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BRITISH FRONT
i Withdrawal From Al-
fcfert Is Discovered by
S&W Patrols
. VfCft
)NEERS ARE CAPTURED
ies Observe War's Anni-
rsary by Special Services
sfas Airplanes Watch
vKtfy H. W. NEVINSON
rorrpsnondents' lleadnilartfrs
Trance, Aug. S.
ery one here Is in Rood spirits
ng to the Allied success on tne
Issons-Rhelms front, but the British
its have not been Idle. The end of
iweelt, was marked by a consliler-
!e succes.on the course of the Ancre
ft ow Albert, and here also the uer-
ISflfci ns have been compelled to with-
4? .
hOUiX . . ... . . . 11 J.. ..In,
mi . I Will De rememoerea in.ii umius
1r great advance toward Amiens
jrt March they seized Albert and oc-
fp i sled the right bank of the Ancre
its-th and south of the city. It will
EMHto'be remembered that lat Sunday
lt v i .Australians forced them to uith-
c r iw ror a consiaeranie distance aiuug
r t - 'high peninsula inclosed between
Lt v i Eomm and the lower reaches of
fRSi i Ancre, where It turns southwest
sjj-x meet tne somme ai ioruic
fc( :helr present retirement may oe re-
SJW aeaasaton""u'll'u" u' "'"'"' I!
K3"t "long their line northward, and
ffiJ s signincance oe easny uuuciaiuuu
Tj$ l n a map. two unman envisions,
?,!!, or. which was tne r-iitv-iourin
Fill r irtenbergers, were holding tne
mSy item slopes of the Ancre between
Lw.j ,'. . .., tt ..- ...u u it
Kv I rcri Kim DcruuiiLvuri, uut-ie mc in
Kji( river, ,arter running due soutn.
K. tfi -Ina tft turn ntilhwpt. Thplr frnnt
51 n is lay along the slopes rising from I
"t 11 river, but the chief roads of their '
ij't s i iply and communication from the
pSli l h ground on the opposite bank
&' exposed to indirect Are from the
I r tlsh heavy guns.
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Patrols Discover Retreat
i. am ioia mat tne retreat was dis-
B'ered bv British natrnl. In th
),ly c-cu uy nniisn pairois in tne
U,.!.. ....J 1 1-.I.f, . . . ..
gnoornood of Albert, who captured
ffm. nrUnnA. e nnl .r-t,,nl th,. nil
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fca v yi-iicei. -unie 01 inese con
ri u u... 1 .... . . , .
KiMi ' 91y ""i wi-y n-u ueen ieii oenina
itm 1 blow UD dumps, brldee.s and sn on
!, 't sr the division had been retired on
ay r aay. xne urltlsh troops found the
ff-e 1 raiy's position west of the Anir
! ' mdoned, thouerh maehlnp irun rnm
Kgt . ira-si; remained in Albert and the
B?-. 1 .1 .anon in Avoim. TT-r,-i AH '
ti -- ---.,, ,,wu, I1U1 Vll Ul
. I Uirr. TP'r1i,,V.. . ..1
pi. Saturday afternoon from ih fmn
.J n trenches, flooded with liquid mud
v! " Ln, to theh?avj- rains. I was able to
C7 ; -. aown. into tne valley of the Ancre.
j ns ruined villages of Bernancourt and
R1 1 ur-Ancre are nm. nirii.
1.1 - ted. - Alhrt T-ae ViM- t... n , ,
ritl J -.-Bround, though hardly two mllps
W . ? . ,Ie,t' but on the left front the
? J,1"'. road to Bapaume was quito
h tlnct On the richt wa th ini
,1 d where Contalmalson nni-n m-nnd
K'P1 "i jront Montauban, with other
tj 1 11 cea iamous and consecrated by the
& 1 ll Iflrv nt .Vi .,.-.
&. 1 Southward. nrrna .h l.. .
ton I lea peninsula, hrtuppn if -,. .1,.
Kit - nme, the enemy still holds the line
ifif " oush orlancourt to Sallly Laurette.
Ltv, ' "--1111-11 i iiuw west 01 me
UfcJ t :re and Sunday morning we heard
i ii Aiotn is entirely evacuated. The
ttfftrrn is reported to be ruined nnrt
Wj-1 T ,Ble, t0 Pieces, since the statue of
? T YJrln' so ln8 leaning from the
Kf. 1 3 ircn xower, tell.
. ,- -
u utnnans ana lew trenches were
ipiei upon tne opposite, or
pnsf prn
Me of the river valley and persistent
ifi Ulng of narts of th tihhv, ---.
Kli?s',ovrIook,nK 'he river and remains
J.F the railway was the only sign of his
only sign of his
i sence.
3r- I
t'.i niti.,. . ..
