PART TWO. NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY. JUNE 1, 1918. BRITISH HIGH COMMAND LAUDS VALOR OF AMERICANS GERMAN ARMY ALONG THE MARNE; Showing the Big BATTLE LINE AGAIN EXTENDED Map Advance of the Germans TWO FLIERS FULL BEYOND RHEIMS AND TO NORTH ID MILES INSIDE (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE, PART TWO.) merits. Tlie Germans are not making the same use of artillery as heretofore, j HUN LINE, ESCAPE They are using trench mortars in large numbers for wire cutting. “Is this the enemy’s main attack? (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1, PART 2.) Three Great Objectives. phoned to Captain Lindsay, the com- “He probably did not know when he initiated it whether jt would prove J mandant, only to be told word had been to be a subsidiary or leading operation. It must be remembered that the; sent that he was lost. To-day Lieutenant enemy has three great geographical objectives as means toward his great Kirk and his companion appeared at the 1 headquarters of squadron objective of destroying the Franco-British armies—the Channel ports, separa- the and be-! came the centre of a great celebration. tion of the allied armies by an attack through Amiens and an attack on Paris. They were in the midst of it when I saw “In the present occupations is doing all possible bis he to develop initial him. He said:— success by attacks on centre and on both the the flanks of the salient. He “We hadn’t got rid of our bombs—in has j achieved considerable success in the centre, but on the flanks the French fact, we were just getting to our objective are holding well on the heights west of Soissons and the British are similarly —when shrapnel hit the engine and put it fighting hard on the heights around Rheims. out of business. The shells were break-] “No review ing all around us as we came down, but of the week would be complete without mention of the fine \ ® o the machine was messed up so badly that exploit of the American troops in the capture of Cantigny. It was an ex- I tremely CraonW^Seo nothing was left of it, in fact well conducted operation, and, in view of the fact that the troops “I don’t know how we escaped death. were untried, it is notable that they not only captured their objective but It was just lnck and nothing else. Oh, it. It is difficult consolidate a position held always much more to and retain yes, they fired :tt us with machine guns than to capture it, and the performance of the Americans shows the very twice and I don't know how we escaped. high standard, as well as their training, bravery and fighting qualities.” Bethentvute^ Only luck again, and I guess I am a lucky Scotchman. It was mighty unpleasant HIGH BRITISH AUTHORITY lying in the water among the rushes, but MILITARY better than being killed. The swimming REVIEWS THE SITUATION IN FRANCE jwas bad, too; I fly all right when the [wind is good but I always was a bad LONDON, Friday.—A statement given to ' and cutting the important railway to swimmer. the Associated Press to-night by a high Chalons. Cry “Knitierncle*’ In Vain. “Our transport of has worked military authority expressive of the opin- reserves very well, and there is every reason to "While we were lying in the rushes we ion of the British General Staff of the sit- hope that Germany will not make any heard our own squadron pass over us on uation on the western front says:— further progress at thi's point, although a bombing trip. I wished I’d been with the as long “The main German offensive has been situation must remain anxious them. queer Huns. as they have plenty of reserves available. They are people—-the directed toward Chateau Thierry and Dor- The immediate future depends on what When they turned their machine guns on mans. The Germans have reached the course the enemy adopts. us at first the only thing we could do right bank of the Marne on a front of ten Reserves Used Up. was surrender or be killed. So we called a miles from ,point west of Chateau “The Crown Prince has used up prac- it quits and cried ‘Kamerade!’ Thierry, but are attacking very heavily tically all his own reserves, but could get “But that did not change the situa here and to the northward. a few from the army corps to the east- already Soissons, v the “They have Captured ward. But the great bulk of the German tion. They kept peppering just same, and yesterday they extended their attack reserves are to the north. It remains to so we shouted, ‘All right, go to hell!’ and Noyon and forced the French northwest to be seen whether the enemy will use them we started off. It is funny how close back, so that the line now runs almost to develop a success toward Paris or to straight from Noyon to Soissons. pursue his original intention tow’ard bullets can hit all round, yet miss. Luck “Around Rheims the position is still Amiens with the aim of cutting the allied again, I imagine. The river we swam is somewhat obscure. Probably the Germans armies in two. the river in Xo Man's Land. The already have entered Rheims. only “The Germans have the initiative. The boy with me is the bravest kind of a “The French reported yesterday that Crown Prince has on his left the army MILITARY OBSERVER OF THE to HERALD the allied line had retired the south of group von to kid. morning under General Gallwitz and the canal near Rheims, but this the left of Gallwitz is the army group “We thought the wire stretched under there was news that the British were re- under Duke Albrecht of Wurttemburg. the surface, but he stepped in and struck sisting north of the city. The new de- Neither of these army groups has been REVIEWS THE PRESENT SITUATION attempt velopment is that the German is engaged. off, taking a chance. You see I was Rheims, Some reinforcements for fur- to extend the attack east of where by Crown anxious to get back, as I have leave be- night, ther efforts the Prince could be they were reported attacking last armies, lies on the south bank, on the Paris- not be permitted to give the impression yet obtained from these but the bulk ginning on Sunday, and don’t want to but no further details have been re- of the German, reserves are in Prince Rup- By a Military Observer. Ohalons-rVerdun railroad. that the fighting is occurring over the miss it. There is nothing else I can think ceived. precht’s group to the right of the Crown The Railway Situation. old Marne battlefield. That great vic- “The Germans have thrown in every re- very The Germans of.” , Prince, and they are formidable in have broken down Considerable importance has been at- tory, to which the name of the river was source in an effort to widen the salient in strength. The enemy may put them in to barrier Ailette tached to the penetration to the Paris- a man attacking French south of the River given, was fought along the line of the Lieutenant Kirk is of few words. which they find themselves by exploit the success already gained and Chalons railway, but much of this has heights and have joined the battle fields of Petit Morin and the Grand Morin and When he paused, Captain Lindsay, with a its flanks, but on the to the west push in the direction of Paris or he may been magnified for the reason that two resisting well, Picardy only touched the Marne at its extreme glow in his eyes of Soissons the French are continue his effort through Amiens. and the Soissonais. To all intents other excellent railways from Paris tap of pride at Lieutenant left, near Meaux, so that the German •while the British are making a stand south “The question has been much discussed and purposes now the active front ex- great plain, easy Kirk’s achievement, said, “Kirk,” show the Chalons both within than twenty-five miles from and southwest of Rheims. Tliese efforts during the last few days as to whether tends from Arras distance of the Marne and both with cross still is more him got to Rheims—a distance at which the 1914 onrush was your hands where the wire you?” thus far have held the German salient to this German attack was a surprise to the lines running north to the battlefront. the point following the convolutions of the line of definitely stemmed. He is now about Lieutenant Kirk hesitatingly held up his a narrow width. Allies. It cannot be called complete The first follows the valley of the j a sur- fully Grand was on the fourth day of his prise, two hundred miles. by\3ezanne Vitry where he hands, which were deeply cut. “Kirk is » Is Critical. fer the fact that the concentration Morin Francois and Situation to le retreat after Joffre turned him back to in the Laon area was well known. But A battle two hundred miles in width: the second follows the Seine Troyes, at only one thing; that is that he “The situation is very anxious, not only to the isore day or before the battle simply grasp just south plain. Aisne. days because the Germans have made such until a two The mind cannot what this of the The latter is the, • In the next twenty-four hours, it seems, had to spend two among the Ger- had indication that an attack a trunk road that connects Nancy rapid progress—an advance of twenty-six we no on means.