27 JULY 1918, Page 1
The immediate effect of General Foch's counterstroke was seen last
Saturday when the Germansevacuated the southern bank of the Manic in great haste, leaving their guns behind them and sustaining considerable losses from aircraft attack and shell-fire in crossing the river. The French and Americans who had offered so stout a resistance south of the Marne followed up the enemy, and began last Sunday to cross in pursuit. This new menace from the south combined with the attack from the west forced the enemy to evacuate Chateau-Thierry, which the French entered last Sunda:, morning. That night the Allies were holding a line some miles to the north- east of the town, and had command of large stretches of the high road running north from Chateau-Thierry to Soissons.
