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. r " r ' - ? k i , i The feather. 4 : ; C!omplete Service; , v 7 y" ! la; ViJ-nf the ; .1 partly cloudy Monday, showers west portion; Tuesday fair. r " I1 t t' , -Associated-Press r - 1 : : ii-r VOL. CI-NO. 303 ; WHOLE NITMii2Br39;480 WIIMITGTOK. N". MONDAY MORNING, JTJlaY 22, 1918 ALU 7 A jr... Va, . ... . . . . - i - 1 " 1 1 " - ' ' ' "- - - " , , , . , . . , - .. . -.4 . - - liJ lid u . . - , loj mi - - ...;. f5i n in . ' further:: Smcjc&sses SUBMARINE Wllied wmensive VP Victories Multiply and Resisting Germans Mowea uomiisyy; Machine Guns HUN LINES ARE BROKEN hile French Toiok Chateau Thierry Americans - Penetrat ed Three Miles i BRITISH RESERVES ( IN Reserve Troops in Great jNum- bers Now Engaged - (By the Associated Press.) Victories for the allied arms Bn France continue to multiply: Over the entire 60mile front running from Soissons: to Rheims, the allied troops are fighting with a determination that brooks no denial- of ; their korts. And the XJermaiiS: sleadi-1 j are giving ground, - though stubborn resistance is being, of- Ifered on some seetora.; ? ' Further goodly sized indenta tions have been made in j ,the German line between- Soissons and Chateau Thierry by the American and FitctcIi; troops and almost all the .gainsimade by the Germans in their recent drive south of the Marne and toward the vicinity f "Rh'einis have been blotted out under the counter-attacks of Ameri cans, French and Italians. Fall of Cfcat Chateau-Thierry, wiilch J represents the point in the battle lin- where tb ermans had driven their wedg-e near est to Paris, has been recaptured y the French troops and almost simul taneously the village of- Brasles, two Biles eastward and the heights to the north of the village fell v?& their 'hands. " "HssS? if-ti Break Tkroujli GCKMXM! .' Acting in harmony withlvthe inove- ient on Chaceau-Thierry, American ad French trooDs northwest of the 1 struck the Germans another fcard w, broke through the German lines and drove through at some points more n three miles. Large - numbers of msoners were taken and the machine. sns of the allieA - tmnn Uttra.U-r aowed down the Germans who endeavi to stay their progress. ; To the nn. along the Ourcj valley the "nch are making good progress to 'ard the important Junction ytownt bf nteuil-Notre Dame, while the bp "ons south and southeast of . Sols ns are keeping time with those along ue other parts of the front? p British Reaerves - Flrttlb l-'-i itle Mtli-n X-l oops now are harrassing those -south-30f Rheims and they haveheen to fan back -in - the. Courton- Ei,nC Ardre valley and near St. "wnraise notwithstandingihejrdes r. 4le resistance. Th nnmhr nf Brtti a operating with the allied forced in an. reeion is not known.' The first actinUncement that they were -in : the great on. ..x,---. ' Demg brought up along the battle theJ riea already won and enlarge WitwJ of lBVders Hawdwi.t Ud a fast pr8Tes9 of Ttha, 'French 0rth" ' a easiwara ' irom --- ne rm,;" .OBC"rs. the - plight- Of the fte "le souuiwestern part i oi W ns'Rhelms sanent heeomes DnTho wf y hazarlous! ' and , it M not probable that when? stockT 10 Anally ftanm; e numbers of prisoaera and V f LI? f f snn an war:.tore2 will lied t0 hav ben taken the kna as Vi8- Aviator Continue .to T- in ""OPP Pf General 8in u us ine DaCk areas and har r J 1, retreatinV Germans- jwlth hP. n runs- ; Notable work vfe D Amertcan Jndia'ni for , rshing's.