The Seaforth News, 1918-08-08, Page 7GERMANS IN FULL RETREAT
(HOTLY PURSUED 1BY ALLIED FORCES
French, British, ]Italian.! and Americans are Harrying the Itetir-
�„ lug Enemy Along :Entire Front—Allied Airmen Active.
With the French Armies on the
A::u a -Marne Front, Jtfly 28, --The re•.
treat of the German Crown Prince's
forces along the whole Marne front
has reuchcd a more precipitate phase.
.1 At sone ph see the Germc.ns have fall-
en back for it distance of several miles.
' French and American troops are
harrying the retiring forces on the
centre while French and British troops
aro hammering ab both flanks.
Cavalry and tanks in considerable
numbers have sueeoe,lod in getting in
. among the retiring Germans, while
airplanes are bombarding their col-
umns on the march.
Entente allied patrols pushing ever
•forward have reached the southern
hank of the River Ourcq. This morn-
ing was extremely quiet along the
centre of the salient where the Ger-
mans were not offering greab opposi-
tion.
On both wings, however, the great-
est activity provui'ls. The enemy has
massed many heavy guns to the north
of S•eissons, on the heights around
Juvigny and Chavigny, whence they
bombard with an enfilading fire the
western wing as far south of Oulehy-
le-Chateau, Notwithstanding this
bombardment, the allies in the Oulchy
le -Chateau region are making some
progress, although they are faced by
the Germans' best divisions and the
concentrated fire of numerous machine
guns. On the eastern wing the allies
gradually are obtaining command of
the whole road leading from Dorntane
bo Rheims, On this side also the Ger-
mane have assembled a great force of
artillery in bhe neighborhood of St.
Thierry, north-west of Rheims. These
guns cover the German left flank and
consequently make the progress slow-
er for the allies.
The incessant smashing blows night
and day of the Entente allies left the
enemy nothing else to do but bo re-
treat or die in his positions. Even
their sudden retirement has not reliev-
ed the Germans from constant: harry-
ing,
25 RAIDS IN WEEK
ON GERMAN CIIES
British Establish Record ,For
Long -Distance Bombing
Attacks,
A despatch from London says:—
: Thoughout the week the aerial fight-
• ing on the western battle front has
been of a violent character, From a
trustworthy source it is learned that
during the week the British downed 70
enemy machines and drove down 15
out of control, Fifty-one Bribish
machines are missing.
One hundred and, fifty-four tons of
bombs were dropped during the week•
The week's record for long-distance
bombing attacks ,was the heaviest of
the war. .Twenty-five separate raids
were made into German territory.
Thionville was bombed four times and
the famous poison gas factory and
munition works at Mannheim twice.
The blast furnaces at Burbach and the
railway and factories at Offenburg
a* also came in for shelling twice.
Aerial attacks on German naval
and submarine bases on the Belgian
coast conbinued day and night. Up-
wards of 20 tons of explosives were
dropper: on Zeebrugge and Ostend.
On the Italian front the air fighting
resulted in the downing of 19 enemy
machines, without the loss of a single
British aircraft.
•
BIGGEST BATTLE
OF WAR RAGING
Seventy .German Divisions Iden-
tified -25,000 Men and
500 Guns Taken.
A despatch With the French Army
•---,e In France says:—Up to the present
70 German divisions have been identi-
fied in the present fighting zone, and
the battle therefore may be regarded
as the biggest since the beginning of
the war...
The prisoners taken number over
20,000, and more than 500 cannon and
thousands of machine guus have been
captured.
Of the prisoners 14 per cent. belong
bo the 1019 class, showing that nearly
all of these boys already have been
Incorporated In fighting units. If all
of them have been utilized they would
form from 17 to 18 per cent. oe the
German strength.
Information received proves that
the 1920 ciao, which it was intended
to be incorporated In the army of
October, has been ordered into the
units in September, Most of those
of this class aro not 18 years old,
BRITIS GAIN
WEST OF RHEIMS
Narrow German Salient by Ad-
vancing Two Miles Toward
Fismes.
A despatch from London says:—
British and French troops have ad-
vanced to Gueux and Mery-Premecy,
in the battle sector just west of
Rheims, aceovding to information
here on Wednesday afternoon from
the battle front.
