The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 01, 1918, Page 2, Image 2
CENEtiLS DRIVE SOLDIERS
DESPERATE EFFORTS TO CHECK
ALLIES.
American and French in Many Cases
Not Far Behind Retreating
Forces.
With the American Army on the
Aisne-Marne Front, July 25.?With
the sides of the Soissons-Rheims sack
coming steadily closer together, the
German crown prince's generals are
driving their men mercilessly in an
effort to hold them off long enough
tn ovtnVatft the armies threatened at
the bottom, north of the Marne.
The American arfd French troops
are never far behind the retreating
fotces, and the vicious rear guard
actions are not sufficiently resistant
to enable the Germans to proceed to
the orderly manner planned.
At Dormans north of the Marne
and east of Chateau-Thierry, the
Germans counterattacked, taking the
position, but were promptly driven
out. They occupied Treloup, west of
Dormans, and have held it.
Minor advances have been made
i by the allies in the woods in that part
of the sector while further to the
east south of Rheims, there were additional
allied successes.
TV?^ Amorirnns have OCCUDied
Courpoil on-the road to Fere-enTardenois,
and the French positions
have been advanced until Oulchy-IeChateau
is dominated by the guns.
, Nearer Soissons the Germans failed
to hold all their positions, notwithstanding
reinforcements and
their desperate need.
Heavy German Losses.
It is estimated officially tonight
that' the enemy losses are more than
200,000, of which 50,000 were inflicted
by the Americans. The prisoners
alone number over 20,000, and
the losses in dead and wounded are
- appalling.
The French used more armored
cars than usual, and ealvary or
mounted patrols were effectively em"
ployed- in clearing the forests and
maintaining contact.
Towards Soissons there has been
increased artillery fighting. The
J)rench and American soldiers disregarded
' caution almost/ entirely
^ yeBterday advancing their lines in
an open order and taking what came
without bothering to hunt down ma1
chine gun nests. This brought them
into closer contact with the main
body of the retreating forces.
In numerous cases machine gun
companies were surrounded although
it was necessary to clean up many
-others. Division headquarters are
-constantly changing on account of
the comparatively rapid advancement
of the lines. Some of them
have been subjected to occasional
. shells, both shrapnel and gas, though
without damage.
. j \- - Behind the lines long transports
. of allied troops fill the roads leading
tn thft front, the allied Dlanes and ob
.serving balloons giving warning
-against interference by enemy artil'
J lery or hostile aircraft. The American
troops both on the line and on
. the roads are keen spirited. Many of
them having learned a smattering of
French often yell to the French
marching by amusing comments on
"the big show."
, Invariably the French reply, usually
in language which the Americans
- do not understand, although they
shout their approval, no matter what
the words may mean. The Americans
also undertake conversation with the
Anamites whose countenances rarely
chang? and who never attempt a
reply.
White, Black ,and Yellow.
Intermingled in the line of battle
and along roads are white, black and
yellow races in all the units, and the
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Dig macnme is moving wimuui
or logt motion. Now and then the
color scheme to the rear of the fighting
lines is broken by a column of
gray clad prisoners, whose appearance
is always quickly noticed by the
troops who are more accustomed to
the khaki of the Americans and British
and the blue of the French. In
scores of cases prisoners have begged
their guards to tell when they are to
be shot.
The majority of them, however,
stolidly accept what they believe to
be their fate.
Back of the lines there are dressing
stations and field hospitals, and
the American wounded are cared for
expeditiously and skillfully in a manner
reflected the qualities of veteran
/ ship now belonging to the American
establishments in France. American
doctors and nurses, men and women,
are working night and day to relieve
pain and restore injured members.
To them young men representing almost
every State in the Union and
occasionally a French or British soldier-are
hurried to be cared for until
they can be transferred elsewhere.
The same spirit of cooperation is
displayed in all the hospitals of the
allies. But the number of wounded
is not so great as might be expected
from the magnitude of the opera
BEGINNING TO SHOW.
