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VOL. 23. NO. 81. SEMI
ALLIED FORCES
% DRIVE AGA
, GERMANS RETREAT
FROM MARNE FRONT
Enemy Brings Up Reinforce
ments But Does Not Stop
Onrush of Allies.
CAPTURE MANY VILLAGES
' T
Americans and French Close 01
j Heels of Fleeing Hun Tak<
Many Prisoners, Guns an<
Much Territory.
(Friday)
y. The ninth day of the allied ofTen
Bive-on the Soissons-ltheims Ballon
saw a lessening; In the Intensity o
the battle along the western side o
the salient, where only mutual bom
bardments were in progress. Alon,
the ilarne, however, and southwes
of Rhelms, the Franco-Amerleam
British and Italian troops were stii
at deadly grips with the enemy o
various sectors.
The Germans strove hard in th
forest region north of the Marne t
hold back the French and Amerlcai
troops, debouching from the wood
in strong counter attacks. The er
emy, however, everywhere was fore
ed slightly further back to the nortl
and the forest snow-have been al
? jmost
entirely cleared of Germans.
Southwest of Rheims heavy rein
foreenients evidently have bee
MkA thrown along the front, where th
British, French and Italians ar
Ighting. In the immediate regio
M m/ Iteuil, where the battl* l'.ne turn
jnrply toward Rhelms, the Frenc
J^\jrnavp captured several importan
jf points of vantage, including the vil
lage of Reull and also advanced thei
line northward, notwithstanding th
f violence of the German counto
| ^ move.
jf . To the northeast, where the Gei
I mans are facing the British, the Gei
1 mans have recaptured Mery and hil
204, hut the British have retaine
hold on Vrigney and most of the oth
er territory taken In that region.
Eastward from Rheims In Chart
f 4 pagne the French have now regaine
pipy .J&rly all their old line positions an
^ daily are harrasslng the German
Jrj\ with counter attacks.
Be' re the fighting died dow
r x J'> alonr fhe western side of the Rhelm
L ^iJ'Soissons salient the villages of Oul
Mf ohy le Chateau and Vllle Montair
k .^y^ywere captured by the French an
^ ^3* American troops who advanced the]
line seastward of Oulchy. The fa
? of Oulchy gives the allied forces th
j ' * . hey to the heights dominating Fer<
l''n-Jardenola, Which lies only a shoi
Kb AS>Ji8tancer to the east. At Oulchy 4
- juns and hundreds of prisoners wer
captured by the American and th
?. Freirtch troops.
< Big allied guns have been pulle
^ ' up in this region and ar* heavil
Bneui.ng inw seciors Dfiore tnem ov?
\ which it la purposed to push forwar
for the capture of Fere-Kn-Tardenoi
when the time is ripe. Meantirm
/ allied big guns V>ver the entire sa
" lent continue to throw shells froi
all angles into the German forces lr
aide the bag. .
T . While there has been no attemt
by the Germans a? a general retrej
from the salient, the belief prevail
along the battlefront that an indict
tion that a retreat is purposed
shown by the fact that the enemy
ft} using comparatively small forces (
. infantry on various sectors under a
v . M tnck, depending mainly on his m:
i chine gunners to retard the progret
I > of the allies.
In France and Flanders the Hri
\t|L ish have been compelled to witl
stand several violent attacks by th
Germans, near llehuterne and in tti
Jpr*, h , vicinity of Meteren. The enemy I
L both sectors was repulsed with heav
Hr casualties.
On the other battlefronts the ml
^ itary activity is nominal. althoug
considerable fighting continues I
Macedonia and Albania with the a
Su llied troops holding the upper hand
m '**^e navy has lost the am
JL ed cxnls?*r Marmora through a au
^\pcarlre attack while a torpedo hoi
. (destroyer has run aground and sun
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[- WEEKLY.
CONTINUE
INST THE ENEMY
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(Saturday)
The Germans are in retreat along
the entire front north of the Marne.
This part of the front in the AisneMarne
salient is about twenty miles
^ across and the advance of the French
and allied troops on the arc constituting
the bottom of the sack has av"
eraged between two and three miles
beyond the line officially reported a
dav or two ni?o
This means that the German crown
prince and hiB generals are extracat^
ing their troops from dangerous positions
as best they may. Reports
from French headquarters have indl^
cated that the Germans were carrying
out extensive preparations for
?
the evacuation of the territory be1
tween the Marne and the Ourcq, and
it is undoubted that the allies will
endeavor with all their resources to
I drive in on the enemy Hanks.