-.inen,,, the . aborigines NEMUm MADE IN At HAS a. GAINS mmvws uestion Now -Washington. July 21. With the Ger man retreat- from Chateau-Thierry and the Marae' in full swing' officials here were watching reports for indications that- General Foch might launch - new flank "operations from the vicinity of Rheims in order to break up the with drawal ;nd inflict thes maximum pun ishment on -his beaten foe. - "' General March and Secretary- Baker were af the' war department until late tonight and eager for every word, that V. '.ft ,y -o yet press wires regarding prog resa ; of. the ; battle. Official reports were belated and at a late hour it was Impossible , to say whether the enemy Was-going to get the -majority of his armies away by sacrificing rear guard FRENCH OVER MARNE H0li BRASLES HILL C1- ' i Took Chateau Thierry Tester- jdnjllVent iflTileasltaai: pGodgeh FOCH SHAPES RETREAT How Lang , the Germans Will Continue : Their Withdrawal Depends en the -: v W1U of the Allied Com: :-,;.r tsv """V der-ln-Chler. i .ijondott, July ; 21. The French have taken.r4he town. 'of 13rasles, one mile east of ' Chateau -Thierry on the' north bank of ' the ; Morne, according' to ad- -vices '.received here. . ".: ." i'::,'" : The French Una Includes the heights north- of ; Brasles, which ' gives the French a good bridgehead m on the norths aide" of the ! Marne. if iwestjof Rheima' where the British were engag ed . yesterday the : present line leaves the enemy a strip of -aboutvf ourrmllea deep t the greatest depth on a 'front of about ilSmiles in the Marne valley. That . Is all he has to show, for the big offensive; of July r 15.'.' -'::y vr"-,...' E3TTEIUED CHATEAU THtEKRT IN ? i rBAHIiT,Hl7R301T " Paris, July -French troops enter-" ed Chateau Thierry this tnorning, '. ac cording to an offlolal statement issued m -cmt fffc&. Violent ftnnatifttsL eon- t!nue iorth and aouth. of the Ouroqt and i hetwaen the '.Marne -ana tneims.: In spite of violent resistance ; hy; the enemy the :.French have continued; to 'advance thetatemTOi;fadds-fefei,' r: nbif ' r r:'i.!;g-g.fe--v bWtbjsLa.t JfOW hepkmusV on will 0 THE tltEXpH GENERALISSIMO i ' With Nthe- French Army In France, July j 2l-(By The Associated Press.) --!oon Chateau Thierry, the eomer stone ottheXline cfT the farthest-German advance, fell early this jnortiing wheni. the-.Frenoh occupied , the city, driving the f Germans bef ora .them,! The. enemy has begunJxia; retreat north wafd under,: heavy pTessure:xfrom - all sides, : French, Americana "and British participating In the thrust which is ' pushl Jg the Germans back. 'Where., ihe retreat will end cannot ba conjectured as everything now depends hn: the 'Will of they allied commander-in-chief-? ,? . j , iTheGerman-position ;:Ui the vicinity of chateau Thierry r was doomed from the . moment their divisions 'recrossed, the Marne "vFranoo-American - troops tarried put - an encircling, m-neai from the northwest at the- same1 time which 'made . It . absolutely. necessary forihe enemy to wlthdraw' In the course fof the: . Wght A recfionhalssances VeraffartedyithoFrench:'o'Vtest. the ".strength. f heGermana still -In t. ;a - a n a iywrtlv after , da wn 1 the allied Aeocuploncamea I piishefactyi:aS:1 iMii M BASTvOr CHAT2.AU rrmi!.mv a. : rr" SOtTH OP DIAKNB FREE XF HIINS -' with," the , American ' Army Vn :ne Marne,: July..'. 21.-r-By,.The. Associated Press.) An s ? attaek r f rom Chateau Thierry'sto ?iRheims ? beganfMon Satur day. Am erican; forces; captured B.IU lS8f at.'oftVau-adraaaneedmore than; two kilometers. 