1918-06-05, vol. 29, no. 127, Evening Herald

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Drive Dying Down
War Council Confident
French, British and American
Troops Face the Enemy
daily   ni:vii:\v
i wide ti
onts, lho German offen
ln France has deteriorated  Into
luted attacks along the areas beta
Solssons and Chateau    Thierry
eastward on the Marne In the go
largo effectives and numbers of gi
he is being held almost everywl
rrom further progress a
sectors compelled to assume tho lie- '
tensive against vicious blows deliver- '
ed by the French, British and Amer!
sectors where they nre alone or brig-
aded   with  Allied  troops, are everywhere fighting with    a    spirit    lhat j
places  them  rightly  In  tbe category   .
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onset. They have onlv to en-
lornng tne nrst contingent oi tne ,-ure •„ f?uh and nat'enre to tht
enemy to cross the Marne to again ,,,„■ ,„ ,„„•,„ vlrlory fur freedom
seek refuge on the northern bank of ,„re: .„<. frPP pPoplp „„,, ,„,,,,
the stream. In this last engagement magninrenl soldiers will savo civ-
the Germans suffered severe cusual- nualion.
ties and left  100  prisoners    in    the
hands  of   the     defenders.     Itetween 1IR.WKRY Ol* BRITISH
the Aisne and Ourccj rivers the Oer- Pnrls June 5~-The Special corres-
mans have captured I'ernam. aud lo pondent of thc I'.-iit Nournl at Rrl-
south of tbat village the l-'rench tlsh Headquarters, describing many
re ceded a little terrain in thc heroic deeds of the British soldiers,
nil ral ey; they also took tho says many other fine Instances
n of Neullly La Poterie, 7 1-2 of bravery might also be men-
es northwest of Chateau Thierry tloned. All of them -demonstrat.
fighting, during which tho place the splendid spirit wllh which tin
changed hands many times. In the Hritlsh troops have defended Hi
tween the Olse and Aisne. soil of France against the German-
t have been unable to ad- They did not deer"''' 't a minute
where. but fought without rcsalion and ev
ses of lhe Germans near en captured prisoners. The speeding to the stubborn Bgbting of the so is at the British front, says thai
French. There still is only mo ler- after tho events of March 21st am
the rieakdown of the Flflh Army
.some Frenchmen, forgetful    of    tin
5 tlsh soldiers. Such  Judgement    wai
- unjust. Now, after what took p'aci
r at Craonne and Bernlcourt, for th<
J. defence  of    Rhelms,    this    reman
- would be a crime.    Our pollus sa«
Tommy at work and the hard day:
J which they spent In    common    wil
strengthen  mutual confidence.       Be
' ot the battle will not again fall upon
Sable  that  the  British  front  will  re-
e j main   Inactive,  and   proof  of  this  Is
^    'the appreciable Increase ln artillery
'activity on certain points of the front
nil      IX "SAMMIES" IX ACTION*
With the French Army on the
London, June 6—Tho Supreme,Marne, June 4, (by the A.P.)—Am-
War Council held Its session under erican troops made their presence
circumstances of great gravity for felt at several points in the big battle
the alllince of free peoples, aays an'yesterday and today nnd won the ad-
offlclal statement. The German Oot- miration of their Allied comrades,
ernmer.t. relieved of pressure on the,The town of Veullly La Poterte. be-
eastern front by the collapse of the tween Villers-Cotterets and Chateau-
Ruslan armies and people, has con-|Thlcry. was the scene of the most
centrated all IU effort In the West, .violent combats ln which the A
It I. now seeltlng to gain a decision cans took part. There, with
in Furope by a aeries of desperate |French comrades, they succeeded ln
and'costly assaults upon Ihe Allied throwing the Germans back.    Wl
s and captured all the Germans w
1 had crossed tho river. The oth
' parts of tho new battle line are i
' most without change but there a
evident signs the Germans are with- j
drawing    their    specially      trained',
I first assault. Whether tho enemy
Intends to make another desperate-
elfort of the same kind somewhere,
elso cknnol he foreseen. Thc Crown
' Prince has not thrown all divisions
of his general reserve Into the fur-
" i ,ii e. and probably l& saving them
for another    dash.      The    American
' losses-,  occordlng  to  tie  h
ports   available,     wero     exceedingly
" Blight,  most ot them  resulting from
decisive  blow  will soon
it  an  honorable  peace
be attained.
