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She Atlanta Smiraal VOLUME: XX FRENCH THROW HUNS BACK ACROSS RIVER MATZ AMERICANS SMASH VIOLENT GERMAN ATTACK MME BBOMIIG] «E LIMITS. 18 TO 46. PROBABLE THIS FALL Well-Informed Congressional Leaders Predict That War Department Will Request Legislation at Short Session WASHINGTON. June 13.—$*hat the , war department w.a ask modification of the select service law—so as to include all men between the ages of eighteen and forty-live or forty-nine—was the | forecast of well-informed congressional • leaders today. The new legislation which would place , "the call on the same basis as that of , England and facilitate the operation of ! the inter-allied treaties, is expected to be launched in the December “short nes- I • sion. ” In the meantime a campaign of edu- • cation is to be conducted to inform the 1 country of the need for raising the | ages These reasons include the probable! depletion of class one this year and the , necessity for going into deferred class!- ■ (Rations unless age limits are broadened. “Provost Marshal General Crowder | has no »desire to go into deferred classes," said Representative Kahn, of the house military committee, today. Members of the senate foreign rela tions committee said today that ratifi- ; cation of the treaty with Great Britain and Canada “would impose a moral obli- , gation on the United States to raise the j service age.” Under an agreement among all the . allies, St is understood the military ■ •service ages of all the allied nations are to be made uniform. It is upon this condition, it is stated, that the allied ; nations have agreed with the United i States upon the calling of their nationals Jn this country for military service. There Is strong sentiment in congress j in favor of raising the service age and I considerable opposition also. Members of the senate today hinted that the Un derwood resolution limiting senate de bate is a “stalking horse” for the new selective service bill, so that opposition to it can be curtailed and no filibuster attempted. HOWffl MO DEM 10 DEBITE IT CUIE After Two Meetings Howard Will Stage No More Joint Meetings Congressman Wiliam Schley Howard and H. H. Dean will speak from t.te same platform on the issues of the senatorial campaign at Gainesville on Saturday. June 29. at 11 a. ni.. and in Atlanta on July 3 at S p. m. Committees representing both candi dates have completed arrangements for the two meetings. Congressman Howard having accepted Mr. Dean’s proposal to discuss the issues of the campaign. In consenting to divide time with the Gainesville candidate. Mr. Howard made it plain that after these two meeting: he will appear in no more joint discus- • sions with Mr. Dean. The agreement, signed by the . re spective committees, reads as follows: “We the joint committee representing H. H. Dean, of Hall county, and Con- ‘ gre>sman William Schley Howard, of DeKalb county, candidates for the United States senate, agree as follows: ' “First, that there shall be two joint debates, the first to be held in Gaines ville. Ga.. Saturday. June 29. next, at 11 o’clock a. m, Gainesville time, at the courthouse. Each of the speakers shall have one hoc* and twenty minutes' maximum time. Congressman Howard to have the opening and closing at Gaines ville, his closing remarks to be in re buttal only. The chairman of the Gainesville meeting to be chosen from . among the friends ot Congressman 1 Howard in Hall county. Each candidate to have equal representation on the ' platform. - "Second, the other joint debate ’o occur in Atlanta. Ga.. at the Audito rium-Armory. at 8 o’clock p. m.. Atlanta time. July 2. 1918. Each of the speak er- ;brUl have one hour and twenty nnnutesC maximum time. Mr. Dean to have the opening and closing at Atlanta, his closing remarks to be in rebuttal only. The chairman of the Atlanta meeting to be chosen from among the friends of Mr Dean in Fulton county. Each candidate to have equal represen tation on the platform. ’The expenses of the two meetings to be divided equally between the .two can didates. <Signed• “ST. ELMO MASSENGALE. "W. H- HILE. “A. A. CAMP. “Committee Representing Congressman Howard. “D. T. QUILLIAN. “R. D. MFb’HELL “U. X. DAVIS. “Committee Representing Mr. H. H. Dean.” Says Wife Forced Him to Marry Her With Pistol SAVANNAH. Ga.. June 13.—T. T. Mc- Millan baa filed suit for divorce througn his attorney. J. Fred Bernhardt. - against his wife. Mrs. Mrs. Mamie M<- ( Millan. He alleges that she made him marry aet at he point of a pistol, threat ening his life, and that he lived witn her three days, when she threatened his life again and he left her. They were married in May, 1918. Full Associated Press Service MARINES CAPTURE : LAST STRONGHOLD IN BELLEAU WOOD j Although Huns Sacrificed Half of Effectives in This Sector American Positions Are Vir tually Impregnable WITH THE AMERICANS ON THE MARNE. June 13.