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By TAB TBOU&AHDS
rj.g Ea" BAXTAMON
' eTnaihiued during
oriti'-. Army in France.
'VwVo, on a tattle
nag -5- .fhree miles extend-
1 tM J"1 H
ill UN I I
ver on the
Ancre and Somme .
IBS " ... tliP
,or-i- acros5 . r,-hons. the third
Bn:isU armies under
ad Bvng and Rawlinson. at
&i:iA lr,we'e victoriously fol
eir u-es6esa of tcday,
l0r'? U? en'I' v aeen one 0f the
rous'days ever expert-
bv the Germans-'V-eaemv
ha, lost wide stretches
''.ound. numerous town . thou
of r' . mer, made prisoners and
aua''ties or materials and
iir?e a aU.i asain has had heavy.
f..n Prince Rupprecht, of Ba-r-P
German commander, has
.jri3, lilt "
. in before the ad-
" . - nri.h armies in an effort
ave off the mcvitdux, j
vetaem mowea aou aSallA
n bv rorms or m.-.n
-,d from fr BriMih ?uns. One
31:.-
ei during the n-nia.
r,?1 German? in ?reat numbers
itrered f.-.ry wh-re over iae
. Avnvilo 4 0(1 ptip-
ffiT iead were observed this morn-
v, -n rr sT-.i'.: prece of grouna
the b-'.itle had swept,
fierce fighting and
... 4;r,-r ti o fmt ni tr.a
S-j-v. a- many p:a?es have fought
orr ??r. rr-'ind aesinst an enemy
proi; :?i in "pot-holes" and strong
C; other kinds, tne tsruisn
everywhere seem to have
tei fx:rrdirary light. This prob
aJljwdue to the confusion the Ger-
tar- nnd reisnine behind their lines
u ::ey are figrring a losing battle
Thi:'i for them urly gTOws more
disii'.rou?.
Onir Added to Ixxcses.
Crown Prinze Rupprecht had
jtrerrthend hi; line at many places
JUL . .1 ,ur.rau J L c . u (J I li ;3 v
Britiih. irnply meant that the Ger-
ca:i suffered bigger losses.
During the night and this morning
tie ::ont uDon which the hattle wr
be::: fought yesterday was widened
appreciably both to the north and
son::, while the ground in the mid
dle :-tween Albert and Beaucourt-
Sur-Anere. '-vlrifh heretofore
had
was
been fairly quiet. suddenly
ira3 inm rh ; rl
- - . ".lilt.
F:;m
e northern edge of the
ba::i
ned to the stutIi the situation
report; denied to be as fol-
lOT
ew
atrHck.; from the river
f-:-el and ,c carried the British
a"- 'he Albert-Arras railroad em
ent. The British apparently
11 3o;ry-Be-.!Mere!le and Boyelles
JBi :.ave Pa?-p ; beyond the Arrae
?iume road.
j,iSr to tne south, who
' ""'o days had hepn ficrhtintr f
terward f!0m the embank-
stormed forward and reached
'mcourt and are pushing on to-
leri ErV:r,e; s- "t- Leger ani Crois-
AirpIane; reported that Brit-
.,nks na d .Toed the road be-
fci-:rfrV1iIerf an,i SL Leger while
-'Gantry -A-as reported to 'be
E lan a thousand yards west of
soma ',,
"! ago.
" about riiU - ...
r?p0-.o, 1 an airplane
s?e- V Grmans had dis-
'-Jm r:iir positions north-
!)i3 Jfl, '.t le2"r -n,l between that
J 1 d m ! l n -.-,, i i . , . . .
anu LllL Uie
ijs.f .' 1 rVunfl time in
the
k to cheer heartily.
J-??arenM,
J lie hard pressed Ger--r
' 'n suffer more here,
4i .
e:a f, . 1 ian suffer more here.
a lip
' niet with some of
'cd Viw , .
ut. t ' . decided tn p-a
wher"0 ne f the
-i tho ." !P 0ermans had
... .t-n-th.
H'-- at Xght.
vfc, ' ' 'ie south erf this
? Br
night when
ir.ish
ten.
5 assailed Gom-
10 "A
mans had
minutes before
' ; na ! anticipated launch
l"& same ni..n
an
at'
i- a,. samp rwi
t;ned th
O A. . , .
