The Colorado statesman., 1918-07-27
WISE SHUTTING
ON 100000 HUNS
CROWN PRINCE BEGINS couN.
TER TO SAVE ARMIES UNDER
JAWS OF PlNcER.
BIG GAINS BY ALLIES
ALL TERRITORY WITHIN POCKET
NOW WITHIN RANGE OF
ALLIED GUNS.
western Newspaper Union News Service.

western Newspaper Union News Service.
With the French Army in France
July .-Notwithstanding rtrong Ger
man counter attacks in the Chateau
Thierry pocket, the allied troops ad-
vanced considerably Thursday, cap
turing a number of villages, of which
the most important is Olchy la Vile.
The battle took an extremely violent
turn on the northern bank Oh tho
Marne, where Franco-Americans,h now
ever, pushed forward for distance
of between two and three miles. On
the other side of the salient Ger
man attack resulted in the momentary
capture of a dominating height known
as 240, but the enemy possession did
not last. The French and British or
ganized an immediate counter attack
and regained the hill, capturing most
of the Germans occupying it.
Driving in on the west, the French
are now reported to have reached a
point within three miles of the import
ant road junction town of Fere-En-Tar-
denois, where eigh roads over which
the Germans move troops and sup
plies converge.
On tne easterly side of the salient
British troops seem to have driven in
a great distance toward Fismes, the
real German base for the distance
south of the Aisne. This town, eleven
miles from the last reported position
of the British southwest of Rheims,
lies about midw from the top of the
-,
Germans are massed.
Easterly and westerly movements
are tending to converge TO close the
pocket Speed seems to be the watch
ward OF the allies all alorj the line
as attested by orders on the American
front to ignore machine gun nests and
press on, leaving detachments TO deal
with the German gunners
In desperate fighting north of the
Marne the German rear guards mo-
mentarily succeeded in forcing the re-
tirement of the allies from woods
north of Treloup and from Chassines,
further east. In renewed attack,
however, the Germans Immediately
were driven back.
AS the days of heavy fighting con-
tinue II becomes increasingly apparent
that the German retirement is well un-
der way. This withdrawal is apparent
ly being conducted in an orderly man
ner, being covered by such rear guard
actions a at Treloup and Chassines.
Along the line from Jaulgonne north
west to Oulchy-le-C Chateau, just north
OF the Ourcq or even farther, the al
lies have pressed ahead during the
past two days.
The British have been conducting
raiding operations in the Hebuterne
sector and have repulsed attempted
German raids along the Amiens front
to the south The enemy artillery has
been active at Arras and Lens, vital
points of the British line.
Up to the present seventy German
divisions have been identified in the
present fighting zone, and the battle
may be regarded as the biggest since
the beginning of the war.
The prisoners taken number over
$4,000, and more than 500 cannon and
thousands of machine guns have been
captured, and German losses are
placed at more than 100000.
The French have carried out raid
ing operation south of Montdidier and
have captured prisoners.
Americans, French, British and ltal-
ian troops are steadily pressing for
ward at nearly all points on the battle
line to Rheims, while east of the ca
thedral city Polish contingent-the
first of the Poles to enter the combat,
is declared to have carried out sue
cessfully an enterprise against the en-
emy in which more than 200 Germans
were made prisoner.
Czecho-Slovak troops have captured
the important town of Simbirsk, about
COO miles east of Moscow, according
to an official telegram from Moscow,
received by way of Berlin. The Rus
sian soviet troops put up desperate
resistance.
Baker Nails German Lies