Show FEROCIOUS BATTLE GREATEST OF WAR Br Au Pre Pren The battle between Soissons and I Rheims said b by eyewitnesses to be tho the greatest of the time war on the time western I front trant seems to have been fought with with such ferocity that both sides are Corthe for Cor forthe the tho moment apparently exhausted Since the time French and Americans struck the German lines from Fonteno Fontenoy Fonte- Fonte no noy to Belleau a n. week a ago o last Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- da day the he Germans ha have hae e been forced ed to reform their lines lIne and pour Into the salient south of the Vesle river many divisions of fresh troops which were ere probably Intended for use elsewhere along the front The effort cHort of the time en enem enemy en- en em cm emy to stabilize hla hlll line hue has brought about what for the time time being Is a virtual virtual virtual vir vir- deadlock but over o the situation there hangs at all times a a. possibility and a probability mat somo new new stroke will be struck b by either side So far as all shown b by official statements statements statements state state- ments the time allies have ha pushed the Germans Ger Ocr mans south of or Soissons back to an ex extreme ex- ex depth of ot more than eleven being the miles le Chateau point of or deepest penetration Tho The Germans Germans Ger Ocr mans have e held their ground on tho the north side of the Marne along most of or the tho line from Dormans cast east to Reull and only here and there have yielded ground round between the Marne and Rh e ma Line of Hattie DaUlt The line as It stands at present starts from Crom Fontenoy Fonteno on the Alene and runs southeastwardly through Pernant to Montague do de Paris on the hills overlooking o Soissons At that point It turns south and passes through Courmelles lIar lIar- et tennes Le Beleu and le le There It turns to the I southeast nn and runs east cast of ot Ie le Chateau and and passes through northern ell edges es of or Homeliest 1 La Fere and Ris flis forests orests and arid reaches the Marno near Dormans From Dormans Dormans Dor- Dor mans It follows the north bank banI of or the tue river to near Reull and then turns to the northeast an and pa passes Hes es through the theRol Rol Itoi and Courton woods continues through the line of ot St. St t. t Eu- Eu and rigny and Joins the old battle baUle line lInc near near Coulommes La Mon Men ta tagne ne The principal fighting of or the past few days has tak taken n place along the Chateau Ie an anthe and the Doull sectors At tho the allies succeeded In pushing ahead slightly and near Bouilly tIme the British on Thursday began an attack that promised well but It was stopped and the time British are driven back slightly from th their lr advanced positions The fighting at le Chateau and to the the southeast the wood wood- ed country has been steady and the time Germane Germans have ha been compelled to give I ground but It has been a slow process that the allies have e carried on In turning the time enemy out of this section and forcing them then to withdraw toward Fe en ere re e a aTa Ta rd e n o is The situation on the Interior of the German salient mU must t be uncomfortable for the enemy Lon Long range rane guns In Inthe Inthe inthe the hands of or tho the allies are arc sweeping nearl nearly ever every p part rt of or the salient and this fire tire Is doub doubly severe Bevere over that portion of the German position which Is within range rance of or the medium calibre cannon There Is however hoe little to Justify the time belief beller that the Germans are In serious straits or that their retreat Is being unduly hurried There have i been moreover Indications that the I Germans ma may decide not to retreat out of the salient but hut will tr try to hold bold It itI I n Indefinite d e fi n Rd Y May Try rrT New Offensive A new German offensive a against some ome other section of ot the time line for tor the purpose of ot relieving relle the pressure on time the he crown princes prince's armies north of or the Marne Is expected by some Borne military experts expert but It has not developed as yet ret et It appears to be the lie consensus of opinion that the German attack when It t comes will vili be launched against the nr British fronts ts In P ard Flanders In or in Albania the French and Italian offensive has somewhat slowed down but still Is ma making ground around the right wing Ins of ot the teutonic armies In Macedonia They have not as ns yet et reached a r appoint point where the they can menace the he Austrian and Bulgarian positions further east Tho Time Germans are In retreat along the entire rr front nt north of or time the Marne This part of ot tho time front In the Marne arne salient is about twenty miles across and alij the time advance ance of or the French and allied troops on the time arc constituting ing the bottom of the sack has averaged averaged aver aver- aged ased between two and ancl three miles be beyond be- be yond the tho line officially reported a day or two ago This means mean that the German crown prince and arid his generals are extricating lag ing their troops from rom dnn dangerous erous positions positions as best the thc they ma may Reports from French headquarters h have ve Indicated that the Germans were carrying out extensive preparations for the time evacuation evacuation of ot the time territory between the Marne and th and It Is Undoubted undoubted un Un- 1 doubted that the allies will ivill endeavor endea with all their resources to drive In iii Inon Inon on the time enemy flanks Janks which lies a a. little more moreth than th three e miles to the time northeast of ot Is at one end of the new allied positions and amid CI Chaumuzy southwest southwest southwest south south- west of ot wood lIeH at lot the r Here Hern the new line Une unites with the old Chateau Thierry rr which was once a I pivotal point of the German advance In the ti-me recent e Is now how ten miles or more to the tho south of or the time allied front All this thin territory running northward northward northward north north- ward from Chateau Thierry as well iveli as to the time east cast and west has been retaken largely larel- by th the tho French rench and American troops |