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^ m ' PAGE EIGHT ? i ?~ GERMANS AGAIN IN pr RETREAT TO NORTH G/ * si( (Continued From Page 1.) etl . en with much success their annoying of raids into the German lines. According to the claims of Vien- ai na, the Austrian troops in Albania w have compelled the Italians to give in up a considerable portion of the b< ground they won in recent fighting It Is asserted by the Austrian war w office that the Italians are being pur- tl sued by the Austrians. w b; (Wednesday.) ec . ?nciu?r us u reauu or weariness I after two weeks of incesRant lighting or because of the greatiy increased til strength in manpower and positions r{ of the enemy forces before thein, the 8:1 allied armies on the Solssons- " Itheims fitint have noticeably decreased their efforts to clear the salient of. Germans. 8t If the pause in the offensive is at-!c< tributable to weariness, the armies 1* of the German crown prince also r< must be worn out by the pressure " they have been under for the fort-,** night,r for, notwithstanding the fact Vi that ^ige reinforcements were sent *!1 to them in their hour of dire peril, they have lacked the hardiness to en-j deavor to throw back their antagon- j " ists and recoup their losses. 1 The 14th day of the great allied offensive which has resulted in driv-l?c Ing back the Germans from the' P1 Marne region northward across the" \ Ou.cq river and in materially bend-im , Ing in the eastern and western side!v' ?' of the great pocket with its mouth & running cross country 36 miles from Soissons to Rheims saw little activi-;80 'J?'* ty on the part of either of the con-' \ tending forces?except in the n;i- ta ture of reciprocal bombardments. j'*1 Violent Attacks l?y Germans. I '. "V. v* Tuesday night witnessed violent a11 1 attempts by the Germans to expel the nr Americans and French from the val- JW( uable positions they hold north of the Ourcq in the region of Fere-En-,in " Tardenois and along the western side ur of the salient near Oulchy Le Cha- ,r teau. where Scottish troops are hold- ''e ing with the French the wedge that ,n; has been driven eastward into the th enemy line. These efforts were en- "1 ^ j tirely fruitless. - ? A watch! ul eye is being kept byj the Germans on the America's standIng at the apex of the battle line ar near Fere-En-Tardenois. and the Pf enemy guns are showering their po- 1V itions with great quantities of high ?' explosives and gas shells. The eno-Jar my also continues jealously to guard with huge effectives the extreme [eastern and western flanks of the sa- ,)a *' lient to ward off possible surprise attacks. or Four Thousand Prisoners. n( The latest Berlin ofllcial commun- to lcation asserts that more than 4.000 co k prisoners have been taken by the W, Germans in the past few days and that since July 15, in excess of 'J4.I ? 000 allied troops have been captur- ou r ed. |>n? Whether the Germans have chosen the spot wfiere ultimately they will ^r< face about and give battle to the allied forces has not yet become apparent. Likewise whether their re- ,a' treat finally has ended is not known. ' r Great fires behind the lines possibly an might indicate the destruction of se' further .Villages which it is Intended 1,01 to evacuate and press on north ward an to a chosen battle line. t, .With the approach of the com- nu mencement of the fifth year of the war the German emperor evidently realizes the seriousness of the situa- ' r tion. In a proclamation to his army and navy he tells his men they are v'' r^fchting the hardest struggle of the ' war, but they will ho able to foi. wa . "the desperate efTorts of the enemy.'