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Show American Marines and French Veterans i Continue to Defeat the Huns in the Marne Seqtor With Small Losses. BRITISH FORCES GAIN .'- A FOOTING IN BLIGNY j 1 j WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN FRANCE, June 7, evening. (By the Associated Press.) The sharpest fighting continues j around the sector of Veuilly-la-Poterie, Bussiares and Bouresches, j where the Americans and French have been attacking shoulder to j shoulder for some days, making almost uninterrupted progress, not- j withstanding strong enemy resistance. The French this morning completed the capture of Vilny, Veu!!- j ly-la-Poterie and the heights southeast of Haute Vesnes, j PARIS, June 7. The French and American troops operating against the Germans northwest of Chateau Thierry during Friday's, fighting made additional gains of ground and captured the villages of Veuilly-la-Poterie and Bouresches, according to the French communication com-munication issued this evening. i The text of the communication follows: t Between the Ourcq and the Marne we continued with j success our operations of detail. j The French and American troops have enlarged their j gains north of Vilny up to Lisieres, east of Chezy, and taken j Veuilly-la-Poterie and Bouresches and also in a general way have notably bettered their positions on the front of Torcy-Bouresches. Torcy-Bouresches. Between the Marne and Rheims our activity was pursued at Bligny and gave us that entire village. ! The number of prisoners taken during the day ex- ; ' ceeds 200. j The activity of both artilleries is fairly violent north of J the Ourcq and in the region west of Rheims. j During the day of the 6th our aviators put out of com- j mission thirteen German airplanes and set on fire four cap- ! tive balloons. Our bombarding machines made, numerous expeditions ex-peditions over the regions of Roye, St. Quentin, Soissons and other places. Twenty-seven tons of explosives were dropped and numerous fires broke out in the places bombarded. j Army of the east, June 6: There has been reciprocal ac- , tivity by the artilleries in the region of Huma, on the Vet- ! renik, and west of Monastir. The enemy, after a violent bom- ; bardment, tried two surprise attacks against our positions on the Cerna, endeavoring to reach our lines, and another attack on Lake Presba. He was repulsed everywhere. WASHINGTON, June 7. Further advances by the American and French troops near Chateau Thierry and the infliction of severe se-vere losses upon the enemy were reported in tonight's communique j from General Pershing. An American raid in Picardy in which prisoners were taken also was Announced. The communique follows: West and northwest of Chateau Thierry we made minor readjustments of our lines involving several advances, in the course of which we inflicted severe losses and took prisoners, among them being one officer and twenty-five unwounded men. Our advance was made in conjunction with French troops on our left. Artillery on both sides was active at points held by our troops in Picardy, on the Marne front, in the Woevre and in Lorraine. In Picardy we took prisoners in the course of a raid, WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE, June 7 (By the Associated Press). The Germans, it is generally believed, are now held at every point of their recent advance. They seem unable to j execute more than minor attacks, which are invariably repulsed, whereas the counter-attacks which the allies are making are proving prov-ing notably successful, nearly always bringing about an improvement improve-ment in positions. Throughout the daytime yesterday, except in the sector northwest north-west of Chateau Thierry, where the French and Americans made their brilliant incursion into the enemy lines, and on the Champal- ', Bligny line, southwest of Rheims, where the French and British co- , f (Continued on Page Ten.1 ; HUNS HELDTALL POINTS " " (Continued from Page One.) operated in opposing a German attack, there was little - activity along the battle line by the infantry. As for the artillery, the enemy has increased his in volume during dur-ing the last few days, but he confined his attentions chieflj to bomb-ing bomb-ing the rear of the allied positions. In return, the allied cannon left the enemy positions very little peace, constant; showers of shells being thrown in. Wherever the Americans were engaged they gave fresh proof of their rapid adaptation to modern war conditions, and they displayed dis-played the greatest initiative. While the Americans were fighting to the north of Lucy-le-Bocage, five and a half miles northwest of Chateau Thierry, their front lines were greatly harried by a German machine gun. When the position had been located an American patrol made a daring advance, ad-vance, reached the emplacement, killed all the enemy machine-gunners and