The Robesonian., 1918-07-25
VOL. IxL
Allies STEADILY
MOVING FORWARD
Violent Counter Attacks BY Huns
Fail to Stop Them-Reach-
ing For Railroad.
Press Summary.

Press ouiiiili"iS v
Violent German counter-attacks and
,u ouard actions in great strength
,ti1l fail to serve the German h'gh
.,n,and as barriers to the advance
- tho allied troops on the Soissons-
Rheims salient !
Two thew have added somewhat in
slowing down the fast pace set by the
,u;es at the commencement OF the Of
forsive, but nevertheless on the three
ldes of the now U-shaped battlefront
further important gains nave oeeo
made. e. p.ruo,a
Driving slowly but surely south OF
s,issons. the American and french
iroops have pushed their fronts tur-
rher eastward toward that pant vi the
Soissons- Chateau Thierry railway slne
that is still in the hands OF the enemy
and further south along both side5
of the Ourcq river and the road lead
inc to Fere-En- -Tardenols, Germany S
great storehouse for the supply OF her
troops to the south, important pene-
trations into enemy held territory
have been made until the maximum
n1int where the allies are fighting near
Coincy is about 10 II miles from tnelr
point of departure last Thursoay
Americans in Fierce Fight
In the Marine region north OF Cnat,
eau Thierry, the Americans and
French have met with the iercest kind
of resistance. for here the German
Machine gunners and infantrymen are
striv;nc hard to stay their progress
~ an andeavor to extricate large num-
hers of the German forces who are lr
danger of capture, and also to save
mart of the great number of guns anc
Quantities of war materials which II
IS impossible to get out except by the
high roads over the undulating ant
wooded country.
Advantage With Allies.
The advantage in the fighting, how
ever. has rested with the anlalgamat
ed allied troops who have pushed OF
rorthward past the village of Eplede
and ousted the Germans from tn
greater part of the Chatelet forest
In this region the allies now hold tn
village of Epiedes and Trugny-Epled
es, which were captured by the Ge1
mans and were recaptured Wednes
day in a counter attack by the An
ericans. Pressing on northward tn
allies have driven their front beyon
Courpoll. which lies about IL mile
northeast of Chateau Thierry.
Steady Advance From Marine.
Along the Marne at several point
notably in the region of Charteve
and Jaulgonne and further east
Treloup the allies have put the nortl
ern bank of the Marne further behlr
them in advances and captured lars
number of cannon and machine gul
and considerable war material.
Picked German ReinfOrcements.
In the region between the Mari
ard Rheims where the German crow
prince has brought forward lars
numbers of picked reinforcements
stay the British, French and Italian
his warriors are meeting with ha
usage. Following up the advance
the French and Italians of Tuesda
the British, Immediately to the sout
west of Rheims, apparently have
gun a movement which possibly Pr
tends good results.
Britons Gain at Vrigny.
Here the British have overcome
strong counter-attack and follow
it violent bombardment and strU
the German line at Vrigny for go'
ly gain. This manouever, If 1t
pressed to further advantage, will Sc
ously menace the Rheims -Fismes r;
way a scant three miles to the nor
and also will tend materially to
son the width of the mouth of
pocket through which the Germans
endeavoring to retreat from the 81
sons-Rheins salient.
Hun Situation Grows Grave.
Gauged by the war maps, the I
lnroads of the allied troops into
German-held territory necessarily
further to the extreme gravity of
situation of the Germans inside
huge pocket and with the long ra
guns on both sides of the U hea
smelling them far behind the ac
nfighting front; with airmen bomt
them assoduously and with the in,
Try attacking them on all sides ,
rihe and light gun fire, their 81
uon seemily is hazardous one.