—The possibility of a , German advance in this sector has practically eliminated through consol-- dation of the new American positions north and east of Belleau wood. The marines now solidly hold the wood, the last machine gun stronghold at its edge being taken at the point of the bajonet at 10 o’clock this morn ing. The attacking party found th’e I group of boulders filled with dead and wounded Prussians. The total or prisoners taken in the wood and contiguous territory now has ■ reported well above 400 and sixty-two | machine guns, four trench mortars, a great number of rifles and a large qugn | tity of ammunition. The desire for taking prisoners was less evident yesterday when a group i of Germans came out of their shelters , with Ifands up. Some new marine re -1 crults advanced to take them, where- • upon hidden Germans cut loose with hand grenades. The would-be sut Tenderers a r e no .v I non-combatants but not prisoners. Fortunately, the hand grenades had lit- ■ tie effe-g on the marines. In the past two weeks, according to a prisoner, the Twenty-eighth and Twa Hundred and Thirty-seventh Prussian divisions in this sector lost from 40 to 50 per cent of their effectives—(9,6oo i to 12.000 men) —half of these in the I last three days. The Importance of the American hrig i ade’s work together with that of the I Ninth and Twenty-third United States ■ infantries, is shown in the fact that earlier German comma Ique announced . the Germans held the important rail- • way running northwestrard from Cha teau-Thterry, which the loss of Belleau wood ha<l rendered untenable. ■ The fighting in this sector suits the I marines exactly. It is like Indian fight- I ing except that Indians don’t have ma chine guns. Be’leau wood is filled with rocky mounds and natural shelters. The job of ousting the Germans was most diffiuclt. Each mound sheltered sev eral machine guns. One sizeable mound which survived hours of artillery bombardment p9ovel the hardest obstacle in the marines’ sweep through the wood.. It required sacrifice of life. The importance of the exploit is due I to the fact that any attempt of the I Germans to advance will require re taking the wood, which apparently : impossibb since the elaborate consob -1 nations effected bv the Americans. Excellent Artillery Fire Aided American Marines WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Wednesday. June 12. (By the Associated Press.)— The excellence of the American artillery tire was large ly responsible for the capture by Ameri can marines of approximately 400 prisoners in the fighting which resulted •n the clearing out of the Belleau wood, northwest of Chateau Thierry. The Germans, who had been told to avoid capture because the Americans would torture them, started to run after ihc American machine gunners had . made the wood untenable, but the ar tillery barrage was so perfect that the , Germans were cut off from escape. Among the prisoners are six officers, a major, a captain and four lieuten antr. All were poorly clad and some had 1 pieces of bread tied to their uniforms with string. The prisoners said they 1 were glad to be captured and several i expressed a desire to go to the United , States after the war to live. All of Germany’s plans, they added,l railed for ending the war next fall. The' ‘prisoners were told, they said, that among the Americans were many ne groes. The scarcity of officers in the German army is shown by the fact that one of ihe prisoners, a first sergeant, com manded a company. He said this was a common thing now. All the prisoners expressed admiration for the fighting qualities of ihe Americans. The barn in which the prisoners were confined today in tbe rear of the Ameri can lines held moie prisoners of war than the United States has had in one building at any time in more than fifty > years. Comparative quiet prevailed along the ...arne setter today. Germany Is Starving as Her Armies Are Fighting PARIS. June 13.—(Havas Agency.)— Germany, alihough attacking on the western front, is starving, says the 4 Echo de Paris An article appearing in th eßerlin Arbeiter Zeitung relates the details of six children starving to death in an orphanage at Zenefort. Thuringia. The orphanage was found to have been ransacked by its starving inmates and physicians who visited the place found several of the children sheer skeletons. Prof. Franz E. Hein, the widely known* e-.-onomist writing in the Bayerishc.