Q British upset all
at uavngnt.
emv
Plan;
3t
Ho;
'n th
th f --.nu UY9
Ma, n f miecourt'
marshal Haf'a ....
tin
3ld
th.
r
ir fn. a . con-
f0ard movement and
at laat repartawre asking steadil
onward. . , '
Gomieeonrt, by reason of its ter
rain, apparently wa considered fhe
'piYOt of a turning movement, for,
once navmg tafcen It, the British,
sent troops swinging down south in
the direction of Bapaume. The
Germans on this portion of the bat
tle front were badly disorganized.
tThere were Germans all over the
place, but they seemed to have no
idea of counter attacking.
Some apparently did not even
know exactly where I5y were.
I The fighting south of Gomiecourt
I today was especially severe. Inci
j dentally this movement cut in
'around the rear of Achiet-LeGrand.
! t the same time the British here,
having launched another frontal at
tack on the enemv's trrnp-hriri
,vere again in hard fighting, yhile
the baUle was raging here British
planes "were helping the fighters on
the ground by heavily bombing or
using machine guns against the ene
my. Among other -things obtained
. were several direct hits on a build
ing at the rear of which were a num-
of touring cars. The building
apparently was a German headquar
ters. Teutons Surrender in Body.
bouth of Achiet-Le-Grand, the
British did not start today's opera- j
i tions so early as farther north. The
I New Zealaners here stopped work
to let a German counter attack de
velop. They "played dead" until
the advancing- enemy infantry was
almost on top of them. Then they
put down a heavy machine gun bar
rjje just at the rear of the Germans,
i who surrendered in a bodv rather
i
.than be killed in their tracks. This
happened just north of Miraumont.
j Many of the prisoners were non
commissioned officers and .HI of
them appeared to be glad that they
,had been captured. When asked
about the Ausrians the prisoners ex
pressed the greatest contempt for
. their alliw as soldiers, saying they
I were ho gopd whatever.
Slightly to the south the British
have crossed the Ancre river and
stated Wchclr-
' of Courcelette. Already they are
reported to be southeast of Grand-
; court. This move menaces from the
rear the German stronghold al
j ThiepviL which is an old fortress.
i At Albert the British pushed for-
! ward toward Tara Hill at the back
of that town. An airplane Teport of
about noon said the British troops
held the entire position. About the
same time German shells started
breaking on Tara. while British
shrapnel could be seen bursting
some distance on the other 6ide of
it, showing where the enemy had
been driven. Considerable numbers
of prisoners were taken in this local
ity. On to Bapaume.
The British troops seem to be pro
gressing well up the road from Al-
i bert to Bapaume. Welsh troops are
participating in the fighting in this
neighborhood.
South of .Albert, Meauite appears
to be in British hand, having been
captured early in the day. Thence
the line extends soutneasterly with
a break where the Germans last
evening managed to take Happy Val
ley, just northwest of Bray, by
throwing in fresh troops of the
twenty-'fifth division which appar
ently were brought up for this pur
pose. The Germans suffered severely
here during, the firet attack. The
fighting was very heavy. Since the
Germans have been constantly beav
ily fired upon.
Happy Valley truly, is a shamble.
Its name belies it.
South of the Sommey the Austra
lians 'were most successful in the
part they played in today's batt'p.
They easily attained all their objec
tives and apparently hold. Chuignol-
jles, Chuognes and Herleville and are
pushing eastward of these villages a
little distance to make sure of hold
ing them.
In this region thirty-three Ger
man officers-and 1,600 men of other
ranks were made prisoner. Eleven
of the captured officers were from
one regiment.
Australians Hammer Through.
The Germans offered heavy resist
ance at Chuignolles but with the as
sistance of tanks the Australians
hammered through' the enemy ; and
jvwept on, leaving, the "tewn aud it
' environ. Vith dead Germans.
I " On the ridge Bouth of this Lown
-tlxere alo. was; fiercaghting which
PASSES IBB UBYf
n&K-POUER DRAFT BILL
SENATE WUAj TAKE ACTION TO
DAY AGE LtEHIT FIXED AT 1
18 TO 45.
Washington, Aug. 24. The new
man-power bill, extending the selec
tive draft to all men between the
ages of 18 and 45 years, was passed
by the house tonight with only minor
changes in the original draft of the
war department. On the first roll
call only two negative votes were
cast 'Representative London, of
New York, the Socialist, and Repre
sentative Gordon, of Ohio, Democrat.
The final vote was announced as
336 to 2.
