The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 31, 1918, Page 3

. w \. a ‘ 4 ’ y ' il be . a ot £ t ‘ey 4 +, FRIDAY; MAY. 8f, 1918. FRENCH RESISTANCE STRONGER AS TEUTONS DRAW WITHIN TWO MILES OF THEIR. EARLY DEFEAT (Continued From Page One.) strong allied positions at Soissons and at Rheims. French resist- ance in the center, however,, is growing } getting farther and farther away from thet the Ailette. __ Paris and London view the situation more favorably and in neither capital is there. fear that the German, offensive will” be- come as serious a. menace to the allied defense as the original onslaught in ‘March, | 5 ee 3 SALIENT 18 MILES DEEP Although the German salient is about 18.miles deep in the center, Pari$S is not much nearer nor has the enemy advance yet affected the allied lines eastward from Montdidier. In fact. the Germans would be in a dangerqus positiow should General Foch strike eastward along the Aisne from Soissons. The aerial activity over the territory of the German advance is.most intense and French airmen have dropped many tons of bombs on enemy targets in addition to bringing down 19 German machines. Berlin claims the capture of.much war material, including. a number of the larger-French guns. The number of prisoners is now said to be more than 35,000. ; k LITTLE ACTIVITY Elsewhere on the western front there has been little activity. The artillery fire has. increased in Picardy, but infantry actions there and in Flanders have been limited to raids. West of Montdidier, the American troops still maintain their hold on Cantigny despite German counter attacks. The Americans in their successful advance captured 242 prisoners, latest reports say. Fighting continues around Cantigny, but neither the enemy artillery nor infantry has been able to make an impression on the American defense. Lively fighting also has occurred’ on the Luneville and Toul sectors. In aerial fighting northwest of Toul one American aviator fell prisoner to the enemy. Two German machines were destroyed and another sent down out of control. In northern Italy there has been no infantry activity of moment. The artillery duel there is less violent. A BRAVE RESISTANCE. With the French Army in France, May 31. (By Associated Press.)— Although the Germans entered Soissons Wednesday, it was only after some of the most severe infantry fighting in the present battle. The allied reserves are gradually reaching the acene of the struggle below the Aisne, and the resistance opposed to the German push is becoming more obstitiate minute by minute. Heine struggle for Soissons began early in the morn- ing when large numbérs of German troops obtained a footing in the eastern suburbs of the town. Shortly afterward they were ejected and the allied troops hung on in the outskirts for some timé, confronting with cold steel the desperate enemy efforts to drive in. The valor of the defenders, however, was greater than their strength, 4nd when fresh German troops launched a new assault the line of combat. receded into the town and there was fighting in the streets from house to house. The small body of French troops holding the place finally gave way, but only after dozens of individual duels with bayonets, revolvers and rifle butts. HEAVY RAIN OF SHELLS With the French Army in France, May 30.—A hail of heavy German incendiary shells had fallen on the town throughout the night, firing numbers of houses and filling the air, with smoke. Poison gas shells had impregnated the atmosphere with danger- ous fumes. ‘ : ; The French, under the fierce onslaught, gradually retired to the western outskirts of the city, where there is cover. BRITISH OFFICIAL STATEMENT : London, May 31.—Activity by the German artillery in the Villers-Bretoneaux sector east of Amiens and in the Albert region to the north is reported téday by the war office. There has also been lively gunfire from the enemy lines on the, Flanders front between Festubert and the. Clarence river. The statement reads: “A party of our troops rus ‘Arras during the night and. cap’ prisoners and a machine gun wer encounters northeast of Ypres. posts northeast of Robecq. A few of 0 “The hostile artillery was active i and Albert sectors and between Festube: Forty German divisions are engaged in \ 40 more divisions are in reserve, says a dispatch from Reuter’s correspondent at French headquarters. It is- possible, the dis- patch adds, that the enemy may strike another. blow for Amiens or Dunkirk, but for the moment he appears to be throwing his entire strength into the conflict on the Aisne. Fierce street fighting, it is added, attended the capture of Soissons by the Germans. The city is reported to have been in - flames Wednesday. evening. S TeRENCH ‘OFFICIAL STATEMENT | May 