Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-06
Strong German Attacks For
Two Days Fail to Net
Material Gains.
GROUND RECLAIMED
BY F0CH'S MEN
Along Marine Where American Troops
Are in Line Huns Are Unable to
Z Make Progress-Signs That Enemy
is Preparing For Another Blow
Farther West-BerIin Reports Brief
and Less Optimistic.

SoT tnoIT way tnTQ tne NUVeIICdH
and French lines near the Marne,
the Germans again have turned
their attention to a front farther
west in sector which may be con.
sidered a. the connecting link be.
tween the Somme and Marne bat.
tiefielde.
The French official report in
dealing with operations along the
front says French forces east Of
Sempisny have continued to drive
back bodies Of German troops
which have crossed the Disc.
When tho initial. plunge along
the Aisne had gained extensive
ground but had created a salient
dangerous to the Germans west Of
scissors, they attacked along the
AiIetts river northwest Of that city
70 straighten out their line and
thus guard against flankins op-
GRAFTON by the allied armies. They
gained this maneuvsr but were
held after they had progressed ap.
proximatsly five miles. Since that
tins the French have held their
petition, with the Disc river form
( ing the first line Of defense. ~
Military sxpsrts hsxs- expected
~ stack on The allied line run
nina east OF Montdidisr, past
Noyon, and thence along the Disc.
to the, new lines formed since the
German offensive on the Aisne be-
( gan. Il may be that the fighting
reported in the French official
statement marks tho initial moves
mont Of an attack there.
Farther south, along line from
the western suburbs Of Soissons. TO
Chateau Thierry. the line is stadd-
ing firm before the German thrusts.
The French have succeeded in inn
proving their positions north and
west Of Hautebraye, little village
on the right bank Of the Hoxien
river, north Of the Aisne.
On tho rest Of the front, especial
Iy Ct Lonspont, NeuiIly-Ia-P Poterie
and west Of Rheims, tho artillery.
fire has been violent.
For two days the Germans have
attacked strongly at isolated points
but have made only slight prog
ress. At some points ground has
been regained by the French and
Wednesday they took more than
200 prisoners from the enemy, in
addition to inflietins heavy losses
or the German unite.
The latest French gain was made
around Vinsrs, north Of the Aisne,
where the Germans were driven
from all tho ground they had
gained there in recent days. In ad-
6ition the French took moro than
$50 prisoners and some machine
guns.
Enemy efforts have been strong
est along Tho Disc and along the
eastern edge Of Rstz forest, east Of
viliers. Cotterets. In attempting to
cross the Disc near Monta Agaohe,
the Germans were repuIsed com.
pletely. Ground was gained by tho
enemy troops near Lonepont, east
Of Villers- cotterets, but French
counter attacks threw them back
with the loss Of fifty prisoners.
Elsewhere along the salient thru
Chateau Thierry and along the
Masne, whore American troops are
in the line, TO Rheims, the Ger.
mans have been unable to progress.
Tho Berlin official statements on
tho fighting grow shorter. We'd
nesday's reports claim only sljoht
advances along the Aisne Tuesday,
and local fighting near the ourcq.
The situation 10 unchanged, ac.
cordins 60 the Wednesday eve.
3ning's announcement from German
headquarters.
There arc yet no signs that tho
enemy 10 preparing for still another
blow in his campaign to crush the
French and British before the
Americans enter the fighting in
large forces.
On the Flanders and Picardy
1alients- raids continue and the
artillery Trs IL about normal.
American troops around NeuiIIy
porthwsst Of Chateau Thierry, re-.
pulsed Tuesday night and Wed.
nssday strong German efforts to
advance. The American machine
gun fre broke up the German at.
tack il confusion.
Wsst Of Montdidier and east Of
LunevilIe american patrols have
hssn active. An American party Of
thirty men penstratsd the third