1 -., ,, r-uiiivrrsnry
iunday morninir the unnlrtnirv f
i.v war's beginning was celebrated with
,?' ' services at or near the head-
t-IMI UTters nf thp nrmles T -.- -
t . . . . v"' u-l-IIU-U .
nee held In a larire wnndpH nr- f
Kt,the chateau so numerous In this
ttiOf France.
jArge detachments of dMslons of
tlih and allied armies were mustered
bn a large open space surrounded by
naicniui airplanes Duzzed over
An army commander deiivprnd
Address to the trooDS. a blshnn
reached, familiar hymns were sunir.
brers were said by the clergy of
us denominations, and the eere-
Bjr concluded with the march nast of
IE the troops In fours.
J."A Interesting order has been pub-
Re by General von Quast, command-
pt;the Sixth German army.
(.observes the steady deterioration nf
fte.'IClPllne, which it attributes to the du-
ij7"fv! i in- "- iv -uinpiains mat
IW nurppers or light sentences have
en passed, too often revealln mls.
flAced clemency In courts-martial. It
srks upon unsoldlerly bearing of men
rard their superiors and the slack-
I of saluting officers on foot or in
im lso observes that officers often for.
.their duty of returning salutes, and
Ka upon men to drop the habit, bor-
)re,d from the French, of keeping their
ns in ineir pocKets.
, A, similar order, issued a few weeh
p, was Interpreted by some people In
rland as evidence of a deUvpd -.,.
IP, but there is no reason to suppose
11, euner 01 me orders was promul
ted with any such design. Rather.
(rare evidence of weariness and din.
saragement among the rank and file.
as always snow themselves in
ssness aDout Baiuting and general
vifcrrT crnrPTO niitttr
;fiuinA aii-ci-id riuni
M3
fary Situntion Brines Em-
(tic Protests From Physicians
! Cable to Evening Public Ledger
ht, HJSt bv .Vfw York Timet Co,
eh.Aug. 5. The V'enna Zeit pub-
I-official declarations on the state
irlenlc cleanliness of the Austrian
W
.leaning of the street has been
tsuspended because of the lack of
liana men. instead of the 35(1(1
J employed In street cleaning In
I, times mere are toaay ipuo. The
r, of carriage horses la fewer than a
aa horses have been requisitioned
tod transport. Only the" First ni-
with the Imperial castle. Is tezu.
cleaned. The rest 'of the town i
unoBea 10 mini wun terrible sanitary
.uviii;?-.
k doctors are Protesting enereptl.
and declare that never has Vienna.
ao predisposed to epidemics, espe
r of respiratory organs, as tod a v.
. they caU upon tk Government not
ye tne 1 population to grow weak
n nnu fi.n if4y-eil tile Ulini-
' the fleets. There Is great anx-
Hhm or wintsr -Tiow3,.tp
I'UM Of LFMSTxllna-
. S. GWVS
Continued from r. On.
salient, Americans In tho middle and
French, Italians and English on the
other corner, he has not had time to
get set well enough to turn against
the victorious Allies Ho Is, on tho
run, and if tho policy of General
Foch in the next two weeky isas,' suc
cessful as lllas-tjcen In the last, two,
the boche wlllbe kept, busy. Certainly
Ihfe is a busybdche today. Tho rain
of, the last .several-days has fllleil tlie
roads with mud and on his tolling,
retreating lines our big guns are scor
ing .countless hits.
.The story of the Americans' part In
the great Allied victory ls a glbrious
story. One has b.ut to look at the map
to fee that the distance traversed by
the Americans since July 13 is the
furthest distance covered by anv sol
dlers except the retreating Germans
On the morning of the 18th the Amer
icans started from their trenches
northwest of Chateau-Thierry, south
of Chateau-Thierry and cast of tho
Marne city. From the icinity of Bel-
leau to Fismes, where our men stand
today, the distance is about forty kilo
meters gained in fifteen days. Four
teen kilometers of that distance have
been gained in the last two days.
Almost No V. S. Losses
Our progress In the last forty-eight
1 hours has been accomplish ' with
I almost no losses, com as a sweet
reward for the hard weens or light
ing preceding. Not only the Amer
icans, but the French. British and
Italians, under the plans of General
Foch. have been hammering steadily
at the line, which caved In all along
Friday, when our troops started on
the Journey which kept up S.tmday
and Sundav. and ls s,ii .nntlnulng.
The Germans were crossing tne Vesle
In large numbers Saturday by noon
and by nightfall the south bank of
the river had been cleared of them
from Soissons to Fismes and to the
west of Fismes only a narrow strip of
Huns was left.
Saturday night our line ran along
from the southern edge of Fismes
, through Coureille. through Branzcourt,
thiough Courcelles, and through
Champleny Sunday the French and
Amorlniinn miaViA4 aViaail I'lirnrmiBll?
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and nightfall saw their positions es
tablished well beyond th Vesle line.