Heavy Toll Among Americans * Result.
of Big Battle.
Washington, July 28.?Heavy
fighting along the Aisne and Marne,
in which American troops have participated,
is beginning to show in
the casualty lists issued by the war
department. Today's list of 225
names is the longest to be given out
since American units made their appearance
on the battle front. The
list, however, it was believed, gives
casualties resulting from the recent
German offensive operations rather
than from the Allied counter stroke
now in progress.
Total casualties now in the army
and marine corps overseas increase
1,050 during the week, compared
with 983 the previous week, and aggregate
13,766, with the inclusion of
today's army ilst of 225 and the
marine corps list of two.
The week's increase was also the
largest yet recorded.
In the 13,766 casualties, total
deaths, including 291 men lost at
sea, men killed in action, dead of
wounds, disease, accident and .other
causes, numbered 5,493?army men
4,783, marines 710. The wounded
aggregate 7,532?army men 6,340,
marine 1,192. Those missing, including
prisoners, total 741?army
men 657, marines 84.
Of the week's increase 949 were
army men and 101 marines. Killed
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393, compared with 427 the previous
week; the wounded numbered
591, compared with 465 the previous
week, and , the missing and
prisoners 66, compared with 91 the
previous week.
The army casualty summary as
officially announced follows;
Killed in action (including 291 at
sea), 2,009.
Died of wounds, 749.
Died of disease, 1,455.
Died of accident and other causes, i
570.
Wounded in action, 6,340.
Missing in action, 657.
Total to date, 11,780.
The official summary of marine
corps casualties follows:
Deaths, 710.
Wounded, 1,292.
In hands of enemy, 5.
Missing, 79.
T^otal to date, t,986.
Officers included in the marine
corps summary totaled 58. The army
summary does not distinguish offipprs
from enlisted men.
Significance of the Iron Cross.
"Get the man with the medals?
he's the morale!" That is the advice
of military experts, to be fol- (
lowed in charge or hand-to-hand encounter.
The chap with scrap in his heart
and his heart in the scrap is the one.
He wears the medals because he
pedals toward, not away from the
enemy.
He's a-bracer, set-the-pacer for the
rest. He provides an example that's
ample to shame and reclaim the grit
of the craven who wallows in fear
and follows in trepidation.
His courage keeps the others from
creeping and seeping out through
their heels.
Commanders know it, which accounts
for the plentitude of Iron
Crosses..- Medal awards for anything
that can be construed bravery are
an inexpensive salve to content Fritz
with his slavery in the uniform.
No matter how half-baked or allfaked
the deed of valor that put that
decoration on the Boche breast, it influences
his fellows.
Though the crown prince gets his
chunk of iron for suffering the privation
of no bath in two days, while a
beastly burgomaster in billet has a
medal pinned on for taking one at the
risk of scrubbing loose in his hide
with a month's accumulated trench
filthIt
is well to single out the medalwearer
for shot or blow to reach the
vitals of the enemy morale.
Hun courage will be exhausted before
diminished mineral resources
cause a scarcity of iron for crosses.?
Greenville Piedmont.
Not more than two pounds of sugar
will be sold at one purchase to any
one person residing in a city or town,
and not more than five pounds will
be sold to any one person living in a
rural community.
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Y. M .C. A. men also are close on
the heels of the advancing Americans.
One outfit appeared at Jaulgone
early in the morning with
cigarettes, chocolate and other delicasises
to be disposed of in their
canteens. The guns were roaring on
all sides, but Jaulgonne, it was announced
had been captured and the
Y. M. C. A. took charge. The commanding
officer ordered the Y. M. C.
A. men out, explaining not only that
it was too hot but tha^ the men
would gather wherever they were
and German shells had a habit of
going where the German observers
spotted a crowd.
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AMERICANS TO ITALY.