* s I 1 What may result in aggravating tl( the already serious situation be tween Germans and the Ukrainians'tui 1 fi ?v is the assassination of Field Marsha^ on Richhorn, the German dictator ni< In the Urkaine, and his adjutant, j They were killed by the explosion of1 a bomb thrown by a native in Kiev. r _ (Tuesday) i American troops fighting north of j the Ourcq river, In the SolssonsItheims salient, have enlarged their . briillanf victory of Monday at Sergy. ? A 'hey cut to pieces divisions of gu Germany's picked troops anu took id; and held the village against counter|jjy attacks. thi Notwithstanding continued heavy , opposition by guns, machine guns and 'of large numbers of the enemy, soldiers i Rn from the middle western and eastern i nil tales drove their lino northward i tal from Sergy Tuesday through a doad-jvel ly German barrage for a distance of of about two miles and were resting a* I night dn the slope Approaching the'ori woods beyond the to\tn ?r Nesles. ca Where they stood at last accounts ori the Americans formed the apex of pa the long line running acros sthe-^sal- to lent. ' th fMod Gains. s rtn ' ( While ^nrx>itterr Aght^^ was In ij, " . " W #* ,v. . 0 s.<%. ' THE LAI ogress between the Americans and mobile trips aroun< srmans the French troops on both adjacent country, lies of the fighting front also mov- The frequent al I forward for goodly gainit north- held in Johnson hal ist of Fere-en-Tardenois and east tion tendered the cl Sergy. ulty and summer In the Nesles forest the Germans were much enjoyed : e holding strong positions from We might write hlch they are shelling, but thus far will fail to enumeri effectively, the menacing allied line able and pleasant *fore them. club women's cours Prussian guards and Bavarians mlts us only to add ere in the thick of the fighting hope is that many 11 iroughout Tuesday, but again they en will avail themsc ere out-manoeuvered and outfought derful opportunity i y* the Americans and again suffer-' next summer term, i heavy casualties. May Stop Retreat. PERSHING ORE The Germans apparently are on j)e HAVILANI le eve of attempting to end their treat from the P 'ssons-Rhelms Hoports H<> ? ilient and turning and offering fron- , . tl battle in force to the entente al- c Ke*' *1,1 /^a<* pd armies. '? ("'ve ^u' ' The day of rear guard actions! ;ems drawing to a close. Violent I Washington, Au* mnter offensivo measures against published reports t leir antagonists already are in prog-Jshlng had sharpl >sa by the Germans over most of j American design of ie Hritish front and seemingly, for bombing airplane ai le present at least, the allied ad- no more of them b< ince lias been materially slowed led Secretary Ilakei jwn. I the fact that the i Heavy Fighting. | asked for immedlat Further gains have been made by large number of tin ie allies, including the Americans,' Mr. liaker said th .it only after the bitterest kind of given priority by th' sitting. And these gains have been suring quick trans msiderably less in extent than the than 400 of this ty] tins of previous days, before the to France before th< erinans stiffened their retreating ar-jwas received, ies by rushing numerous fresh di- "There are no p< sions to the aggregate strength of said the war secrets leir fighting force within the fast reports of criticism isappearing pocket between Sois- land type. "Itnpi ins and Rheims. i best of them come n As a result of violent counter at- types and as to sue cks. delivered with huge effectives' of the same type. T e Germans have been able to force I)e Haviland as of e falling back of the Americans latest machines of t id French on several Dositions. but | ter than the earlier where were they able to find a spot Investigation of 1 eak enough through which they the De Haviland pi uld penetrate the allied line. Stand-lby the senate milft g firmly, and giving ground only tee. Maj. H. C. A. ider absolute necessity, the allied C'apts. It. W. Sch< oops everywhere have exacted a, Foote, aviation offlc av.v toll in men killed, wounded or . testing this type of ade prisoners from the Germans in field, Dayton, Ohio, eir every effort partly to retrieve for several hours eir losses of ground. doors. Information Further (Jains. testimony was with! Pariicuiuriy heavy has been the rhting In the center of the salient i id on the right and left anchor I Notice f\ lints of the