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Volume XIX
LENOIR, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1918
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Important Information
Corporal Walter Scott, colored, of
Xenoir, with the 571 infantry, sta-
v tioned east of Veraun, nas oeen reo
' -ommended for the French war cross
'- (the Croix de Guerre), according to
; :"' a letter received here by Mr: J. L.
T lIelsoit,rfrom his son, Lieut J. L.
. , kelson, one of the officers of that
, company. The letter, hears the date
:V of July 20 and was, received here
': Wednesday.
"I have been at the front now for
a lnn time and un to date I have not
.had any serious mishap," continues
; vLieut Nelson's letter. "My company
Is now in. the reserve line. We get
' a tntal nf 21 Havs at the front and
. "then we go back to the rest camp for
;. oightdays. .
"I am sure you all get more of the
1 -war news than I do. AH we get is
the French communique,4asued twice
, '-each day. Just at present things
" look fine for us. I think June 23,
- 1918,- marked the turning point in
the war. Then it was that the Ital
ian AmtnntfA the Austrian trooos SO
.'. splendidly. Now we are making
" things hum over here. If w only
aH nKnnt: two million Americans
." "here; I think we would be home for
Christmas. But the boche is just like
"I saw Andrew on July 14 for the
!. ! "first time in nearly a month. He has
-remived snacial nraiie for the man
" ner In which he handled his machine
mm anrtinn nndpr fire. He was com-
pletely cut off from his battalion ana
7 his coolness he saved a mighty
- ----- . - .
complicated situation. I guess he
-iwill writ.n von ahnut it.
"Now for the big story. Corporal
"Walter Scott went on a patrol; got
"lost with two privates went over a
mile into the German lines, spotted
some very important military fea
tures, fought with a German patrol,
escaped by a most remarkable feat of
daring, and the result was that he
;gave the general .staff some very,
'very valuable information. He has
"been recommended for the Croix de
. fliierre and I hone he srets it. I In-
m ma & lAtTI OVA fill TrUk
selves,
t The Lenoir News is cutting a big
"shine In th etrenches "over there,"
says Lieut. Nelson in another letter
to his mother, and is read "with as
much interest as a New York paper,"
he says. This letter is "under date of
, July 12 and follows:
Dearest Mother:
I have been too busy with the
hoche lately te write you very often.
"Well, I have certainly been through
the real experience of my life, and
istill I am here on the job and doing
my best to do the right thing.
Before I go any further I will say
that I received your letter written
June 16. I was glad to hear from
you and to know you were all well.
Vur letter came to me late one night
in the front' line trenches, where I
was expecting most anything to hap
pen just any minute. Needless to
say, your letter helped to steady my
nerves a whole lot. Also in the same
mail I received a Lenoir News dated
June 14 and letters each from June
1 Shell and Mary Coffey. Don't think
I didn't read them over time after
time. We fellows hunger for news
roro, the States. You don't know
' how completely we are cut off from
the reet of the world. One thing you
might tell Mr. May, and that is, the
Lenoir News was read by lots of of
ficers within 100 yards of the Ger-i
man line was the only American pa
per seen since June 25. Officers in
my battalion read the News with as
much interest as a New York paper.
I think you will be Interested to
"know how I spent the 4th of July.
"Well, I had one great and glorious
time of it I was sent out on a re
connaissanse patrol on the night of
July 2 and wab kept on the go very
eteadily for about two days and a
half with only about five hours' sleep,
so on the night of July 4th my com
pany relieved another one at the
front, and all the night of the 4th
nd 5th I spent in making disposi
tions of combat groups. My platoon
is farthest to front of any in the
regiment, and I have the honor of
being the first lieutenant in my bat-
talion to command a front line sec-
' tor. I can hardly realize that 1 am
writing you real facts, but they are.
