The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-15
AMERICANS HURL
THOUSANDS Of GAS
SHELLS At ENEMY
DRENCH HUNS WITH POISON
FUMES ALONG THE
MARINE FRONT.
CROWN PRINCE BLOCKED
Allied Strategy and Tenacity Again
Checkrnates Blows of Massed
Bodies of German Troops-Three
Days Gain Comes to an End.
(By The Associated Press)

(By The Associated Press.)
With the American Army in
France, June l5.-American bat
teries last night hurled thousands
of gas shells into the German lines
along the Marne front, northwest
of Chateau Thierry.
The bombardment was in prepa-
ration for heavy gas attack by the
| Germans.
Allied strategy and tenacity in
combat again have checkmated the
blows by massed bodies Of German
troops, and the German crown
prince has given up his second Of
tensve within a month without
either OF the great assaults having
affected seriously the general situa-
ton on the western front. Except
for artillery duelS lull has come to
the fighting sectors, but new enc
my assault is expected soon.
In the offensive which began last
Sunday the Germans used large
masses of troops on short front.
For three days they gained ground
and were rapidly forcing their way
southwark along the Aisne. French
resistance stitfened and then the
French took the offensive.
German efforts to strike south of
the Aisne and reach the Disc south
of Compeigne also failed after
slight gain
Infantry Units Quits.
Friday there was no infantry
fighting of moment anywhere along
the front from Ypres to Rheims,
which is now the vital section of the
western line. The Germans made
no further attempts and are prob
ably reforming the divisions shat
tered by the French resistance Of
the last week
South OF the Somme, and be-
tween the Aisne and the Marne, the
artillery fire has been above nor
NAL, but there are no indications
that the Germans are prepared to
renew their offensive on either sec
tor. Military observers believing
the Noyon- Montdidier effort was a
feint to occupy the allies, expect
that the heaviest blow yet will come
soon to the Picardy field with the
enemy again attempting to separate
the French and the British, and
reach the cost.
Berlin reports the number of
guns captured since May q by the
crown prince as l050. In the latest
offensive the Germans gained 1870
square miles of territory and cap
tured $4,000 prisoners and $50 guns.
the poorest showing in any Of the
four major movements since March
Il, this year
American Airrnen Bombing Towns.
While the American infantry has
been inactive on all sectors. Amer-
can aviators on the Toul front have
been bombing towns behind the Ger
man lines. The first American
bombing raid was against Dommary-
Baroncourt, northeast of Verdun.
on Wednesday. This was followed
Friday by another incursion on
which 70 bombs were dropped on
Contains, a railway junction midway
between Metz and Verdun. On
both occasions the Americans re-
turned safely despite efforts OF enc
my airplanes and anti-aircraft guns.
Italian troops have checked sue
cesSfully enemy attempts to force
passage through the important To-
male pass northwest OF Trent. Two
attacks by Austrian infantry were
broken up by the Italian defense
and l50 prisoners captured. Tonale
pass is just north of La Busazza.
where the Italians recently gained
commanding heights. The Vermi-
Clio valley passes through it. The
remainder of the Italian front is
quiet.