'At last accpupts they -were r holdlns thelr-pwit galnst German' resistance; : . t :'-' ftl The l dermanf retreat acrpss ,th Marne began on ."Friday ;n.der cover of a great smoke , .screens - At., last - ac counts great hordes of Germans .were tedntlnuingv north.; : Organized resist ance has been met ,wlth so far only, at a few -points. iZ-' W 'K iJM?' ' The district south. of the Marne. ana. -:S. jfConti-uea on Pass. IsW);.- Cat Off Fleeing Soissoms EATEN DRIVE Is Can Foch Germans units. The unofficial-reports showed that a great stride; forward had been made by the Franco-American forces on ' the ' Aiane-Marne front, increasing the'danger iit which the 1 enemy stands of: having a . considerable force pocket ed and captured. Enemy Has Suffered Much. Under -any circumstances it seems certain that the enemy has already suffered heavy . losses in guns and other war materials. His-main lines of communication . have 'either been broken or are under shell: fire. Rear guard actions depend for their success, largely: on holding the enemy back with artillery, fire until, the main body which is being- protected has escaped. ,For that- reason; German (Continued on Page Eight). AMERICANS: CAPTURE 17,000 ACTUAL COUNT Despite Counter,-Attacks , and iRgar .Gnard Actions Our - ' oops G6 On. HAVE TAKEN 1 560 GUNS N " 1 -a , . Amerfean Infnntrymen Have Two Ger - ihan' TT-'and Three Officers 'Who ' " Say .'They " Arie'.TUe of ' " .. J ,. . j ' .' . ' The War. :. Washington, July ; 21. Prisoners captured by. American . troops in the offensive on the' Aslne-Marne fronttup to n earl jrjhour Saturday, totaled by actual count' 17,000,' General -Pershing reported In nis communique for yestexv , day "received tonlght by ; the wai de partment. Capture of 660 'guns also Is announced-, . :' ! 'V J 'Breaking down' of the resistance ; of the Germans between- the Alsne and the. Marne, American 'troops have con tinued . their advance and taken many additional prisoners, says General Pershing's communique. - The--, oom munique follows: , ,r - r "Section ' A-Between the, Ai'sne' and the Marne- our- troops again . broke the enemy's resistance, and continued their advance, , taking: many 1 additional prls "Section B.; , It . was reported at t;30 o'clock. onthe T -evening of July , t '.Avlatlo'n reported dense; cloud 'of smoke -covering. the- bridges 'over the ; MarneThls may he to hld6 J with drawaL 'Large, assembly of Hroops, in the, region; southwest of", Vtlle-SJntTar-denols is reported : by . aviation. Th'ls may be. for; a "counter-attack ' on the center of . allied attack of . yesterday. German counter-attacks were very strong ..today, especia4iy zrom i " the Alsne to; Chaudon where they seem: to have .reached the-v plateau .'. i west; - f Plolssy : and-to" have v taken Chauduh. Further - south progressed to Chouy and NeuillyStFronteGn; the Marne Kheims front;; thej enemy; appears on the defensive, and we: advanced,' slight ly in places.' f .:".-s". JA-;-" M"'t y4 ? It was reported 11:80 o'clock on tha veninfir.:-of.;July.41.9tV4,'5:'svi: "Advance continues. -' . Couhter-ato tacks jthrown back. . w have taken Courmelles and are near west of ) Vil lem ontolr e, west about $0 0 metres) of Plessler Huleu and bave taken Roset St-Albin e nd Maubry. . In the ' Rozet aU Albin region1 the Germans, appeared to be tfttuityf-yf.f made. -'fe'iSf t.: iV- T-TJt was reported at, 1 o'clock -on the rabrnlng bf July20l- : ' .We have; taken If, 000 prisoners ac tually counted" and 4580S guns. ' At the north,. near Soissons, we hold the Mon taigne de Paris,;, then further .south we Jiold 'Courmelles. : VUlemontore Is held -by the Germans, ibut we are still' ad vancing..: We ;urs Jut west of Tlgny. Boset -St. Albin - Is-r oura - Maubry-'ls purs. :v Above, we are .west . of 'Plessler Huleu.