I command one entire mile of front
on the western lines. This letter
goes to you tonight- from my com
mand post , a dugout; only a few
jards from the boches. I am writing
you these lines' between my rounds
of inspection. This is my ninth night
and the good Lord has been kind to
' me so far. I Cannot begin to tell you
i about the nervous strain I am under
all the time. Gray hairs are already
showing on my head. Daylight is aj
V ways the most welcome, sight in tire
world to me. As Jrou know, most of
,ths fighting is done just at dusk or
'" just at break of day. All during the
V night patrols are working out from
X both Bides In an effort to gain inf or
'. .'"mation or to destroy ;I have had to
v top ao many times since I began this
letter I know It is badly connected,
i hut I have been two days writing this,
, ao you can Imagine the difficulties
, ci jr nvf us. auu w s,mv t j-
;tJ:ing to give a good account of our
TO
STRIKE FINAL BLOW
Cottlng Ready to Hurl Entire Mill-
tary acrongw or auim nui
Gorman to Bring War to
SocMStfor .Conclusion,
Washington, Aug. 7. Backed by a
reservoir . of 5,000,000 American
troops. Field Marshal Foch, supreme
commander of the American and al
lied armies, is ..preparing to hurl the
entire united military strength of
France, Great Britain and the United
States agains" the Germans on the
western front in order to bring the
war to a victorious conclusion m the
shortest possible time. Next spring
will see the terrific conflict, already
in progress on the Aisne-Marne line,
in full swing, with Foch's armies
striking with all their power. .
This was the Impression gained to
day by members of the Senate mili
tary committee who heard Gen.
March, chief of staff, explain in exec
utive session the war department's
reasons for asking extension of draft
age limits to include all men between
18 and 45 years of age. They learned
also that the definite decision to en
large the American military program
to an army of five million menwas
reached about-July 30 and is in ac
cordance with an agreement reached
in Pans shortly before that time.
The date when the United States
decided to more than double the
great effort it already was' making
and to bring its whole man power to
bear immediately may be significant.
Gen. Foch's smashing blow, which
has flattened out the Aisne-Marne sa
lient and Has thrown the whole Ger
man front from Rheims to the seaJ
into jopardy, was struck July 15 with
American troops, bearing their full
share.
It apeared possible that the success
of that blow had influenced Ameri
can officials who continuously have
pressed for a vigorous agrressive
campaign at the earliest possible mo
ment and with attention concentrat
ed on the western front, to believe
that enough could be done this year
to prepare the way for a smashing
military triumph next year when the
full American army becomes avail
able. The period of time covered by
estimates for equipment and trans
portation for 'the troops under the
enlarged army plan is understood to
carry it up to next spring.
As the project is understood, al
though no details were obtainable, it
is contemplated to place an army of
substantially three million American
troops in France before the spring
campaign opens, backed by two mil
lion more at home, moving forward
as needed. In this connection, inti
mation that the British have made
extraordinary , efforts to concentrate
troops on the western front in the
last few months become increasingly
significant Coupled with the French
and American efforts, this gives
promise of such overwhelmingly
forces In the battle next year that a
comparatively short , and bitter fight
may see the issue decided and the
German army driven beyond the
Rhine if it is not destroyed in the
field.
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Dentist Is Sent Out by State Board
of Health to Do Free Dental
Work for School Children
of the County
There will be a first-class dentist.
Dr. J. F. West at the school houses
on the dates named below. This den
tist is sent out by the State Board
of Health to do free dental work for
school children of Caldwell county.
All school children who visit the den
tist will be examined and given ex
pert advice rm the care of their teeth.
Selected cases among the younger
children will have their teeth treated
free of charge. This work is paid for
by your Board of County Commis
sioners and the bureau of medical
inspection, of school of the State
Board of Health. As you see from
the schedule below the work will go
on four weeks, from Monday, Aug.
19, to Saturday night, Sept 14, from
9 o'clock in the morning until 5
o'clock in the afternoon. Be sure to
come early and on the first day bring
all the children who were in school
last winter and who the teacher said
had bad teeth. '"
Dates and Places
Lenoir, at Graded School Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug,
19, 20 and 21, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Hudson, at School House Thurs
day and Friday, Aug. 22 and 32, 9
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Baton, at School House Satur
day. Aug. 24, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
' Granite Falls, at School House
Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 26 and
27, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Rhodhiss, at School House Wed
nesday, Aug. 28, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Oak Hilh School House Thursday
nnd Friday, Aug. 29 and 30, 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. j
Whitnel, Graded School Satur
day, Aug. 31, 9va.m. to 5 p.m.
King's Creek, at School House
Monday and Tuesday, Sept 2 and 8,
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. - '
Plney Grove, at School House
Wednesday and Thursday, .Sept 4
and 8, 9 a.m. to S p.m. ;
pens
GROWD BRAVES.HEAT
TO HEAR MAJ.
T
Addressed Enthusiastic Crowd on the
Court House CroonWas En
tertained by Mr. and Mrs.
Rofus L .Gwyr
Several hundred enthusiastic pa
triots heard Maj. Edouard DuPont of
the. French army here Monday sight
To say that Maj. DuPont pleased his
hearers would not do him justice.
They were displeased when he stop
ped talking. They wanted him' to
continue.
