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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1918
Page
5
The report details American forces repelling multiple German assaults near Cantigny in May. Pershing’s communique notes continued artillery action, gas shell use in Lorraine, and heavy fighting against American troops.
London on May 31 the Swedish minister announced a commercial and navigation agreement between Sweden and Great Britain and her allies was signed.
A Russian wireless dispatch quotes the Finnish workers central committee denouncing White Guard terrorism. It claims 0,000 prisoners were jailed and mistreated, with Innish troops and the Germans implicated. In one day 158 women prisoners were killed and many Sisters of Mercy executed without trial. Court martials continue to condemn people en masse as the civil war ends.
Five University of Minnesota star athletes will enter military service leaving the team with six men to compete in the Western Intercollegiate Track meet to be held in Chicago next week, it was learned here.
Allied forces report fierce fighting near Soissons and along the Aisne front with German troops entering Soissons briefly and fighting in the streets. French defenders withdraw to the western outskirts as fresh German divisions press, while cantigny holds and U S hospitals are bombed.
Washington reports military opinion that German gains at Soissons offer limited advantage and that French and British forces under General Foch are welded well. Reserves from the Somme and Paris regions could slow or stop the assault within days, with strategic moves aiming to defend the Aisne line and Paris.
London dispatch notes the German staff admitting Cantigny loss but avoiding reference to the Americans, calling them only the enemy and signaling concern over home perception of a fighting army.
Paris reports fierce fighting from Soissons to Reims with French reserves holding. Berlin claims 85,000 prisoners as German assault setbacks persist on the western front. Allies say they hold the Crise river left bank and a northwest Reims position with stubborn resistance.
The narrative places German forces near Fere en Tardenois about six miles north of the Marne with Paris roughly fifty five miles away. The German efforts to swing west of Soissons are described along with Allied holds, French and British defenses, and the quieting of assaults around Reims and La Neuvillette.
Paris reports German long range guns resumed shelling on Corpus Christi day, starting earlier than usual. The British government had promised not to bomb German cities not near the front during the feast after Vatican aid requesting Cologne procession avoidance.
Paris reports that French airmen attacked the enemy air forces with great daring during the battle. They destroyed 19 German machines, downed 2 balloons, and forced 28 airplanes to land damaged.
Joseph Ne Drake sixty eight founder of the Duckworth club in Cincinnati is jailed on a $1,000 bond after a U S marshal arrests him on a warrant from Post Office Inspector charging him with sending a blackmailing letter demanding $20,000 from Mrs Charles P Taft sister in law of ex President William H Taft Drake denied guilt and awaits a June 14 preliminary hearing in Hamilton County Jail.
The Madrid outbreak of a grip like disease worsens with over 150000 reported cases in Madrid city. Medical authorities warn the spread may accelerate as hospitals strain to treat the rising patient load.
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