SITUATION WELL IN HAND.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 15 June 1918, Page 3

SITUATION WELL IN HAND.

O&BOTRIO TELEGRAPH —COPYRIGHT. ] PUtbU AHaOUIATXON. i Received this day 8.50 a.m. London, June 14. Mr Perris writes from French headquarters: Von Boehm's attack on the eastern flank of the battlefield south wards of the Aisne was intended to create a diversion in consequence of Von Hutier's severe check westward, where is the real line of resistance. Von Boehm hurled five divisions astride the La Versine on a front of four miles. The French, although outnumbered, broke the repeated assaults and even advanced at Barnard, on the southern border of Villers Cofterets forest, more than coxmter-balancing the slight enemy gain on this front. But the most cheerful news consists of the French centre and left bringing to a stop Von Hutier's attack from the north. If the Germans could have broken through by the open country westward of the Oise they would I liav * automatic-ally cancelled the eno; mous advantage of the great | forests eastward of _ the Oise, which mask the Parisian regiou The danger to the capital. woulu then have become immediate. We must not rejoice prematurely, but the offensive has gaine;l less than any of the preceding phar.es, while in the only vital part of the field the situation is well in liand.

TERRIBLE GERMAN LOSSES

Received this day 9.30 a.m. London, June 14. The German attacks on "Wednesday north of the Aisne were repulsed with terrible loss and large numbers of German dead were left. . The Germans attempted to deceive the French by sending out numbers of armed men who pretended to be about to surrender. On nearing the French lines they fell flat and revealed advancing armed Germans with machineguns. The French opened a murderous fire and the Germans retreated.

It is estimated that the five divisions between the Aisne and Villera Cotterets yesterday lost twenty thousand.