-: We " are; making ;gobd progress during .the iUght;.'4?v-'j::yv:f::. ;"Bprjtoa0:2ff"dc&CQttho. 3mornlng?ofi Julys;20 :fr6mFenotten eral headquarters .ft f i'xii&r . "Germans V have retreated across the Marine. r There are no Germans on the sQUth side. 'A French; are attacking more : or, -less' everywhere. Atta ckin. ori the west . butr the morning '.reports have not come Ih . so - far.?. 4.':;, -s;;.' ,"; Despite - counter-attacks and ".-. "rear guard actions of a- desperate - nature, the. Americansradvanced; steadlly ;early yesterday, says the communique.- The towns of "Courmelles, ; Xlozet St... Al- GERMANS - TERRIBLE PRICE IS IN And the Battle; Between Sois4 sons and ; CKate ITWerry 1 " . ' Is NotTei'OvrC ' PILES OF GERMAN DEAD Prisoners Taken Belonging ; To Many Divisions1. Indicate' .. : Demprallpation. . - f -' WJth the Amerlln 1; Army on " the Aisne-Marne Frbntuty 2t (By ThV Associated Pres.)Wermany has al ready paid a terrlbla price in the fight ing that is going on between rSoisson allied forces have , -passed, great piles of dead and many-wounded. 'These suf-, ferers are . wenrtf wrT and'theal-. lied forces are displaying, a. fine spirit' of co-operation, i : vii; WiC- ' Among the pri8oher;werea German colonel and his "staftV C-They -.had taken refuge in a quarry and "refused to obey a summons 10 ome- ou -Aiieri etrorta to induce .them to surrender appeared' to be wasted hand-grenades were drop ped, down, a chimney Reading , into .the quarry. , Those unhurti including , the f Ae ;roaderereny Dewuaermeni.- v ii : nere ana xnere some of. them smile. when they happily respond to . the.q.uery, iG.o.lng to Paris ?7 Until late today--there .was- little ef fort to bring pressure to - bear against other; parts nof. .the 'anemyr line. Both French" and American officers- appear to ,be more thanrblMei:C'ith,..the - suc cesses - already attained. .' Full, credit' is given ' the plan' :of 'General "Foch . -which already has nettedmaghifice'nt resalts and which promises' to convert the am bitious plans '.of "the '.Germans ' Into a fiasco. - .'.ytj?t:'kM .-iP?;.;.??-7";- i-..t ' ; The , number i of prisoners-. taken .Is being increased -and : from; -these , nien i it is ascertained?, that the qemoraiisjt tlon of: thesrman;?lrmy.ils fgreatsr than was suspected. r Those taken .Jpy one American, unit, aldne-represent: sev en divisions. This fact and the stories of the - prisoners -Indicate that thfi mana have lost; .much. in;, organisa tion. ; j'.x-ljS iW ; , .S.?'" crown ; pRiNcsrs Aiwrr Was . if 5 v HOTJY SHKIil.rP AT CROSSING With the American Array in- Franoe, July' 21 By .Tbev Associated Press.---Mornin From" . heights overlooking the. Marne. the correspondent observed the scene pf the battle throughout: yes terday .until Rafter, nightfall.; tit-;, wa evident thatlthet Germans j were' con templating a lurthsf retreat aftertheir' defeat, at "itha hajadsof fth tFrenehy American "British and Italian -divisions 'which- by vigorous'counier-attacksand maneuvers, -baa .orpugnt; anout a preci- pitate - retreat . of . tbs -German orown prince's chosen troops ;and. sent "them fleeing jto" the or.rhj, -bank, pfvUhe ; Marne. -i,.:. I'p ' " These troops did- not get., aerqss; the Marhejii wlthout,' French; and American. artillery, kept up a steady - fire. . Onegroup of American field battery fired, continuously for 1 nourfi aiming. pow. a-e.pinjt w lB' marne andha pontoons ; erected by- tha Germans across the stream.'