Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1918 — FRENCH HOLD FOE IN POSH TOWARD PARIS [ARTICLE]

FRENCH HOLD FOE IN POSH TOWARD PARIS

Advance Since Saturday Has Been Small Compared With Previous Days. j HUNS SUFFER HEAVY LOSSES i Prussians Lose Ground > at Point* lietworn Soissons and Chateau Thierry hut Whole Situation Is Relatively Unchanged. Although it cannot be said that the Germans in their new offensive have been definitely stopped, there is nevertheless a marked diminution in the speed with which they started out, and their gains since Saturday have been relatively small when compared with those of previous days. Particularly hard fighting again has been in progress between Sois►Bons and Chateau Thierry, where the Germans are endeavoring to push further forward toward Paris, but not alone have the French troops almost everywhere successfully withstood the onslaughts, but on several sectors themselves have taken the initiative and gained ground. As a whole the situation along this line is relatively unchanged. Allied Line Holds. The German war office at last has admitted that the allied line oa the west has been reinforced by fresh units, but it asserts that they have not been able to hold the positions to which they were assigned. Nevertheless the fact i 9 plain from an observation of the war maps that almost everywhere in this region the German line, for the moment at least, is being hard held. From Chateau Thierry eastward along the Marne and thence to Rheims, the situation is virtually unchanged from that of Sunday. The enemy now holds the northern bank of the Marne for a distance o.f about fifteen miles, but as yet be has made no serious endeavor to cross the stream.

Losses Reach Germany. The news of what it has cost the Herman armies in men killed, wounded or made prisoner in the present battle is reaching Germany through a no less authoritative source than the semi-official Norddeutsdhe Allgemeine Zeitung. This journal prints a letter from a German cojonel at the front, who urges the people to bear their losses with patience and confidence. Little fighting aside from the usual small affairs between raiding parties is taking place on the Flanders front. The British have carried out successful raids on several sectors here and taken nearly 300 prisoners.' In the Italian theatre the operations continue of a minor character. American aviators are giving good account of themselves over the battle lines in France. Since April 14, when they first took the air in offensive operations, . they have shot down at least thirty-three enemy planes and themselves only lost seven. Volunteer recruits to the number of 50,000 for immediate service with the Irish divisions are asked for by the lord lieutenant of Ireland, in a proclamation. After this recruitment from 2,000 to 3,000 men monthly are asked to maintain the Irish divisions. Legislation giv-r lug land to men who fight for their country is promised in the proclamation.