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Show t j Counter Attacks Made ! Against Franco-American Franco-American Line. ALL ATTEMPTS FAIL German Fight on Big Sca!e is Not Expected. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE VESLE, Monday, Aug. 12. (By the Associated Press) The Germans directed counter actions against the Franco-American line between Soissons Sois-sons and Rheims today but without success. Nor did the enemy reveal any intention of an immediato attempt to recover territory lost north of the Marne. At no point was a hard blow delivered. deliv-ered. The guns on either side, however, how-ever, were seldom silent and at many places tho Germans repeatedly searched search-ed the American positions with machine ma-chine gun fire. It is quite possibjo tha-the German "croV,TTT"m:ffay"ecIFiipon a counter-attack on a big scale In that sector but such action would necessitate necessi-tate the use of divisions which presumably pre-sumably are badly needed at other points. On the other hand the Germans are now in such positions along tho lino south of the Aisne that they can afford af-ford to lake more time for a retreat over that river. Observers continue to report indications indi-cations that their plans still include a retirement. The French and the Americans, however, have not ceased to exert pressure. |