Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-06-13
Thousands of Germans Are
Slaughtered in Battle.
HUNS WIN SEVERAL TOWNS
Teutons Occupy Small Villages After
Making Repeated Attacks and at
Cost of Great acrifices-French
Capture 500 Prisoners
Berlin Claims 5000
Captives.

idSeS were Occuplou ny ~luo OelIuduS
on the center in the Montdidier-NOyon
sector, including Merry, Belloy and St.
Mature, according to the war Office an
nouncement.
This was done by repeated assaults
and at the cost Of great sacrifices.
South of Ressons-Sur-Matz the Ger
mans gained a footing in Marqueglise.
Farther to the east the battle con-
tinues in the southern outskirts of
Elincourt.
[This represents an extreme gain of
five miles at the deepest point since
the offensive opened.]
French Statement.
The text of the report from the war
office follows:
"On the second day of the offensive
the enemy sought by powerful attacks
in large force and without cessation
by new effectives to advance in the di-
rection of Estrees st. Denis and Ribe
court. Our troops fulfilled with tenac-
ity their mission of resistance.
'The enemy was able to take sue
cessively by repeated assaults and at
the cost of heavy sacrifices the villages
of Merry, Belloy and st. Mature. The
plateau of Belloy was the theater Of
heroic engagements.
Foe Enters Marqueglise.
''SOuth of Reasons Sur-MatZ the
Germans gained a footing in Marqueg-
lise, and farther east the battle con-
tinues in the southern outskirts Of
ElincOurt
con our right the enemy succeeded
in debouching from ThiescOurt wood.
con our left, between Courcelles and
Rubescourt, we broke down the enemy
attacks and held our positions.
east Of the Disc a German attempt
to retake a fort failed"
French Take 500 Prisoners.
The attack continued during the
night with undiminished violence, the
war office reports.
On the French left wing furious Ger
man attacks, made time after time,
were broken by the French fire.
On the French right wing the French
took more than 500 prisoners in vari
Gus engagements.
Reserves Being Exhausted.
Dispatches from the front say that
the German battalions are being de-
pleted and his reserves Of manhood
are declining.
Out of 200 prisoners taken in the
first days of June more than one-fourth
belonged to the 1919 class, and the |
class of 1920 made it's appearance on
the battlefield among the prisoners
captured at Bligny by the British, a !
considerable portion of them being |
lads Of that class.
Germans Are Slaughtered.
With the French Army in France,
June 11.-Fighting in this war prob
ably never has been more severe than |
that going on in the great battle of |
French and German armies between |
Montdidier and Noyon. The Germans,
attacking on a ground where the en-
tente allies were ready to receive the
shock, have found themselves thrown
into a slaughter house whence most Of !
them never will make an exit.
When the German infantry began
coming over in the densest masses
they encountered Immediately an ex-
tremely hot fire from both machine
guns and artillery, which moved them
down. Ever since, as fresh waves en-
tered the conflict, they were subjected
to similar punishment.
Berlin Claims 5000 Prisoners.
Berlin, June 1.-THE German war
office, in it's official communication,
claims the capture of 5000 prisoners
and some guns in the new offensive in
France.
Southwest of Noyon we have made
progress in fighting with newly
brought up French forces" says the
war Office communication.
Hun Is Stopped Short.
With the French Army in France,
June notwithstanding the great
forces the Germans threw into the line
Sunday when they opened their Of
fensive between Montdidier and the
Disc, they did not achieve any consid-
cradle advance.
Time after time increasingly dense
waves of infantry attempted to pierce
the allied defenses.