The final vote was preceded by
three days' debate, during which the
chief contention was an amendment
to defer the calling of youths from
18 to 20 years until older men had
been summoned. A final effort was
made by Chairman Dent today to
place 18-year-old boys in a deferred
class, but a motion to recommit the
bill to the military affairs commit
tee with instruction to incorporate
that amendment, was lost, 191 to
140.
Senate Expected to Adopt House
Bill.
The bill now goes to the senate,
where leaders tonight predicted its
passage early next week. The sen
ate plans to substitute the house bill
for the measure favorably reported
by the military committee of that
body and thus expedite its final en
actment. Congressional leaders
hope to send the measure to the pres
dent by the latter part of next week.
The senate, soon after convening,
unexpectedly abandoned plans for a
vote today and adjourned until
Monday.
"Conscription of labor" Amendment
Failed
An attempt in the house- to insert
a work or fignt amendment by
whicli those exempted from military
service on unoccupational grounds
would., be -required to rejxrain at their
tasks; failed. 52 "to 21. The amend -
ment was directed against strikers
and was characterized by officials 'of
the American Federation of Labor as
conscription of labor.
FOUR DRAFT CALLS
ISSUED SATURDAY NIGHT.
Washington, Aug. 24. Four sepa
rate draft calls, constituting the first
of the September calls and requiring
186,773 men to entrain for training
camps between August 30 and Sep
tember 6, were issued tonight by
Provost Marshal General Crowder.
Every state and the District of Co
lumbia is called to furnish men for
training to augment the forces
abroad. For general military ser
vice, 125,000 w-hite men and 21,270
negroes are called; for limited ser
vice 40,503 white men are called.
North Carolina's quota is: Gen
eral military service, entrainment
September 3 to 6, white, 7&0; color
ed, 475. Limited service, white 500.
Fatal Accident on Transport.
An Atlantic Port, Aug. 24. iSeven
men were killed and a number are
said to have been injured tonight by
the bursting of a steam pipe on an
American transport lying at a dock
here.
almost reached the hand-to-hand
stage before the Australians made it
clear to the Germans that thoy were
not to be stopped and shoved over
the ridge and onward.
Just now large numbers ."f guns
are roaring away all along the line,
at drum fire, telling where the fight
ing is going on. The German shells
seem lo be coming in from ng dis
tances. Evidently their guns have
been moved back for safety. The
German artillerymen apparently
have not the. greatest "confidence In
the ability of their comrades in the
infantry to ward off the blovs bein?
delivere-i against them-
All day long streams of wounded,
principally Germans as well as great
numbers of enemy prisoners were
flowing towards the rear. The day
was cooler than yesterday and the
British soldiers were refreshed by
it. It was. slightly cloudy, bit the
air was full of British airplanes. A
number of -German 4lanee were shot
down-, over the battle front during
the day, each fall bringing a cheer
from ibe British
coimtiUB
FORWARD HOI B
A JTCJai&SR OF TOWNS AND MANY
PRERSi AND GUNS CAP
" , IS TURED DAILY.
Withft pause the British forces
battling, against the uermana are
mqyinsorward in the direction of
Bapaat. The fighting has been ex
trmelrfileavy, but there has been no
stoppini Field Marshal Haig's men,
and tUi latest report from British
headquarters says that they are
making "progress along the entire
front o: .the British attack.
The important towns of Bray,
Thiepval and Grand court, together
with areral smaller places, have
been captured, and more than 2,00p
prisoner have been taken in the lat
est advance of the British army,
which fow occupies the strategically
important Thiepval ridge.
Arodnd 'Miraumont, which lie3 a
little north of Grandcourt, the fight-4
'aa been of great intensity, and
this plfice apparently has fallen, as
Haig's freport says that "the enemy
held oat until outflanked by advanc-
ng commns.
ill Get Bapaume Soon.
British detachments have reached
Avesnes-Lez-iBapaume, which lies
very close to Bapaume, whose cap
ure i$ expected at an early date,
but noi without severe fighting.
American troops holding the
ground around Fismes have moved
up to tire Soissons-Rheims road
alonga front of about half a mile,
while the French, though not exten
sively engaged, have made some
progress south of Creey-Au-'Mont.
Fighting a battle which in its in
tensity rivals any combat of the war
along fthe western front, the British
forces from the Cojeul river, near
Arras, to a point far south of the
Somme, are apparently slowly gain
ing ground at some points.
".V Bapaume Storm Center.
. tV storm center qt the battle
during the past day has seemed to
e inlhe neighborhood of Bapaume.