salient resting respect- I to elv southwest of Rheims and south i A i Soissons. It is still on the two * i"*! ichor points that the Germans are * or over leplng a most watchful eye. fearful nialntainir at the allied troops may yet press prices, pr ck the line and threaten the armies virtue of the crown price with their pine- crease in manoeuver, for the Germans are m dined o cost. it yet far enough out of the pocket por ou have passed the danger of such a ending J ntlngency. our sales In the center of the pocket, north 0X11 '1 m ?an incn the Ourcq river, the Germans in a p0r cent ( unter attack drove the Americans ceding yet t of (Merge, but^iis slight gain w^s We hn ire than overcome later by the pen- bridge th? *ation of the Americans northward without . prices on >m Sergy. - Reugneux, lying on , l> west side of the pocket, north- V ICK S ?1 st of Fere-en-Tardenois. also was I x .x. ^ , A .? j but we IV ten by the Germans, but later the| economies ench and Americans recaptured it j pace with d. with Grand Kozoy in their pos-i costs. It ssion, they still hold vantage points] cere regre .... . . that we a p a small turning movement tow- announce rl Fere-en-Tardenois, which if sue- " effective ssful would give them a goodly which wi mher of prisoners. necessary Southwest of Rheims the Germans "'AVA ' JtOc, ClOc livered a violent attafk against the The Vlck < ench from both sides of St. Eu- Greensbt raise. Their effort to capture the 1? lage, however, was futile, altho ?y pushed their line slightly for- ; y mm ird on the west side of it. | m p I outhwest of Ypres the Australians | 1 ^ W jops are keplng up their attacks! ? {nut lt,? r> x ' X __ I omoi me um iiiiiun <inil nave cap-i red the town of Merris and with it | 9 prisoners and a numlter of treneh Jr , I jrtars and machine Runs. The' irmans at last reports were heavily; ,-yu > mbarding the new positions of thej 3N DAY COURSE AT f< WINTHROP COLLEGE (Continued from Page 1.) | jjjr e for woman's service, and Miss' s \ Tarbell, chairman of its pnhliccoinmittee, and well-known an or. attracted many eager listeners. |k.K,nnlnB August I)r.Jackson, of the national bureau . , ,, . . . charge anyone with education, and Dr. Winship, of I iston. gave addresses morning nnd wor*1 ,,IUH* ,M< |uU?l irht fhft mnin f hAiicht r\t all Ihnir inir flu* uliot?- 4 '4*! ks being cooperation, and the de- be made to firm*, lopment of the school as a center Mhorta|te am, fost f community Interest. ' ? cost of collection ac The three plays given by the Deviux players were most enthuslastl- "i'P'y H" ft,H' w" lly received. The Kock Hill Fed- ?"-<-<>rdintc?y. Hhoes ated c.lubt, gave a delightful lawn after tlili rty at the home of Mrs. Alex Long oW'"K ticket* will the Qlhb mkftibfr* and ?n?dfty and same, e (Wmj^r ^4?KMperce members EliKOTKir 8HOK d. otWtr-tMj^^^^Tuie hospitable <ir?*gory-Hood 1.1 Ufc^it/gay*'ttiMy. nlenaant auto- * yLoncaster, * :<Lis VCASTER NEWS. LANCASTER. S. t cl the town and ^ fternoon parties 1, and the recep- BP ub members, fac- B school teachers. B BP social features. B m B B ml much more and B I ite all the profitfeatures of the e, but space per-1 ? lllttl cui Ai nore our tvom- m jm W M m M Hr^ m M I this ^ ^ and attend the M~ July. 1919. j "T^si "THE BEST PLAC1 _ I ? ?<1 Sharply CritiSecretary Ha- ^ 5U8t 1.?Widely ^ <"^|* I hat General Pet ?HfV li | I Iv criticised the r""| J^"1 "] *| the De Haviland j sent to France. - to make public ^?