Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-06-05
GERMAN FORCES BEING HELD.
Allied Resistance Stiffens With Com
ing of Reserves.

rush towards Paris between the Riy-
ers Marne and Ourcq was halted last
night, according, DO to-days official
statement from Paris. French troops
stood their ground firmly at the point
OF greatest impact, near the Marne,
ana IN dashing counter attacks drove
the enemy back in other sections Of
the battlefield to the northwest.
The main force of the German
blow was directed along tho road
that runs from Chateau-T -Thiarry to
Paris. The French met itSe astridu
that road, to the southeast of Boure-
schos, within less than two miles Of
the river, and broke the assault Dy
their fire.
Heavy fighting continued all night
along the whole front northwestward
TO the Ourcq, distance Of about j S
miles, the French driving home num-
erous counter attacks with th result
that the Germans were forced to
give ground at several points. Pris-
oners by the hundred were taken by
the French, who likewise cut the Ger
mans up severely during the various
| engagements.
Apparently the Germans made no
further progress during the night in
other sectors, either on the other
side Of Chateau-Thierry, along the
Marne and to the northeast, or in
the Scissors and Noyon regions to
the north, as the French are reported
holding their positions everywhere.
With the exception Of gain Of
some ground by the British on the
, northern side of the Flanders salient,
there have been no events of moment
recorded on the other parts Of the
! front.
Allies May Launch Offensive.
Paris, June Am allied offensive
manoeuVre is predicted by LIE Matin
and the Petit Parisien. They express
the conviction that Gems. Foch and
Retain, who proved themselves good
! offensive men in subordinate COM
mands' Will display the same quail
! ties IN the supreme commands Of the
! allied and the French armies.
| The newspapers, according to a
HaVas Agency review, believe that
the equilibrium seems to have been
re-established on all points Of the
front and that the fluctuations are
growing less in extent
The German assaults are still -furi-
GUS and violent, while the French re-
; sistance is fierce and energetic, with
numerous strong counter attacks.
, Sunday the French held the enemy
! IN check and even forced him to
Withdraw from some points.
No American Depot Taken.
Washington, June 3.-Gen. PERISH
ing In continuation OF Yesterdays
communicate received to-day denies
The German official statement that
Franco-American depots at Fere-en-
Tan idenois have been captured. No
American depots we're located there
he declares. The communiaue reads.
Section B-The German official
communicate Of June Q, afternoon,
says: 'Franco-American depots of
numerous extent entered into our
possession at Fere-en-Tardenois.'
This statement Is absolutely un-
! true, there being no American depot
In that region" ~
End Of Rush, Allies Believe.
With the French Army in France,
June 3.-The allied troops feel that
the enemy has reached the virtual
, end of his rush. Ground Ia now
given up only when the allied COM
manders consider 1t useless to hold
1T and when combats occur they are
fought on a much more equal basis
than heretofore. The troops have
never lost confidence, even IN the
most serious moments Of their re-
tirement, in their ability to prevent
a breach In the line, and now with
British and French reinforcement ts
arriving rapidly, the morale of the
allied armies Is higher than ever.
Americans Fighting Like Veterans.
| New York, June 4.-American
troops are fighting with the French
IN holding up the new German rush
and already have begun to make
their presence strongly felt.
One force Of Americans, thrown
into the battle on the important front
between the Ourcq and the Marne,
not only stopped an enemy advance
into Neuilly>wood, between seven and
eight miles northwest of Chateau
Thierry, but carried out what the
French official statement character
ICES as "a magnificent counter attack
which threw back the Germans north
Of this wood"
On vet another front-that run
ming east and west along the Marne
the American forcese co-operated
with the French III hurting back a
German battalion which had crept
oyer a foot-bridge to the south bank
Of the river The Germans sustained
heavy. casualties and lost 100 mon in
prisoners.
The Germans have evidently sue
ceeded In, bringing up considerably
more of their artillery and are at
tacking In force along virtually the
whole front from the Disc to the
Marne.
Germans Gain at Few Points.
Desperate lighting developed at
many points on this front last night,
which resulted in the enemy making