brought back the weapon. LONDON, June 7. British casualties reported during the week ending Friday were: Officers killed or. died of wounds, 208; men, 4258; officers wounded or missing, 753; men, 27,425. WASHINGTON, June 7. There are now 133 American soldiers prisoners of war in Germany, with 216 civilians, including some sailors, sail-ors, in internment camps, the war department announced late this afternoon. I ALLIED TROOPS GAINING GROUND AT ALL POINTS PARIS, June 7. American troops fighting on the main battle front have gained ground on the line of Torey-Bel-leau and Bouresches west of Chateau Thierrv, the war office announced in todav 's statement. West of Novon and north of Mont-didier, Mont-didier, on the" Picardv area, local operations op-erations by the French were successful and prisoners were taken. In fighting north of the Aisne the French captured the village of Le Port, west of Fontenoy. On the Jilarne front, northwest of Chateau Thierry, French troops captured cap-tured the village of Vilny. The French also recaptured hill 204, between the Marne and Rheims. British Brit-ish troops regained a footing in the village of Blignv, inflicting large losses on the enemy. The statement follows: North of Montdidier and west of Noyon the French made several successful raids and took prisoners. North of the Aisne French troops in a night attack captured the village of LePort, west of Fontenoy. Fonte-noy. "South of the Aisne the French improved their positions south of Ambleny. Between the Ourcq and the Marne the French continued their local operations in the region of Venilly la Poterie and Bussaires. They made further progress and captured the village of Vilny, north of the Clignon river, as well as the grove east of the station of Veuilly la Po- (Contimied on Page Thirteen.) HUNS HELD AT ALL POINTS (Continued from Pago Ten.) terie nnd the northern eilge of this village. Further south American troops gained ground on the front of Torcy, Belleau and Bouresches, west of Chateau Thierry, A spirited attack made by the French resulted in the recapture of hill 204. Between the llarno and Hhoimg, British troops regained a footing in th village of Bligny and inflicted heavy losses on the Germans. The French took 100 prisoners in the course of these actions. On tho remainder of the front there was intermittent artillery fighting. FIGHTING RAGES FIERCELY FIVE HOURS DURING NIGHT WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN PICARDY, June 7. (By the Associated Press.) The fighting last night northwest north-west of Chateau Thierry rased with great fierceness for five hours. The Americans captured Bouresches and entered Torcy. Twenty-five Americana in Torcy engaged and drove out 200 Germans and then withdrew with-drew to the main line on the outskirts of the town. A remarkable story is told of a company com-pany of marines, all the officers of which, Including the sergeants, were put out of the fighting. A corporal then assumed command and the men pushed on and obtained their objective. Hundreds of French children lined the main roadway to Paris this afternoon over which American and French ambulances ambu-lances were carrying American wounded. The children waved tiieir hands and cheered the Americans. As far as is known, no Americans have been made prisoner by the Germans. Private John B. Flocken of Olney, 111., one of tiie first men to reach Torcy, said today: "I never saw such wonderful Fpirii. Not one of our fellows hesitated in the face of the rain of the machine gun fire, j which it seemed impossible to get , through. Every German seemed to have gims on them and took them prisoner' Floyd Gibbons of the Chicago Tribune was watching the battle with a major and another officer early last night from a field. An enemy machine gun spotted them and Mr. Gibbons was shot fn the 1 arm and in the left eye. The officers; escaped, but they had to wait three hours in the darkness to crawl away. As a result re-sult of the wound Mr. Gibbons's eye was; removed this morning. The Americans today were consolidating consolidat-ing their positions and comparative quiet prevailed. Germans Need Rest. Judging from further statements of prisoners, the Germans were badly in need of rest, and, according to appetites, they were sorely in need of food. Inadequate In-adequate artillery backing given to the first two German divisions supports the idea that the enemy did not expect an offensive and that the guns they used last night and this morning were hurried hur-ried back to a point where it was not cxpectf d I hey would be needed. On the other hand, it was largely owing to the superior gunnery of the Americans that the first two enemy divisions were compelled com-pelled to give ground and had to suffer severe casualties. But if the enemy was short of artil cats, but the Americans were too much for them." 300 Huns Captured. As the result of