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Fierce Fiohtinq South of Narne.

Paris. July 1S.-Balked in their ef-
/ fort to break through on siXty-hve
mile front and having found nowhere
! weak spot for an entering wedge
| the Germans sent new forces into the
fray and made violent and unceasing
! efforts to elbow their way forward In
/ local thrusts.
| Fighting was fiercest south Of the
! Marine, where the Americans continue
! to battle with unquenched ardor. CO.
/ operating with the gallant French.
! The Germans failed to recapture the
towns of st Aguan and La Chapelle-
. Monthodon. wrested from them by
! the Americans. Furious cOmbats are
raging for the possession of the
! heights north Of these places. The
invaders succeeded in penetrating La
BOurgonnerle.
The battle Is going on a little less
than three miles south Of the Marine.
AS long as the foe Is held here the
! situation remains satisfa Glory, for this
sector forms the pivot of the whole
! Marine front, and unless they break
! through 1t the Germans cannot realize
! their plan Of swinging around either
westward against Paris, or eastward,
in the direction of Epernay and Cha
| Ions
| Between the Marine and Rheims the
Germans are making violent efforts
/ to mask the great mountain of
Rheims. A savage battle RACES in
RI 10
east, around Vrigney, the Germans
failed to push forward despite inces-
SAINT attacks.
| To the east of Rheims the French
also continue to hold the situation in
hand The Germans have been I'M
able to debouch from the Prunay line,
where they were pinned down on the
! first day of the drive.
Unofficial reports says the Franco
| American forces have launched new
concerted counter attack on four
| mile front south of Dormans, and
have thrown the Germans back some
5000 yards Their guns are sweeping
the German bridges across the Marine.
! If continuously successful, the counter
offensive in this region will force the
whole German forces south Of the
| Marine back.
All Of the reports confirm the de-
preston caused In the German ranks
by the immediate mailing down Of
| their drive Monday. Their losses
have been extremely heavy-conserva-
tive estimates place them between 100.-
tho Il
American casualties have been COM
! paratfvely light.
The statement reads:
South of the Marine new German
forces pushed forward and attacked
the heights north of ST. Agnan and La
Chapelle Monthodon. The enemy sue
ceeded in penetrating into the Bour-
donnerie farm, and the battle contin-
| ues with violence on the slopes and
woods Immediately south of this point.
Further east, despite very vigor
Gus attacks, the French held the enc
my in the southern outskirts of Bou-
quigny wood, and at the village Of
Nesles. The Germans likewise launch
ed a powerful attack in the direction
Of MonOvoison, on the south glide of
the Marine. southwest of VenIeuil. but
were thrown back from this locality
by a powerful counter attack by the,
! French
Between the Marine and Rheims
violent combats developed in Courton
! wood. A German attack in the region
| Of Vrfgny broke down completely.
East of Rheims German local at
| lacks were fruitless, notably in the
region of Pruny. A renewed attack
| by the enemy in the direction of Beau
mont, on the south side of the Vesle,
southwest of Prunay. suffered a san
culinary repulse. The French positions
throughout have been maintained in
net"