-For Iqng periodsTnany troops were prevented by this firs frbni.tusirig the pontoons for crossing.tha ri6i&?2i&-. 'i-i i In the meantime allied troops Includ- Ifng French ahd AmerlcanSharrled; tha f German Infantrytjanltsrwhlch had tried for several v days-to- tascend the Marne vaneyltowardi'EVnay.'PSThe enemy was eventually Lfqrcsdvback;: yesterday morning into .the: valley of ..the. Marne where he occupied but .not ; for long, a -nairrowfetria bf 3gr6undHere !the Germans fought r'desperately.j;: Even when they--reaqhedths;tlorthernt; sld of the. river "the Gerihans had no peace. snens iei upon .nfy,"Hv;,vr Umnt as.iney. iu,.w;wwiio.wmwr i.. .k . - ii "tiavhnd. Thai" -ehaneeftl t-h vallevs beyond. . Their., chances nf SMa.inine supplies '.V of '. ammunition and food were .meagre, "for the, French ahdAmerfcahiguns poured , projectiles oyer ithalorestf VintoJ thHv! or:itlri that- the Germaps i ai , removlngj their big guns- from ithe northern r side t Ft. their reply -tta-the allledb0mbardment was; very weak..althpugh at some points .haiis ftt with ; fair freouenCT. Durtng all -this ; time the :Uledftropp oneratlnealongtfieVesterw -.flanli-of the Gertnaftrsalifitbnttnued"tmproff ress'-rnakliig; thapdSItlomse;;Ger j concentrating In the Tiolld ws evidently lnpreparatlon'H-fora:'freh5mdv rear; In -order to ' escape the: danger of being cut- off, r-The airmen carried out their task under great dificultles.i The wind was blowinff a hurricane" yet they flew-and did . wonderful work, report ing f reauently" to "the allied command ers: who could . thu3 . train -the artillery on- places where the Germans- were ALREADY XACTED SOISSONS EI6HTIM TQAL CASUALTIES. ; DURING LAST WE EE Ji ARE LARGEST YET iiiSt" Shows Increase of Nearly .t':Fiir: Hundred Over Previ- mI'-ous Week's Report. AGGREGATE NOW 12,716 Casualties Listed to Present ;: Prbbably Not Include Fight ing Since Monday. Wntonuly .?!. Casualties In the; army . and -marine corps overseas inereafedt to 983 during the week, cpm paredwith 647 the previous week and -aggregate 12,716 with the inclusion J maha. corps list of 26. ; .WdJr the. -'week's total was the Iftrgest announced for any week since Aniterlcan troops have ' Deen on the Datue xronxs, iz is unimeiy mai any of r-the;' casualties Which have resultf ed from - the heavy . fighting in which the '.-Americans have -participated in sincsi last . Monday are.included in the totals.: The ; press -of transmitting the names ;by cable from - thex headquart ers of the American expeditionary" for ces ; In ."France . and the .notifying In thlscountryaafterj-a careful checking up; of the records :1s -slow. including 281 men" lost ati sea, men killed' in action, dead of wounds, dis ease, accidentr and other .causes, : num-here-.B.lOO army men,, 4,421; marines, f 9i; JThe ; mounded t aggregate 6,941 army, men,; 5.81 7 .marines, ,1,'124. :Thos missng, including prisoners, total-. 675 r!kyitv&9s 'iiHltijfss-8o-.Ohe week's iacrtase,- .781 were! army men and, 30? -marines; . Killed in Action and other, -deaths. numbered : 427 compared with 259 - the previtfus - week ; .