- Zeitung. of Munich, warns the Germans that the coming weeks will be harder than any that have passed anti pro fesses to foresee a general paralysis in the supply of wheat. Tyhee Island Closed To Alien Enemies SAVANNAH. Ga.. June 13.—Deputy United States Marshal J. Ben Wilson, actin* under instructions from the United states marshal for the -south ern district of Georgia, today declared all of Tyhee Island closed to alien ene mies. This island, which is the site of a summer re-sort, has been opened to these people in the past. It contains Fort Screven, a government reserva tion. EIGHT GEORGIA BOYS ■I IKCLUBED IN LATEST U.S. METT LIST i Claude W. Bauknight, Atlanta, and Four Others Severely i Wounded Three Die of Wounds, Disease, Accident WASHINGTON. June 13. —The army casualty list today contained 188 names, divided as follows: Killed in action, 19; died of wounds, 9; died of accident and other causes, 3; died of airplane accident, 1; died of dis • ease. 4; wounded severely, 137; wound ed, degree undetermined, 11; missing in action, 4. Officers named were: Killed in action: Lieutenant John W Rhoades, Payette, Ind. Died of disease; Lieutenant Jesse M. 1 Robinson, Washington, D. C. Died of airplane accident: Lieutenant James A. Bayne, Grand Rapids, Mich. Severely wounded: Lieutenants Rich ard A. Newhall, Minneapolis; John W. Scott, Detroit, and Harold K. Simon, Marshall. Minn. Missing in action: Lieutenant Ray mond C. Burky, Philadelphia. The list includes the following from southern states: Died of wounds: Private James Smith, Sargent, Ga. Died of disease: Private A. R. Wynn, Griffin, Ga. Died of accident and other causes: Private Wentz Parks, Madison, Ga. Severely wounded: Corporals Claude W. Bauknight. 7 West Mitchell street, Atlanta, Ga.; Jo seph F. Cely, Easley, S. C.; Preston Col lins, Dublin, Ga.; Herman F. Parker, Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Mechanic Claude R. Robison, Athens, Ala., Privates Freder ick C. Allien, Portsmouth, Va.; Henry C. Burch, Walstonburg. N. C.; William E. Burns, R. F. D. 3, Greenville, S. C.; Wil liam B. Grubb, Germantown, N. C.; Morge Hayes. Starr, S. C.; Robert Hines. 'Greenville, Ga.; Samuel M. Hodges, [Concord, N. C,; Henry Howell, Lucedale, Miss.; Luther D. Little, Montgomery, Ala.; Tommie Osborne, Mantee, Miss.; Llnsle R. Pate, Rockingham, N. C.; Mar tin W. Porter, Hiram, Qa.: David A. Register. Greenville, Fla.; Aaron Shell, Shell Creek, Tenn.; John M. Shields, Dozier, Ala.; Shellie B. Tucker, Colum bus, Ga.; Joe Wagner, Denver, Fla.; Oakley D. Wilson, Lost Creek, Tenn.; William Yawn, Three Rivers, Miss Eight American Soldiers Buried With Military Honors PARIS, June 13. —Eight American soldiers who* died of wounds received in the fighting last week at Bouresches. northwest of Chateau Thierry, were buried yesterday with military honors. The guard of honor consisted of Ameri can marines and a detachment of re publican guards. Representatives of the French republic and the city of Paris attended the services which in charge of the Rev. John S. Banks, as sisted by Chaplains Flannagan, Wareing and Coakley. The bodies were interred in Suresnes cemetery, which has been dedicated to the American expeditionary forces. The caskets were draped with the American flag and with wreaths presented by the French government and the city of ' Paris. Frank Snow First Anniston Boy Reported Killed in Action ANNISTON, Ala.. June 13.—Frank I Snow, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank I Snow, of this city, has been killed in I action, according to a telegram receiv ed in the city late Tuesday afternoon. • The Anniston boy who has given his ■ life in the great struggle is the first . local man to die on the battlefields of ; France, and the announcement that the well-known young man is the victim of a German bullet has aroused giueh interest here. Frank Snow was one of the best l known and most popular of the young- •er Anniston boys. After he finished his school studies he served as special • messenger at the Anniston postoffice, land made jnany friends while he held that position. j Ife enlisted last year in the United i States marines, and made a good *‘sol : dier of the sea.” Hun Tobacco Worse Than Gas, Deputy Says J AMSTERDAM, June 13. — The tobacco substitute supplied to the German army 1 . has porved more injurious than enemy gas attacks. Deputy Mueller of Meinin -1 • gen declared in the reichstag on Tuesday. Other deputies sharply criticised the ''army administration for supplying the , ' army with the substitute, which is com posed ot beech leaves, says the Koel- • nische Zeitung. On behalf of the army administration . General von Oven admitted that the sub stitute had been adopted reluctantly after careful tests but said its further delivery had been stopped when it had proved to have a harmful effect on the health of the troops. Cured His Daughter’s Fits A well-known resident of Milwaukee. i Wis.. reports that his daughter has been completely cured of Epilepsy • Fits! bj a prescription secured from a friend. This girl had suffered as many as one hundred attacks in a day and . : cenied beyond all hope of relief. Her ' father says he is so grateful for her recovery that he will gladly mail a bot tle of this wonderful medicine in plain I realed wrapper. fr*y. to any sufferer. I who writes him. if you. a friend, or a relative, suffer, write R. P. N. Lepso, 18 Island Ave., Milwaukee, Wis., and get free bottle.