Show APPALLING LOSSES BRING V Y HALT j. j TO GERMAN DRIVE i J. J BOCE ASSAULT V V CHECKED AFTER V I fIGHT Despite Long Preparation Huns Are Unable to V Overcome French Resistance and Ground V j jOnce J r Once Won Is Lost V V J V V Jf By Dy Associated Press V V u 4 V n If WITH THE FRENCH FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE June Jun 14 Five Five day dayI I sufficed suffice to stay ta t the e German of offensive between en Montdidier and c V V VV Noyon whose objective was V V V Despite long preparation the boches were unable to i overcome French resistance and brilliant counter attacks by allied troops took back everything of importance which fell into the hands ands of th the thea the first h with of The GerI Ger- Ger enemy during during- Tu tush large masses troops er I mans gain d some little gr ground but their design failed in its great lines V V VV es V V V V V Th There re e was a an un unsuccessful iut V German German attack yesterday V west oi of ot the Oise but the front elsewhere in this region was calm This trl Y be bets a. a ri fias r further efforts in indirection direction and nd i is ab ut to o start elsewhere Troops who who- participated in the w aS ll s prisoners are unanimous in tha that the German losses through t the five days were were- appalling vere-appalling appalling ji The French now occupy a much better line for res stan along this front than before the battle having straightened out Vat dangerous s salient T The e French left wing continues to threaten the thea Germans' Germans communications J y Both Bot the staff and the troops troops' are full of confidence that they their will be able to cope with any further German efforts V V Crown Prince Is V V V sj fy Having Tough Time jF By Associated Press Pre V j. j LONDON June 14 The H.-The The I crown crown prince continues his desperate despera V attempts to overcome the difficult forest regions barring his way into the tha V V Olse valley and although by heavy fighting he gets a little nearer to his progress is slow Thursdays Thursday's reports are considered satisfactory on the whole by I era ers here The he enemy has progressed i about a mile mUe on a very narrow front northeast of Villers but the French troops are showing such determination and valor in counter at attacks attacks at- at tacks that although reports from Paris intimate it may be necessary to give further ground In the face of superior numbers there exists a spirit of quiet confidence and trust in General Fochs Foch's prudent handling of the situation V Both the French and German com com- indicate the tho terrible of the struggle that is proc proceeding the the thOV Germans having to admit the loss of some guns It is clear too that the American forces in the region of Bouresches are showing grit in holding off oU the German German Ger Ger- Ger man attacks which gives gives' the enemy V great and unexpected trouble V V The battle is regarded here a as aa a contest between opposing reserves It ItIs Itis Itis is known that the crown prince has V been compelled to draw slightly upon the reserves of Crown Prince Rupi Rupprecht Rup- Rup i of ot Bavaria as some of ot Rupprechts Rupprecht's Rupprechts Rupprechts Rupprecht's Rup Rup- men have been identified among the twenty divisions the Ge Get mans have employed since June 9 The Tle V losses have ha been far tar heavier after five days of bitter fighting during during dur dur- V V ing which he only advanced about six miles mUes than during any previous en engagement en- en V on the Aisne r V V I The view of military experts still Is 1 that the enemy enemy's s main attack has not yet et been delivered There is much speculation whether the attack will bs be belthe bel the aim of r reaching Paris or what is regarded as more likely with the tho object of dividing the allied by a drive for tor the coast Germans Claim armIes V x Capture of V V Ii By Dy United Press prea 1 LONDON June 14 Blocked H.-Blocked Blocked In the center the Germans yesterday attacked at- at V at x at-x- tacked on the extremo wings of ot the present battle front which Includes ali tho Olse Oise theatre and the northwest northwestern r portion of the Marne Mame area A A powerful enemy counter attack on the two mile front between Courcelles Courcelles Cour Cour- celles and ami Montdidier was stopped be before before be- be o fore the Germans reached the French positions the French FJ-ench war office offic V report re- re J port ported d. d V 3 Between the Atone and the Villers- Villers l forest the Germans gained slightly at some points but their attacks attacks at- at tacks died down at night The greater portion of the battlefront battlefront battlefront battle- battle front between the Olse Ole and the Mane was calm according to the Paris night There was spir Continued on page 9 i VV COMES COMES' 1 ON tL LL BATTLE I II I fRONTS 1 I Rs ns Are Checked by teady Resistance of Allies from Page 1 1 fighting on an the eastern Marne front near Cham- Cham German war office announced enemy attacks north north- ot Chateau Thierry where tans are engaged broke down avy losses French counter attack attach which the Germans back across across theas the as declared by Berlin to have haven dawn with the heaviest n M Irhe The enemy claimed a total prisoners In the new drive 0 captured cannon |