The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-05-31
Powerful German Military Ma.
chine Is in Full Swing on
20-MiIe Front.
RESERVES COMING UP
verdun-Paris Railway Has Been Cut
and Teutons Have Advanced Be-
tween Ten and Twelve Miles
on Center, of Attack.

Paris, May 31.-"The German
advance, at certain points on the
Aisne front, has reached a depth
Of 1872 miles," the Echo De Paris
declared.
Paris, May 31.-The French
troops have fallen back to the
eastern outskirts of Scissors,
where the battle continues with
bitterness, the French war office
announced.
Franco-British troops the state
ment adds, have fallen back to the
heights south and southeast of
st. Thiery, where they are holding
positions between the Vesle and
the Aisne canal.
In the center, continues the war
office announcement, fighting Is
going on with varying success on
the heights on the southern bank
of the vesIe river where the
French troops are braveIy and ad-
mirably defending their positions.
"A series of German raids"
says the statement, "falled north
of Bezonvaux northeast of Yer
dun, where Americans are In the
ine) and in the Badonvillers Sec
tor (which is the probable posi-
tion of the 151st field artillery,
formerly First Minnesota).
London, May 30.-Along the 20-mile
front in the Aisne river sector, be-
tween Vailly and Berry-Au-Bac, the
powerful German military machine is
in full motion and, greatly outnumber-
ed, the French and British are giving
ground.
The arrowhead of the German ad-
vance between Scissors and Rheims
has penetrated to a depth of between
10 and IL miles. The Verdun-Paris
railway has been cut. The Crown
Princes army has crossed the river
Vesle on both sides of Fismes, an
important town on that line of COM
munication. While the Teutons were
able to advance at great speed In
the center, they are held on both
flanks.
Reserves Coming UP Fast.
Allied reserves are coming up fast
and in great strength.
On their right, the Germans have
been stopped by fierce French coun-
ter attacks. The French hold the
heights east and northeast Of Sois-
sons which dominate the Vesle Val
ley. From these hills the seventy
fives are holding a continuous, deadly
reveu of the massed Teuton columns
in the center.
Enemy Held on Left by British.
On their left the Germans are be-
ing held up by the dogged resistance
of the British, whose line pivots on
Fort Thierry. The Britons are in
fiicting frightful losses on the foe
Thus, the Crown Prince has been
stopped on both flanks.
According to the German official
communications, numerous towns and
villages in the fighting zone have been
taken by the enemy and $4,000 Allied
troops already have been made pris'
oners.
The offensive is being carried out
with the greatest rapidity, for the
German high command Is well aware
of the fact that General Foch's re
serves have been reported to be com
ing up rapidly to reinforce the hard
pressed British and French who are
fighting valiantly against the terrible
odds and making wave upon wave oi
the enemy pay dearly in casualties
for every foot of ground they OBJ
tain.
Notwithstanding the rapidity o
the drive and the large number o
the enemy pressing it-some unofficia
estimates place the number of shocl
troops alone at 25 divisions. or abou
300 900 picked men-the Allied from
nowhere has been pierced, but unde
the onslaughts has bent back In per
feet liasson and all the time givinl
battle. With such precision has -th'
retirement been conducted that botl
the British and the French troop
have been able to carry back witt
them all of their supplies and gum
or to destroy those they were not abl'
to handle.
In Flanders, the French and British
have turned the tables on Genera
Won Arnims' forces. What little tn
Germans gained there yesterday, nea
Dickebusch Lake-was wrested bacl
from them and all their assaults OF
the Locre positions, q little furthe
southwest of Ypres, were vain an
terribly costly.