The speaking was announced to be
held in the court house, but on ac
count of the crowd and the swelter
ing heat it was decided to move out
on the court house lawn and Maj.
DuPont spoke from a table. Maj.
DuPont was introduced by Mayor
W, J. Lenoir, himself a direct de
scendant of a son of France.
"We are very fortunate in having
a brave and distinguished French of
ficer to address us thi sevenine, Maj.'
DuPont has spent 32 months in the
trenches. His ancestral home is in
that part of northern France that
has been overridden by the Germans
and where men s souls have been
tried. We know that he is a areat of
ficer, because he has been sent here
to help train our men and make them
fit for the work they are to do. We
welcome you to Lenoir," said the.
mayor, turning directly to the French
major. "Lenoir is a Freneh name
and we hope this will help you to re
member us and in future times you
will think favorably of us and visit
us again."
"I belong to North Carolina," be
gan Maj. DuPont. "When I was first
sent to Camp Green the Charlotte
Observer referred to me as the North
Carolina Frenchman, and this name,
I am happy to say, still goes with me.
Every man has two countries his
own and France. In my case it is
France and North Carolina, and when
the time comes for me to go back to
France I Will carry not only the
French spirit but some of the Amer
ican spirit along with the Tar Heel
spirit
"We are now in the fifth year of
the war. In the beginning England
rented houses for headquarters for
three years. We wondered at this.
We have found since that we were
wrong and that England was wro
L We thought the war would be over
mthm a few months and they
tnougnt it would be over in three
U Jja! now Jsed into the
I fifth year, but now England is rent
ing houses by the month,
"Germany hag been preparing for
this war since Napoleon. In 1880 she
wanted to try out this strength and
in the struggle that followed she took
Alsace and Lorraine. Not being sat
isfied with that she took one billion
dollars. We were on the eve of war
in 1905, in 1908 and again in 1913,
but for some reason the war did not
begin until 1914, when on the pre
text of the assassination of Archduke
Francis Ferdinand at Sarajevo war
was declared. At this time none of
us dreamed how well Germany had
prepared for the conflict Shortly
we commenced finding evidences of
German preparation. A German tea
was sold extensively over France.
This tea was advertised by the use of
road signs and on the back of these
signs it was found they carried com
plete information to the invading
German army. Many farmers had
settled in France, claiming that they
were from Belgium and Luxemburg.
On the outbreak of the war these
settlers disappeared and it was later
found that they were officers in the
German army and had been living in
France to gather information for the
German army. One of the most im
portant business men of Rheims was
arrested a few days after the out
break of the war. He was en route
to Germany and in his automobile a
complete German officer's uniform
was found.
"In France we never' thought that
Germany would dishonor Belgian
neutrality as 'a scrap of paper.' Be
fore we could realize it and organize
our forces they had swept through
the country. It was the battle of the
Marne where they got their first set
back. It was here that Gen. Foch
made an undying name for himself
an df or France when he sept Marshal
Joffre the message: 'My left wing is
turning; my right wing is broken; I
am attacking with my center.' "
MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR -ALBERT
CORPENING, KILLED
We desire to pay due honor to our
first soldier boy reported killed in
battle, At 8 o'clock next Sunday
afternoon u in' the First Methodist
church there will be held a memorial
service for Albert Corpening.
The pastors of the other, churches
are invited to come, with their con
gregations and meet with us hi this
historic service.
D. M. LITAKER, Pastor.
"
S03 AMERICAN WOMEN
"" WORKERS IN FRANCE
In France there are ; now 503
American women 'Y. M. C. A. work
ers serving our. soldiers" and sailors
and enlisted men of the allied armies.
Two ot these heroic women, Miss
Wenena Martifr and Miss Marion
on active service undeJc the Bed Tri-
' Hone and syrups instead of aug&f
wUl,aake Tictory, Juat u :w& .ud
hrinv it murk imum-1' ' f.v:iV-"
KEEP MILLION IN GAMP
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1,800,000 in Camps -. Now Baker
'JSsyt That, Witk Extension of
I Draft Af e, Class 1 Will Pro-
vide All Men Necessary
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 5. Pass
ing through Kansas City today en
route to Leavenworth, -Kan., Secre
tary Baker issued statement in
which he said it was the purpose of
the war department to keep at least
one million men in training in camps
in the United States so- long as the
war shall last He placed the num
ber of men now training in the
United States at 1,500,000.
i With reference to his recommen
dation for extension of the draft age
Secretary Baker said it was not the
intention of the war department to
invade the deferred classifications,
adding that with the extension of the
draft age, class one will provide all
the men necessary.
