STORIES FROM THE BATTLEFIELD
THE GREAT STROKE THAT FAILED ENEMY HAS HAD ENOUGH FOR THE PRESENT
London, Juno, 11. .Hauler's correspondent, writing from French Headquarters on the afternoon of Julie 13; states: "Along the .Jlatz tho counter-attack pushed the eneinv hack, and we recaptured the whole of the gains the onemy mado yesterday. This morning our infantry cleared out the last enemy remnants from Mcticucq, on the south bank of tho Mat/.. Between the Aisno and .Villers Cotterets Forest , tho enemy, attacking on a front of four miles, orossed tho Donuniers Plateau ami obtained a footing on tho west side of the ravine separating it from Montigny ami Mortefontaina Plateau. Although markedly inferior in numbers, the French aro resisting gallantly. Jho enemy's progress is slow and costly, I no enemy so far has engaged five divisions on this battlefield, of which two were fresli ones. Tho present attack apparently is only a largo diversion with the object of drawing our reserves from the main battlefield west of the Oise, where since Tuesday the enemy has had consistently tho worst of the fighting. The Frcnch Counter-Attack. "On June 111 tho enemy sought, by a general attack in great force, to transform the terribly costly successes of tho first two days' lighting into 1 a decisive victory. His intention was foiled 'by the French counter-attack, which broke up his preparations and restored to us an important series of positions. Thus tho enemy's whole front, was thrown into a state of confusion. On. the third day | and tho following day he merely attempted local attacks, without result. "If to-day passes without fresh efforts, .wo may conclude for tho present that the enemy has had enough, and that tho army which stopped the first rush_ in March can. claim the honour of bringing, the third onslaught to a standstill. HlO object of tho enemy in this battlo was the possession of tho forests barring the approaches to Paris on tho north. Tliia battlo of the forests will bo remembered, as another victory for the French Command and tho indomitable irencu infantry."—Eeuter. A Frightful Set-'to. Mr. Perris, to indicate the bitterness o£ the struggle, describes the fighting at Courcelles. The Germans advanced under' cover of a wheatfield on Sunday morning, and rushed tho village. J h.o French re-formed and recaptured the village, taking two hundred prisoners. ■Nov- enemy waves returned, and were repulsed.many times, but tho villngo^be'came beset from three sides. Furious fighting continued during Monday anu until tho great Frcnch counter-attack on Tuesday relieved tho heroic garrison. Tho Allied airmen achieved remarkable feats during this counter-attack, fiweepin" low and firing on the enemy wuh machine-guns and bombing his heavj' batteries, killing tho crews aJid putting the' guns, out of action. —Aus.-iN./i. Cable Assn. " .. '
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 230, 17 June 1918, Page 5
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