I Bruieres, which lies a little more
than three miles to the northeast of
Armcntlereg, Is at one en I of tho
new allied positions, and Chaumuay,
' southwest of ltheims wood, lies at
J the other. Here the new line unites
- with tho old.
K Chateau-Thierry, which was one?
^ a pivot point of the German advajtce
j In tho recent offensive, is now ten
' miles or more to the south of the al"
lied front. All this territory, runninlng
northward from Chateau-Thierry,
as well as to the east and west,
6 has been retaken largely by tho
? French and American troops by flgh*.
n ing of the sternest nature during the
8 last week.
l" | Fresh Troops Poured In.
:"i Since the French and Americans
^ struck the German line from Fonte
noy to Belleau a week ago last Thurs
| day, the Germans have been forced
l- ?
, iu it-mi ni nieir lines and pour into
n the salent south of the Vesle river
e many divisions of fresh troops which
e were probably intended tor use eisen
where along the front. The effort
s of the enemy to stabilize his line has
^ brought about what for the time being
is a virtual deadlock, but over
the situation there hangs at all
r times a possibility, and a probability
6 that some new stroke would he
T struck by either side.
So far as shown by official state
"" ments, the allies have pushed the
*" Germans south of Soissons back to
" an extreme depth of over eleven
d miles, Oulchy-le-Chateau being the
l* point of deepest penetration. Tho
Germans have held their ground on
l~ the north side of the Maine along
d most of the line from Dormans east
d to Reuil and only here and there
8 have yielded ground between the
Marne and Kheims.
n Line ?.* It Now Stands.
8 The line as it now stands starts
I- from Fontenoy, on the Aisne, and
ei runs southeastwardly through Per
d mint to Montagne de Parts on the
'r hills overlooking Soissons. At that
" j poi tni tturns south and passes thru
e Courmelles, Hersy, Vlllemontoire
' Hartneenees-et-Taux, Le IMessier He't
leu and Oulchy-le-Ville. There it
0 ' turns to the southeast and runs east
e
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d STRIKERS TO RE LIABLE
y FOR MILITARY SERVICE
sr
(1 Protection Certificate Valueless to
Is Munition Strikers Not Hack at
s, Work Monday.
I
n London, July 29.?Premier Lloyd
i- George has Knnounced in behalf of
the Kovei nment that all men who are
?t wilfully absent from work on or afit
ter today will he deemed to have
Is voluntarily placed themsmelves outi
side munition^ industry. Protection
Is certificates will cease to have effect
Is and the men will become liable to
)f the provisions of the military service
t- act. the premier added,
i- The statement pointed out that
is certain workers had quit their Jobs
in disreKard u^their leaders and ret
malned ilde ajwlnst the advice of the
it. union advisory committee.
ie "They have ceased work," the
in I statement said, "not In pursuance ol
In a trade dispute, but In an endeavor
'y to force the government to chang^
a national policy Essential to th<
1- prosecution of the war.
h "While millions o ftheir fellowin
countrymen are facing danger and
,1- death for their countrv the men or
. i strike have been granted exemption
ij- from these perils only because their
b-'se, vices arg&onaldered of more val
St ue to jU^t^lnte in the workshops thar
k. in the'atfny.
ySTER
t IN A LIVE TOWN
TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1918.
<7=> ?. ! . - u. aaac
South Carolir
Taken '
er P. M. Rm, t<c?-dirertor of
war aavULga. has mada tha
/ Collawlnw atal?msnt 1m r?f?r.
ervce to the Juno Intensive
W. S. 8. etmpdfr.:
"With reports incomplete,
:S It now ooomi likely that u
a result of the June Inten Wo
W 8. 8. campaign nearPs
IT $16,000,000 voi th of War
f0 Barings Stamps nava been
purchased and pledged. The
H~ wai savings movement will,
of course, be pushed rigorously
until December SI, by
which time the 'state's quota
t,Q for the year will have been
purchased. In the meantime,
^ we wish to acquaint the people
of South Carolina with
the splendid results effected
by the campaign and which
do not plainly show In tha
co oold figures:
en "Several hundred thouehe
ands of men and womenmore
than have been reach,e
?d In any previous war
( campaign?have voluntarily
pledged to help win the war
by saving and by lending
<l their savings to the governrnent;
thousands of men. woof
men. and children have starts
lis ed saving who nevar saved
rd I jofore; the practice of thrift
has be?n encoumtvd 1n a
way fhAt will hara a parmatn
nnnt a/fact; a splendid foundation
haa baan laid for mealing
tho aoonoralc problems
k" that paara will brine; tha
saorad principles for which
llv Araaiica and bar AJHaa ara
ml pouring out thotr blood and
>r- traaaura, and tha naoasslty of
carrying an to rlctory tha
elt war against Oarman ogpres,rg
alon bars baan brought for?is
fbly and convincingly homa
<>.- V ?
ral ?? ?
