The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-22
An Effort to Flank Lassigny.

! Tint IS why t" uhjrctiV" Of cam
| ri..u. uu; us NJ! Chh0rhnod was SO M
r,,rtlut f. the Germans Not because
! ih,. town ar tn" plac" had any strategic
imy"rlanc" in particular. but because |"
: reach III" biSr in this nelEhp"rhood
! would compel this rapid and perhaps dis
! aslrnu$ allied retreat.
: rho line from M"nttlidlrr In Noynn
; ran east over III" rl"n land. whll" inc
/ western half supported Itself III III"
wondrd and difficult hill country Known
/ as The Heights Of l.asSlSny. Inc MAJ"
| Valley separates "n" district from 'nH
! other. and Il thrust reaching down lhe
/ Maiz Valley by about five ar six miles
Turns Tho l.aSsIgn% hills and ""nip"IS
! TN. defender to Sivr NJ that formula
! tl" object.
/ The ,;crmans attacked on Jun"
u.,rh , force nf eighteen DIVISION.
/ striking aI Il line moi quite fourteen
miles III length. Df ihcs" eighteen III
. visions II" less than fly" w"r" nlaSS'd
IN TN. Malz valley alone. and tins Erch'
. weigh, carried Iif> German advance l"
, I'm. ,..uirr uu Tho first day beyond ltcS-
son The atla'k was held everywhere
! .,ls. and proved exceedingly "AI'hsI''
la the enemy. II" had |" put III ah"'"-
.r five and perhaps six dlTIsi"hS I" ''"
,Iu,c The work. But having P'SH'
! I...uu no had already pretty well
,,,r,,.,i rho IaSsigny hills, and the
I.,,r,h had 1n fall back from them TN
/ ,h. u,rrniur al tn" 18th Of June nc Ell
! ,.,r,.,.d his success by an advance "l
: ,,,..,rIv , ,uilr and n half in the r'htr''
and ihnr. with a group NJ 'rrSh NV
;,u. trrnw,, IN bringing IN" '"'a' ny
,h,: tim, IT, nearly thirty dlr'ShhS' wv
,,,,,rr,J wha, looked 1T tn" h'''''h'
nm. lin. final and hcrISlr" hinw'
INV sailed MT Heavy Cost In Men.
I,, ..nmr miles I" IN" ""Si w w
J VIZ ne got right forward, ana tn'
w. .rirrurun and evening hr was
,,r,...inr ON tn his goal III what ,."'N."
H., :, inmpI"t" hr"ak-thr"uEh' ~ Wa"
,,r the third day that IN" wh"lr S't" ',
! ,,n, changed. The trrh'n,
i', L,,id,,u, their lines hilbert" WIN 4"
'',r,ruIIy ralrula,cd minimum al tr'"i,S
/ i,, r,iir,ur under tn" rm"mN pr'SS"''
I ,.,Liur tnll very heavily ~! Ih' nm nm,
' iI,,,Ir 'r.uuirr-atIackHh in force WIN
r,..,.ryc divisions. IN" rr"S'n'r o.
;, ;. clear tho ti"rmans had NOT app,
.I nh" whole organization '"' niH
,rr,lrr nhInmrr was cahGhl "'i iI'S
,L'rJ duv hrfrr" it had fnliy oH'c'" .r,,
,rd was thrown int" '"ih uS,"n' o-
''. v,s compelled /" fall back nN"r
''''a ',,,J H., had won twcnty-f"ur
i.,,r. h.cnr, and 10 received DO" SO
.r.,t lac could not rnSum" IN"
,..',i' H.. .,ll ATTEMPTED. none INC
rur.nrr effort "n the fnur'h IA =.
=, h,I r,, very small gam: one St.Ihi.
,,,,r ,vhrr, W.. took III" hrlGhtS III TIN
i.,,..,rI lust of the lower r";ichrS "' an,,
/ Viz on tin. Gfih day even lhiS -
,,'r,,s;,aI from him and tho action 'ah''
la an "tli. ,, affair with
rI,c ,,lncr Allied success 81 ~. -
Il .i,,.,, i,urnscd upon III" Germans 'ht',
I,,,,. ,,,riG... nf n month and pun an ~"
T.. ibn battle If tn" l.Ys. W" ma lnr ~
'lnviur contrast. which Is nn' "''',"'
r,.nrrlr.u"n; In III" Allied '"uF'
.I.,, affair "r April =" held IN" if": u"
All mn, advance IL. Tho haill" OF w
! N.,., rrcu,rrrd u wide bolt ni CrouhH
, ria, .,fair 81 April ~ had been rhEhE'G
J., ir., enemy wit! thirteen divisions: ni
vh,rh rlr,rIr were finally used. Inc
I,,ll, If tin. MniZ involved IN" us" ana
,,.l,,,i.i,nu ur nr loss than thirty dIvl-
/ .:,ruS Thu. affair II April =" was inc
,rI If = Ions: series Of actions IN IN"
.l,, offensive. which had been carried
an with curry i"r II" loss than thrr"
| weeks. and which l'fi tn" enemy hcid
! ,ri.."I hu: SIN IN possession 81 All nIs
+ grounds Til. battle "f the Ma'z not
! .,niy saw him !"s. ground. hut was de-
| ,i,l"d m five days. ,,
| FINALLY, IN tn" great question ~ all
rhi., seasons tiEhtinS--thr CnmParatiF"
rate nf lass between tn" "tfrnflv" ana
: Jor,nsIvr--thc battle of the Mhtz was
| The most fnvnruhl' I" tho defensive "t
| any that has as yet developed.