Allied Troops Make Further
Progress in Series of Local
Operations Americans
Fighting With Vigor.
TOWNS ARE CAPTURED
(By Associated Press)

Allied pressure against the German
line northwest of Chateau Thierry
shows no indication of relaxation. The
enemy having yielded readily to the
hrst thrusts against him on Thurs
day the entente forces have pursued
their advantage and are realizing new
progress in a series of local opera
tions.
The whole German line at the tip
OF the salient driven into the allied
front has been pushed back in this
process. The allied line is now astride
the Clignon river and points of want
age have been secured north of that
stream.
According to reports from the front
the attack Of Thursday began over a
front Of about three miles but the
reaction has spread until now it ex-
tends from Hill 204 west of Chateau
Thierry to Dammard. over seven miles
to the northwest. Along all this line
the allies have won ground with en-
courag1ng rapidity.
Two Violent Attacks Mentioned.
The Official statement issued by the
French war Office mentions two vio-
lent attacks against the Bouresches-
le-Thielet line.
1t is on this section Of the new bat
tie line that the marines have been In
action and they probably are still oper-
ating there. The fact that both Ger.
man assaults were repulsed with
heavy losses indicates that these
Americans are still 1ghting with their
initial vigor.
According to official statements the
heights east Of Hautevesnes have been
taken by the French which may indi-
cate that wedge has been driven In
to the German line north of the Gig
non and that the retirement of the
Germans farther north at Chexy and
Dammard, may have been accelerated
by the danger Of being trapped by the
rapidly advancing allies.
French Improve Positions.
Further north the French have i'm
proved their positions In the neighbor-
hood Of Ambleny while at Faverolles,
in the villers-C Cotterets area, a violent
bombbardment is reported.
Patrol engagements OF q minor ma.
ture are reported from the British
fronts.
American marines and French
troops on the sector northwest Of
Chateau Thierry have driven the Ger
mans back 2 and n miles on a front
OF six miles and latest reports are
that sharp fighting continues. Along
the Clignon river. the Americans have
taken Torcy and Bouresches and the
French Veuilly-La-Poterie, and Vinly.
The extremities of the advancing line
are marked by Bouresches and Vinly.
Friday the fighting was of more
daSnprafa rharoPtoP ho
day but the Germans were compelled
to give ground, the impetuous marines
and French being too much for them.
German prisoners taken now exceed
300 He no longer menaces the height
positions south of Veuilly which form
an important part of the barrier hold
ing the Germans from a closer ap-
proach to Paris.
French Capture BIigny.
On the wing between the Marne and
Rheims, the French have completed
the capture of Bligny. Elsewhere, on
the salient the infantry fighting has
been at a minimum and no where
have the Germans essayed attacks.
The artillery duel is violent, west of
Rheims along the Marne and north
of the Ourcq.
III icpoTIluS on tne 1lgnt1ng north.
west Of Chateau Thierry on Thurs.
day. Berlin says local attacks by the
enemy were repulsed" A Geman ad.
vance near Sarcy. between Rheims
and the Marne, in which 300 prisoners
were taken is reported
French troops on the Flanders sal.
lent, have improved their positions
near Locre. On the Picardy battle
field American troops took prisoners
in raid. There and in the Woeyre
and in the Lorraine. the American
and German artilleries have been ac-
tive. Anglo-French airmen on Thurs
day accounted for 35 German air.
planes and half dozen observation
balloons in addition to dropping more
than sixty tons Of bombs on targets
behind the enemy lines.
Increased activity is reported from
the Italian front. In attacks between
Lake Garda and the Piave, Italian
and French troops captured more
than 20 prisoners. Austro- Hungarian
troops attempted advances on the
Asiago plateau only to be beaten back.
At several points along the mountain
front, enemy patrol parties were re-
pulsed by the Italians.