The new line shows an advance of
about two miles toward Fismes. This
gain when seen on the map is of evi-
dent importance for it greatly nar-
rows the salient created by the Ger-
mans in their drive of last May.
It is no longer proper to speak of
the pocket as running from Soissons
to Rheims for the newest advantage
6f the Enbente allies has pulled the
eastern edge of the pocket eight miles
to the westward, making Mery-Pre-
mecy the marker for the eastern rim.
The mouth of the pocket is now
only 21 miles wide and the whole dis-
trict between the two sides is under
the range of Entente allied guns.
The advance of the British and
French forces along the battle front
between Rheims and the Marne to
Gueux and Mery-Premecy represents
a gain of about 1% miles along a
front of three miles. The town of
Gueux lies to the south of the River
Vesle and is about five miles directly
west of the Cathedral City. Mery-
Premecy is a short distance northof
the Fismes-Pargny railway and is
about 10% miles south-east of Fismes,
which is in the centre of a line run-
ning between Soissons and Rheims.
300,000,000 BUSHELS
OF WHEAT IN AUSTRALIA
A despatch from Washington says:
—Nearly 300,000,000 bushels of wheat
is stored in Australia, the Food Ad-
ministration was informed recently.
Details of the guarantees surround-
ing 1918-1919 wheat harvest in Aus-
tralia also were transmitted. The
Australian Government has guaranteed
83 cents per bushel and to this the
Commonwealth has added 12 cents,
making the price 95 cents to the pro-
ducer. ,
In Buenos Aires the cash price for
wheat is $1.44 per bushel. Cash corn
is selling there for 02 cents per
bushel,
BRITISH COURT
MOURNS EX -CZAR
A despatch from London says:—
King. George has ordered the British
Court to go into mourning for four
weeks for .former Czar Nicholas of
Russia.
EN1E14Y FIGHTS DESPERATELY
ON NORTHERN BANK OF R ARNE
Despite Stfrong Counter -Attacks Allies Continue Advance, Cap-
turing a Number of Villages Including Oulchy-Ila-Ville,
A despatch from the French Army
:in France says:—Notwithstanding
strong German counter-attacks in the
Ohateau Thierry pocket, the allied
troops advanced considerably on
Thursday, capturing a number of vil-
lages, 01 which the most important is
Onlchy-Ia-Ville,
The battle took an extremely vio-
lent turn on the northern bank of the
,Marne, where Franco -Americans,
however, pushed forward a distance
of between two and three miles. On
the other side of the salient a Ger-
man abbe& resulted in the momen-
tary capture of a ddminating height
known as 240, but the enemy posses-
sion did not last. The French and
British organized an immediate cam-
ber -attack and regained the hill, cap-
turing most of the Germans occupy -
Mg it,
"Fresh troops were thrown in by
the Allies to meet the enemy blow.
On both wings of the salient the ar-
tillery duel was of the mosb violent
character, as the Germans had con-
centrated most of their guns on their
flanks."
"The Germans have strengthened
their line and are counter -attacking
determinedly on the whole front of
the salient from the Ourcq to Vrigny,
thus attacking towards the west,
south and cast. Apparently they
have decided to refuse to accept de-
feat, and are making a further stanch
for the salient and a footing north
of the Marne.
"The enemy south of the Ourcq is
attacking in a south-easterly direction
against the Bois-de-•la-Tourneile and
the line of Beuvardes-le-Chnrmel,
Further south attack and counter-at-
tack are alternating in rapid eucces-
elon, and the fighting is of the most
violent description. The enemy on
the eastern wing of the salient has
attacked the now British salient en-
closing the woods west of Vrigny. We
aro vigorously counter -attacking."
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Toronto, July 30.—Manitoba wheat
-No. 1 Northern, $2.23%; No. 2
Northern, $2.20%; No. 3 Northern,
$2.17%; No. 4 what, $2.10%, in
store Fort William, including 2%c.
tax.
Manitoba oats—No. 2 C.W., 90'c;
No. 3 C.W., 87%c; exbra No. 1 feed,
87%c; No. 1 feed, 84%c, in store Fort
William,
American corn—No. 3 yellow, kiln
dried, nominal; No. 4 yellow, kiln
dried, nominal.