— (Advt.) i ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1918. WHEN SEEING IS NOT BELIEVING - —By Webster ■ ( i doh pt care MOT you Tin k ! I ) tell tou dose VOS MA DET Py A DWARF! YOU • hear, me? a dwarf. 1 ' j — ' '//▼ft //S Y/ h K\ *. Vl ' L ' S 3 t ; 1 ’’sg i /i IF I //w ""‘ h ’ (Copyright, 1918. by H. T.Webster) / ILARMED IT DEDICLT OF GEMU IN 11. S. German Press Views It as Dis aster Balancing Teutons’ Military Victories WASHINGTON, June 13.—1 n the crushing out of Germanism in the United States, the Koelnische Volks Zei tung sees a disaster in a measure bal ancing the Teutonic military success, j An official dispatch from France today ; commenting on pessimistic discussion in l the German press of events in the i United States, quotes the Volks Zei tung as follows: “Mr. Wilson hopes to succeed in crush ing the German elements. He will suc- I ceed. The German press is already crushed out of existence in America. The greater part of the Ger [ man schools are closed. The German ' associations are having to strip them ' selves of all vestiges of Germanism. It is a complete debacle. “It is unnecessary to be pessimistic to realize that the consequences of our European victories are in a measure balanced by the sum total of the losses ,we have suffered in America. All this ' could have been foreseen. ‘•After the war Germans will no long- i I er be able to enter America, the Ham- i burg-American and North German Lloyd , lines are entered in the black book. I Shipbuilding yards and offices have been | I sold with the prohibition of reselling : Ito Germany after the war. The Amer'- ; can press speaks of forbidding Ger j many to buy shipbuilding yards. It ! will be the end of German trans-Atlan- ; ' tic commerce. “Besides these maritime forces, Ger -1 man estates representing millions of dollars, stocks of copper, nickel, cotton, leather and chemical products have been seized and utilized to fabricate Amcri- , can war material.” I - Wilson Will Lead Way To Peace, Says Paper ' SANTIAGO, Chile, .June 13.—Tne ' frank declarations of President Wil son in his address to the Mexican edi tors will lead the world to an era of I peace, says the Mercurio In an editorial expressing approval of the president's ' words. j “His words will result, also,” the 1 newspaper adds, “in added prestige to jail the nations on the American conti i nent.” | The absolute truth of President Wil- I son's statement is proved, it continues, , i by the fact that he proposes to devote J millions of American lives to serve the j I principles he enunciated The presi dent's statement which offers security , to all nations and declares against 'changes in present frontiers is ap . plauded without reserve. . Sick Soldiers Arrive WASHINGTON. June’l3.—Forty sick j ■ and wounded soldiers from the expedi tionary army were landed in the United States last week, the surgeon general today reported. During the previous Jweek 184 arrived. ju. S. MAY SEND TROOPS TO RUSSIA TO HELP COUNTRY Slavs Will Not Approve Any Expedition Under Japanese Leadership—Lull in Dis- patch of Soldiers in July WASHINGTON, June 13. —The Amer ican government is striving hard to make some arrangement whereby aid — even troops—may be sent to Russia un uer Russian-American ieaderstfip. Russia will not approve any expedi tion under Japanese leadership. Tne country now looks to the United States as its best frieneft These two facts came from a source whose knowledge of the situation can leave no doubt as to the accuracy of the statements. The question hinges largely upon the fact that after July 1 shipment of troops to France will have to be re laxed considerably, thus leaving free for other uses a number of troop-ships. The government plans to be able to announce July 4 that 1,000,000 men have left American ports. Thereafter, it will i | have to cut down on the pace set in i 1 the May and June record so that sup-j i plies can be forwarded. This v.ill give the opportunity of aid-1 |ing Russia with other troops. Man/ ■ ! difficulties stood in the path, it is ad -1 nutted, but the government leaders are I