XORTHKRIiY   DRIVE   PROBABLE.
London, June 5—The disclosure
ln the French official statement yes
terday that American troops have
been engaged ln hard fighting on
two sectors of the present great
battle line, and have again demonstrated their splendid qualities aa
they did at Cantlgny recently. i«
mose welcome to tha British public.
It was pointed out this morning
that the German f
tinning the rough
but with a    greatly
reduced rate of progress. This    re-
lue. mainly
iluctlon  •
nature of the ground, the enemy
now coming into difficult wooded
regions. The view of the military
experts here Is that the enemy will
continue lo develop the present op-
long as possible, .but no
longer than they prove fruitful and
apparent
that the opposing force*
*  equalized  there  will
1 such as followed Ihi
irll offensive, which w
ludc to another drive li
direction. It cannot be
the prospect of such a drive further
fantry assisted by tbe Yanks rectified tho French line on the borders
of tho forest.
HOPES FOB DECISIVE BLOW
am, Juno 5—Heavy sacrifices nre needed, but tha German Gov.lieauvals or ln Flanders whe
ernment hopes that a decisive blow Allied retirement would be a
)0 mode against the Allies,'serious proposition. Is viewed
declared Dr. N. S. Paasche, tho Vlce-.»ome anxiety, but confidence I
in opening the Reichstag felt in General Foch, and abo<
mealing Tuesday. Referring to the it the fact of the active rlelp
performances of tho German troops being brought to the Allies bj
west, he said: "Our Iron Will is erican troops,
moving forward to fli
of the world. Our victorious troops
have reached the Marne win
the beginning ot thc war lined to defensive positions,
qucred by the power of tno enemy,
LOCAL ATTACKS ,     -)Ul forCed by circumstauci
|     Paris, June 5—Tho Germans con- longer need to fear s
[tinned local ntlpcka last evening and ment.    Tho Marno will    nqt    again
'during the night on the main battle form  a  turning  point  nc
'■ front, the War Office announced to- have a free hand ln tho K
'day.    Attempts made on tho French sacrifices certainly are nt
lines at Carlepont Wood. Dommlera. the nation knows that w«
|Courcy. and In the neighborhood of blame for the bloodshed but our en-
Chexy failed.  In the region north of emles, who again and again havo re-
lourcy on uction by tho  French In-,fused  the hand  of peace.    We hope
WISF.   ACTION   OF   OOVERNMENT
London, June S—Tho voluntary
recruiting appeal by Viscount
ch. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland,
ilther applauded nor condemned
by John Dillon, the Nationalist leader, in an interview held with hlm by
the Daily Telegraph correspondent
In Dublin. "The Government."
Mr. Dillon Is quoted as saying, "has
certainly done ono sensible thing in
abandoning the attempt to enforce
conscription in 'Ireland against the
will of the people, which would have
brought no strength to    the    Allied
i has Just gone over th
Allied situation resulting f
big German offensive. A'.thf
stated that thc Allied
be still exposed to crltl
■eport of the Council s
the aid of the American tru
kc It Impossible for tho
gain victory hy wearing
Allied reserves before he
hausted his own.
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Faulkner  Ewen    and    George
Herbert Tomllnson. both of Chicago,
ot Cook, State of Illinois, V.
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•tlon in thl. Country and to ll-'ha» enabled the enemy command vo supported the French infantry
nse the right of using tbe aame on «ain some Initial
■sonable terms or to sell tha same will undoubtedly n
Bsted at St. John'a thla 2Jad day attacks and the Allied r
exposed to crlt
After a review ot the a
the Supreme Couw
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attack which forced
Its emy to retire beyond the    northern
lay edge of the wood.    A serious effort
,ys. by the Germans to cross the Marne
isl- la the neighborhood    of   Janlgonne
on- also brought machine gunners
the Allies,  besrlng the the light,   A Oerman battalion sne-
forthcomlng campaign ceeded In obtaining a footing oa the
e fortitude  taey  have southern bank, but not    for   Jong.
ever exhibited In    defence    of    the The Americans and French together
|right' will baffle the enemy'i
trials «
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