I Discussing the battle in the Aisne
Marne sector, Mr. Baker warned
against over-optimism. "We are
only beginning," he said.
Sept. 5 It Suggested as Registra-
I tion Day
With an aurgent recommendation
from Provost Marshal General Crow
fler that it be enacted without delay,
and a suggestion that Sept. 5 next
might be fixed as registration day
tor approximately 13,000,000 men
throughout the country, the admin
istration's man power bill requiring
the registration for military service
of all men between the ages of 18
nd 45 years was introduced Monday
n the Senate and House. -
' Unless immediate steps are taken
o provide additional men, lien.
irowder said, the weekly registration
pi men as they attained 21 years of
Ige will be necessary to fill the draft
Quotas after Sept 1, when only 100,-
000 of the 191 8registmnts will be
available.
. Upon the introduction ef the bill
Chairman Chamberlain announced
that the Senate military committee
would meet Tuesday to consider the
bill. He said he did not think hear
ings would be necessary and ortly
three or four days should be required
to report the bill. Chairman Dent
of the House committee said since
only three members of his committee
are in Washington it was doubtful
nether the bill could be acted upon
hefore the House reconvenes on Au
gust 19. '
Suggestions made on the Senate
floor by Senator Curtis of Kansas
that the Senate abandon its program
of recesses and perfunctory sessions
until Aug. 24 if the bill can be favor
ably reported by the committee with
in a few days was endorsed by Sen
ator Chamberlain. However, Senate
leaders now in Washington said any
plans to this effect would be held in
abeyance until the committee could
determine just how much time would
be necessary for a thorough discus
sion of the, bill. .
The bill would amend the present
selective service act so as to require
the registration of all men between
18 and 20 years and 32 and 45, in
clusive. While the number of men
in the latter classes would total 10,
028,973, Gen. Crowder estimates the
total number who would be eligible
for class one would be only 601,236,
owing to exemptions for dependents
or industrial and physical reasons.
Between 18 and 20 years his esti
mates show that 3,171,771 would
register, while 1,787,609 men would
b eeligible for class one.
MISS SHEPHERD DIED FROM
INJURIES RECEIVED IN FALL
Miss Nellie Shepherd died Wednes
day morning about 4 o'clock at the
home of a neighbor, Mr. Chas. Hart
ley, near Elkville, from injuries sus
tained in a fall from her horse a few
hours before. The accident occurred
in the road near Mr. Hartley's house
when Miss Shepherd and others were
returning from a Red Cross gather
ing at Ferguson. In the darkness
her horse became frightened at a
horse and buggy which approached
rapidly from behind.
Following the accident she was
picked up and carried to Mr. Hart
ley's, where a physician was called.
She did not seem to be seriously in
jured, but it was found that three
ribs were broken. She rested quietly
and occupied the same bed with Mrs.
Hartley. She went to sleep and
about 4 o'clock Mrs. Hartley awoke
and called Not receiving any an
swer; she called Mr. Hartley and oth
ers in the house. They found the in
jured girl dying.
Miss Shepherd was about 25 years
old and was most highly esteemed.
She was elected to teach the Fergu
son echool this term and had an
nounced the opening of school for
Monday.
SENT FLOWERS GATHERED
IN "NO MAN'S LAND"
Mr. W. W. Simmons a few days
ago received a letter from James
Pearcy, who is with the American
expeditionary forces in France. Pear
cy enclosed with the letter a few
flowers that he picked from "No
Man's Land."
GEO, BERNHARDT RECEIVES
v A PROMOTION TO ENSIGN
'Passing as fourth in a class of a
243 in the naval officers' training
ichool was the record of George
Jlernhardfc the son of Mr. and Mrs.
i M; Bernhardt of Lenoir. .. The suc
I
CORPEfll
PAYS THE SUPREME PRICE
Ho Was Wounded by n Gorman Aero
plane Bomb and Died in a 4os
pita! Was a Member ,f ,-
the 105th Engineers !f
Albert Corpening has paid 'the su
preme sacrifice for his country... He
was wounded on July 18 by an, aero
plane bomb dropped from a German
machine on the 30th division, Vamps
and died a few days later in, hos
pital back of the lines. Information
of his death cajne to his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Corpening, o'Soate
5, in a letter from his brother, Wil
fong Corpening, a member .of the
same company. J
Albert Corpesing is the first Cald
well boy to make the supreme sacri
fice for his country. He was mem
ber of the original company A, North
Carolina National Guard, at Hickory,
and went with that company to the
Mexican border. When this company
was again called into servjte. and
sent to Camp Sevier, where it was
changed to the 105th engineers of
the 30th division, Albert Corpening
was still with it This division was
sent to France in the early spring.
