The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-19
ALLIED DRIVE
PENETRATES6 6
MILES into
ENEMY Line
French and Italians Drive
Back Germans Between
Marne and Rheims and Re-
take Mont Voisin.
FOE RuSHES RESERVES
(By Associated Press.)
BULLETIN.

BULLETIN.
LONDON, July French
troops in their counter offens-
i've on the battle zone between
A isne and Marne captured
10000 prisoners yesterday, ac-
cOrding to news reaching Lon
don this afternoon.
American and French troops
are still advancing along the line
from the Aisne to the Marine
where on Thursday morning
they launched counter offens-
i've of large proportion.
German reserves hurried up to
meet the threat against the en-
emy's right flank on the Sois-
sons Chateau Thierry Rheims
salient are engaged in the strug-
gle with great violence along the
whole front.
The reaction of the allies is
not restricted to the line from
the Aisne to the Marne south
Of the Marne, at the point where
the Germans had made their
great advance during the first
three days of their offensive
the French have retaken Mont
Voisin and elected the enemy
from the outskirts of Oeuilly,
two miles to the westward.
Retake Moulin D'Ardre.
North of the Marne and between
the river and Rheims. the French and
Italians haye struck back at the Ger
man forces their line westward in the
Roi and Courton woods, retaken Mou-
lin D'Ardre and improved the line at
Bouilly.
The capture OF four cannons, ma
chine guns and 400 prisoners in these
operations is reported.
There is no mention in the Official
report Of fighting along the Marne
east of Chateau Thierry or east of
Rheims in the Champagne sector.
The allied plunge against the Ger
man line south of the Aisne, so far
as definitely known has advanced to
an extreme depth of nearly six miles.
the deepest penetration being at Buzz
ancy, southeast of scissors.
scissors Under Allied Fire.
The railroad leading south from
scissors to Chateau Thierry is thus
under the direct fire of the allied ar
tillery while the railroad leading from
Courmells 10 Longpont has been cut.
Further south the allies have reached
Chouy On the only other line Of rail
road upon which the Germans can rely
for supplies for their forces along the
Marne from Chateau Thierry to Dor
mans Thus the railroad communIca-
tons of the enemy are placed in ex-
treme jeopardy.
While il is much too early to consid-
er the allied smash againts the Ger
man lines as a great success, except
insofar as it may well serve to COM
plete the check of the German often
sive the results obtained during the
first days lighting may be reasonably
compared with those reported by the
Germans after the first days fighting
south of the Aisne in the great attack
on May 81.
The allies advance at all points 20
an average depth of little less than
three miles. They captured according
to unofficial reports, 1890 prisoners
and leo cannons.
Has Accomplished Purpose.
The number of men involved is not
known.
The Germans. with 325,000 troops
engaged. broke through the allied line
north of the Aisne on May 27 and ad-
vanced a little more than three miles
to the Aisne. They captured $4,000
prisoners, according to their own fig
ures. Berlin did not report the cap
ture of cannon in its statement on
the first day of fighting.
There is a note of conservatism In
the language of the French official
statement in the comment of the Par
isian press on the newest phase OF
the struggle.
The next couple of days will deter
mine the exact character OF the op-
Grafton that is now going on between
the Aisne and the Marne. Even II ii
comes to a halt today. it seems prob
able that it will have accomplished
its purpose-the relieving of the pres
sure against Rheims. for General Lu.
dendorf probably will not continue his
offensive on the south while his right
flank and rear are seriously menaced
A ma tier of intense interest is the
manner in which the Germans met the
new onslaught There have been re
ports relative to the low morale OF
the enemy forces but these must be
proved by actual development before
they can be generally credited.
II the Germans hold the allies after