Show 4 BEING HAlTED Dy 8 RESERVES Germans Meet With Fearful Massacre After Advance of Ten Miles i By By Frank Charlton international News Service Cable Editor The German drive has slowed down do all 11 along the line After Alter advancing ten miles on the I river front from a point north of the Chemin des Dames Darned to the Vesle river which they succeeded ded in crossIng cross crossing cross cross- Ing ing irig at the cost of a f fearful earful massacre the Germans encountered strong re reserve reserve reserve re- re serve armies armies which held them like a achain achain achain chain of steel General Foch the allied generalissimo mo me has the situation well In hand eve everywhere where YANKEES ACTIVE The other big feature of the war situation situation sit sit- today was that Americans are upon the Aisne front front forming forming part of the reserve army which is holding the Teutonic hordes in check General Pers Pershing's ings ing's troops are now upon the three big battlefields In France France Flan Flan Flanders ders and the Atene Aisne French war correspondents describe the part which the Americans played in inthe inthe inthe the battle north of Soissons as gal f lant They formed part of the reserve army which charged times through clouds of poison polson gas discharged from I German shells I I Although air and artillery activity was reported from the northern battle- battle zones today tod y the chief Interest still at attaches attaches attaches at- at itself to the southern theatre of combat where the Germans began their latest drive on Monday ron lay morning Fresh details that are coming in emphasize emphasize em- em e the brave conduct of the allied 1 armies along the Aisne right Flight allied divisions alone held out against the overpowering odds of thirty picked German divisions They yielded ground round only after the fiercest of struggles HA HALT T GRAY MASSIn MASS In the violent rear guard struggles les the allied troops fought like Trojans hindering tho German advance until the field gray masses had to feel feet their way forward foot by foot This delay enabled the th allies to bring up their reserves reserves re- re serves while the Germans were becom becoming ing more and more exhausted b bv by their tremendous exertions and terrific i losses I The battle bat lie of the th Aisne has Ins now reached apparently the same phase the as battles of and Flanders Flan Flan- ders tiers The allied high command al allowed allowed al- al I lowed the Germans to advance at the price of losses they reached the line where the they shall not pass pass Battle Rattle w wear arv and with their morale shaken the Germans will now have to pound poun against l our unbroken line The Teutonic forces ma may achieve further gains but hut their advances un unquestionably unquestionably unquestionably un un- un questionably will be unimportant BATTER IN VAIN The hills south of the Vesle river in front of oC which the kaisers kaiser's armies now stand form a i strong defensive link for forthe the allies and the Germans will batter J them in m vain It is a noteworthy fact that it was only in the center that the Germans were able to make malte any progress The right and left flanks on both of which French and British troops stand have held firm This has given the German German German Ger Ger- man line the form of o a I sharp salient against the wings wing of which the allied L j forces can attack with excellent J chances chance of success The Germans claim the capture rapture of I prisoners in the th Aisne drive but J whether or not these are all prisoners r of war is not revealed Part of them I may be noncombatants caught in the t. t tide of struggle Jf j 1 f i This was the tho seventieth day day of the I German grand offensive |