EaiPatpheaon Saturd-ay told of
TBrit
c n in a eon pie os
mile3 of the town, but later reports
showed that the Germans, determin
ed to save Bapaume from the allies, i
had rushed new forces into the
struggle.
Clinging to Miraumont-
Farther south the Germans are
still clinging to Miraumont, on the
Ancre, in spite of the fact that the
British on both flanks of the place
have swept far to the eastward. Just
below Miraumont, the situation is
somewhat obscure, but it would
seem probable that the Germans
have thrown enough men into the
battle to retard the British.
Nearer the Somme, however, the
Germans have not been so success
ful. It is reported that Bray has
been captured by the British, who
are said to be to the east of that
town. Bray is important because it
stands on high ground and domi
nates a large amount of territory on
each side of the Somme.
Chaulnes-Roye Sector.
Along the Chaulnes-Roye sector of
the line there is comparative quiet.
This region has not been mentioned
in recent advices. Although the
French are known to be close to No
yon, that city is still held by the
Germans. The French hold ground
along the southern bank of the
Oise, and have been reported to be
across it at two points, but they ap
pear to have ceased their attacks for
the moment, seeming to be waiting
for the outcome of the fighting in Pi
cardy and Artois.
The left bank of the Ailette is also
held by the French. There have
beefl reports that mey have crossed
this stream but these have not been
officially confirmed. South of 'the
Ailette, the French appear to be def
initely held up on the hills north of
Soissons. Their positions ttere, how
ever, would seem to render the Ger
man positions near Soissons unten
able. Americans Hold Vesle Line.
Local fighting of some severity
has taken place along the Vesle riv
er, where Americans are holding the
line.
Trench raids by the French in the
Lorraine sector are reported from
the French war office. This activity
in what has been for some time a
quiet sector may be the prelude to
an attack against the Germans there,
but there is nothing yet to substan
tiate this suggestion-
AMERICANS CAPTURE
MORE PRISONERS.
American Forces on the Vesle
'ront, Aug. 24. Prisoners taken to
day by American troops in the re
:on of Chateau Du Diable, to the
vest of Fismes, said they had been
ordered to keep in constant contact
vith the Americans along the Veale
river. The German retreat north of
the Marne had been carried out
i an orderly manner, they declared,
hnce German soldiers believ it to
live been premeditated and a tacti
cal maneuvre intended to eliminate
an awkward salient. The general
mpression among German soldiers,
'ie prisoners said, was, now that so
many powers had combined kgaihst
' -.rmany that it was not possible for
srmany to wrin, yet the entente al
:es would never be able to nter
Germany because the Germans had
:ee ntoo much of the destruction In
France to permit of Germany suffer
ng in a similar manner..
The prisoners said Germany would
be defended to the last man. If that
I"d not suffice an immediate peace
nust avert an invasion. The Ger
mans admitted that the Americans
'id fought with freshness and en
husiasm. THREE AMERICAN VESSELS
SUNK BY SUBMARINES.
Washington, Aug. 23. 'Sinking of
hree American vessels in foreign
vaters by German submarines were
mnounced today by the navy depart
ment. The steamship Lake Edon,
an army chartered cargo transport,
ras sunk on August 21, the U. S. S.
West Bridge, of 8,800 tons, on Aug
ust 16, and the U. S. S. Cubore, of
7,300 tons, on August 15.
Sixteen of the crew of the Lake
Edon are missing, thirty-nine having
oeen accounted for. The names of
the missing have not been reported
to the navy department.
Three men were reported lost in
the sinking of the West Bridge.
There was no loss of life among the
?rew of the Cubore.
The West Bridge and Gubore were
homeward bound when sunk, h
HINDENBURG TRIES TO
BRACE UP HIS ARMY.
Amsterdam, Aug. 23. Field Mar
shal Hindenburg, addressing the
third regiment of guards, is quoted
by the Tages Zeitung, of Berlin,- a
saying:
"Let us look into the future. Our
position is favorable, although and
we may frankly admit it, we lately
have happened to have been set
ack. But4 this is a fortune of war
with which we must reckon. We
must not permit ourselves to be in-"
rluenced thereby.
"Success is with U3. The enemy
begins to show signs of weariness
and so long as we do not relax our
efforts but remain firm of purpose,
we shall attain our goal which is an
honorable, stronfi, German peace."
FRENCH TROOPS CROSS
THE PIVETTE RIVER.
