The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-10


stinately convinced that the Disc val
ley offers the most likely opportunity
for advancing toward Paris ..l~-
The present attack also was for the
purpose of linking up the Mon:didier
salient, created by the Germans in
their March offensive. with the Cha
teau-Thierry salient, created during
the Germans can straig hten out their
line between these two pockets fur
Their advance along either one will be
exceedingly difficult.
just Like Previous Drives.
Sundays attack, launched by GEN
eral Won Huber, followed the same tao
tics which characterized the boches'
preceding offensive efforts. They
made an initial gain thru surprise
concentrating troops far in
the rear and rushing them up during
the night. Then. following brief but
intense commandment, from midnight
until 1880 in the morning, during
which gas was used extensively, the
German infantrymen leaped to the as
sault in successive waves.
French Were Prepared.
Despite the Huns efforts at secrecy
and their use of gas, French artillery
was able to maintain a counter-pre-
paration turnout the enemy lombard
ing back under the first inevitable
shock, put up their first definite re-
sistance in their covering zone, just
outside the range of the Germans
mounted trench mortars.
The desperate efforts with which
the Germans launched their new as
Sault is indicative of their realization
of the absolute necessity of ending the
war before Americas full strength is
interviewed. This realization unques-
tionably has been fastened by the dis
every during the recent offensive
that American troops are able to cope
VIGOROUSLY with the best Germany
can produce.
Greatect Gain Three Miles.
London. June 1O.-The initial mo-
1entum of the German drive on a
twenty-mile front between Montdidier
and Noyon carried the Germans for
ward to a maximum depth of about
three miles in the center. while the
marines in their previous drive were
ED with unimportant gains, it was
in icated by the nigh official reports.
The greatest penetration was made
at Reasons Sur-Matz and Mareuil-La-
Motto. where the Germans obtained a
foothold, the French war office said.
On the west the enemy reached
Rubescourt. LIE Fretoy and Mortemer.
On the right they reached Belval,
CannectancOurt and Vile.
Referring to this attack, the Ger
man war office announced that west
of the Disc we have captured the
height of Curry and adjoining enemy
lines" Curry is two miles north of
Mareuil-La- Motto and represents an
advance of only a mile.
No Attack West of Montdidier.
German artillery preparation ex-
tended around Montdidier to the
north when the drive began early Sum
day morning, but no infantry attack
developed in that region. Field Mar
shall Haig also reported enemy ar
tillery fire above normal from south
of the Somme to Albert, but in a later
report said there is nothing of inter-
est to report on the British front"
Regarding the American successes
northwest of Chateau. Thierry, Berlin
said:
Americans who attempted again to
attack northwest of Chateau Thierry
were driven back beyond their post
tions of departure. with heavy losses
and prisoners were taken"
The Italian war office reported can
nonading along the entire front. which
was particularly violent between
Astico and the Piave.
British Make Minor Gains.
With the British Army in France,
June 10.-A considerable local i'm
provement of the British line just to
the south of the Somme was effected
ried out in the neighborhood of Bou-
zencourt. Otherwise the night was
generally quiet and the situation I'M
changed.