Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-03
Important Gains by
 Americans, French
OCCUPY IMPORTANT GROUND
 NEAR CHATEAU THIERRY
CAPTURE VAUX VILLAGE
Counter-Attack Made By the Germans, in an Attempt to Regain the Lost Positions, Failed-Battle Between American and German Airpianes.
(By The Associated Press.) )

Nby The ASSOCldISu 6TSSS.J
 Hurling themselves at the tip of the salient driven into the allied lines by the Germans late in May, the Ameri- cans and French have won important ground near Chateau Thierry. The attack was local in character. but it's success may prove important in the future operations in that part of the battle front nearest Paris.
 The assault was aimed at the hamlet of Vaux, which is situated on the south side of the Chateau Thierry- Paris road and on the northern slopes of Hill 200. NauX is about two miles from Chateau Thierry. This was car ried by the rush of the French and Americans, who also occupied two small patches of woods in the imme- diate vicinity
 German Regiment AnnihiIated.
 Int Germans almost immediately be- gan counter attacks in an attempt to regain the lost positions, but theis eff forts failed in every instance. In the l initial attack and in their repeated assaults against the new lines held by the allies. the Germans have suffered very heavy losses. at least 300 pris- ] oners having heen taken by the French and Amticans. One entire German regiment is officially reported to have l been virtually annihilated in the battle
 A Thrilling Air Battle.
 A thrilling air battle between nine American airplanes and an equal num- l Der of German machines is reported in the Chateau Thierry sector. Al least three German planes were de- stroyed, while two American machines l have failed to return from the en- counter.
 British Forced to Fight Hard.
 British forces northwest of Alber have been forced to fight hard to holC positions they took from the Germans on Sunday night A determined at tack by the enemy at that poin threatened to wrest the captured ground from the British, but heav. counter attacks flung the foe out of al
 by one of the trenches he had occu pied.
 I The French front west of the Ois and east of Rheims has been the seen
 of considerable local fighting in whic
 prisoners were. takent by the allie
 forces. The French have reoccupie the village of St. Pierre Aigle, south west of Soissons, which they lost thre weeks ago.
 The German official statement of op
 erationS along the front says that al lied attacks at various points were re : pulsed. It specifically mentions tn attack west of Chateau Thierr@ as be ing unsuccessful.
 Italians Are Gaik7g Ground.
 Italian forces which have been gain , ing important ground on the Caster , side of the Asiago plateau have sud denly shifted their attack to the Mont Grappa region, east of the Brent
 river Important Austrian position
 have been carried and nearly 500 s1i-E : oners captured by the Italians. CzechC
 Slovak troops fighting under the Ita f ian flag have taken part in the strus
 gles of the past few days in the mou1
 tains.
 No Indication of German Offensive Q There is still no indication that u q German offensive is about to be renev S ed. i'll spite of the fact that it is a e most three weeks since the fightiI = north of Compiegne came to stop. d American, British and French fore r which have been landed at Kola s the Murmansk coast, to protect va if stores transported there before t
 collapase of Russia as a factor in t O war, will probably be called upon l. face a serious attack soon. Despatch = from Christiania say that German al Q Finnish troops are pushing northwa d toward the coast.