Ontario oats—No. 1 white, 86 to
87c, nominal; No. 3 white, 85 to 86e,
nominal, according to freights out-
side.
Ontario wheat—No.. 2, Winter, per
car lot, $2.22, basis in store Montreal.
Peas—No. 2, nominal, according to
freights outside.
Barley—Malting, $1.35 to $1.37,
nominal.
Buckwheat—$1.80, nominal.
Rye—No. 2, $1.90, nominal.
Manitoba flour — War quality,
$10.95, Toronto.
Ontario flour — War quality,
$10.65, in bags, Montreal and Tor-
onto, prompt shipment.
Millfeed—Car lots, delivered Mont-
"eal freights, bags included: Bran,
$35 per ton; shorts, 340 per ton.
Hay—No. 1, 316 to 317 per ton,
track Toronto; mixed, $14 to $15 per
ton, track.
• Straw—Car lots, 38 to $8.50 per
ton, track Toronto.
Country Produces—Wholesale
Eggs—No. 1 candled, 48 to 49c;
selected, new -laid, 50 to Ole; cartons,
52 to 54c.
Butter—Creamery, solids, 45c; do.
fresh made, 46 to 47c; choice dairy
prints, 41 to 42c; ordinary dairy
prints, 38 to 40c; bakers'; 36 to 380;
olemergarine, (best grade), 32 to
34e.
Cheese—New, large, 23% to 24c;
twins, 23% to 24%c; spring made,
large, 25% to 26c; twins, 26 to 26%c.
Beans—Canadian, prime, bushel,
$6.50 to 37.50. Foreign, hand-picked,
bushel, $6.75 to $7.
Comb Honey—Choice, 16 oz.; $3.50
per dozen; 12 oz., $3 per dozen; sec-
onds and dark comb, 32.50 to $2.75.
Maple Syrup—Imperial gallons,
32.25; 5 -gallon tins, 32.10 per gal-
lon. Maple sugar, per pound, 24 to
25c.
Provisiane—Wholesale
Barrelled Meats—Pickled pork, $48;
mess pork $47.
Green Meats—Out of pickle, le less
than smoked.
Smoked Meats—Rolls, '32 to 33c•
hams, medium, 37 to 38e; heavy, 30
to 31e; cooked hams, 50 to 61c• backs,
plain, 44 to 45c; backs, boneless, 48
to 49c. Breakfast bacon, 40 to 41c.
Cottage rolls, 35 to 36c.
Dry Salted Meats—Long, clears, in
tons, 30c; in cases, 80%c; clear bel-
lies, 28 to 28%c; fat backs, 25c.
Lard—Pure, tierces, 30% to 31c;
tubs, 30% to 81%L%c; pails, 31; to
31%c; prints, 32 to 32%e. Shorten-
ing, tireces, 26 to 26%c; tubs, 26%
to 260%; pails, 26% to 27c; 1-1b.,
prints, 27% to 28c.
Montreal Markets
Montreal, July 30,—Oats, Canadian
western, No. 2, $1.01%; extra No. 1
feed, 98%c Flour, new standard
grade, $11.05 Rolled oi,ts, bags, 90
lbs., 35.20 to $5.30. Bran, $35.
Shorts, $40.-oullie, $68. Hay,
No. 2, per ton, car lots, 314,50.
Live Stock Markets
Toronto, July 80.—Choice heavy
steers, 313.75 to $14.75; butchers'
cattle, choice, 313.25 to 313.50' do.
good,312.50 to $12.75;, do, medium,
$11r.d5 to 311.85; do common, 39.00
to $10,00; butchers' bulls, choice,
$11.00 to 311.25; do, medium bulls,
10.25 to 310.60; do. rough bulls,
7.50 to 38,00; butchers' cows, choice,'
.11.00 10 311.25; do. good, 310.50 to
10.75; do, medium, 38.25 to 38.75;
n, common, 37.00 to $8.25; stockers,
38.00 to 310.50; feeders, $10,50 to
511.00; Canners and cutter's, 35.50
to 36.50; milkers, good to choice;
390.00 to $125.00; do,.com, and med.,
$65100 to .375,00; springers, $00.00
to $125.00; light ewes, $13.00 to
$16.00; yearltttgs, $10,50 to 17,00;
spring lambs, 20 t20%c; calves,
a
good, $ to 317.00; hogs, fed and
watered, 319.00; do, weighed off cars,
$19,.25.