He was 27 years and eighty months
old on the day he died. Aside from
his brother, Wilfong, who i,a.mem-
ber of the same company, htf haj two
other brothers in service. They are
Hal and Ransom, now in training at
Camp Hancock, Ga. , -
The letter from Wilfong' printing
the sad tidings was written on July
21 and was received here this week
It is as follows: V
"Well, Mamma. I know -ton have
heard of Ab's wound and pvltth be
fore now, but I knew it wajTjny duty
to write you of how it happened1 and
how he took it It was done, by an
enemy aeroplane that is by a bomb
dropped from one. I was there; im
mediately afterwards. He 'Wei con
scious, was not excited andy taking
everything with a splendid' nerve.
He was taken immediately to the hos
pital that night and the next day
was transferred to another - one a
good ways off so that I did laot get
to see him any more after that night
His personal belonging that are val
ued at anything will be sent to yon
some time in the near future, I think.
"Now, I want to ask you, papa and
all the family not to grieve and worry
about this any more than you ean
possibly help, lor such is botftiffto
happen in war, and yon are just one
family in millions that have felt the
effects of this war a thome. . I have
not found out yet where he was
buried, but if I can and if it is so I
can I am going to see the place and
find .out what kind of place he is
buried in so that I can -' let you
know." '
OldGlory, the flag of Albert Cor-
pening's country, which flies over his
home town, has been lowered to half
mast since his death was announced
here. Sunday a memorial service
will be held at the First Methodist
church, of which he was a member,
and a gold star will be placed in the
church's service flag. '
CALDWELL IL W
Free Anti-Typhoid Treatment Given
Let's Free CaldweU From Ty-
phoid Ferer Will You
Help to Do It?
Then send out all who have not
been successfully vaccinated within
the last three years. -
The commissioners of CaTdwell
county, in regular session the first
Monday 'in August ordered that the
campaign should be made against ty
phoid fever during this summer in or
der that those who did not take the
full three treatments last summer
might at this time fortify themselves
against this dreadful disease.
Fellow citizens, please do your
selves and y our county the special
favor right now at the commence
ment of this campaign to see to it
that every one of your neighbors be
protected and thus make Caldwell
county immune to typhoid fever, i
Please remember there will only
be three visits made to each point,
and unless you come promptly you
may miss one or more of the three
free treatments. So please come and
come promptly and receive the much
needed treatment
Dates and Places
Lenoir, Court House:
Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 19 and
20, 9 to 12 a.m. and 1 to 6 p.m.
Wednesday and Thursday, Aug.
28 and 29, 9 to 12 a.m. and 1 to 6
p.m.
Thursday and Friday, Sept. 5 and
6, 9 to 12 a.m. and 1 to 6 p.m.
Globe, Postoffice:
Monday, Aug. 26, 10 to 12 a.m.
Monday, Sept 2, 10 to 12 a.m.
Monday, Sept 9, 10 to 12 a.m.
Collettsville, Postoffice:
Monday, Aug. 26, 4 to 6 p.m.
Monday, Sept 2, 4 to p.m.
Monday, Sept. 9, 4 to 6 p.m.
Granite Falls, Depot:
Tuesday. Aug. 27, 9 to 12 a.m.
Wednesday, Sept 4, 9 to 12 a.m. '
Wednesday, Sept 11, 9 to 12 a.m.
Rhodhiss, Postoffice:
. Tuesday,' Aug. 27, 2 to 4 p.m.
' - .Wednesday, Sept 4, 2 to 4 p.m.
Wednesday. Sept 11. to 4 p.m.
Again I appeal to yon to tell your
THE ARMIES OF ALLIES
ARE STILL
Americans and French Cross t&o
Voslo; French Advance in Moat- ,
didier Sector; British Advance V
in Flanders; Week Summary ;''
inviuprip
nulAllUiilO ;
THURSDAY, AUG. I ;
Battles Extending Over a Wide Frost
Are Raging; ''.' ir-'
After a short period of relative ;
calm on the Soissons-Hheims salient. , v :
the central and western sections of , -,
the battle front again have been the) , ,
scenes of mighty struggles. - ; r.
On both sectors the allied forces ' ,."' .
have achieved notable gain of ground '' ,r ..
