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Show WAR REVIEW LONDON REPORTS FRENCH PROGRESS LONDON, July is. News received in London indicates that tho attack started by the French this morning on tho front between Chateau Thierry and Solssons is on a considerable scale. Tho attack was believed to bo making good progress. Advices this aftornoon staled that the Germans had made no further attacks at-tacks east of Rhcims and that the French at various points on the front had regained ground. Tho French, the reports stato, havo recaptured Montvoisin, south of tho Marne at the point where the Germans had advanced furthest toward Epr,r-nay Epr,r-nay and Chenc-la-Reine to the wc-and wc-and took as well the heights west of those villages, overlooking tho Marne. Germans Make Slow Progress. Tho Germans are reported to have made slight progress north of St. Ag-nan Ag-nan in the district southwest of Dor-mans Dor-mans but their progress has been slow. Tho maximum penetration of tho French lines since July 15 is'six miles, according to the latest reports. North of the Marne the Italians have retaken Cladrlzet, two miles northeast of Bligney, the advices add. Battle Progressing Favorably ON THE FRENCH FRONT IN FRANCE, July IS. (By tho Assoclat- I cd Press) 11 a. m.: The Allied for-1 cos today engaged in an important counter-attack botwaen tho Aisno and 1 tho Marne, north of Chateau Thierry. 1 The attack Is progressing favorably. Morning Review War Situation j (By the Associated Press.) I Strenuous efforts arc being made by the Gormans to enlarge their gains, astride the Marne and southwest of Rheims in an apparent endeavor to; outflank Rhcims on the south. Elsewhere Else-where tho enemy is being held well in check as he has been since Mon-. day. i Attack after attack is being hurled against tho Allied troops along the . river and southwest of Rheims. In many places the enemy has boon repulsed re-pulsed completely whilo his gains have been made in the face of strong resistance. Germans Make Few Gains jjj South of the Marne, despite heavy bombardments and tho use of fresh ' g troops, the Germans havo made no I great gains. Villages and heights arejfi constantly changing hands. Immcd-i iatoly south of Dormans where the J enemy has made his greatest penetra- I tion south of tho river about three) I miles French and American troops have gained some ground north of St. Agnan. Astride the river toward Ep- ernay tho Germans aro near Montvoi sin, an advance of about six miles, but ; have been unable to spread their pro- gress to tho south. j In tho woods and valleys west of the mountain of Rheims the Germans 5 have driven tho Italians and French j to within five miles of the Rhcims-, Epernay railroad, the only line of ! u transportation Into the city yet held by the Allies. 'Heavy fighting is talc- 1 Ing place about Pourcy and Manteuil- 1 la-Fosse, which mark an average ad- 1 vanco of about five miles since Mon- I day. Pourcy is on tho western edge I of tho foresL Americans Improve Positions 1 Between Dormans and Chateau 8 Thierry whore tho Americans have ! I their largest forces in the lino, the I fighting is sporadic. Around Fossoy P the Americans improved their posi-1 1 Hons slightly but further operations, h have been hamporcd by a heavy rain-, ft fall. The Germans maintain an in- D tense bombardment of the American lines. American aviators, according U to French observers, brought down E thirteen German airplanes in the same ft region Tuesday. The Americans claim ij nine. m West and southwest of Rheims the enc-mv has failed to cain In fnrthnr attacks. Just east of the city his efforts ef-forts hayo been broken up by the French. In Champagne General Gou-raud's Gou-raud's defense still Is maintained and the Germans have been unable to make progress. Berlin says that 5,000 additional prisoners were captured Tuesday, bringing the total to 18,000, French troops In eastern Albania have taken another village in their advance up the Devoli valley and added add-ed to their prisoners. oo |