-y ^ y ^ general had Just ^ e shipment of a 3 machines Conducting a store, supplying a e order had been Iar?e of people daily with e department, in- the necessities of life?in short, portation. More Playing the game of business?is a pe hud been sent roal P,t>asure to "? We enjoy the a new requisition friendly opposition of our competitors because it spurs us on to greater ? . i achievements in service and value3rfect airplanes, . ?. giving, and you benefit thereby, iry, in discussing ' of the De Havi Operating this store is a pleasure. .. , We resort to no "shady" methods, rovements in the , , . , . ... ... . The fear of be.ng detected in some ipldly, both as to , underhanded transaction is never ceeding numbers , , . ... present. Honesty dominates here. \ his is true of the 4 We play the game of bus.ness under all others. The .... ? ., , . . rules that permit no exaggeration of ! his type are bet-, 4 ... | values, no extravagant claims, no ' , , , trickery and no "knocking" our comfhe criticisms of . petitors. Our merchar.d se and our ancs was begun . , methods of price-making and selling ary sub-commit-; A ' , ? . . must stand upon their own merits? Muhlenberg and , 1 . . ,, by ail of them we are willing to be jeder and J. M. . , . , judged, ers in charge of . . . ... . >> e play the game of business < plane at Wright with a clear conscience. That is why were examined we enjoy it.1* 1 behind closed regarding their " """"" held. -- ^ It s Oxf01 *vance All the Fav. a year now succeeded in lg our old incippaly by \?"ll a big insales, which ' ?/ mr overhead amounted to I ^\y\ ijlion dollars /f\ I p? tfce prepoRub You get tht i eal meaning of the j nd that our as soon as y?u see our large stylish J do not keep leathers of any pair you wish, note t is with 's'in^ ?f the leathers and you will realize tl t. therefore. money, re forced to an increase, " Make this your Oxford Day and b August l. ^wo jn t.hi? showing for everybody i ill make it J J to retail ???????????_ ZLVf!-, Men's Suits of Qualit; oro, N. C. ???' of Style?of Finish Any store can sell you suits bu every store can show you in these tiin good quality as these are, in such fin i w? will n?t coming styles as these are at these p shoo repair*; .ill Mef1 who want the rt?8t in for lioforo loav- aml Va,Ue simP,y hftve to COme here 1 lect ticket* will . J Owina to til*. Come in today and stffe'tHem. Fee If material, and! ' ^endid quality of theif fabrics. rtMintN, till* will' the careful tailoring and finish. Trj II tie carried out on "aml Si>e how?good the lines are and will i?e Hold for neatly it fits. That's the way to t t> day*. Those su't?on you. These will improve please rail and appearance most flatteringly, and no jit pensively. I REPAIRING JH ve Hlork Co. | H. C. I V- # ? ;v FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1918. ? 1 i caster 11 nent Stores |? E TO SHOP AFTER ALL" Choose Corsets III ? ? w Now V This is the time to buy summei corsets. Special models for summer, jju"\ lightly boned are here, ready to be l\ * fitted?and fitting is all important when buying corsets. Therein our ) / /Sk j -w fitting service excells. We can give the most dependable advice regard- J|IW'? ing the best means of treating your 1 figure in order to obtain the best re- Mil |l suits?and not at a high cost either. Tomorrow we will feature the following especially: \ <;<>svi?nl . . .90.50 Corsets. . . ,$tl.tl.1 y I (lONHard. .95.00 Corsets. . . 93.25 Qgtar t I (iossanl. . .93.50 Corsets. . . . 92.50 J l\ Uossnrd. . . 93.00 Corsets. . . .92.00 rd Time Now red Styles Are Here ^ v 1 For Men. 4IK1 ^ Women and V Children .. # |hf advantages of buying Oxfords and Low Shoes here I; assortments. Go into the details of styles, and |i he good form of each last and see the superiorities. UA| hat we are giving the most real value for your . m|B iuy now for the summer season. There's a nair of*"' I Jfl and they're not high priced either. ? f ' 1 s M y? Summer Clothes for * Lively Boys . Boys, like men, are unavoidably judged t not by the clothes they wear. Get good J IOS <iS i ie be-. clothes for your boy?he'll live up to them rices. *?not down. ^ style Many wise parents dress their boys in llf ? styles slightly mature?for this gives the i 1 the feeling of wanting to live up to what folks Note expect of him. Our Boys' Clothes are r one selected with the view of having our I how young boy friends so well satisfied with j> ea* a the styles and service of our clothes that, it ex- as ^ey Krow UP? thcy w'^ keep on look- J >f iwjfto us for clothes satisfaction. . | f "M ????-r ,'jjn I