- the wounded number --465 r compared' with 307 the previous week, and the missing and prlsoners- 9.1 reompared -with 81 the- previous week. The army casual ties r summary: as ..officially announced follows: Jjvf. Sumanary of Casnaltlea " : Killed in actions including 291 at sea)t 1.801; died? of . wounds,' 678; died of disease, 1,399; died of accident and other -causes, 543; wounded in action, 5,8'lf ; missing in action, Including prisoners,- 59 8; total to date. 10,831. - 5Thi njarne corps casualties summary as : ofilclally announced follows : r " ?L Deaths,- 679 ; rwounded, 1,124 ; In hands of r .enemy, : 4 ; - missing, 78 ; total to date.1,885. . -':: 'A : . " "'' : s." Officers-. Included .In the marine . corps summary were: f Deaths, 25 ;i wounded, 2;li(nlsslng,v-l.i -The; army summary does; not- state the number of - officers. YE9TERIAYS ' OSTf SHOWS ; y&m-4? t- f 1 1 TOTAL ; CASVAtTIBS M9 sWaifhington, fi July ; i21J-Thej:: array ea8Ualtylist today shows:: - ,. . c . f Killed In. action, 43; died of wounds, 2$ -died of 3 disease, "23; died of. accl j (Continued: on-Page j:ight)i : ORDERS ISSUED TO 10NTMIE1AS1 ': . ft ' Clubs Follows Schedules Until 5tiH ?.:r. f r-.fc-3r jxwt" :$Xs& AM. h i :': -. t' Ami1(!ile'Offlciali Heet Today igOftten Siieje - -Ohilagoly 2- tonlgnt-twere ,xnai , proieseionaij paue -: t: '-'J ...". -s ' : 1 . . - l hafl w U ?bei suspended .by major 4eague magnates at mettings to ; be held this ,weeisrafesultroiH SecretaryQfjWar flKht rejlatlons,orderarw re;lB8ttedt toconf BaueiSlalfeuntiiu!furt 'American league-owners,- the. -major iheiraVksTatVonc - Wnlt . Cleveland wtth . President lBaiAnsottDresidinsrrtomakeLai! final Ban. Johnson presiding rto-make: a final decision, f t ;f v i atiohalsieaguyonlcials. many-of whom f;ar taidtfavor?rficontinulng with their ischeduleywlUUmset mP4tts burg J Tuesday.- -- August-. Herrman president i ofi-the Clncinnativcluti And president TofvtheNatlpnal'J baseball Commission, told President Johniroa on" the long vdl stance-telephone today-that ' it ;:was Flmpossible- mt or him -to r each PresldehUTener;iof thass; National league butf that the emergency was o great that: he had called the 'meeting and the club owners had - agreed, ' A ALL OFF U-BOAT SINKS THREE BARGESMT IN VIE W OF HUNDREDS Epic Sight When Huns Mad With- Terror Gay Up to the Americans Paris, July 21.-The "finest thing of the combat v was,, the dash of thef Americans," writes Lieut.' En tray-; gues, the special Jprrespndent -at the front for the Temps, in describ ing the opening o fthe geat counter-offensive. ' " , ? ,. , . fT ;.', "It was a fine thing to, eea-those grand fellows with,;, their, - tunics thrown; off ,and-. their ? shirt sleeves rolled up above their elbows .wad ing the rivers with the watf!t. their shoulders and throwlngthem selves on the Bodies, like. bulldogs, i -Anyone who has seert sPisJfi a sight," he goes ion, 'knows what the American army is good ; forhence forth and ,to the end of the wari At sight of these men. magnificent ;ln their youth, physical, force, ' good temper and idash:-the. Germans v fled , 'with every leg or surrendered with out awaiting-ihe. o-rder -to , throw. away their arms. and take onT their j suspenders .;whicl- is ,the .first thing: a prisoner Is told to?do ih order that' ' he may - be compelled.; to . keep his hands employed,. feaad;; out- of mls- chieLf. ' ' Vv-fiyv?.4.'-it--. ' . .A? a: "The Germans hurried, toward our lines gripping, their trousers, .hag gard, and .maft i.wjtbjf terror? ,. ... A. i "Would that .every, mother la 'France -who thaslbst ra,son In tha . war .could, have seen 4 that -epic s Ight, They wou Id ; rsva--eei themseiV revengea ; ana , wphih us, a "- Sorrow.'' - : U 1 'i'-iy.'i-uif, TO Trightfuliiess" Campaign Indi- :cated SieSg'i APPEARANCE-?! EXPECTED , .. , FDxelgn-Made Mtnea ' Off Loft- islam h:'.lamt Week f SMowed . Sea . Wslv v-i- ' Washingtfrni?