doing their utmost to reach a solution They may fail. For that reason, se j erecy has been observed thus far as • to the plans. However, it may be stated that the I tentative proposal which has received ' the greatest support here shapes uo thus: The emtpy troop ships would be used to convey some American troops to Russia. They need not constitute a . vast force, but the plan as now stipu ' lated, required that they and their j leaders shall ’>»o the leaders and direc- ; tors of the expedltior., Ixiyal Russians. ■ available allied troops and Japanese and I Chinese troops would compose the bal-| ance of this great international expedi- 1 tion, bent on saving Russia from the | German talons. Its purpose would be I rescue work. This purpose would be n | guarant-e against territorial aggran-I dizement. This purpose would be made j dear in advance, so that Russia could ■ have no fear nor doubts as to the syn > cerity of the movement. It would be sent in with the idea that through it, German domination of Russia could be prevented and Germany could be , thwarted in her alm of getting mate rial and man power aid from Russia. While American government officials! themselves have no doubt of Japan’s | motives .they say Japanese leadership | would bo an impcsibility in view cf the , suspicion with which Russia regards any Japanese intervention plans. The fact that troop shipments to | • France will slump after the first of July! explains apparently Secretary Baker's ! i recent reticence about newspaper pre- • I dictions concerning the fall and winter I I troop figures. He warned that events ; , might make it impossible to live up to i • the newspaper figures. Now. it is found j • the supply question .must be given at- I ' tention. This does not mean n coni plete stoppage of troop movements, and as soon as the supplies are replenished the heavy troop shipment will be re sumed. _ , ’ COMMITTEE TO SELECT PRESIDENT FOR MERGER Dr. Pickard Withdraws Name on Account of Internal Trouples MACON, Ga., Jun 13. —A committee from the trustees of Mercer university will meet here Friday to select a new president for the university. Dr. W. L. Pickard, until yesterday head of the in stitution, having withdrawn name from consideration by the trustees ow ing to differences between the president and members of the faculty. The new president will be given the power to se lect his own faculty. The members of the committee are: E. T. Holmes, president of Gordon insti tute, chairman; Dr. Lansing Burroughs, Warren Grice, Judge Walter George, Dr. Henry Porter, and J. Pope Brown. “Somebody had to be sacrificed,” said Dr. Pickard, “in order tp clear the ground at Mercer for future work. It has fallen my lot to be the sacrifice. I have no bitterness. I know if the whole board had been present I could have been re-elected.” Dr. Pickard declared when he became president, four years ago, he found in tolerable conditions, which he was un able to eliminate, and he asked an in vestigation, with a view to making radi cal changes. “The fight on me by two or three men,” he continued, “was so unjust and cruel that I became disgusted. My friends became disgusted and at their request I withdrew my name.” Among those most prominently men tioned for the presidency are H. L. Brittain, superintendent of public in struction for Georgia: Dr. Lansing Bur roughs, Prof. T. J. Wooster, of the Uni ve-sity of Georgia: President Brooks, of Baylor university Waco. Texas; Prof. E. T. Holmes, of Gordon institute; Prof. R. J. Coates, of Lanier High school, Macon. Broaddus Willingham, Jr., of Macon, was elected a member of the board to fill .the vacancy caused by the resigna tion of Dr. R. C. Cranberry, now presi dent of Lanier university. Atlanta. Austrian Democratic League Demands Peace LONDON, June 13— (British Admir alty, Per Wireless Press.) —In a recent memorandum issued by the Austrian Men's Democratic Leagu-' ’ the imme diate opening if peace negotiations in a neutral country” is demanded. Other demands voinced in this memorandum are: 7 “The democratization of the Austrian constitution, and immediate considera tion of the laws proposed by various lesser nationalities in Austria-Hun gary.” These latest demands apparently re fer to the unrest among the Czecho slovaks and Jugo-Slavs, who striv ing for complete liberation from Aus trian rule. The*document concludes: * “An early peace can be attained for the benefit of our beloved counrty." CDMPEIGNE MEK RELIEVED BY FRENCH succEsmsw New Offensive Southwest of Soissons Makes Very Slow Headway as Drive West of Oise Is Halted PARIS, June 13.