Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-07-25 | Page 2 | Crown Prince Unable to Stop Allied Gains

I CROWN PRINCE UNABLE UJ I TO STOP ALLIED GAINS By A Associated Pros Press Violent German counterattacks counterattack and rearguard actions in great reat strength still attil tall fall to serve e as barriers to the advance nd on the Soissons Soissons-Rheims salient sallen t Th Thy y have hae al aided ed In slowing down the fast fart pace but on the three sides aides of oC the now U shaped battle front Important gains have h been made Driving Blow slowly but surely sureh south of or Soissons the American and French troops have hae pushed pu their thell fronts further further fur fur- ther eastward toward that part of or the tha Chateau u Thierry railway line that is still In the hands bands of oC the enem enemy and further south along both sides ot of the river and the road leading to en Fere Germanys Germany's great I storehouse for tor the supply I of or her to the south Important penetrations Into held enemy territory have been made the maximum point where the allies are arl fighting near Coincy la Is about ten an and a half hal miles from their point of or departure last Thursday In the Marno Marne region north of or Chateau Thierry the Americans and French have met with the fiercest kind of re resistance resistance resistance re- re for tor the Germans are striving hard to extricate large numbers of oC the tho German forces and save part of or the great reat number of guns and quantities of ot Va war r ma materials materials' The fhe a advantage vanta e In the fighting has I I rested with the nil led tl troops who ho have pushed on northward past the village of and anil ousted the thc Germans from the greater part of or the uie Chatelet forest In Lids UrH region the allies now hold the villages of or s and fru Trugny ny which were captured b by the Germans and were recaptured Wednesday n In iii a counterattack b by the Americans Press Press- Pressing In ing in northward the tho allies have driven en their front b beyond ond which lies about and a half miles northeast of Chateau Thierry Alon Along the Marne at several points notably h In the region legion of or and antI Jaulgonne and further urther east at the allies ha have haxe put the northern bank of or the further behind them in III advances l ances and captured c. a large number of or cannon and machine guns and considerable considerable considerable con con- war var materials In the r region glon between the Irne and RI Rheims elm where the tile German Gelman crown I prince has brought forward large larse num- num bei beis bels of or picket picked reinforcements his warriors war war- riots riot's ar are mC meeting with hard usage Following Following Fol Fol- lowing up the advances d of oC the French and Italians of DC lueda Tuesday the British Imm Immediately Im Im- Im- Im m mediately to the southwest of or apparently have ILave begun a mO em movement nt I which possibly portends l good results I the tue British have o overcome a strong trong s counterattack and following it I a violent bombardment and anti struck the German line at for a n good goodly gain This maneuver if it it is pressed to f further urther advantage will serious menace menace menace men men- ace the Fismes railway a a scant three miles to the north and also will III tend mat materially to le s sn n n the width of the mouth of the pocket through lIc I I which the Germans are arc endeavoring to retreat from the Rheims nh I s e Gauged by tho war maps the new inroads inroad in in- roads road o of the tile allied troops into the Ger Get man held territory necessarily J add fur tur- ther thi to the extreme me gravity of or the sit sit- of tho Germans Insl Inside e the hu huge c pocket and with the long Jong range guns on onI I both sides ide of the U heavily shelling them far behind the thc actual fighting fronts with airmen bombing them as assiduously assiduously as- as Bl and with the infantry attacking attackIng attack attack- Ing them on all sides with rifle and light gun fire their situation seemingly Is a hazardous one