the two attacks by the Americans against the enemy in the second sec-ond battle northwest of Chateau Thierry, 300 prisoners were captured and the Americans extended their line over a front of about six miles to a depth of nearly two and a half miles. While the losses of the Americans necessarily nec-essarily have been heavy, owing to thc-nati:re thc-nati:re of the fighting, the German dead is piled three deep in places. A number of machine guns were added ' to the American booty. The German prisoners taken by the Americans, many of whom were mere boys, had only been In the line for two days. Some of them wore tho white bands of the Prussian guard. Like Clock Work. Private Carl B. Mills of Visalia, Cal., was in the first wave of Americans to go over the top in the Yeuilly wood to smoke out the Germans remaining there. He said that after his unit ohtatned Its objective many of the men went back and filled the ranks of their advancing comrades. All worked like clockwork, he said. The favorite slogan was "Each man get a German; don't let a German get you.' Many instances are related of the heroism of the Red Cross workers in braving shells in No Man's land and o-.i Viar-i tut In rn- nirtino' Hip Tvntindpd lery he appeared to have an unlimited number of machine guns, which were used with tireat skill and effect. The Germans Ger-mans evidently extended their practice of sacrificing a machine gun or two in untenable positions In order to bring the captors under a deadly flank fire. This maneuver took toll of the Americans, as indicated by the number of machine gun bullet wounds, and the surgeons explained ex-plained that a majority of such wounds had been received at very close quarters. quar-ters. Determined to Reach Goal. Nothing hindered the American determination deter-mination to reach their objectives. Indeed, In-deed, their eagerness carried one attack in the dark night three kilometers beyond be-yond the assigned position. In the river valley, which contains a railroad, the st if test fight of the night occurred, the enemy showing great determination de-termination to hold the railroad station of Bouresches. The station, with the entire en-tire village, fell into the hands of the Americans and the French. One reason why the fighting last evening eve-ning was so despera te was because the German counter-attack was launched at the very moment our fresh advance began, be-gan, the men thus coming Into close grips, in which the bayonet played a decisive part. The American casualties were not out of proportion to the magnitude magni-tude of the operation, but owing to the unfaltering courage of the marines the losses largely have fallen on that fine regiment of redoubtable fighters. The correspondent toriay talked with a 19-year-old German prisoner, who was sitting under a tree, eating American bread and drinking French wine. The soldier said he had been fighting for a vear and a half, for the most part In Russia. He carried a picture of his sweetheart on heavy cardboard, which, lie said, had saved his life from an American Ameri-can bullet. The youth added that in Germany there was talk of millions of American soldiers, sol-diers, but that nobody believed It. He did not know that it was the Americans opnosed to the Germans. He thought the troops were British, as they wore lCn-glish lCn-glish helmets. He added that the German Ger-man soldiers no longer hoped to reach Paris. All of them were sick of the war and he was glad he had been made prisoner. pris-oner. Hold Paris Road. The importance of the operations of the Americans on the Marne sector may be realized when it is recalled that only the day before the Americans entered the line the Germans advanced about ten kilometers. The Americans are now holding hold-ing the Paris road near Le Thiolet for a number of kilometers. Graphic stories of last night's fighting were related by wounded Americans today. to-day. They said that at one point the Germans crouched behind boulders and opened tire when the Americans were within ten feet of them. 'One man who participated in an encounter of this kind said: "Some of us had not slept for four nights, but were not tired. We took a second lease of life and sprang at those Germans and smothered them. I never saw so many machine guns. Our men did not think of themselves. They only thought of getting Fritz." A corporal captured three Germans and was leading them away when twelve others oth-ers surrendered to him and joined the procession. Madison Girman of Evansville, Tnd., was in Torcy. lie said: Would Go to Berlin. "We were not supposed to go there, but the men were so enthusiastic they kept on. They would go to Berlin if their commanders com-manders would let them. The only way to stop them is to kill them. The Germans Ger-mans cctnnot make prisoners of us. They tried hard to get' some of us, but wo fooled them. . We turned the machine |