The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-16
HUN OFFENSIVE ]:
SLOWING DOWN; ] ! | ], ,
FAILURE sure. B
Germans, "a Hours Behind Their.
Schedule, Helpless in Face 1; y
of Equal Numbers
DELAY y HELPED H ELF = D. !. ALLIES. LII. ):
Time Given Entente to Bring Up
Reinforcement Teutons
Are Weakening
DELAY HELPED ALLIES
(sy TIE ASSOCIATED PREss)


Furiously launching new attacks
against the allied points on the Marne
front to Chateau Thierry, the Ger
mans are continuing their efforts to,
oreak .lhrougn the American and
french sdelease. Iney made progress
during the last night, but 1t has Deen
slow in comparison with the sweep OF
the Teutonlc legiOns IN their attack
In Picardy, tlaAuers, and along the
Aisne.
1t appears that the enemy after
crossiug the Alarne between DOrmans
and ChatillOn has reached in this
area the villages Of st. Agnan, La
Chapelle, and MOnthedOn, which are
Approximately mile and threequar.
.ers south Of the river, but in the out
skirts of these towns they nave been
held UP. ~ s.s a. t,s
Just to the. northeast the Germans
managed to traverse the Bouguigny
wOOu, but on the southern 5slde iney
~ Deen stopped. s..
Sanks rotdins Line. !.
West OF Dormans, which Is "a miles
east Of Chateau Thierry, American
troops are holding the battie line. n
Official adyices state that In this area
they have ;retakens the villages of
4t,ossys and Crezancy south OF the
Marne, where the Germans gained
ground s-in the first rush facfoss the
river. Prom the French official re.
port It Is evident that between the
Dormans and Rheims the Germans
are driving toward ChatillOn, and
along the line TO- the northwest. Only
at one point in the DOdemat wood, a
mile and "a half from ChattilOn did
they advance last night. Even there
they have been checked by the
French fire. From that point to
Rheims there is. no change in the sit
uation. The deepest penetration along
this line approximately is : "a miles
northeast of Chatill0n in the. Rode;
mat wood. This marks the greatest
advance Of the Germans at any point
along the line since their offensive
began.
Situation Reassuring.
East of Rheims the situation also
appears reassuring. The Wrench bat
tie positions are declared intact, and
the Germans have not been able to
advance farther southwark than. the
outskirts of the wood that parallels
on the north the ancient Csaussee Ro-
maine, the main highway running east
ward from Rheims. They are being
held all along this line as far as the
region north of the town of Suippe,
which virtually Overlo0ks the easterly
limits of the great battle.
In the German offensive during the
sprinx, and summer delay was one OF
the prime factors in the situation. The
Germans have never been able to gain
materially when faced by forces that
were numerically equal, sand all OF
their drives have come to a pause
when allied reinforcements were
rushed up to threatened points. The
Germans are now more than "a hours
behind schedule and there is little to
indicate that they. have striking pow
er greater or as great as on Monday
morning when the attack began. NJ
|. May Have Trump LETT.
The allies therefore have reason to
believe that the supreme test of their
strength has been met successfully
The battle is not over yet. and there
may oe a possibility, il not a probab
ity, that the German high command
has not played its trump card in the
mighey game that is going on. There
is, however. a feeling of satisfaction
over the first phases of the new drive
and confidence that the allies will
continue to resist as vigorously as
they have during the first hours Of the
conflict.
Vigorous artillery is reported in the
Albert sector, but there has. been no
pretentious developments there. The
British have improved their positions
slightly in the villers-B -Bretonneux sec
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