Montreal, July 30.—Good steers,
310,50 to 3.00; butchers' cows,8.00
to 310,00; butchers' bulls, 37,00 to
39.00; choice milk -fed calves, 313.00
bo $1.t.06; boorer. grade, $$8,00 to
$9.00; sheep, 312.00 to $13.5n,spring
lambs, $1.8,00 to $21,00; choice select
hogs, off cars, 319.25 to 319.50.
M�
CANADIAN TROOPS
ARRIVE SAFELY IN ENGLAND
A despatch from Otbawa says:—It
is officially -announced through the
Chief Press Censor's office that the
following troops have arrived in the
United Kingdom:
Infantry, Imperial recruits In-
fantry, draft No. 43, No. 2 Construe-
tion Battalion (colored), from Lon-
don, Ont. Infantry, draft No. 29,
lst Depot Battalion, Westerp Ontario
Regiment, London, Ont. Infantry,
Draft No. 40, 2nd Depot Battalion,
Eastern Ontario Regiment, Kingston.
Infantry, draft No. 47, 1st Depot Bat-
talion, Eastern Ontario Regiment,
Kingston. Infantry, draft (part)
No. 65, let Depot Battalion, Manitoba
Regiment, Winnipeg.. Cavalry, draft
No. 66, 34th Fort Garry Horse, Win-
nipeg. Infantry, draft No. 35, 1st Bat-
talion Saskatchewan Regiment, Re-
gina, Sask. Infantry, draft No. 05,
lst Depot Battalion, Manitoba. Regi-
ment, Winnipeg. Infantry, draft
No. GS, lst Battalion, Saskatchewan
Regiment, Regina, Sask. Draft No.
74 (part), Engineer Training Depot,
St. Johns, Que. Infantry, draft No.
79, Ist Depot Battalion, Eastern On-
tario Regiment, Kingston. Infantry,
draft (part) No. 80, 2nd Depot Bat-
talion, Ottawa, Ont. Cavalry, draft
No. 53, Royal Canadian Dragoons,
Toronto. Draft No. 53, Railway
Operating Troops, Nnagara, Ont.
Probationary medical officers. V. A.
D. nurses, Details. A total of
3,635.
"HOW MANY SONS
HAVE YOU LOST?"
A despatch from Geneva says:—
"How many sons has your Majesty
lost? How many have been wounded
or mutilated?"
These questions, incorporated in a
telegram, were sent to the German.
Emperor on Wednesday by Pastor
Dryander, founder of the new Liberal
German -American paper, Friednsruf
(Peace Call), of Zurich.
"In the event that there have been
no casualties in the Imperial family,"
the telegram conbinues, "we demand
an immediate explanation"
Emperor William has not replied.
AMERICAN TROOPS
HAVE ARRIVED IN ITALY
With the American Army on the
Italian Front, July 28.—American
fighting troops are now on the Italian
front. They began arriving this
morning. They are being billeted
withItivlian�s, ll41,
Heretofore the only combatant Amo
erican troops were aviators, and the
appearance of this large body of fight-
ing men from the United States at the
present moment has occasioned tho
greatest sable faction.
U-BOAT STILL OFF
THE ATLANTIC COAST
WashIngton, July 28. --Secretary
Dailies saki yesterday that the Navy
Department had reports which led to
the belief that a. German submarine
still is off the Atlantic coast. He
added, however, that no new reports of
attack; on vessels had been received.
ALEXIS ROMANOFF DIED
SHORTLY AFTER HIS I' 'A"TINT•,R
A despatch from .4inat:erlam saya:
—Alexis Rummell', the form; heir
tier eel to the Reeeien throne, 'Ite,i
from exposure '11 W day., after bis
father, tile. former f lmpei•or, v. a,4 eke
euted, says a desp.,trlt fiom Moscow
to. The Berlin Laical Amateur,
GIGANTIC ST UCCLE STILL CONTINUES
ON NINTH DAY OF' ALLIES' OFFENSIVE
Germans Offer Determined Resistance on Bleil;htta Beyond i`;0i8-
sons--iEvervwhere the Grown Prince's Armies Are
Being Pushed Back.
