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• * t • ft# KUmiUltMNt ■VKS TMEN fIBMWS IIIIRH KVENGE DEFEAT m In IHi>m FtKlithiK AnreHran, Krriwh *n*l KiikIUIi A«l- vance Mon' Than Twenty MIIoh-- , Hunn Ih'Khi founter-Attacks i Hundint before the Peronne Koye- Noyon lint, the Ociinanii reinforced by re«enre« are flghtin* bitterly to, •top the allied activity and prevent a probable dlataster to theli artne • South of the Somme the Britixh have been slowed up, but around Noyon the French continue to press on for good gains. r ; ' j Unofficially the allies have taken 40,000 prisoners and 700 guns. Since l»uv. Slowing Hut .Not ’beginninjt of the Geritisn often-1 sive on the Marne, foiM* weeks ago, j tlie enemy has lost 75,#00 prisoners j mm on fourth fhecking Allied Advance. h it** Although the forward push of the Allies has been slowed down some what, nevertheless they have made further important progress from the north of the Somme, where the Am ericans and British are fighting to gether id the northern bank of the and over 1,°200 guns. , . Heavy counter attacks ^are being'? made by the, Gerinane against the ; British front from east of Morlan- court to the vicinity of Lihons. west of Chaulnes. Field Marshal Haig’s men apparently have made little progress in the past 2 4 hourse, but ft*?- 4?* ‘ A * Oise river, where the l rench troops . p re8aure has not slackened, are engaging the enemy. On the southern end of the battle- Fhe Americans and th^ir^ British . t ^ e p renc h have carried out an brothers in arms at. last a<< ‘ ou,lts av «»rav£ advance of two miles on a were pressing closely upon Bray-Sur- fmnt Qf about 15 mi|eH and threat . Somme, aided by tanks and armored en nerlously the German hold on cars, which inflicted heavy casualties Roye LaMiKBT and Noyofl Here on the enemy as he advanced to re- k j to t h e German realatance Is grow tard their progre^ atiffer By far the greater progress ha* Apparently the German command been made by the French -from the ^ determined for the moment to region immediately southwest and ma|f# |!|# || ar d for fur- south of Koye to the Olao Here they l||#r , Meauwhllo. however, have drive* their liae acro*a the lk » r.iir*me*t from the eouthem the front continues end the d arm ana attempt tn aland muy he tag Cmm osapagaa *• ""T" . M | r f^r the pnmpeee of preventing JLl * * w Vj have driven tnetr line across me mb Hoye-1'enaptegne road and nt Cnna- of , have ranched the read * t empDegne to Noyun the capture of Mon id idler French have penetruled enMnard || a O» r a army, which mtim. n duannee nf nhnm seven a pm nnd ^enap* Hnr alata. rs- Inn adehi sed e half es>tk > « mnh ish* bitty tee^sn •wstbo# ae the tHue ee* 9 aaesneed atm • d hMMP tires - sn> nf General vo* enrty Hut vrday toaerd the »* lEff DM M kh uni un ns b ni nil FM lift TEST EFFWI AUKS MUST PUSH III- \tiH*iii Mn t lilef of Htsff Huya A Idea r * llftye led to f>nin Before IHmcManC Hin«l< nhiirg Line—\c\%*>pup<vr Afeia 4 * * , .. . Know of S|x*<!i«g t'.|»', Inktomi of 7 Slowing Anierba’s Fr<»grHni. v Thia is the Tim** for the gronteet j ff« rt; ke,A*p the enemy runaintf. i General March, c hief of staff, hoh* | marized thus Safurday to newspaper* | men the situation in France. Stand- : ing before the great military mnpa at !.(he War Department which show .dearly just where the German in be ing beaten back, he pointed cut that the great battle front Was rapidly being strightened out from Rheimo* to the sea. **They have not vet." he naid. "gotten back to the original Htrtden- burg line whera the German bin ad vance this year . We still havw *ome territory to gain, so —ham- •»tatrmrnl» appror I hoi Indicate ihm oar K over at this point dl«r«* it. * Th.• l« the time for the gi **ffc»rt !»