Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-28
GERMANS CROSS THE AISNE;
ALLIES RESISTANCE STIFF

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British front a NUMBER OF
prisoners were taken in sue
cessful raids last night.
"Both artilleries are active
at different points"
The Germans are pushing
their offensive on both the
Aisne and Flanders fronts.
Field Marshal Haig reported
today.
Along the Aisne, which was
crossed TO the left of the Brit
ish sector last night, Haig an
nounced enemy attacks of great
strength are developing on the
whole forty-mile front between
scissors and Rheims.
The fighting in Flanders, he
said, is centered east of Dicke-
busch Lake, where the Ger
mans made temporary gains
against the French troops in
the resumption of their drive
yesterday morning.
Battle Raging
The battle resulting from the new
German offensive along the Aisne
River heights, from point north of
Rheims to the sector of the Pinon
forest mine miles northeast of Sois-
sons) has continued with deadly loss
es to the Germans.
Both the British and French reports
of last night admitted slight retire
ments along the famous Chemin-d -des-
Damcs-a highway that skirts the
Aisne hills, north Of the river-while
the German War Office in its report
Of Monday claimed the capture Of
this important road. of great value
as communication line.
Passage of the Aisne confirms in
part the German claim as to the
Chemin- Danes.
Attacking in massed formation
after tremendous bombardment
with gas shells, and supported by
tanks. the Germans were able to
push into the Aisne Valley, some of
>he forces reaching Pont Arcy.
= Allies NaIorous
The British forces or the Aisne front
held part Of the line In the Berry-au-
Bac sector. where the fighting zone
t crosses the river from the south to the
northwest The Allies in that district
fought with magnificent valor. but the
/ British left flank was compelled. after
l a desperate struggle. to retire foot by
, foot to previously prepared second-lne
! positions
d. The grand German offensive on the
} western front has now resolved itself
( into triple drive, with the points oil
2 pressure located as follows.
t First. Along the Flanders front. from
. the lpres sector in Belgium. to a poinl
near Bethune in northern France,
S Second The Picardv zone opposit,
= .Amiens.
Y Third. The Aisne River front north
n west Of Rheims and south of Laon.
While the German blows in the ,ev
field of battle on the Aisne were accom-
panied by stroke against the Frencl
D positions around Locre and Voore
mezeele, near the Franco Belgian
frontier. the lulI in the big-scale in
fantry operations on the Picardy from
was unbrOken.
e hmiens Critical Point
, "Howevcr formidable Mondays at
n tack. the point holding the creates
d menace is still before Amiens," said tn,
:, military critic of the Times today. wv,
e may take it to be reasonably certain
l! that the addition of another 13 (33?
-. miles to the battlefront does not meal
s. abandonment of thrust against Amien
'r along the Somme estuary. or tn
y abandonment of the threat against tn
IS che nnel ports
IL The war critic expresses the opino
that the Germans will not be able (
e find a week place in the Allied line
II adding that the Allies still have tn
e supremacy of the air.
Up The war critic expresses the opinio
e that the Germans will not be able
II find weak place in the Allied lin
" adding that the Allies still have the ST