A (level -3i front i,-,ndo.n says: --On I but the Britleh have retained their
the n„ i,ti clay of the tithed offensive i hold on Vrigny and most,pf the other
00 the Soissons-IRhecme salient, the; territory taken in !bat region. i:eet. Two of tete royal pailrloctcs Iii ilus'li
Frame -American, ranee American, Ilritish and Italian ward from Rheims in Champagne, the cry Park are le ho used for allotmonls.
troops are still at deadly gripe along; French have now regained nearly all, i;y the Lord ellen ,'bloc's nr:w hill,
the Marne and south-west of Rheims ; their old line positions and daily are F.lio jury age has bean raised iron,
Thera has been a lessening in the in -:harassing' the Germane with counter- sixty to slxtydlva yearx.
tensity of the battle along the western attaeke. Smeller Lund+rrt Comity Council
side of the salient only. I Before the fighting died down along traru licicots w,,,'" save two hundro,l
The Germt,',s strove hard in the for-; the western side of the Rhoime-Soto- and fifty tons opulpa ,year.
eiit region north of the Marin t,, held eons.saliont the villages of Oulehy-le-
back the French and American troops,' Chateau and Villemontoire were cap-] A11 enemy diens engaged as hairy
debouching from the woods in strong lured by French and American troope,I dreesors have been ordered to fl ad
counter-et beim, 'The enemy, how- : who advanced their lines eastward of
work n!' rlatloiml iniport,aace.
ever, everywhere was forced slightly j Oulehy. The fall of Oulehy gives the Approntlreatslp in his Majepty`s
further back to the north, and the allied forces the key to the helgltte1doelryarrls has been reduced from six
forests now have been ahroet entirely, dominating I"ere-en-Tarcleneis, which; to five years,
cleared of Germans.lies only a short distance to the east.! The .Vlttyoress of Eastbourne, la
South-west of Rheims heavy rein -1 At Oulchy 40 guns and hundreds of breeches nuc! letgfirgs,
15 10 trate-deg
foreements evidently have been prisoners were captured by the Am-
; for land work,
thrown along the front, where the erican ane! French troops. Sir Gilbert l arlcor, M.P. for Graves -
British, French and Italians, are fight -1. The German resistance to the
LNEWS FROM ENGLAND
MEWS BY MAIL ABO,J1.' JOHN
ROLL AND DIS PEOPLE
Occurrences in the Lund That Reigns
Suprune in the Conttn'r•
cis: Wan id.
Ing. In the immediate region oft French pressure has been very deter-
Reuil, where the battle line turns mined on the heights beyond Soissons.
ehirply towavi' Rheims, the !.french Big allied guns have been pulled up
for re-election.
Sheerness bas followed !die example
of Canterbury, Gillingham and Stroud
have capture.! several important ; In this region and are heavily shelling in employing Indy scavengers,
points of vantage, incluclin;; the vile;the sectors before them over which its
he deal.!, took place recently to
lage of Reuel and also advanced their ispurposed to Duel'forward for the London of Guy Ltllstou, secretary of
line northward, notwithetencling the � capture of Fere-cit-Tardenoia when
the British Medical Aasoelaeion.
violence of. the German cCuntcranovc, Oxford Oafversity has conferred the
the time is ripe. Meantime allied
To the north-east, where the Cermsns big guns over the entire salient con -
are 'facing the Rritt,•h, the (;ermans : tinue to throw shells from all angles
have recaptured Mery and 1611 2a4, I into German forces inside the big bag.
ALLIES STEADILY 254 AIRF NES
CLOSI G IN DOWNED 14 DAYS
200,000 Germans Lost in Sois-
sons -Rheims Sack—Ameri-
cans Occupy Courpoil.
A despatch from the American
Army on the Aisne -Marne Front,
says:—With the sides of the Soissons -
Rheims sack coming steadily closer
together, the German Crown Prince's
generals are driving their men merci-
lessiy in an effort to hold the allies
off long enough to extricate the
armies threatened, ab the bottom north
of the Marne.