-Juir:illrcteast. W the tactics adoel: y which last, ,l"aidd ercawawrsws Gennani-sea'i off the MasaaehustS' and sheiled;yesseWfthoit:gi crews' time ; to: seek safety faf' small beats. -Y:' ': w-'rvjpi ' '" -iThe fact was-'itiV,'T tesjAs';. indciktlii :'Gsj( undertaking to":' ibrlngtheit.f campaign ofTrtghtfu'lnsdey America ? in " tnie , hone" of Shaklniir'f tB.s morale , of the, .nation That Ithis ati tempt . would have o mors .. suoess than the raid? of last. May an. June was : the .. firm ? conviction-, of , official GERMH1AT11MPTS DESTROY mm r -.w M. ... -; ..-- ine suomersiDie,; snouia nave aicacjceo a tug and barges as these vesseswere without, military yalu andthe .mone tary : loss ; was smalL om acceptea this waste of . ammunition a .bearing out the;- theory Tr of- j a "frfghtfulnessT campaign,; for - liponho other ground they said,; could, the; submarine' com;. mander justify ; such -1 art expensive taoki , &4h vrl & i i-.&txt.'te $ ;t Reappearance ;.,of;;-.; submarlnestifn Americsn, waters, at this time was not unexpected .-after, the finding c of -foreign-made mlnespff the Ixmg Island coast last f week, '.. -The-: presence of the sea-raider; .was 'not.: accepted' by naril officers as Proof, that .itrwas, torpi fo that 'sank thet armored -..erulsei'i,.1 E a Dlegop off Flrelslandviasfe Friday rw.lt ZE? VUai. A U1SM iiu uvoiwj vu :uo -a- uwc In , their opinion the aubmarihe. strewed mines in; thea Atlantfo Ship lade east of. NewrTork,; in , the-y hops -Off destrdyfng f American troops Thls methodl of un- dertaklng destructloaT': of troepV ship instead ; of bydlrect attack was bei. lteved cto rliavCb.e'adoptef fiy",the Germans because' of - the risk of itheir own Cdestnietlon Vby Jdesffoyliri'and other war.- raft cottvoylng. tha !-transports If 'ha Jattajcked,heini'l'jE;:-'';'v' -s -This was the first appeartnce"of sub mersibles In New.'-England waters since the" United States entered- the war, but "before that '.the- U-53- sank-severaf ves - Sels eft the Massachusetts coast 'after appearing at Newport,' B.; Th sub mersibles which' visited this side of the Atlantic- last May and ,June operated , iwuiiisivu. ,ij ,-a. - .-s- hv ;.frj Tireiy pjusx - on: --i.no - snoais, , wa miies .pOffllala pls4nyj;'wsrB, surprise!.. thaTXfrom shore at IX o'clock, this morning HorMe . COD x Sets Fourth' 'Barge and Tug On Fire by Shells,. Some fall ing.Near Shore. ,H ' v r far CREWS ESCAPE IN BOATS One Man's s&nxi Blown Off By Explosion and Another; Is . SlighUy Injured. CHASERS cNOW ON SEARCH T, , Lad Waves;1 Old Glory in 'Defi- 7. ance Of Sea1 Wolf. ',: -j;. Orleans, Mass., July 21. An : enemy . submarine attacked a tow "" off ;;yHhe ' easternmost point of . Cape Cod u today, sank three barges, set a fourth and their tug 'onJflreV and dropped four shells on the. mainland. ( ,'. The, action " lasted an hdnr and, was unchallenged except for' two' hydroplanes' from; the.' Chatham station which circled over the . JtJ-boat causing her 'to - subnierge,' for only a moment to '.reappear and resume' fpu -V- v Crews Sscape In Boats,v-, u;.' '.tThe crews-o the tow, numbering 41 and' ; including three.V women and five chfHre'n, ' escaped ' amid . . the shell fire in- . lifeboats Several . were wounded, but ottIy one ' seriously. (He- happenf d to: be tjohn .Botovich,. an ..Austrian of the crew of the tug,"' His 'right, arm knjear the shoulder .was torn away by. a ita&ujgu J aiicii. . a- ixc? uiiuui ai Juries , of the others were' from shell sp'lihters."r-'! 