Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-07-31
ENTENTE ARMIES
PRESS AHEAD; TRAP
100000 GERMANS
U. S. Soldiers Take Village Third
Time and Battle Way Forward.
YANKs POUR OVER MARINE
American Brains Make Captive of
Hun Force-Feint Frontal Attack
and Catch Enemy on Both
Flanks-Boys Fish in
Marine.

Paris, July 25.-Highly important
gains by the French and American
forces on the Aisne-Marne front are
reported in the official statement of the
war office.
In the center Of the line an advance
of nearly two miles was made. Des-
perate engagements wre fought in the
direction of Epieds and Trugny-Epieds.
which villages the Americans again re-
captured from the Germans. 70 the
north of Epieds the Franco-American
line is now beyond Courpoil.
The British gained important ground
at Vrigny wood, southwest of Reims.
The French gain is on the western
Jaw of the allied '.pincer," in which
100000 troops are reported caught,
while the British gains are on the
eastern jaw. GThese gains show that
the allies are slowly closing the neck
of the bottle from which the crown
princes armies are striving desperate
ly to escaped
The Germans delivered a counter
attack upon the allied lines in the vi
cinity of Vrigny, which is five miles
southwest of Reims. but the attack
had been repulsed.
Press German Right.
The chief momentum CT the allied
| advance continues against the apex OF
| the Aisne-Marne triangle, the southern
wing of the German right being
steadily pressed back toward the Dor
mans-F ere- en- ardenois-S Seasons line.
In their push northward and north
eastward from Chatee" Thierry, the
French and Americans nave practical
ly cleared the important Chatelet
wood
Details are still outstanding regard
ing the developments between scissors
and the Ourcq, but latest unofficial
word is that the advance on that line
too, continues Fresh reserves have
again been put into action by the
crown prince.
The Germans in the last "A hours
paid considerable attention to their
left flank, between Reims and the
Marine, the scene of today's British
gain.
Weather Favors Aviators.
Southwest of the Cathedral city stiff
artillery commandments ragged all night,
the fire centering on the wooded sector,
where deadlock fighting has been 60
ing on for days in the Courton and Roi
forests.
The rainy weather of the last few
days, which slowed up the fighting be-
tween scissors and Reims and prob
ably also retarded the German retire
ment, has ceased and further des-
perate fighting is to be looked for.
Allied airmen report conditions back
of the German lines as indicative of
German retreat as far north as the
Vesle river. The line of the Ourcq has
been virtually rendered untenable by
the allies advance to the neighborhood
of Oulchy-le-Chateau and Oulchy-le-
Vile. north of the stream.
Just south of scissors the French
and Americans are known to have
reached the western bank of the Crise
river. Should the allies succeed in
crossing the Crise in force and in gain
ing the plateau to the eastward of that
stream. German occupation of scissors
would probably be short-lived.
New Menace to Vesle Line.
Such an advance also would make
the line of the Vesle Of slight advan-
tage to the Germans and would prob
ably compel their eventual retirement
to the Aisne river.
For this reason the allied efforts to
forge eastward Of Buzancy may be ex-
pected to be redoubled and the Ger
man resistance at this point probably
will be of the sternest character.
The Havas correspondent at the
front says the French are steadily
fighting forward around Oulchy-Le-
Chateau. The fighting. he adds, sur
passes in violence that of the March
and May offensives and the Germans
rapidly are being worn out.
The wild talk of the German official
statements, he says, proves more than
anything else the confusion in Ger
many resulting from the allied blow.
Foch Holds Upper Hand.
The Germans may delay their re-
treat by paying a costly price, but the
necessity of recOnstructing their gen.
eral reserves will soon oblige them to
straighten their front between Sois-
sons and Reims.
General Foch holds the Initiative on
all the battle fronts and. ii is believed,
It will take the Germans at least two
or three months to get up another full
offensive. Meanwhile American troops
continue to land.
Allies Pressing On.
With the French Armies in the Field.
July 25.-Gernans are violently bonn