The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-07-12
In Night Operations They Take
Town and Chateau From
Enemy's Possession.
HAIG'S FORCES
PUSH FORWA ARD
Americans on South and French
on North Near Chateau Their.
ny Punish Boches Heavy:
BY Associated PRESS.


French pressure Nalong line from
the Marine to the Aisne. which begap
two weeks ago as series of local at
lacks. has begun to yield results
which are appreciable when viewed
on the map. The town of Corey, east OF
Reiz forest, was taken from the Ger.
mans and strong positions in that
vicinity captured by slow, method
ical advance that has been a source or
much annoyance to the enemy for sew
eralf days. AS a result the French line
has Strengthened and advanced to high
ground lending itself to defensive opet
ations
French and italian detachments are
steadily pushing the Austrian forces
back along the western slopes or noun
tains paralleling the Albanian coast
Vienna admits allied success in this
quarter, and in mountain sectors OF
the northern italian front. the Austrian
units. which approached the Italian
positions, were driven back.
On the British front Australians have
again penetrated German positions.
capturing prisoners.
The French continued their tanning
tactics last night on the westerly side
OF the Marine salient, southwest of Sois-
sons, capturing the town and railway
station at Corey and the farm and
chateau of st. Paul. south Of the town.
The gain OF ground serves still fur
ther to protect the forest or Vi1Iers-
Cotterests otherwise called the Reiz
forest), which forms bulwark OF the
defense OF Compiegne, the important
French base and railway junction on
the east OF that town.
On the British front south, Field Mar
shall Haig's forces pushed still further
forward last night and won additional
ground east Of Villers Bretonneux, on
the ridge which stands as an important
eastward defense of the allied base
at Amiens.
Raiding operations comprised the
major portion of the activities on the
remainder OF the allied front.
The operations on the French 'front.',
resulting In the capture OF Corey, gains
in interest in that 1t represented a
continuation OF a series OF important
local attacks on this front between
the Aisne and the Marine, begun by
General Petain on Sunday. 1t is along
this line that the allies apparently
count 1t quite probable that the Ger
mans will resume the offensive.
Sundays attack took the form of a
drive that carried the French line for
ward two-thirds of a mile on a TWO
mile front north Of the Longpont re-
gfon in this area. The gain was ex-
tended on Tuesday, while during the
day Of Wednesday the front OF opera
lions was shifted further south ana
the outskirts OF Lonspont and Corey
was reached.
During last night, as today's state
ment from Paris shows. the French
made good their occupation Of Corcy
and drove in still further south on
the line for short distance.
The net result, together with an earl
Ter operation. further north late in
June, when a dangerous salient east
of the Laveraine ravine which the Ger
mans created in their June offensive.
was wiped out, is that the French front
now runs in almost a straight line
along series of strong posIrlons for
distano OF approximately twelve
miles from the Aisne southwark to be-
low Corey.
Between this and the American sec
tor to the south, northwest of Chateau
Thierry, there is still a westward
bulge In the line. The French pressure
on the north and the American on
the south, however, seems likely to re-
suit in the wiping out OF this salient
by the continuation of the present en-
tente tactics of local plunges in this
sector, il the Germans hold of much
longer in launching their expected re-
ported renewed offensive.