—The civil evacua tion of Compiegne has been completed, according to advices here today. Thou sands of refugees are arriving on spe cial trains. NEW YORK, June 13. —(Summary of European Cables to the Associated Press.) —German forces, which succeed ed in crossing the Matz river, to the west of the Oise, on the battle front south of Noyon, held their positions there for a brief period. French troops, counter attacking the enemy, have hurl ed him back to the north bank of the river and cheeked his advance toward Compeigne. The news from the scene of the tre mendous struggle, as told in official statements, shows that on the field west of the Oise the Germans have come to a halt for the present at least. • The enemy has not renewed his at tacks on the line from Courcelles to Antheuil, where on Tuesday a brilliant counter attack of the French swept the invaders back and re-established tho French lines on tlfe plateau overlooking the center of the German position. This position is most embarrassing to the Germans, for it places many of their most important lines of communication under the direct fire of the French artil lery. Farther east the Germans similarly have not continued their advance to wards the Aronde river. New French Line The crossing of the Matz river by the Germans Tuesday night constituted a very serious threat to Compeigne. It also tended to weaken the French po sitions on the east side of the Oise river. The French success in driving the enemy back across thfc Matz, there fore, is cheering news for the atliet. The French are now strongly posted on the south bank of the Matz. East of the Oise the French have withdrawn their lines south of the Ourscamp and Carlepont forests, but are protecting the Laigue forest along a line which is very strong. This change tn the line was expected since the Ger mans occupied Ribecourt, on the west bank of the Oise. The attack on the front southwest of Soissons is making ground, but the progress is apparently too slow fo* the Germans to realize their plan to cut in behind Compeigne forest and outflank the French positions farther' north. In the fighting so far the Ger mans have made less than a mile along a front about three miles in extent from south of Ambleny to St. Pierre-Aigle. The Germans realize, evidently, the danger to them in the Chateau Thierry sector, near the Marne, and have made a violent attack against the line held by the American troops northwest of that city. The Americans have held their ground and have repulsed the en emy with heavy losses. In the Flanders salient the British and French have been active. The for mer have improved their positions near Merris, on the western angle of the bat tle line there, while the French have extended their lines near Ypres. French Take 400 Huns On the left the French have gained additional ground despite strong German counter attacks between Belloy and St. Maur and have taken 400 additional prisoners. The fighting along this front continues to be of the most sanguinary character. No engagements have • developed along the new French line east of the Oise. The French retirement was made necessary because the German guns dominated the forests south and east of the Oise. The French line now lies in front of the forest of Laigue. which is immediately north of the forest of Com - piegne. South of the Aisne the Germans h»vo maae some progress on the plateau west of Dommiers and Cutry. The French troops in hand-to-hand fighting repulsed the enemy efforts north of Cutry and immediately south of Dom miers. Southeast of Villers-Cotterets the French along the CJignon river have captured Montcourt and the southern part of the Btssaires. On the Flanders battlefield the Frencn have carried out raids in the region of Locre. The American sectors have been quiet. In Picardy German prisoners have beer, taken by American patrols, while northwest ol Toul the artillery fire con tinues strong. German army headquarters in report ing ci Tuesday’s fighting says that all French efforts on the left wing were repulsed with heaAy Ap to the clearing out of Belleau wood of Chateau Thierry the American ma rines with the capture of more than 300 prisoners, Berlin officially says, “as saults broke down with sanguinary losses.” French Throw Germans Back Across River Matz FARIS, June 13. —French troops last night struck a heavy blow against the German forces which nave been advanc ing on the eastern wing of the new front of the attack. The war office announced today that the Frencn had hurled back the enemy to the north bank of the Matz river. Violent combats continue between the Aisne river and the Villers-Cotterets forest. The Germans have progressed as far as the ravine cast Laboreine, north of Cvtry. The Germans last night made a vio lent attack on the American sector be- (Continued on Fage 6, Column 4,> NUMBER 75.