31/—The allied left flank on the Aisne has been ks in the region of Ailette Soissons and further south French maintaining their r original base along hed a German post southeast of tured’a few prisoners. A few e captured by us also in patrol The enemy raided. one of our { our men are missing. n the Villers-Bretonneaux rt and the Clarence river.” din the Aisne battle and Paris, forced back .by violent German attac river, it is announced officially. Near German attacks, broke down, all the itions. an In the center the Germans made a slight adyance north of the Marne. Further east and also northwest and north of Rheims, all the German efforts were vain. The French by a counter attack won back, the town of Thillgis, west of Rheims. — . Withdrawing before the German onslaught in the region of the Ailette, the French fell back on positions north of Blerancourt (nine. miles southeast of Noyon) and Epagny (seven miles north- west of Soissons.) The French are holding their positions along the road between Soissons and Chateau Thierry, as well as in the western outskirts of Soissons. The Germans continued to push forward south of Fere-en-Tardenois, according to the latest advices reaching Paris, but neither Chateau Thierry nor Dormans have 4 yet fallen into their hands. There is reason. to hope that Chateau Thierry, the population of which has fled, will be saved. _ } Chateau Thierry is 10 miles south of Fere-en-Tardenois, while Dormans is six miles south of’ Vezilly. Both towns are on the Rivet ee Geena long range bombardment of Paris was resumed early this morning. | The extreme point of the ¢ about two miles north of the River Marne, line of the battlefront as outlined by a newspape! of the Havas agency. GERMAN AIR PLANES START RAID ON YANKS German advance is Le Charmel, according to an out- r correspondent DARA Ae saw four German airplanes coming toward him. He turned:and saw Lieu- tenant Meissner, who was flying high, attack one enemy machino just as a hostile airplane attacked Meissenr: Meissenr’s machine collided with one irplane and a wing of the ‘American's airplane was torn. Mciss- ner immediately turned toward home} when a third enemy machine, see- ing that he was crippled, took hag- tily after him. Rickenbacker made a long dive and drove off the German with his ma- chine gun, undoubtedly saving ,Meiss- ner ‘The combat took place east of Thiacourt, Guns Jammed. In another fight two American pi- icts were forced>to withdraw because their guns became jammed just as they attacked the enemy. Another pilot encountered five hostile machines and had fired six bursts without ap- parent damage and the enemy machin- es retired. (Continued From Page One.) . and two if not three German machines were shot down. Lieutenant Tdward Rickenbacker, the former automobile racer, not only brought down one machine but rescu-; ¢ed Lieutenant Jas. A. Meissner of Brooklyn, after his machine had been ed. Singlehanded, Rickenback-} Albatross biplanes and three monoplanes. After he had fired' a hundred rounds into one of the biplanes it fell- crashing to the ground. The lieutenant turned and attacked another which sought saft- ty ia flight-Meanwhile, the remaining . German machine had descended too lew for Rickenbacker to a(teck. ‘As he was returning to the Ameri- can liaes Liefienamt Rickenbacker damag' ey attacked two | SUOUOLGOUUGROOUOLONUGOANONOLREOUDURGDUOAESUCUEUEGUGULOOOUGOUUHGULUDGRORRADGUIGE CONURUCENOOUULGOULUDUGUUCUUUOULSUSONGSDOOUSLROCCOROGHOCEOGUCRCOGCUCROAUCEOGREAUCUGOOLGEOOUSUONEOECHUGeGeOUOaaCSOSEULE machines, hundreds of bullets were fired into the fusilage of the German airplane and it crashed into, a wood, The other enemy machine was chased 'S duwn by an American and it was seen to overturn as-it reached the ground. The result of several other combats have not ,yet been reported. An~American aviator was captured nd the Germans are| by the Germans in No man’s land af- ter his machine had been daniaged in a fight between five American ma chines and a German squadron. The American aviatox was last ‘seen g0- ing into the enemy trenches in. cover of German rifles. Over the Ton on 500 Yards. , The. American troops went over the top along a: front of 500 yards. Ar the Same time the American artfilery onened fire. The men advanced be hind the barrage, while the guns pounded the enemy, lines and rear areas. r Engineers blew up the enemy en- ‘anglements. The infantry swarmed through the defenses. where there was. fighting-in which the Germans sus- tained losses. Two prisoners were taken by the Americans. One of them attempted to esenpe on the way across No Man's land, and was killed by a Massachy- setts corporal. U.S. AVIATOR KILLED. Midwaukee, Wis.. 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