"\ALL RESERVES OF
"r WERE USED IN CH/
ip
ng
Less Than Thirty Fresh Divisioi
Are Attached to Ruppretch':
ml That While Enemy Is i
h> Is Not Y(
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ia- London, July 29.?On all sides of
(be German salient the allies are reported
to be continuing to make progress,
except on the heights behind
Soissons. The German resistance to
the French pressure has been very
*DS
determined in this latter sector. The
advancex ronorleil plsnn hcru ?r?- fnr
, the most part light,
ulOn
the other side of the salient
just to the west of Rheinis the allies
lost the town of Mery and hill 2<i4
to a German counte rattack, but retained
Vrigny and the greater part
of the line thereabouts looking toward
Fismes.
of The allies in his sector hold Marfaux.
Houllly, St. Huphraise and
nR Courton wood.
e<l Hetween the Ourcq and Chateau
be Thierry the Franco-Americans now
'n- shows an advance beyond the line oi
his a week ago of from six to eight
miles.
Whole Situation Transformed.
J.
As a result of the past week's ac?'th
"v'f'es wfo?le situation on the
western front has been transformed.
The Germans, according to disal.
patches from the front, have used 65
divisions on the Champagne front,
and the whole of the crown prince's
reserves have been exhausted. The
ral on'y frt's^ reserves remaining to the
ird ?ermanH are le88 lhiin divisions
attached to Crown Prince Rupprecht's
armies.
on
Last week it appeared certain that
Prince Rupprecht would be called
upon to launch an attack on the
t-.-. ... . . ~
I i3im?n iruni, diii ine cntsiuy pui on
a this attack and the psychological
moment for it probably has passed
tor the Germans appear committed
or" to the great battle in progress anc
n8' cannot afford to stake heavily on t
')e dubious operation at another part o
on" the front, according to the view o
>nK British experts. The German situ
ation in the salient, although awk
wo'd, Is not untenable. The enemy's
difficulties are not greater than thos<
In which the British army was plac
lec- ed for many months in the Ypres
?ow salient, before the rapture of Mea
en- alnea ridge. The Yprea aalient wai
Its Ave mllea wide and five miles deei
and was dominated by the enemy
i^ivi BtlJoua
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ANCI
A LIVE PAPEF
LANCASTER, S. C.,
AMERICAN TROOPS
ARE NOW IN ITAL
Five Army Corps and Thl
Commanders Announced
By General March.
im^niurtix miviN 1IN VUJSUt
Neither the Number of Trooi
Nor the Place Where are
Be Used Has Been Commur
cated to Washington.
Washington, July 20.?Train
combatant American troops frc
Fiance have begun to arrive in Ita!
General March announced at his re
ular weekly conference with nev
paper men.
Neither the number nor the pla
where they are to be used has be
communicated to the department, t
general said.
Tbe most striking advance sin
last Wednesday, General March n<
ed, was by the liritish forces jv
west of Rheims. The advance, on
jnlle and a half on a tour-mile froi
lie said, marked a special source
danger to the enemy, .daring |
forces to the south in an awkwa
position.
As a result, he said, the French i
ready are beginning to advance
the northward from the Mar
against the enemy forces in tbe poc
et on that side of the salient.
The German attack at Kpieds oj
delayed the American progress a
these troops are again moving f<
ward.
With 50,000 troops sent last we
iiic iiumuer or American soldU
transported overseas during July
expected to reach a record of JO
000, Secretary Baker and Gene
March, chief of staff, told memb<
of the senate military committee.
The French advance from Dorm
on the Maine, northward, the ch
of staff pointed out. Is across prec
Itous and wooded terrain, tnaki
progress necessarily slow.
The fifth army corps includes t
sixth regular divisions, (Maj. G<
George Lee Erwin), 36th natioi
guard (Maj. Gen. William It. Smit
79th national army (Mai. Gen. Ji
eph E. Cuhnl, 8,r?th national an
Maj. Gen. C. W. Kennedy), 91st i
tional army (Brig. Gen. Frederi
S. Foltz, temporarily in commanc
and 76th national army (Maj. G<
Henry C. Hodges, Jr.).
