FRENCH GUNS FIRST
ENEMY'S INTENTIONS CORRECTLY
KNOWN.
(renter's tbi.roium.) (Received July 17, 1 p.m.)
PARIS, 16th July
Reuters correspondent at French Headquarters says that the offensive was commenced by tho French guns opening fire at midnight on the whole front from Chateau Thierry to the Main de Massiges ridges. The French had so correctly anticipated the enemy's purpose that they began their artillery counter preparation one hour _bofore the German batteries started their bombardment.' The infantry attacked at 3 o'clock in the morning on the whole line except round Reims. The attack was compressed in two main sectors, one from Chateau Thierry to Verneuil and thence northward to the west of Reims, the other from Fort Pompelle, east of Reims to tho Main de Massiges.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 15, 17 July 1918, Page 8
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