Fighting Troops Now Arriving On
New Front.
With the American Army on the
Italian Front, July 27.?American
fighting troops are now on the Italian
front. They began arriving this
morning. They are being billeted
with the Italians.
Heretofore the only combatant
American troops were aviators, and
the appearance of this large body of
the fighting men from the United
States at the peresent moment has
occasioned the greatest sensation.
Maj. Gen. Eben Swift of the Ameri
can military mission to itaiy was tne
first to greet the newly arrived
Americans. He had already made
arrangements for their comfort. The
Italians greeted them with enthusiasm
and rejoiced at the splendid
physical condition which the American
soldiers showed. The Italians
appeared greatly astonished when
the overseas men immediately sought
out a bathing place and then started
several games of baseball.
Banquet Spoiled by Cod Liver Oil.
The Allied diplomatic colony in
Rumania will long remember the arrival
in Jassy last winter of a large
shipment of hospital and medical
supplies from the United States. The
shipment was long delayed on the
way, and when it arrived one of the
Allied ministers insisted on celebrating
its arrival by a dinner, as elaborate
as dinners could be under existing
circumstances.
After the arrangements for the
dinner had all been carefully worked
out by the minister who was actas
host it was found that there
\ .o not an ounce of olive oil to be
ODtamea in jassy. ai tne urgent
solicitation of the minister, the
chairman of the American Red Cross
mission agreed to remedy the deficiency.
Accordingly a written order
was given authorizing the minister
to withdraw one quart of olive
oil from the supplies which had just
arrived from New York.
The minister sent his orderly to
the Red Cross warehouse with the
requisition and the courteous superintendent
of the warehouse handed
the orderly a quart bottle and took
a sreceipt in the customary form.
The same evening the dinner took
place, with twenty-five guests, representing
all the important States in
the" Entente Alliance. The host,
proud of his achievement in securing
real olive oil for the occasion, bao.
arranged a menu in which every disk
contained oil as an ingredient.
It is, perhaps, better not to go into
detail regarding the denouement. Suffice
it to say that there was not a
single dish of which anyone was able
to take more than a mouthful. From
beginning to end everything was fla
vored with a penetrating taste which
the American minister declared was
that of fish-glue.
Everybody accused the Red Cross
chairman of attempting a bad practical
joke, but he was as much at sea
as anybody else, and could only
promise that the matter would be
investigated on the morrow.
A short talk between the Red Cross
chairman and the superintendent of
the warehouse next day solved the
mystery. What the warehouse man
thought was olive oil turned out to
be full-flavored Norwegian cod liver
oil, which had been shipped for the
use of the American doctors in treating
Rumanian refugees.
International complications were
only avoided by the circulation of an
elaborate explanation, which had to
be translated into seven languages in
order to reach all the guests who had
been offended by the dinner developments.
Arizona Ostrich Industry Destroyed.
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More than 25,000 pounds of ostrich
meat is to be sold to the people
of the southern part of Arizona
by order of the state food administrator.
It will be supplied by the
slaughter of 800 ostriches on the
ranch of J. E. Cogdell, who has found
that the growing of long staple cotton
is more profitable than ostrich culture.
Most of the flocks that were formerly
found in the Salt River Valley
have been sold or turned loose to
shift for themselves. Only a few
years ago there were 8,000 to 10,000
of these giant birds on the ranches
and farms of this section.. Ostrich
eggs were served daily on the tables,
and use of ostrich meat was not at
all uncommon.
Some regard it as a possibility thatj
the ostriches which have been let
loose in the foot hills and the uncultivated
parts of the valley will
become adapted to the wild life and
increase in numbers. But coyotes and
other depredating wild animals are
so fond of the eggs and young ostriches
that it is deemed improbable
that they will long exist in the undomesticated
state.
Sugar should not be used to sweety
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Dr. THOMAS BLACK, JR.
DENTAL SURGEON.
Graduate Dental Department University
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