General March announced the te
porary commanders of the five coi
as follows:
f irst, .viaj. uen. Hunter Mggett
Second, MaJ. Gen. Robert L. It
lard.
Third, MaJ. Gen. William
Wright.
Fourth, MaJ. Gen. George
Reed.
Fifth, MaJ. Gen. Omar Rundy.
In announcing the formation
two more corps. General March <
plained that the divisions comprisi
them and other corps are assign
before leaving this country, to
mobilized as corps when their tra
ing has been completed. With tl
understanding, he said, the 83rd 1
tional army (MaJ. Gen. E. F. Glen
89th national army (Brig. Gen.
U. Wynn), 37th national guard (\
Gen. William S. Farnsworth), 2i
national guard (MaJ. Gen. Charles
Morton), 90th national army (M
Gen. Henry B. Allen), 92nd (negi
national army (MaJ. Gen. C. C. B
lou), have been assigned to the *
corps.
In answer to a question Gene
March said the 32nd national am
division, composed principally
Michigan troops, is in the Vosges
a quiet sector.
Major General John Ruckman,
rently commander of the south*
department, has been assigned
command the North Atlantic co
( artillery district.
( In connection with the recent
, der for .organizing six new divisio
, the chief of staff said, it would
v fly policy of the department to c>
i tinue organizing additional divist*
as those in this country are^sbf^j
abroad.
; , * >
! looses Fine Cow.
r R. A. Williams, of the Creek t
* Hon of the county, lost a fine c
- hint week The animal became
i tangled in a rope, fell and broke
neck.
. ^3^.' "'Sv / ?
,
NEm
SUB
La Has
n r\cc :
I lie V1IC1151VC*
to the people of the Palmetto
State. For these reiulti,
aside from the mlllloas of
dollars loaned to the goverwznent,
the June campaign was
fully worth the effort. The
people now realise that when
they do without non sssentlal
articles and lend the
Bone" thus eaved to the
government, they are releasing
labor and material need*
ed in prosecuting the war.
"The great popular success
of the campaign is due to
several causes: to the winthe-war
spirit which anlmate*
the people of South
Carolina; to the loyal and untiring
efforts of thousands of
devoted workers; to the patriotic
seal which Imbues the
county chairmen and their
efficient co-workers; to the
splendid co-operation of the
press, the pulpK. and the public
forum In conveying the
War Savings message so
ably and forcefully; and to
the many patriotic advertisers
who donated their advertising
space for presenting
the W. S. 3. cause.
"All classes of people have
been brought together for
th$ cyjnmon good In a way
that practically insures tl&f
vvruiuAi lucrwi or mf w.
8 8 campaten. and wa ara
confldwt that whan the yoar
is over South Carolina will
h*Tn dona Its full duty In thia
war menanra aa it haa In all
othera. Tha Rood work of
Juna will b* kapt up. South
Carolina. In common with her
alater atatea. haa taken tha
home offensive agalnaft tha
KaiaoT."
HE CROWN PRINCE
LMPAGNE OPERATION
is Left to the Germans and These
s Armies?London Points Out
in Awkward Position He
?t Trapped.
The present German salient is now
miles wide and 20 miles deep,
and. similarly is dominated by the
allied artillery.
linns rimmed Retirement.
Evidence has reached the allies in
the shape of captured documents to
show that the enemy had made up
his mind on the day after the allied
offensive began to undertake a retirement
to a line along either the
Ardre or Vesle, and had actually
^i?^tn iiiucrs mr uns, hut incst' orders
were later cancelled, presum|
ably owing to the difficulty of effecting
an orderly retirement in the
I pinched salient, and it is now possiI
i ble the German command has dej
cided to retain the present positions
as long as possible.
Meanwhile, the military writers
f point out, the allies are using up thei
: German reserves in a battle where
the Germans are continuously in a
disadvantageous position so the situ-j
ation is entirely satisfactory to the(
allies. If the enemy remains in thj
salient he cannot possibly undertake
any important offensive therefrom
and the allies could hold the
salient lightly and devote their energies
elsewhere.
s One reason for the Germans' abani
donrnent of the plan for retirement
! is found in the reports of allied airmen
which show tremendous congestion
along the line of German communication.
The Germans may be
merely holding on as long as possible
in order to effect an orderly with,
drawal and to remove the vast acI
cumulations of stores and munitions
I which has been gathered in this disI
trict, ready for a great advance
I southward.
l Undoubtedly a big effort will be
f made to straighten out the confusf
ion which now exists along all the
. arteries of the salient. All these ar_
teries are now constantly under the
, allies' shell fire and work along
? them must he very difficult.
r i
' Mrs. J. M. Moorman and son. Mar
ion, Jr., and Mrs. (I. M. -Sleigh and
* son, Mack, of Columbia, are visiting
) their p&runts, Mr,/ Jp \Jns. M. j.
