To the west of Reims, on the southern and eastern
sides of the new salient which the enemy established by his great drive of May 27th, the enemy has had some success, though he is very far from having achieved his objects. His southern attack enabled him
69 on Monday to cross the Marne on a front of about ten miles between Fossoy and Dorman, and to gain the ridge three miles south of the river. Throughout Monday night and Tuesday he tried had to push further south, so that the French and American artillery might no longer be able to shell his pontoon bridges over the Marne, which is about a hundred yards wide at this point and fairly deep. Failing to progress southward, the enemy began to work eastward up the river towards Epernay. The French and Americans promptly counter-attacked, drove the Germans off the ridge and down into the low ground by the river. The enemy brought up large reinforce- ments and tried to recover the ridge, but on Wednesday it was still in French hands.
