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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1918
Page
2
Despite a strong German armored assault northwest and north of Rheims, Allied forces restored the line after a counterattack. The fresh fighting saw the Germans lose about 200 prisoners and four tanks as the Allied flank held firm near Fort de la Pompelle.
British and Allied troops conduct raids southeast of Arras and Lens and north of Bethune, seizing prisoners and machine guns. Artillery volleys intensify in Villers Bretonneux and Ypres sectors as the fighting continues along the Albert Arras front. total prisoners in Aveluy Wood reported at seventy two.
London reports air combat with fine weather. Twenty one German aircraft were destroyed and four balloons shot down. Four of our planes are missing. We dropped twenty tons of bombs on Saturday.
The Germans press toward the west with successful attacks on the Zeebrugge Mole and railway hubs at Armentières Rozieres Boesinghe and Fieres. Long distance guns hit Karthaus and the Metz Sablon rail station as offensive actions resume. The left wing battle between Rheims and Chateau Thierry grows bitter while French resistance between Sotasons and the Marne remains firm.
Paris reports the German army concentrates its main effort on the Marne with forty five divisions in the Soissons Rheims area. The drive toward Amiens is paused as German troops push to seize Rheims, while Fort Pompelle falls briefly before French relief. Front remains volatile with 45 to 50 divisions poised for action.
The article notes German focus on Roi de Foch reserves and a shifting front from Noyon to Soissons. It describes the major forested sectors around Compiégne and Villers-Cotteret, Irish Guards action in the forest, and strategic questions about German reinforcements and Moltke’s principle guiding German aims toward Foch’s reserves.
Report from the front describes Allied cavalry patrolling and reinforcing. French infantry and cavalry endure long combats with German forces north of Chateau Thierry and near Dormans. German attempts to seize villages and cross rivers are met with fierce French resistance and rising prisoner counts.
Paris dispatch recalls a village on the Marne in 1918 as refugees, aircraft, and bombardments persist. Mildred Aldrich and other civilians observe artillery trains, wounded veterans, and a nation hopeful amid the East West lifeline of France.
American officers in Washington dismissed a German bulletin report of a vast Franco American depot seized at Fer en Tardenois during the German advance toward the Marne. They said no depot of the Americans near Fer en Tardenois or on that battle line existed.
War dispatch describes air reconnaissance by German scouts over British lines from the Somme to Flanders and nightly raids on villages and hospitals behind the front. The piece notes shelling of Red Cross hospitals, civilian casualties, and a call for chivalry amid relentless bombardment.
Officers arriving at an Atlantic port report no alarm over a German push toward Paris. They say the Amiens salient aim was surprise, troops hidden in woods and moved at night. French reserve armies and large British forces in France bolster a coming French strike. General Foch plans a decisive blow within a day or two.
The Berlin Lokal-Anzeiger reports Emperor William visited German forces north of Rheims on Thursday and met with commanders. He and von Hindenburg are said to have walked the Craonne front and inspected trench positions, with Hindenburg joking about climbing a hill for exercise.
Berlin party leaders press for a concrete program while German and Entente socialist figures clash over war aims. Friedrich Ebert and Philiep Scheidemann say Entente Socialist aims align with annexationist goals, pledging to stick to the Reichstag peace resolution of July 1917 opposing annexations and indemnities.
German naval critic Persius writes in the Berliner Tageblatt on the Jutland anniversary, warning that Britain has never lost a war and that German efforts to deny British sea power are futile. He stresses the Empire’s vast strength beyond the navy and warns Germans against underestimating Britain.
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