| Show Yanks anks iy- iy Seize Gru Ground d I III Commanding Commanding Highway al allI By Associated Press gain allied line Une has been moved forward in t ti the important sector north- north j tI lO 0 vest of Chateau Thierry where the Germans in their ate spring rush beYo beo between be be- Yo o tween the Aisne and the tile 1 Manic Marne made mado Ii their their nearest approach l to Paris 1991 American troops figu figured e 1 operation n carried out last ts i in ill this J. J t f I night might in m conjunction with the French They rhey captured the village of Vaux two O miles mUes west of Chateau Thierry and nd the thedo thedo do heights lying to the wes west northwest northwest of b the captured hamlet ft Some important wooded land hand also owr SPat B was as seized and a secure hold obtained 1 on n new sections of the main highway IC leading from Chateau Thierry to Paris In overrunning this ground the 1 American forces took German Cerman pris pris- ty Including five officers ers together with numerous machine guns and andio andion io ion quantities of material The French took look a score or more of ot prisoners s ss' ss ringing the total up to more than that k FRENCH ARTILLERY ASSISTS t to Effective assistance to the American infantry in the forward dash was evi- evi f j nd given by the French artillery which is posted on hill about midway mid mid- way between Vaux and Chateau Thier- Thier il ry y 8 i From this e eminence which forms the bastion of the defensive line near the apex of the Germans' Germans Marne salient Ca the the allied line has been carried forward I rail II 11 the way to a point beyond Vaux making the position a greatly improved ut one for either offensive or defensive Io r purposes a This operation was evidently a continuation con- con of the Franco American for- for am yard vard movement carried out by local attacks s which has been progressing I actively of late in this sector It al- al ead eady has resulted In the straightening r and ind improvement ement of the line to a aL L marked larked extent from th the allied view viewpoint view Yiew- ge point 5 a PINCH OUT GERMANS j j bl it ii continue to be pushed the krio ement ement promises fur further her important d by b- the pinching out process 1 pun pon r. which have made as hr hc line me an irregular one ono between the lie i DC and near f the n northerly lend end of the American sector un UI the ilie British front in the r a Meld Marshal 1 Haigs Haig's troops have bec 1 ii e-ii forced to 0 o fight hard to hold their lIP lieu I t tic rue northeast of Amiens where 11 1 SUIl Sunday ay night they forced the Ger- Ger I Hn Hn mr n s out of ot a valuable position on the h ii hIi if h II round ground n near ar Bouzincourt north of iAb tv itI it jt I T I nr Germans counter attacked sli ti- ti tingly there last night but failed to toai 1 in their lost territory Only at fi m point were they able to gain a footing in iii their then old trenches being re- re pul- pul c cd d with loss everywhere else PrISONERS TAKEN i the other parts of ot the front there P i i t i ding operations in which pris- pris were taken both by the British fand stid the thC French The Germans were in several raiding att attempts behind the enemy lines Is reported to be on a greater scale tiun last week veel but the Germans given no sign of where they twill will attack In fact the Germans e have ha not even made strong attempts ito to retake the ground captured by the Rallies allies in the successful nibbling operations operation of ot the last t ten n days Allied airmen are harassing the farea area behind the German lines with I inci increasing easing violence Aerial combats have Iha been numerous and French and British al airmen men have brought down downor or sent down out of control three fifty-three German machines and d destroyed eight eights s captive balloons Railway junctions airdromes and other military targets I have been bombed heavily while British airmen keep up p their born bom j j I I I of ot the district around MeU Mets and eastward toward the Rhine I 1 Mannheim again has been attacked The Germans repeated their attempts to raid Paris Monday night but met with no s success cess BERLIN CLAIMS EVERYTHING Berlin reports the repulse of all French Trench and British thrusts A great portion of the German official report of on 1 Monday ay is given to recapitulation of the number of prisoners captured d since March 21 It is claimed claimed the Germans have taken allied prisoners Cannon taken are reported as 2475 and the number of machine guns as General Diaz strengthened appreciably appreciably appreciably his position between Asiago and the Brenta in the operations of Saturday and Sunday in which Monte Mont di Val Bella Col del Rosso and Col di Chelo were taken The Austrians suffered severely from the Italian and allied artillery fire and lost 2000 prisoners The Italian losses are reported as slight owing to the accuracy of the supporting artillery Strong enemy counter attacks attacks attacks at at- tacks against Monte dl di Val Bella Bena were checked by the Italians Vienna ad admits admits ad- ad mits the loss of ot Monte Morite dl di Val yal Bella and Col del Rosso and says says' the Austrians Austrians Austrians Aus Aus- withdrew to their former positions Slovak Czecho-Slovak troops took part In Inthe Inthe inthe the capture of Monte di dl Val Vat Bella al almost almost almost al- al most simultaneously with the announcement announcement announcement an an- that France and Great Britain had given their support to the Slovak Czecho-Slovak fight for ence Other Czech Slovak Czecho-Slovak o- o Slovak troops have been most active against the in Siberia |