Paris, Aug. 23. The French
troops in their fighting Friday cross
ed the Divette river in the region
of Evricourt and made progress to
the east of Badneux and to the west
of Crecy-Au-Mont, lying north of
Soissons, according to the official
communication issued this evening:
The text of the communication
follows :
"Between the Matz and the Oise
there have been violent artillery ac
tions. "We have crossed the Divette riv
er in the region of Evricourt. Be
tween the Ailette and the Aisne we
have made progress to the east of
Bagneux and west of Orecy-Au-Mont."
Fire Destroys Whiskey Valued at
$2,840,000.
Owensboro, Ky., Aug. 24. iFire
starting tonight at 7 o'clock at tl
plant of the Green River Distilling
Company here at 10.30 o'clock to
night had destroyed the entire plant,
43,000 barrels of whiskey and en
tailed a loss well in excess of $3,
000,000. This whiskey alone was
valued at $2,840,000- and the loss to
the United States government in tax
es is approximately $6,7'50,000.
Mr. Charles A. Hines and Jamiiy
have been at the Piedmont Springs
for some days and are expected to
i return today.
AUERIG&n TROOPS; ARkw
DELIY6RIlI6TffB GOODS
GEN. MARCH SAYS THERE ARE
OVER A MILLION AND ;A
HALF. IN EUROPE;.
" Kington, Aug. 24. Announc
ing that to date more than Jl,50:0
00 American soldiers have embark
ed for foreign shores, Generaf
March, chief of staff, reiterated to
day his firm belief that the presence
of 4,000.000 troops of the United
Stages I in France by next summer
would enable the allie3 to carry out
any campaign they may adopt for
the defeat of Germany and the end
of the war. Such declarations, Gen
eral March said, were founded upon
cold-blooded study of the respective
man-power of the allies and of the
enemy in June, L919, and are "not
issued as spread-agle statements,"'
Absolute Confidence" in Men.
General March impressed the
newspaper men who met him in con
ference today with the absolute con
fidence American officers have in
their men as a result of the initial
tests on the battleifields of France.
He intimated that the somewhat
sensational prediction which he had
made wras based as much upon these
soldierly qualities as in the numer
ial superiority which the war de
partment plans to give the allied
command by mid-summer of next
year.
He is Delivering the Goods.
"The American soldier deserves
the confidence of the American peo
ple " said General March. "On every
occasion so far where he has been
tested Ie has absloutely delivered
the goods.
"My confidence in them is inspir
ed and developed by serving with
them and beside them in battle. I
have ordered back from France cer
tain men who have won distinction
qyer there to give them increased
rank, in the divisions organizing at
KftTTlA rT'l O.i s TTT3TI fait- f Ka am.
language I do. You do npt find any
lack of confidence on the front In
France among the American forces.
interesting things which have not
yet come over in full reports. One
officer reported specifically that in
one engagement of the first Ameri
can division, they captured 68 Ger
man guns and brought them in at
the rear of our trucks. On thz m&
occasion they took 3,i500 prisoners.
Another officer reported that the
second division, which he was with,
captured ten complete German bat
teries which they brought in and
presented to Gen. Pershing."
First Field Army.
No recent reports have been made
to the department on the progress of
the organization of the firat United
States field army, and the chief of
staff was unable to say whether the
concentration of the 30 divisions
definitely assigned to this force was
aearing completion. This organiza
tion is being left entirely in the
hands of General Pershing, who ifl
governed by instructions from Gen
eral Foch. The fact that no men
tion has been made of American
units participating in the French and
British drives of current week has
led to the firm belief here that these
troops have all been withdrawn and
sent to the American sector in read
iness for whatever move may be as
signed to them in the allied plant.
Compliments British Troops. r
Discussing the changes on the
western front since last Wednesday
General March said the French op
erating in the Noyon sector - have
now advanced across the plateau
overlooking that important base un
til they have, reached the Oise and
have progressed northeast to the
Ailette. The enemy has been push
ed out of Carlepont forest, south of
Noyon, and behind the Oise.
Recent events, General March
said, emphasize that the "fine work
of the French ha3 been duplicated
an the British front."
Americans Still Holding Frapelle.
With the American Army:-' in
France, Aug. 23.- Patrol encounter
between the Americans and German
have been -frequent in the -Vos
mountains. The town of-Frar
captured several day sr ago V
Americans, ia still under
plosive shell and gas prV x
tacks, . but. thfse are if .
sening asthtf faoQeTeetjr
r,. Ay.. - -X-