Which, observed on the war maps, ' '
seemingly place the German armies
in front of them in precarious josi- "k
tions. K
In battles extending from the re- ,
gion immediately south of Soissons to , "
the northwest of Fere-en-Tardenoi '
and southeast of the last named town r ,
over the upper portion of the-.left'
branch of the "V" salient running;
ten miles eastward from Nesles to
Ville-en-Tardenois - and with . St. , -Gemme
as its southern base, Ameri- . , "
can, French and British troops have ,
pushed back the armies of the Ger- 1
man crown prince.
. Northwest of Fere the entire elbow " -
of, the line where it turned eastward" -along
the northern bank of the Oorcq
has been blotted oat, making the line ,
a straight one from Fere to Har
tennes and giving the allies much.
better ground ever which to work in
further outflanking Soissons on th
southeast and for pressing on toward I
Fismes in ... conjunction with," .th -
troops, particularly" the Americans ;
now holding strategic points north. ; ,
and northeast of Fere. ,
In this fighting the allied troops" ' .
drove out the Germans who had been
tenaciously holdinsr positions between
J
Plessier Hulen and the river and took -the
high ground north of Grand Ro-
soy, pressed on past the .vill5. .of
Beugneux and arrived before jae vil-;
lages of Cramoiselle and Cram&Qlev
The sreneral advance was about two
miles and 600 Germans were, made.
x ' , i.
The most important gain, however, , --h
was on the upper western point of , ' " 1
the "V", southeast of Fere. Heretho'- ' ; '
cillage of Cjerges and the Meuniero V '
wood were taken, a maneuver, which'
places the Germans at the bottom of - - ' ' .
the "YT at St Gemme in seemingly
precarious plight f6r from the Wood V TV
and the village the allied guns will ' '
be able to rake the Germans if they .
should endeavor to make their way ,
northward, their only avenue of es-, 4
cape, by an enfilading fire. Through .
the capture of the Meuniere - wood f , ,
the width of the "V" from the fringes ';
of the forest -of Rontingny on the ,
east has been cut down relatively to. '
four miles. , . -- ! ' , -,, .
As has been the case during tho -';'
last week the Germans contested fT'
stubbornly the advance of the allied
troops, but to ho avaiL Sinca- the '
battle of the Marne began July. IS, '
the allied troops have, taken mot .
than 34,000 German prisoners.';" ". ." , ,
Just what part the. American .
troops played in Thursday's, battlo. '',"
has not yet been unfolded, but they
doubtless were in the center of tho,
battle front and in the thick of tho ;
fray. Between.Seringes and Sierges, '
respectively northeast and southeast,
of Ferek ,they are known to have
made goodly gains over a four-mile .
front and to have pushed further be- -yond
Sergy and reached within av"
mile and a half; of the village of Ch- -'
mery.
On the British front- in France' and ;
Flanders the bad weather has ceased
and the sun is fast drying the muddy
ground. The Germans are bombard-
ing heavily various, positions held" by".
Field Marshal Haig's men- who ia
turn are answering the fire of the
enemy guns and keeping up with
much success their annoying raids
into the German lines. .
According- to the claims of Vienna
the Austrian troops in Albania have1 .
compelled the Italians to give up , .
consederable portion of the ground '
they won in recent fighting. It is as-
serted by the Austrian war office that
the Italians are beinf pursued by the
Austrians. ?
FRIDAY, AUGUST 2
Taking of Soissons' Moe Startling '
Report in Days
With the French Army in France, .
Aug. 2. Soissons has been retaken)
and the valley of the Crise has been,
crossed.
The crisis in the allied offensive onv
the Soissons-Rheims salient apparent
ly has been reached.
Fren troops have entered the,town
of Soissons, the western anchor point, ;
of what remains of-the famous sa
lient, and all along the 36 miles of
curving battle line from Soissons to
Thillois, which lies about three miles ,4
west of Rheims, French, American ;
and British troops have pushed in tho .
entire enemy front and sent the Ger-
mans backward everywhere in pro .'
cipitate retreat Over the battle
front the allies, by quick and forcible ' "
methods of onslaught, hove deeply
indented the German defense line for ,
splendid gains, which seemingly fore- vr
shadow the necessity of the eventual ,
retirement of the forces of the Ger-'1 . i
man crown prince to more tenable
ground, in the north. a
The, plains behind the northwest- , .
era portion of the battlo front now
are entirely dominated by the allied : v
big guns, in the south the French- j
and, Americans have, negotiated , al-,
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