The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-06-06
AWE R|CAN TROOPS
HIT HUNS HARD
AID FRENCH IN DRIVING ENEMY
BACK OVER MARINE.
TAKE PRISONERS and BRIDGE
German Advance Has Been Thorough.
ly Checked and the Foe Is Being
Punished by Siedge-Hammer
Blows From Allies.

Paris, June American troops in
the great battle on the Marine have
struck their first blow.
Fighting side by side with the
French they held back the German
forces which reached the southern
banks of the river, the first time the
Marine has been crossed by the enc
my since early in the start of the
war.
Bridge and Prisoners Taken.
The Germans crossed the river
south of Jualgonne midway between
Chateau-Thierry and Dormans. The
French and American forces took one
hundred prisoners. After the Boches
had been hurled back the Franco
American forces captured the bridge.
American forces also stopped the
German advance before Nelly, hurl-
ing the Huns back with a magnificent
counter attack.
Americans Hit Enemy Hard.
American forces stopped the Ger.
mans in their attempt to reach Neuilly
Woods" the statement said, "by mag
nificent counter attack and hurled
them back north of the woods.
Further to the south the Germans
realized no gains on the Marine front.
One of the German batallions reached
the left banks of the river but was
hurled back with heavy losses. The
bridge was then destroyed and hun
dred prisoners taken"
Advance Thoroughly Checked.
London, June 4-"Last nights re-
port is the most hopeful since the be-
ginning of the battle; for the first
time since last Monday it can be said
that the enemy gained no ground dur
ing the day" says Reuters cores
pondent with French headquarters in
France.
TelegrapEing at midnight the same
correspondent said:
Until today it was only possible
to hold the enemy from hour to hour.
The enemy's numbers enabled him to
maneuver and go around obstacles in
his path; but his numerical advantage
vanished from day to day, and we now
have arrived at the stage where the
formation of a continuous line forces
the Germans to attempt massed at
tacks against strongly held positions.
instead of turning them"
Enemy Hurled Back.
"A few prisoners We're taken in n
successful raid west of Merville last
night" the statement asserted. "A hos
tile enemy attack on one of our posts
west of Berquin was repuIsed and a
few prisoners taken there"
Enemy Plane Downed.
With the American Armies in
France, June 1.-THE following Off
cial communique was issued at Amer
lean Headquarters last night:
There was active patroling opera
lions in the Picardy and Lorraine sec
tors. Artillery fighting was reported
in the Lorraine and WOevre districts.
One enemy plane was brought down
and one of our machines is missing"
A Hun Admission.
London, June 4.-The German war
Office has at last admitted that the
allied line on the west has been re-
inforced by fresh units, but it as
serts that they have not been able TO
hold the positions to which they were
assigned. Nevertheless, the fact is
patent from an observation of the
war maps that almost everywhere in
this region the German line, for the
moment at least, is being hard held.
From Chateau Thierry eastward
along the Marine and thence to
Rheims the situation is virtually I'M
changed from that of Sunday.
The enemy now holds the northern
bank of the Marine for a distance of
about fifteen miles, but as yet he
has made only one serious endeavor
to cross the stream and that was
turned back.
Little fighting, aside from the usual
small affairs between raiding par
ties, is taking place on the Flanders
front The British have carried out
successful raids on several sectors
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