Show FOCH HOLDS HUNS ANDIC AND 1 PREDICTS IC EARLY COLLAPSE J i i i OF GERM GERMAN GERMAN AN OFFE OFFENSIVE E FRENCH f CH H AND J AMERICANS AM I AN UNITE NIT I N N MASHIN GERMANS Brilliant Success of United States Troops in the I Montdidier Sector Aids in Turning s i Battle Tide of f I E 1 r IT ARIS IS May May y 2 29 General General Foch now now has the the situation ion vell ii ell 1 3 P IV l h hand l French h troops arc are beginning a to g ry alli ih allion i on on the thc G r layl advanced in forces in a contest of speed N No l t is yet ened d y th id idt C L 0 crown prince Those on the scene scene declare it is not too much to sa say 1 th J another forty-eight forty hours will see the German dr drive ve I stopped High pr praise ise is is' is giver given the French reserves reserve's for the perfect t order in which they are com coming into the fighting line r Not the least encouraging was the brilliant success success of of- th the Americans in 11 t the A Montdidier ie sector which all ll the he newspapers newspaper ne r feature I 1 It t was th the first important tant action carr carried carric cil d out o t al alone ne b i by Americans p All reports agree that tl t they hey behaved like veterans ans rh This Thi f pronounced the best augury for the early future when i a 1 help will will weigh heavily i in the balance Y iv CROSS GROSS RIVER ON BRIDGE OF F DEATH t PARIS May The 29 The k kaisers kaiser's soldiers soldiers crossed the ic river on a bridge of corpses after a most furious a o l Fismes says a dispatch from the Aisne front The Germans Gennan ar arnow arc ai now pow standing face to face with the allied reserve a armies in that t FRENCH FRENCH RETIRE NEAR SOIS SOISSONS i By ay B Associated Press PARIS May 29 The The French troops have have fallen fallen P back eastern astern outskirts of Soissons where the battle continues with bitterness bitter ine ness less the French war office announced this afternoon f Franco-British Franco troops have fallen back to heights an and aid sout southeast east of St. St Thiery Thery where they are holding positions pos tion between between e the he Vesle and the Aisne canal ic Yanks Cross CrossNo No Mans Man's Land and Seize Trench By ey United Press Preas WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES III nr THE FIELD May An 29 29 An American I regiment attacking German positions west of captured the the village of Cantigny penetrated II to the enemy's second line and occupied occupied oc- oc boche e positions on a front of ot I two kilometers 1242 miles mUes all in forty-five forty minutes An American regiment consists of ot of men and officers The attack followed a violent artillery artillery ar ar- ar- ar tillery preparation I The Americans charged across across I II meters nearly half halt a mile mil of of- No NoMan's NoMans NoMans NoMan's I I Mans Man's land in ten minutes capturing a German machine gun position with the use of hand grenades I French tanks ad advancing sImultaneously simultaneously simultaneously simul sImul- with the American infantry infantry infantry try destroyed machine gun l nests along the Grivesnes road northwest of Cantigny The Americans captured the houses in the village and tin finally ally stormed the chateau They then penetrated the enemy's second position along the northeastern extremity of ot the village The entire operation consumed consumed exactly exact exact- ly forty-five forty minutes British Airmen Kill H Huns HunsBy ns By International News Service LONDON May 29 Four 29 Four hundred German soldiers were killed and SOT I injured in a British air raid ra d on m Douat on May 18 according to a story told I by a captured German soldier printed print print- ed In the Chronicle tOda today todal Crown Prince Headed Toward Dynastic Defeat By International News New Service LONDON May The Thc 29 The crownI crown I prince is hea headed ed towards a a. I dynas dynastic ic defeat probably as disastrous i idun dun commented the Dally Daily Sketch li to day a Probably in a few days onrush between Rheims and will be completely h halted Germans Using More Gasses 1 By International al New News Service j Ir LONDON ONDON May 29 Tile T The C r Of are using gas in their present Attack more than ever before the Dally Daily f i 4 jj stated today todar Th y are sending overt over i ithe rf the poisoning vapors over practicallY t the entire western front The allied al troops are practicallY practically 5 living in their gas masks The s gal 1 lant Fiftieth and Twenty fifth di di divisions di r rI I visions bore the brunt of the firs firs' I onrush of the Germans between 5 I Rheims and Soissons They The put u up splendid resistance all day before before- they fell back slowly Germans Are Still Hopeful By International News Service I AMSTERDAM May lay Our t 23 Our ne nev no success shows again how justified is our our- confidence in our our great reat le d ers says sas the Cologne according to a dispatch received here JA today MI f 9 Miles From Danger Kaiser Wires Boast By United Press Press- u y AMSTERDAM Al May 29 The The kaiser is on the Aisne battlefront at a point t south of 01 Laon according to a dispatch r from Berlin today is Laon is fourteen miles north and Z east of Soissons and about nine mlle mile r tV behind the or original I 1 t Telegraphing from this point the lb I Con Continued On page 3 t ANGlO FRENCH S fORC GIVE ROUND GROUND Germans Germans' Make Some Small Gains but at Great Cost of Lif Life Continued from page 1 1 kaiser sent the following message to the lm the crown prince attacked attack attack- ed the Er El sh sh and French along the Chemin des D Dames mes completely surprising surprising surprising sur sur- them We have crossed the Aisne and are approaching the Vesle Fritz Prince Eitel Friedrich with the First guards infantry division was one of ot the first who reached the Aisne Our losses are slight Tomorrow we will make further progress |