••• p *h* en**m% 'ini Tha t I* the reo«eii the • unped H 1 is hetng railed a pea foe In manpnwvr. that in vho reossm asm want the use limits for th# denfh tone red and raised In got mnro uwua It nns my time in tnlh about thm ngr bstng os or It nos th# tins# an Mi * bard Th# greotcMf odvuatat# nf thw • #hol» •bin* w#s th# rhong# of *h# hi igan t *om tbe dsdbmsavo aw th# nMtim 1 * **** •hwh m n hawm ,mhMi>y HhMiL w • has# ah# #w#m» a sen twam mnawnd #f nwanuani osKsetssn Pvwm n cromfbinMinl napwvf thmb» •eoi ***«% s«#d *b# fnmowi •smm* nf th# uaawnaann «n «h# • esneb funw# nf oh# hmasra p m Mn man*-1 —n | — t an «w Th# •sons tan B m »tb##Hl nbh *h • wbnsb ahn o* boso bn #mami hash an thaac uniggani Hmni pumnun Hama nf *h# m \ in find sd • % Mn «w ■ ■=r •£ TIMS TO »IN 1 We- h Uo Sue# sf an i thw nanDU£r oMnmmMKa • mwn •hmaap am naanmi an Hm am>h •a# ana# nf Hha Hmn man ih aha wmawson » li • ssmsoo sm awn «n tMSai omsss «can#s#nd gM Hha aMWHM Hi m ub e# a ih «# Hha a-e • f a .. ♦ me nw# •^wsanwaM % had ha nabnabnau aa ahaa wwa aha I • * • nf n af tv* mmm af n sf aa ■HP s# banassM brn tba and aatp annmaph fa*d m tn a •aw • * am# in pnamni *a# animmna wam% nca fha hftwd fmMMna an iba Hma two data af (HflhllBd wnan antMwtw tlsutp Htha aamnan tha hHbau alt t warty fan tbaangh tbn Garnana pass Hams Had siuco fwtntdaf tha f gbt IC bos baaa af a mat# ansoeu char- lav Aa idaa nf th# fighting nf tha firm twa days la given la tha fntlawtac press dispute be* Tbe scene* aa tbe battle ground over wblcb tbe Allies already hare passed give evidence of this haste In abandoning guns, stores and even regimental and artillery maps and papers. Aerial ovse nr era report large stream* of transports and men hurrying eaetward in full retreat. The cavalry Is working far back toward the Somme and is still round ing up villages while tanks and ar mored cars are running over the country cleaning away for the troops or killing horses drawing enemy sup plies. / The drivers of motor trucks and lorries are chasing parties of Ger mans here and there, scattering them or funning them to earth. Most of the prisoners and guns captured by the British were taken In the narrow triangle between the Roye and Peronne roads. British tanks advanced with great rapidity up these roads. They were follow- cd promtly by infantry and thoua* YW Owuwvwmwwa la o«avt a mwmmaih ahap awav Haw An toaiw fha. gt a ea« af •t.SHH.HHH ft# be wa#d m «b# repel Mag af aH giwA* af army •ebtHee. maduityttiu. •mboiea^ee barve drawn wapwaa end all vaHaHuu af aalamwMIea Ha •Mae tww large permanent be tiding* (bare will be barracks far J.bbb wochera Two other vimllar plaata am be ing romfleted at Baltimore and At lanta have also proved that the German* are not always able to plead surprise as an excuse for defeat. The French successes north of Montdidler* were partially due to surprise, but the Germans were aware of the Impend ing attack south of the town. They were defeated, just the same. A dispatch from London said: The Allied casualties, including all the killed, wounded and missing, are less than 6.0t>0 > or not more than one-fourth of the number of prison ers counted. On the other hand, the German casualties have been . tre mendously heavy. The German communications have been so disorganized that thus far only two divlsione of reserves have been identified, and these new troops have not been able to make any Im pression on the advancing Allies. an ahaa* tww •*#** Mvaaa ei tb# Mat waww* H ts Mb «*b#m* b**H apw veaw aw» e* Marne m ItM. lb# •w bwva baap tot wH lima Tbwva wave aftaptowae iw wbawvvw lb# Patapp pf «ba awemf Tbn MMvewvbml mecbiw# pan. pm aermi bp barbai aim. waa cwpablt wf aweb i#rr1ble Peairactma I bat iba Belt mb el Lawn and Hwavw Cbapell* Miffemd been mwding I©••#*. and tba Genuses literally were meeearr- #d at First Tyre* Then ram# tb# tb#ory. taken from German prartlm, tbat high explo sives hsrted from an overwhelming number of gmat connon. pulverizing the enemy's trenches and killing all therein, would give victory. The British tried It at the Somme in 1916. But the counter barrage cot down the attackers when they en deavored to move forward and it was found, no matter how intense the preliminary bombardment, there still were left enough machine gunners to take an awful toll. Further, the foe held his front lines only lightly and from the rear sent forward his re serves to battle with tHe, attackers who survived the counter barrage iand the first-line machine guns. The British steadily drove the Germans back, but at what a loss! | With the Brfllsh courage—and ob stinacy—they resumed’this manner of attack in Flanders in the spring of 11917*. 