Show H lAST R RESERVES RV R RUSHED HO WEST German German Losses Wipe t Out Numerical al Superiority Superiority Superiority Supe Supe- Yanks' Yanks Arrival Arrival Arri Arri- j val yal Gives Advantage i 4 lj f I By Henry Wood U United tilted P Press s Staff Correspondent THE TilE FRENCH WITH V V ARMIES IN TIlE THE FIELD I June 11 The n.-The The new German drive I between Montdidier and Noyon is is rapidly becoming the fiercest I and most cruel battle of the war Into it if the Germans apparently are determined determined determined deter deter- mined to throw their last reserves in hi ina hia a supreme effort to separate the allied allied allied al al- al- al lied armies and reach Paris before I Americas America's full participation wrests I from them theta the last hopes of victory Already the steady flow of American Amen Ameri can Italian and British troops into France coupled with terrific losses inflicted on the Germans since March 21 21 practically has nas wiped out the tue we nu- nu 21 21 practically has nas wiped out the tue we nu- nu numerical numerical merical superiority with which the lJ 1 Germans opened the offensive HUNS FACE CRUSHING DEFEAT I It is certain that if It the allies hold holdout holdout hold holdout out two months longer the Americans Americans Ameri Amen cans at the present rate of arrival will give them an incontestable and crushing superiority As a consequence the French are resisting in the battle with extreme energy equalled only by the prodigality prodigality prod prod- with which the Germans are rushing up their last resources No longer is it a secret that the French expected the present attack and were as fully prepared as effectives and material would permit It is likewise likewise likewise like like- wise known that the Germans knew the French expected and prepared for forthe forthe forthe the attack yet facing the heavy losses which such a situation necessarily must entail the enemy unhesitatingly unhesitatingly attacked They rushed up re reserves reserves reserves re- re serves to replace their losses until more than twenty divisions men have been fed into the battle to date I VILLAGES RETAKEN On both wings where the are doggedly holding out villages like Ule I Courcelles have changed hands every few ew hours day an and night since the I battle began The last carrier pigeons pig- pig I sons eons from Le which was completely encircled brought wora worn that the French there were still holdIng hold- hold holdIng Ing out although they now possibly have been submerged The Germans still are making their greatest effort in in the Matz Mats valley for forthe forthe forthe the purpose of reaching the Oise above thus forcing evacuation evacuation evacuation tion of the entire Noyon salient where at the extreme northern point Carlepont Carlepont Carle- Carle pont wood on the east side of the Oise and Mount Renaud on the west westside westside westside side have to date barred the German Ger man advance into the Oise Olse valley SEEK THE OISE Military experts consider it most probable that the Germans will launch a second converging attack from east of Noyon with identical objectives o of attaining the Oise Olse from the east ana ann forcing evacuation of the Noyon front From prisoners and other sources it itis itis itis is established that the boches bodies are suffering a severe crisis in effectives Many companies go into action with only ei eighty or a hundred men The wounded are forced to return to the fight as soon as they are cured The losses s infantry in-infantry officers are so great that t cavalry officers are now MANY BOY HUNS Among prisoners interrogated a fourth were in the 1919 class while many were in the 1920 class The prisoners also included miners and expert expert expert ex ex- pert workmen who heretofore had not been sent to the front The fifth division division division di di- vision of the Prussian guard which is one of Germanys Germany's finest bodies of troops lost 50 per cent of Its effectives effectives tives tires during the March offensive on the Somme and lost thirty more in inthe inthe inthe the Thierry Chateau-Thierry drive it has been established French patrols penetrating the region region re reo gion of and l report heaps of German dead often lying in four or five successive windrows South of Faverolles unburied dead were counted I |