Show I OFFICIAL EWAR WAR REPORTS t l FOCH AND HAte I ITELL TELL OF HOLDING I HUN ADVANCE ADVANCE I By United Press PARIS May 29 The The German rush with the arrival t Of f fresh divisions continued last night on the two wings of the Soissons Soissons- Rheims front the French war of of 1 fice fire reported t today day The French French- left was dr drawn wn back to the eastern border of f Soissons is gongo go go- log ing ingon ngo on furiously the said This represents a maximum maximum maximum maxi maxi- mum retirement of about nine miles milea on the extreme French left left On the right flank the French and British after an energetic defense of the literally y Wall of St St. Thierry four miles northwest of Rheims were drawn back slowly to the south and southeast of these heights They I are holding between the Vesle canal and the Aisne In the center the fighting continued conI continued con con- fiercely on the south bank of the Vesle where the French I are valiantly defending the the heights There T is active cannonading on I both sides aides of the Meuse and inthe in inI inthe I the Lorraine sector A series of German raids failed i north of northeast of Verdun where Americans are in inline inline inline line and in the sector sector sec sec- sector I tor which includes the American sector During the night the German I r rI rush sustained by the arrival of I fresh divisions divisions- accentuated f t the pressure against the iw two Wings inthe in the direction n bf Soissons S isso s' s arid and a d. d Rheims J i i- i x t tOn JOn On t the left vye e are 7 l ing I g foot foo b by fo foo e eastern east east- tern t ern em border border- of r j hc battle Hattie continues continues' 1 the British British and French forces after the defense of Thierry retired slowly in a southeasterly southeasterly south south- easterly direction We hold the II heights between the Vesle river I and the Aisne canal anal |