The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-26
ALLIES PRESS
FOES SALIENT
ON BOTH SIDES
Germans Keep up Stubborn Re
sistance.
AREA UNDER FIRE
Struggle Has Reached Point Where
Sudden Thrust Of Allies May
Cause German Rout.

Paris, July 25.--Gen Foch has TAX
en- a leaf out of the book OF German
military strategy and ordained the
use by the allied armies of the pincer
system of offensive in the Soissons-
Rheims salient.
Both Jaws of the pincer are moving
smoothly, with the pivot along the
Marne working in unison, and the
process of attempting TO capture
many of the nearly half a million Ger
mans in the big pocket is we'll on the
way to what at present seems like
possible success.
The Germans, however, evidently
do not intend to permit themselves to
be entrapped without fighting Hav-
ing thrown thousands of reinforce
ments into the already congested sal
lent, they have started counter-at-
| tack of great violence all along the
semicircular front from the Ourcq
river to the region Immediately south
west of Rheims, and their men are
said to have orders to stem the allied
tide of advance at al costs.
Nevertheless, al last accounts the
Americans, French, British and Ital-
ian troops, themselves we'll reinforced
to meet the new turn in affairs, were
steadily pressing forward at nearly
all points on the battle line to
Rheims, while east of the cathedral
city Polish contingent-the first of
the Poles to enter the combat-is de
clared to have carried ont successful.
ly an enterprise against the enemy,
in which more than 200 Germans
were made prisoner.
Paris July 25.-The French used
more armored cars than usual, and
cavalry or mounted patrols were eff
fectively employed in clearing the for
ests and maintaining contact
Toward Soissons there has been in
creased artillery work and bitterer
and steadier fighting. The French and
American soldiers disregarded eau.
ton almost entirely yesterday, ad
yancing their lines in open order and
taking what came without bothering
to hunt down machine gun nests
This brought them into closer contact
with the main body OF the retreating
forces.
In numerous cases machine gun
companies surrendered, although It
was necessary to clean up many
others.
Division headquarters are constant
ly changing on account of the com
paratively rapid advancement of the
lines. Some of them have been sub
jected to occasional shells. both
shrapnel and gas. though without
damage.
Back OF the lines there are dress.
ing stations and fixed hospitals and
he American wounded are cared for
expeditiously and skifully. in man.
ner reuecting the qualities of veteran.
ship now belonging to the American
establishments in France. American
doctors and nurses, men and women,
are working night and day to relieve
pain and restore injured members.
To them young men representing al
most every state in the union, and oc-
casionally a French or British soldier,
are hurried to be cared for until they
can be transferred elsewhere.
The same spirit of cooperation is
displayed in all the hospitals of the
allies. But the number of wounded
is not so great as might be expected
from the magnitude of the operations
Paris, July 25.-On the north bank
Of the Marine, the Germans last might
launched counter attack in the
region OF Dormans. The war office
in announcing this movement, reports
} that the enemy temporarily occupied
! little wood north of Treloup and Cha'
, sing village. There positions. how
ever We're recaptured. Violent artil
( lery actions are reported from th'
4 Ourco region and west of Rheims.
London, July 25.-The British ad
yanced slightly north of Albert, cap
turing few prisoners and six ma
chine guns, says today's war ofllc
statement, south of Villers Bret
: toneax, the Germans, last night oC
r cupied one of the British posts bu
q were driven out by counter attack
With Americans, Marne Front. Jul
25.--Franco.Amerlcans, 25. this morning
4 advanced more steadily their line
- north Of the Marne The German
i continued their retreating movemer
e northward. Franco.Americans ais
A. made gains in other parts on fifty.iy
, mile battlefront
e, London, July 25.-The Pail Ma
il Gazette says rumors are current thI
! the British made a great advanC
toward Fismes, about midway b
Y tween Rheims and scissors. II is d
D. so reported that the French have a
r vanced on another part of the Aisn
Marne salient and that the Grow
r. Princes armies have been placed in
lv position from which extrlcation seen
= impossible
With Americans, Aisne.Marl
Front, July 26.-The Franco.Ame
can push northeast of Chateau ThiC
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