Evening star., 1918-06-05
French Repulse Sew
eral Enemy Attacks
On Main Front.
GERMANIC GAINS
ARE INSIGNIFICANT
War Of Movement Changing for
One of Position-Bfitish
Halt Foe.

Halt Foe.
German masses no longer hurl
themselves at the allied lines
along extended fronts. The mo-
mentum of the Teuton advance
of last week appears to have
exhausted itself in striking the
yielding lines of the French and
British, which now have stiffen-
ed and are holding the foe ex-
cept for insignificant gains here
and there, especially along the
front running south from the
neighborhood of SCISSORS to
Chateau Thierry. The struggle
apparently is changing from a
war of movement to a war of
position.
Attacks Are Isolated.
Oficial reports show that the Ger
mans are launching their assaults on
Chezy. Corey and near Dommiers.
isolated points of vantage. These at
tacks were. roughly. from five to
seven miles apart along the line
which includes ground where the
Americans have established them
selves. The French official statement
says the Teuton attacks were all re-
pulsed.
The report of operations along the
British front fails to show. any not
able activity on the part of the Ger
mans. At Morlancourt, between the
Ancre and the Somme. south of Al
bert, the Germans. supported by heavy
artillery fire, attempted to raid the
British positions. but were repulsed.
leaving prisoners behind.
PARIS, June 5.-The Germans con-
tinued local attacks last evening and
during the night on the main battle
front, the war office announced today.
The attempts on the French line at
Carlepont wood, Dommiers. Corey and
in the neighborhood of Chezy failed.
In the region north of Corey an
action by the French infantry. as
sisted by tanks. rectified the French
statement follows:
Local attacks continued last even
ing. and during the night On the
northern skirts of Carlepont wood
two German attacks were arrested
by the fire of French machine guns.
nrf In,
Autreches. east of Domniers. and near
Corey also were broken up. North
of Corey an infantry action. support
ed by tanks. enabled the French to
rectify their line on the outskirts
of the forest.
south of the ourcq the Germans
made violent attacks against Chezy
and southeast of this locality. French
troops broke all their assaults, in
fiicting serious losses on the adver-
sary; ,,, -,.,. ....,,,,. 90
be very spirited north of the Aisne
and in the region of Rheims"
French Improve Positions.
PARIS. June "A very apprecia-
BILE slackening Of the German effort
is noted in the announcement of the
French war Office tonight. The
French positions at certain points
have been improved. and a German
attack which at first made some
progress was later repulsed. The
text of the statement reads:
During the course of the day the
enemy considerably slackened his
action, which was limited to a few
local attempts. The enemy artillery
displayed activity north of the 'Aisne,
between the Aisne and Ourcq rivers
and in the region of Rheims.
North of Moulin-Sous-Touve our
troops improved their positions and
made some gains of ground.
IN the region of Longpont the Ger
man succeeded in penetrating tenn
porarily Retz forest. but our counter
attacks drove him back Immediately
to the eastern border. On the rest
of the front there was no change.
Bring Down Foe Planes.
"On Juno 3 our bombing escadrilles.
forcing a passage Of the enemy lines.
brought down two enemy airplanes.
tive balloons were brought down by
our pursuit machines. The same day
twenty-one tons of projectiles were
dropped on marching troops, artillery
columns and revfctualinG conveys
ON the same objectives twenty-eight
tons were dropped on the night of
June IA.
eastern Theater, June 3-West of
the Vardar an enemy attempt against
our new positions was repulsed Both
artilleries were active around Dobro-
polje, the Cernabend and north of
MonaStir."
British Official Report.
LONDON, June 5.-German troops
thiA morning attempted to raid the
British lines southwest Of Morlan-
court, in the region east of Amiens.
the war office announced today. AL
though the enemy was supported by
heavy artillery fire. he was repulsed
and left prisoners in the hands OF the
British.
The statement follows: "a few pris-
oners were captured by our troops
last night in successful raids in the
neighborhood of Lens and south of La
BasSee canal.
1.-The enemy attempted a raid early
this morning southwest of Morlan-
court, under the cover of a heavy
bombardment. He was repulsed. leav-
ing prisoners in the hands of the Brit
ish."
Berlin Statements.
BERLIN. via London. June 4.-The
evening on1cial report from general
says:
'There were successful engagements
Continued On Second Ps3sQ