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BBTACBR IT BHOW. KD HOW THE ELKMKNT OF BUR- PRIBK COULD RE RESTORED «#4a» bad b#aw Mph #w wa atoi ewpM I •wwrtfcmMp meet watb I weal mpedmeew' la Tbam am a tow taMtopa pant laf iw tb# ftawc ai apt attorns m—aad wf panatob tw I tbat iba edvawrtwp tvawpa am tight tbrwagb tba valtoya "Tb# ewatoy w#ra apparwwlly #a b« •arprt a In tba raatae. I lag jbetr *1 rang r—laiaar# to tbw flaaka Hitting tba big salient mm b 13 mile front we pasted It lb aw aW» eraga of eight mllaa and from aa outer salient to aa aafirnt Tbat give* ua a salli M.... Kl».r tn M.T. M n..t That «lw .. n .J*"’ *'* w “ up ,,re " !, *»® n - 1°", t«er« too btr Bo th. Fr.nrh .n<1 r.>rr..p«ndl>| to U* I! . . ?■* * ,non * U# Brttink —probably with Aai.rl- P'* r «* "twe anda of Germans within th# triangle found themselves well behind the British Hna when tha attack reached thorn, ao tbay laid down tbelr arms . Tha moat of tha captured gaaa arera also gathered up ta this trim** fie. which ewe ta load soto# af tha paablawa la tba lb# >••* Pf a vka# Thp eleven Gorman divlsiona which the Allies have tom to place# are al ready Itifsuch condition that they can be of little use to the German com mand for a long time to com#, sad probably some of them caa never ha Th# tw# a#w dltWfp# wblcb sp- I front were rwabod art art— pf m aiewg iba— an* ridge, but it Cdkt tnem aiO.ooo casu- altles. And the Germans took It ^ back this aprlng In three days. Von Hatlar. a German g#aeral who made a repatatlwa la Raesla by cap- tering Riga when Hladenbarg bad failed, broagbt wart tesC a la tar g aew aat af tartlra Tba §;■#!#— wa# tvmd by lb# flamnai tor tb# Arat iMto# bniwm to qg#wito Vub M tb# rm— brut sab actor generals found the answer, and Gen eral Gouraad broke the German the British -probably with Ameri can urging and material aid- began urging and material aid— began In a bad posit Ion. Tbe advance off the British and French at this ppipb .. ttQ#wa . . . . . urging and material aid— began. " .AT HhTn?. n„ ...li' , ^ ; •»>llrtlnr .hem .m.ller The greet-! |">, , ° 'h*. they .re getting In- .. hnmi k! W ^ n ' t* e ** tank* now In ti»e I* *mall- ° 'J 01 ’ ro or ,hr, 'atenlng tbe r^t- German bombardment began he with- „ th „„ , h „ i..,.,.,.,.-. nf road llne.of communication which ^ German bombardment began he with drew nearly every soldier from the front-line trench to positions of com parative safety. Then when his air planes signaled that the German in fantry was advancing he fed them a devastating barrage and sent his own infantry forward to meet such at tackers that go through the curtain of steel. The German system fell to pieces. 8o much for Von Hutier’s tactics. They failed finally because the ele ment of eurpriae was removed, juat as the old plan of Intense bombard- er than the original leviatlhana of the land. And most of them are ao small and so fast that they are known as whippets. It is understood that America is building many of them which are little larger than our small automobiles, and nearly as fast armored so as to protect against ma chine gun fire and themeelves car rying machine guns which can devas tate any platoon of Infantry in the way. The present offensive in Picardy, with ita astounding that point runs from the Montdidler sector to Chaulnes. “On the Flanders salient the ene my on August 9 was withdrawing tat the southern sector of the salient* south of Merville and British occn* pied that territory. The general ef fect of these movements is straight ening out the line everywhere.’* FOUND FATHER A CAPTIVE * results, showi . ^ what the t*nk ™«i —Th«-*ttW t r 4 American Soldier Discovered Pi ment_for days ftllfd because ample Was a surprise, became it waa not necessary to bombard tbe German lines for days. The many tanka notice was given that an attack waa coming, and reserve* could be brought up over ra|| t |j # line* and de- Foch, through hit generals. Retain Mroyed tb# machine gunners, after and Fayolle. under whom worked vhlch they lit oat for th# Mamgla and DeeOoatt—. rawtored th# rear and shot up hit ftm e torn an I af surprise whoa they * They chased launched th#lr attack af Inly |f |dwwu th# if# They attached urtth only Ma itto# w— g—oa an th# , field kitchen* and tfpeh# 1 the •M Hi *1 While bringing In a equard prisoner* a young Anaerlcaa tn France waa startled to find hto fnlhac t»eHg them The ^ doubled the Germea s identity' Mflltoltol fifir—HM to cue rt ace him the e h • * ami — tom as a* Ytomcto ttom* # toto Subscribe N-O-W This PtoMT