The Sentinel=record., 1918-07-17
WAR AT A GLANCE
CBy the Associated Press }

The German offensive east and west
 of Rheims has had the brakes vigor-
 ously applied to it by the strong re sistanee of the American, French and
 Italian armies. Nowhere has the ene-
 my found it possible as in days gone
 by, to press forward and tear his way through opposing positions to points of vantage chosen as early objectives. True, some gains have been made by l the Germans, but they are infinitesi- nal when compared with those of oth- CT attacks. gnstead of in miles they may be reckoned almost in yards And from some of the positions captured the enemy has been rejected summar- | fly under vicious counter attacks de- livered by the American troops fight ! ing alone as d unit and Americans fighting shoulder to shoulder with their French comrades in arms.
 Taalt admission that the enemy hordes have been retarded in their as saults, if not halted seemingly is contained in the latest German official communication, which in dealing with the fighting of Tuesday, asserts that the allied troops on the Marne front held violent counter attacks, and to the east of Rheims, "the situation IS unchanged" the only claim made to any success by the Germans is that there were some local successes to the southwest of Rheims"
 The successes of the Americans and French give back to them points of strategic value on the heights dom
 mating the Marne valley. The Amer jeans. alone, recaptured Fossoy and Crezancy, east of Chateau Thierry and at one point near Fossoy drove back the enemy across the river and took number of prisoners.
 Aided by the French the recapture of St Agnan hill 223 and LeChapelle- Mont Hodon, south of Dormans, was
 accomplished.
 I Throughout the region lying to the west of Rheims, especially south of the Marne, the Germans made desper- ate attempts on various sectors to
  front. but where they were able to gain any advantage it was only foot
 at time, thhe French meeting their onslaughts with the greatest bravery and making the enemy pay dearly for ever inch of ground he took.
 Eastward from Rheims hard fight ingt is still going on almost to the western fringes of the Argonne forest, but apparently the enemy here is also meeting with ill success. Attacks at tempted near Prunay and Suippes came to naught under the French fire while further east, near Crosnes and Tahure, efforts to break the French line were repulsed with heavy losses.
 The German official communication in dealing with the fighting of Mon day says the Germans took thirteen thousand prisoners. The French are reported to have taken thousands Of captives and it is known that the Americans have made prisoners be- tween one thousand and fifteen hun dred Germans. In addition the Amer jeans, French and Italians have in flicted terrible losses on the enemy by the accuracy of their cannon, ma chine gun and rifle fire.
 Although the allied troops seem- ingly have the situation well in hand, it is not improba that the Germans soon will throw large numbers of re- serves into the fray. They are known to have thousands of these men be- hind the battle line especially north east of Rheims.
 On the battle fronts only minor op- erations are in progress, but on vari- ous sectors held by the British in northern France and Flanders the Germans are carrying out spirited bombardments which may be the of early infantry attacks.