1 ':;. ; i'l'jf'-i ' The .barges were' ih tow of .the tug Perth Amboy-1 owned by the Xehlgh Valleyrallroad' and. were ' bound ' from 'Gloucester, for- New'' York. ' One was loadea .with, stone, but the otners were light, beingros their return trips. after bringing coal . to New England. ' - Poor MarkSnianshfp Saved Xlfe," f The attack was without warning and only; the ; poor marksmanship 'of 'the v German gunners permitted the escape of the crews.V .'-X: ':.' v .v::--: ;. J;-, The one-sided fight took place three miles south 6f the Orleans coast guard ; station which is located midway be- , tween Chatham,nat' the lbowf and Highland light- at the extreme tip of -the cape. - The' flrlngwas heard , .'for ' miles' and ' brought', thousands to the i beach from ,which. the flashes; of the - l fiiinn &ml .' thA - autllnA- of tha . TT-ho.t . "were plainly visible,, i Possible danger ' tne onlookers'-was not uiougni ox f jsntil a shell vrhizzed over, their heads and splashed In a pond a mile inland. . Three other shells T burled , themselves in-tha jMtndtof - th.-.beach'-:; s z-trA .r, ' SnrvrVecn- tiiomt Kffeetfc -i,i:i-'.v',':',';:' . The survivors of the tow, with the exception, ' Jt WO 1 Injured,! were ' taken : to they Orleans- coast guard, 7 station, communication,- with which by - tele phone und navyi regulations was not -: permltted:vNcr information could be ob tained front Official sources on the cape." v The survivors lost all their per sonal effects' and soma of them who . were "In their1, bunks when the U-boat ; appeared' came ashore in. their" night , nl.tdln : :.- '"' T' - 4 I The tufir Perh Amboy wlth her four oarges in une wae, pumng aiong ieis- . - , ... ... : . . when' the c Urboat r of ; an estimated length. :of ' 40d feet rose suddenly one mil seaward. and -trained, her : gun on the tow. iA moment . later, and without . warning to -the-. crew a. shell struck ine- secona . oarge amiasmps. . .- - c Jfe,: The. empty craft . doubled .- up !. and sunk so 4uic&ly that her -crew barely hadr-, time.; to lower their i small-boat, Capfc!: TiilTapley v of tha ?tur i ha! . sounded ills . Whistle as soon as the U- : boati wai"; sighted, and ;; . ordered s; the ' barges abandoned. .The first shot .was followed: by -a rain of shells that drop ped on and all rabout t the Perth rAm boy and.her barges. Af4ucky shot next sank: thA : last barge. A Meanwhile hlUonthe tug had set her afire, but; she stood bv her barsres to the finish, i The 'third barge In the line, the small the German' gunners occupied 'half an hour In disposing; ofc berii- kSC--'i-i '-Jy ';-'-,-'v Hydroplanes. Blnff U-boat.':.'..5 . ;...''- ,tBy this timS the firing had alarmed iv'S "whole " cape' 'and cries . for; assls ta;ice were sent broadcast.'; No Ameri can,warshlps) however, appeared to beiA the vicinity -and the exhibition of. Grman: gunneryiwent on ' methodi--cally'Thett two ' hydro-aeroplans rose from ths; station at , Chatham, and flying "low darted toward' the enemy as though 'to attack. i It could not be seen that they; dropp, 1 any bombs but the Germans . evidentil anticipated an attack from -the air for they 1 stoppe J i firing and elevated their guns agalr-1 the- hvdro-aeroDlanes. ' They- did not fire; however, and a moment, later sub merged. The . plane f circled" about where the enemy was last seen &z CABE
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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