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Show German Masses Mowed Down As They Desperately Storm French Trenches to Carry Out Kaiser's Plans ' AMERICANS AGAIN CUT DEEP INTO FOE'S LINE PARIS, June 10. Several small villages were occupied by the Germans on the center in the Montdidier-Noyon sector, including Mery, Belloy and St. Maure, according to the war office announcement announce-ment tonight. This was done by repeated assaults and at the cost of great sacrifice. South of Kessons-Sur-Matz the Germans gained a footing in Marpueglise. Farther to the east the battle continued in the southern south-ern outskirts of Elincourt. The text of the statement reads: On the second day of the offensive the enemy sought by powerful attacks, in large force and without cessation, by new effectives, to advance in the direction of Estrees St. Denis and Ribecourt. Our troops fulfilled with tenacity their mission mis-sion of resistance. The enemy was able to take successively by repeated assaults as-saults and at the cost of heavy sacrifices the villages of Mery, Belloy and St. Maure.' The plateau of Belloy was the theater of heroic engagements. South of Dessons-sur-Matz the Germans gained a footing in Marqueglise, and further east the battle continued in the southern outskirts of Elincourt. On our right the enemy succeeded in debouching from Thiescourt wood. On our left, between Courcelles and Rubes-court, Rubes-court, we broke down the enemy attacks and held our positions. posi-tions. East of the Oise the German attempt to retake a fort failed. i On June 9 our pursuit escadrilles destroyed or put out of commission eleven enemy airplanes. Our bombing airplanes attacked without respite enemy troops massed behind the front of the attack. In the day of June 9 and the following night, notwithstanding notwith-standing the bad weather, eighteen tons of projectiles were dropped on concentration points, convoys and railway stations, sta-tions, particularly the station at Roye, where a great fire, followed fol-lowed by explosions, broke out. During the month of May, twenty-eight German airplanes were brought down by means of our anti-aircraft guns, three . of them at night. Twenty other machines, damaged by our fire, were obliged to abandon their mission. Eastern theater, June 9 On both banks of the Vardar there was spirited artillery activity by the enemy, who bombarded bom-barded our communications behind the front with a long-range long-range piece.. Our batteries replied with destructive fires, which blew up an enemy ammunition depot. There was great artillery and patrol activity on the front of the Serbian army, where several enemy detachments were dispersed by our fire. An enemy airplane was brought down, WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, June 10 (By the Associated Press). The United States marines attacked the Germans Ger-mans after daybreak this morning and penetrated the German lines for about two-thirds of a mile on a 600-yard front in the Belleau wood, northwest of Chateau Thierry. The Germans now hold only the northern fringe of the wood. The Americans captured two minenwerfers, which are the largest pieces yet taken by them. It is expected one will be sent to Washington and the other to Annapolis. Major Edward D. Cole, commanding the machine gun battalion, captured several German stragglers during the early stages of the attack. Numerous machine guns, it is believed, will be rounded up in the woods. The Ninth and Twenty-third regiments of infantry, comprising what is known as the Syracuse brigade, hold the ground on the right of the marines at the point on the front nearest Paris. This is the second time the Syracuse brigade has held the point on the line nearest the capital, the former occasion being at the offensive when the allies were still falling back and the Ninth and Twenty- (ContLnn'ed on Page Nine.) J SLIGHT SUCCESS OF HUNS ' OBTAINED AT AWFUL COST (Continued from Pago One) third went in at Coulomb for a short time. The Twenty-third captured cap-tured machine guns June 6, while supporting the attack' of the marines. WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE, June 10 (By the Associated Press). Every foot the enemy advances now brings him farther into territory which is thoroughly well known to the allies and prepared for defense. Therefore his task becomes momentarily momentar-ily more difficult. The allied staffs are prepared to meet every eventuality and display the most perfect confidence in the outcome. BERLIN, via London, June 10. Capture of 8000 prisoners m the new offensive between Montdidier and Noyon was reported ty the war office today. The situation between the Oise and Rheims is described as unchanged. The text of the official statement follows: Artillery firing revived between Arras and Albert, south of the Somme, and on the Avre. Lively reconnoitering activity ac-tivity continues. In a powerful attack yesterday we penetrated into the hilly district southwest of Noyon. West of the Matz river we have taken a French position near Mortemer and Orvil-lers Orvil-lers and pushed forward beyond Cuviily and Ricquebourg. East of the Matz river the height of Gury was captured. In spite of the stubborn resistance of the enemy, our infantry fought its way through the woods of Bicquebourg and La-motte, La-motte, and threw the enemy back beyond Bourmont and Mareuil. . South and southeast of Lassigny we penetrated far into Thiescourt wood. Violent counter-attacks by the French were repulsed. We have captured about 8000 prisoners and some guns. On the front between the Oise and Rheims the situation situa-tion is unchanged. Local engagements north of the Aisne, northwest of Chateau Thierry and in the neighborhood of Bligny brought in prisoners. Thirty-seven enemy airplanes and six captive balloons were shot down yesterday. LONDON, June 10. "Beyond artillery activity on both sides in the different sectors," says Field Marshal Haig's report from British headquarters in France tonight, "there is nothing to report from the British front." WASHINGTON, June 10. General Pershing's communique today to-day reports the repulse of a heavy enemy attack in the vicinity of Bouresches, with severe enemy losses. There was lively artillery fighting in the Chateau Thierry and Picardy regions. WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE. June 10 (By tne Associated Press, noon). Fighting in this war probably never has been more severe than that going on today in the great battle of French and German armies between Montdidier and Noyon. The Germans, attacking on ground where the entente allies were ready to receive the shock, have found themselves thrown into a slaughter house whence most of them never will make an exit. LONDON, June 10, via Ottawa. Telegraphing from the French army headquarters late last night, the correspondent of Reuter's, Ltd., says: Latest reports from the battlefield are encouraging. The French are fighting bravely and with great tenacity. The density of the enemy's formation was greater than in previous attacks, and his loss must be extraordinarily heavy, for the guns had him at their mercy and did terrible execution. Several anxious days are ahead. It is certain the enemy will make an extremely bitter fight of it, but he. is paying the full price for every mile. |