. Hathcock. 5*? ,j
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ENEMY FRONT HAS
BEEN HURLED BACK
Thrusts of the Allies Have Driv~
en Wedges Eastward Into
the Foe's Front.
RETIREMENT IS ORDERLlYT
Sergy Changes Hands FourTimes
But Americans Finally
are Masters Scotts Get Intc*
Action.
Notwithstanding the fact that th??
Germans have powerfully strength?
encd their hilttle line running acrossw
the Soissons-ltlieiins salients-pith ad~
ditioiuil fresh reserves and have
stuhhornly disputed further pussng?
northward to the entente allied
troops, the enemy front has beeiv
eom|M*lled to bend hark appreciably
on all sides of the salient, eveept av
the anelior points resting immediate*?
ly on Soissons and Klieiiiis.
South of Soissons further wed get t '
have been driven eastward into tht
enemy front down to the Ourcq rivef,
eastward along Oureq, French an?.' >'
.American troops have crossed tbc^.v^s .^
stream at various points and advauc-A' =
ed their line well to the northward ,J_
while southwest of Rheims the allie^-y/. %
have debouched from the wooded seeWj? j
tors and gained the plains, notwltii** ^
standing the violence of the enoray's f
maneuvers. At some points tree =
Hermans succeeded somewhat in the* E
checking of the forward movement . g
but nowhere were they able to brin^r ^ =
it to a standstill. S
The retirement of the German>.
still remains orderly, but every? E
where the allied troops, and esryor
ially the Americans near Fere-EuTardenois,
are pressing them hard!, ?
Particularly bitter fighting has tak?
I en place around Fere-Ei-Tardenoffcr
| and at Sergy, both of which towns*
are now well within the hands of theFrench
and Americans. At Sergythe
Germans paid the Americans the*,
compliment of reinforcing their bat tie
line with two divisions of wefi>tried
Bavarian troops, men whoss
courage previously had been tested ****
when the tide of battle was goingagainst
the Germans. It was an ef- fort
either to destroy the Americans
or to herd them back across thy &
Ourcq. The effort resulted in fail-~ * 4
ure.
The battle line shifted back ant/
forth and Sergy changed hands fourtimes,
but the Americans proved t?v v
he the masters of the picked enemy EEtroops
and finally drove them oust r {=
and retained the village. Heavv c?h~- =
unities were inflicted on the Germans--* ?
The fighting in Fere-En-Tarderrotfalso
was of a sanguinary chdracteT .
the opposing forces fighting in close? Si
contact through the streets of tin* "IE
j town, but with the Germans being* ?1
gradually driven hack under the ma- * ~
chine gun and rifle fire of the French* f
and Americans, or left weltering iiji S3
their blood from contact with "thr? ' ?cold
steel of the allied bayonets. ^
Immediately south of Soissons or f
the western edge of the salient the-* :_r:;
Germans strove heroically to hoI<^ ~yhack
their enemy, in order to prevenT
the further flanking of Soissons and:
the possible cutting off of large forces
of their men fighting along thwOurc<|
south of Onlchy le Chateau.
Scottish troops, however, capttweti*
positions on the outskirts of Huzancy
.iiixi iu iiik wesi oi ine noissons-v mi- ^
tau Thierrv road, while further south*.
* e,
the French overcame the resistance ' ^
imposed against them, crossed tht* *
high road and took Grand Rozoy and.'
Cugny and the Butte Chalmon.
Southwest of Soissons. well insldo ? ?
the salient and at present far outside*
the Immediate battle zone, various: I
towns and villages along the Soi*- /*
sons-Flsnies railroad are said to be- ^
in Mames. This seemingly would in?A
dicate that the retirememnt of thfc*^
Germans from the big pocket ia tf>
proceed still further northward be
fore they intend to halt it, face about
and give battle to the allied troops * .
along a chosen line. If the retreat
on the west is to be carried beyond*
i the Soissons-Fismes line it seem*;,
' hif.hlv nrnkoKI. I* 1 ?
I' a \IU(| WIO 111(11 II in llic
tion of the Gwmans to make thetc
stand from Soissons eastward alonir,.
the Aisne to the Vesle river andI
thence soothfast ward to Rheinis.
Unofficial-advices are to the efTcctc
that discord, has arisen Between (lev?
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