The American and French are never
far behind the retreating forces, and
the vicious rear -guard actions are not
sufficiently resistant to enable the
Germans to proceed in the orderly
manner planned. At Dormans, north
of the Marne and east of Chateau
Thierry, the Germanrcounter-attacic-
ed, taking the position, but were
promptly driven out. They oeeupied
Treloup, west of Dormans, and. bave
held it.
Minor advances have been made by
the allies in the woods in that part of
the sector, while further to the east,
south of Rheims, there were addi-
tional allied success.
The Americans have occupied Cour-
poll, on the road to Fere-en-Tardenois,
and the French positions have been
advanced until Oulchy-le-Chateau is
dominated by their guns.
Nearer Soissons, the Germans fail-
ed to hold all their positions, notwith-
standing reinforcements and their
desperate need.
It is estimated unofficially to -night
that the enemy losses are more than
200,000, of which 50,000 were inflicted
by the Americans. The prisoners
alone number over 25,000, and the
losses in dead and wounded are ap-
palling,
CANADIANS CONCEDED
BEST ARMY OF SIZE
A despatch from Ottawa says:—
The high standing won by the Cana-
dian Army Corps at the front is the
subject reference in a letter which
Lieut. -Col. Hugh Clarke, Parliamen-
tary Under-Secretary for External
Affairs, has received from Sir Robert
Boden. Sir Robert, in the course
of his letter, says: •
"You will be glad to know that
the Canadian Army Corps is univer-
sally recognized as the most effective
and formidable force of its numbers
in any of tate beligerent armies, As
to this, there is no question in the
mind of any man who has spoken to
me on the subject."
Remarkable Results Obtained by
British and French
Airmen.
London. July 28.—Tremendous air
fighting and consequent enormous
lessee of machines in the great battle
is shown by official reports from both
combatants since the resumption of
the second battle of the Marne on July
15. In two weeks' fighting French
and British machines, acting in con- s
junction, have brought down 138 Ger-
man airplanes, while the British tacti-
cal air force, acting independently, ac-
counted for 99 more destroyed and 17
driven down, making a total of 254
enemy machines lost. The Germans
in the same period report the bringing
down 226 Allied airplanes, showing
what new production must accomplish
to keep pace with wastage. Allied
aircraft played an enormous hart in
honorary degree of D.C.L, upon the
King of the Belgians, by diploma.
Lieut. John le. Langley, IL,A:b'., a
eon-lu-law of Sir Oliver Ledge, evas
killed while flying en 'he south coast,
Sergeant Prank 13. Smith, I'LL a
native of Chester, has been appointed
the first British postmaster at Jeruaa•
hem,
Thomas Cunningham, of Hull, who
has a brg•i11ee 0 V.C., has been handed
oven to the military Inc evading set*
vice. .. a
The National Sailors' and Piro -
men's Onion bas now paid over :250,-
000 to sbipwreelt, death and accident
benefits.
PORTUGAL TO PLAY MORE
ACTIVE PART IN WAR
A despatch from -Lisbon, Portugal,
ays:—Dr. Sidino Pees, the President
f Portugal, in his message read at
the opening of Parliament, praised
the army and the navy, and said that
negotiations had been entered into
looking to a more active participation
by Portugal in the war. He justified
the reestablishment of diplomatic re-
lations between Portugal and the
Vatican, and said that reports were
onstantly being received from Spain
emonstrating the cordial friendship
eld by that Monarchy for the Ibex,.
an Republic.
de
d
; bhe great battle, particularly in what h
the British style the enemy's back 1
area wluclt consists of the enemy's
lines of communication and support,
anununition dumps and concentra-
tions. Airplanes constantly raided
the enemy railway stations and the
Marne bridges and silenced numerous
j batteries, bombed machine -gunners
and advancing infantry, caused innum-
erabte casualties at the Marne cross -
Ings, the railway particularly being
harassed. The important German
I strategical railway junction of Fismes
was continuously bombed.
1
BRI IS TANKS
BLAZ O TRAIL
Co-operated With French Infan-
try in Assault North of
Montdidier•
A despatch from the British Armies
in France says—British tanks blazed
the trail for and co-operated with the I
French infantry in its recent ground -
gaining assault north of Montdidier.
