Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-10
THRUSTS BY ALLIES
KEEP ENEMY FROM
MAKING NEW DRIVE .
French Strike Blow West of
Disc That Gains Consid-
cradle Ground. s
POSITIONS OF AUSTRIANS
NEAR AVLONA STORMED
SEB
Fighting on Macedonian and AL
banian Frontiers Results
in Progress.
DIR. Won KUEHLNiANN RETIRES
Czccho-Slovak Forces in Eastern Si-
beria Have Extended Sphere
Up Amur River.
POSITIONS OF AUSTRIANS
NEAR AVLONA STORMED
DIR. Won KUEHLMANN RETIREs
Forces in Eastern ST.
beria Have Extended Sphere
Up Amur River. ~.
IRy Associated Press.

W Hhe N'tltllS LOT tne herman nlEn y
command TO show its hand in begin
ninS new assault the allied forces on &
the western front are giving the enemy
little opportunity TO perfect his ar
ranEcments for launching the attack
From the Lys sector, on the north,tto &
the Champagne front, in Eastern
France. there has been sudden thrust5 S
at the German lines. at least one of :
which has made considerable ground.
This particular blow was struck by s.
the French west of the Olsen and north i
of the Matz River, on the battle field y
where the Germans were stopped short {
IN their attempt to hew their way .
through to Compiegnc early in June
The French advanced along the Com !
piegnc road northwest of Antheuil and Z
occupied the Logc and Porte farms on &.
each side of the highway. The ground
they have taken is important from,
defensive standpoint. and cuts down Is
the area in which the Germans must
maneuvcr in this part of the battle
area. lyss
at some points General Petain's A
troops pushed iato the enemy positions N
Tor the distance of a mile. Two farms -
we're captured. and n counterattacls ii
which was delivered against ono OF x
them was repulsed. Some 45o prls- 4
onerS were taken -
The new advance will serve still FUR
ther to protect the important railway
junction 10 Estrees-St. Denis, which
lies seven miles southwest OF Antheuil.
Farther to the southeast along the
line. the French continued to develop !
their success OF yesterday. gaining ad-
ditional ground on the Marne front 4
east of the Retz forest, by forcing tho
Germans Inn
of the Chavigny farm
ARTILLERY ACTIv,7,
~ AMERICAN AREA
The French War Office reports con-
siderable artillery activity to the west
ana north of Chateau Thierry. on the
Marnc front. 1t is In this sector that
the Americans OH this front are hold
ing several miles of the line
For several weeks the Germans have
been drilling and instructing special
attacking divisions behind the German 4
lines. leaving the front positions to
te guarded by mediocre troops Ger
man aerial activity has decreased in
the past few days and II Is probable
inc airmcn also are making ready for
tue next onslaught. The German ar
tliery fire has increased to above nor
n'al only in certain sectors.
entente airmen are keeping up an
active bombardmcnt OF the area he
mind the German lines. British nyers
aSaii nave invaded Germany, dropping
bombs on Kaiser Lautern, east OF Metz.
and on Luxembourg. In aerial lighting
british and French airmcn have aS.
counted for twenty-five German ma
chimes.
SPIRITED FIGHT WAGES r
ALONG BRITISH FRONT
There seems to have been some
spirited lighting the British front
along the laBasse Canal. northwestern
Lens. and north of the Some, in the
ficardy sector. Berlin announces that
the British were repulsed in frequent
ly repeated attacks in the former re-
sion. and adds that their attacks north =
of the Somme broke down. The French
attack at .Antheuil is merely mentioned
in the official German statement. which
says. however. that attacks in the VII
lcrs-Cotterets and Chatca -Thicrry Sec
tors were repulsed by the Germans.n
While the fighting on the Mace.
DOMAIN and Albanian frontiers must re-
main side issue to the great battles
that arc expected momentarily In
France. and possibly Northern Italy. the
progress OF the French and Italians
along the Albanian coast brings that
thcater OF the war into consideration
Rapid strides have been made since
the French and Italian assaults were
launched north of Avlona July c.
Strong Austrian positions have been
stormed. and it appears that the allies
nave been successful in turning the
Austrian right wing. An official state-
ment from Rome says that Italian
cavalry have gained the Austrian rear
and destroyed bridges across the Sem
ini River. which parallels the Foyusa
where the attack was begun. This
marks an advance OF about ffeen
miles.
DIR. EON KUEHLMANN
QUITS As MINISTER
Dr. Richard Won Kuehinann. the
German Foreign Minister. has retired
from Office. il is announced. and the
German Emperor has accepted his (.
resignation. This has been expected
since Won kuehlmann's address in the
course OF which he said that victory
by purely military decisions could
hardly be expected.
Czccho- -Slovak forces in Eastern ST.
IBERIA have extended their sphere OF
influence up the Amur River to Niko- y
layevsk. an important naval station.
The defeated Bolshcvik troops. with
their Austro-G German allies, arc said 10
have retired toward Khabarovsk, the
capital OF the Maritime Province
General PershIng's official statement
OF operations along the sectors held 93