The victory was important for, by
hurling the enemy lines west of the
Avre River from the high ground be-
tween Morisel and Montdidier into the
valley on a front of more than two
miles, thereby compelling withdrawal I
from other positions the French some- I
what relieved the pressure on Amiens j
and the surrounding territory and int
addition captured some high ground,
which gives excellent observation over
Much enemy berritory,
FIRES AND EXPLOSIO E FURTHER RETREAT
LINES INDICATN IN GERF N
Foe !las (Seen Driven From Most of Territory Gained in Great
Attack of July 15 Along the Marne.
A despatch from Paris says:—The
latest stews from the .Aisne -Marne bat-
tle front is particularly favorable. The
Entente allied progress, it is believed,
has not yet conte to an end. Despite
stubborn resistance the Germans have
been obliged to give up Oulehy-le
Chntenu and it is thought that the
Teutons cannot long hold Fere.-ett-
Tardenois.
La Liberte says the Germans must
be considering a retreat to the banks
or the River Vole, its fire:; And expio-
talens are multiplying in the German
hue:, .:orf the Touton provisions and
oth::r of , P."0 in flames. The Ger-
man,, c b " . ere pe.per adds, either must
rett.at or taco disaster.
With the capture of the town of
v} leltee l" -Chateau the allies are near-
ing, the suntan!':, of the plateau over-
looking 'ere-on-Tardetiois. Further
north the capture of Villemontoire
was effected after sharp fighting in
the streets and in the deep caverns
nearby.
To the east of Rheims, the French
under Gen. Gouraud, have recovered
virtually the entire line of advauced
posts which they abandoned when the
Germans made their first onslaught
Picture of the Desolation
In Wake of German Retreat
A despatch from Paris says:—As
eye witness on the banks of the Marne
thus describes the scenes of desolation
in the wake ,of the German retreat;
"Clusters of dead Germans are seen
on all sides of the big wheat -covered
plain. The Marne scintillates in the
sunshine. The region, apparently, is
deserted. A lone bird sings on a tree.
But the two artilleries seek each other,
sweeping the roads, farmsteads and
woods. When the roar ceases occa-
sionally, it is as if one was transport-
ed suddenly to a calm sylvan retreat
then comes the odor of death."
WHAT ONE BUDDY
DOES WITII HIS PAY
A despatch from Alexandria, La.,
says:—The question of what an en-
listed man in the American army
does with all his money has been
answered here by a disclosure of the
financial affairs of one member of a
machine-gun company at Camp Bati-
regard. The soldier receives 338 a
month. Of this $15 is sent to his
mother, $5 is paid on a Liberty bond
and 36,50 is deducted for dneurance,
leaving a balance of 36,50 or ap-
proximately twenty-one cants a day,
As Uncle Sara provides him with
everything lie desires and the twenty-
one cents is idle wealth, he has de•
eided to open a savings account.
White, Black and Yellow Races
Intermingle In Battle Line
A despatch from the American
Army on the Aisne -Marne Front
says:—Intermingled in the line of
battle and along the roads Are white,
black and yellow races in all the unite,
and the big machine is moving with.
out a knock or a lost motion, Now
and then the color scheme to the seas
of the fighting litte•ls broken by a cole
tunn of gray -clad prisoners, whose
appearance is always quleisly noticed,
by the troops who aro more accuse
toured to the Itheki of the Americium
end British and the blue of the
French.
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Nephew of f'or'mer Chancellor
Among Prisoners of the Marne
on the night of July 14. The famous A despatch from Parts says:---
Main-dos-Massigcs, which marked the Among the prisoners captured In the
eastern extremity of the German of. Aisne -Marne battle was a nephew of
fensivo line, is again in allied posses- Prince von Tiuclow, the former Gorman
sion. Everywhere this region is coy- Imperial Chancellor, The 'officer,
ered with German bodies, winch the who was a battalion commander, wag
enemy has been unable to bury since astonished to hen. that there was u
he suffered such terrific losses from largo American tirmy In Prance, Ito
the allied artillery when he was cone said he had been convinced, as had all*
eentrabing for Lhls assault on the Germane, that the American soldiers
French lines. lin France clld not exceed 60,000