The Germans are svstematlcallv
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1"VV".K .' u "UV"1"?. tt7.lI,,- " '",uraw-
iaKing an 100a wun tnem. xne con-
tents of stoies which could not be
moved have been almost Invariably
burned. Chateaux and pretty farm
houses which sheltered them are
gutted by fire all along the line of
withdrawal Falling In their effort to
move all their great stores of am
munition they are setting fire to them
but despite this, millions of dollars'
w-orth of useful ammunition ls falling
Into our hands.
Hard to Keep in Touch
During most of our progress Satur
day the Germans were so far ahead
FOfSNEXT STAND
MAf BE ON AISNE
Use of Heavy Guns Above
Vesle Believed to Indi
cate Plan
ALLIED TROOPS TIRED
Speciof Cable to Evening Public Ledge
Copyrtaht. IBIS, bu .Veto York Times Co. '
With the French Armies, Aug. 5.
With the comparative calm reign-1
ing along the new Allied fiont slncn '
Saturday night broken only by a fewi
leports of shells from big guns, a
question being frequently asked Is I
whether the Germans Intend to re
main in the positions they have al
ready reached in their retreat, or go
back- to the other bank of the Aisne
right along the line. The present po
sition occuDied by tho Crown Prince's
armies forms a btraight line from
Soissons to Rheims, which latter town
Is still surrounded on three sides. In
order to hold this line the enemy
needs many fewer divisions than
would be necessarj if he retreated en
tirely to the northern bank of the
Aisne, whose course forms a serle of
indentations which would call for
large bodies of troops to defend.
The presenco of heavy guns be
tween the Veslo and the Ai&no gives
rise to the opinion that the Crown
Prince may decide to call a halt there
On the other hand, these guns may
simply be a cover for the retreating
troops crossing the Aisne, which river
would be extremely dangerous in the
rear of a beaten army.
Allied Troops Need Rest
The absence of fighting In these
last twenty-four hours has been chiefly
caused by the need for rest by the
Allied troops, who have been pursuing
the Germans at such a rapid rate
since Thursday. They had to contend
with remarkably bad weather condl
tions, which put tho roads and fields
In a terrible state in some places, mak
ing them almost Impassable.
The German big guns, in the mean
time, from emplacements on tho north
ern banks of the Aisne and the Vesle,
are sending frequent shells to hinder
the passage of Allied re-enforcements
to support the small detachments
which hitherto have held contact with
the enemy.
Every vale and ravine in the coun
try so recently evacuated by the Oer
mans Is also frequently searched by
their artillery, which hopes to catch
concentrations of Allied troops and
supply columns.
The great pocket made in the Allied
lines between the Aisne and the Marne
when the Crown Prince started his
offensive, which was to force the Al
lies to plead for neace, ls almost en
tirely emptied. The enormous Ger
man masses which were thrown Into
it are now In full retreat toward their
departure parallels, with the French,
British and American troops In the
hottest pursuit.
Already the retiring enemy has been
chased across the Vesle and part of
the Aisne, destroying, the bridges as
he went In order to prevent the vic
torious Allied soldiers who are cJosp
on his heels from encircling and cap
turing his retiring divisions before
they had time to organize new posi
tions on the northern side of the
rivers. Whether they will be able to
make more than a temporary stand
on their present line cannot he fore
seen, but Indications In the shape of
burning villages, ammunition dumps
and suoplr depots seem to foreshadow
fustlll further retirement.
The jeaden akles todav were brjght-
'mmi t nirnMMff''"" r ""
EVENING PUBUO. LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY,
SPSD iP FO'S RETREATING ARMY;
SPECIAL CABLE DISPATCHES FROM WAR, FRONT
we ha(1 dimculty In keeping any con-
slderable contact. Now and then some
Prussian machine gunners would wait
until tho Americans go' close, and cut
loose with an Intended murderous fire,
but they wero In nil cases silenced
by our troops.
Before noon we took the village of
Cohan and an hour later Dvrlgny fell
Into our hands, rushing up through
the pols da, pole we occupied the
village qf I-ole. Maril-en-Dole fell
into our hands without n struggle. At
Chery the Germans made a half
hearted stand, hut wo pressed on by
and got to Mont' St. Martin and Mont
dp Notre Dame. In all cases the Ger
mans made no real tttempt to halt our
men. but, rather, an effort to give their
retreating columns a better oppor
tunity to get out of reach.
It now seems assured that the Ger
mans will mako no big stand on tho
Vesle line The Allied troops hold tho
heights along tho south banK and con
trol the country for miles back because
of their excellent artillery locations.
In Saturday's progress our troops
went ahead mile after mile, with
scarcely a "hell falling, which shows
beyond question that tin- Germans
have not established their heavy artil
lery this side of the Alsr-e, for on the
outskirts of Fismes our m.ops would
have been under easy range of guns
of any considerable size. This indi
cates that the enomj has his line of
leslstance n considerable distance
back With the success of the Allies
In the vicinity of Soissons and also
nhelms the Aisne line is imperiled to
a greater extent even now.
French Troops In Malority
It should be borne In mind that the
majority of all the troops in this battle
have been French At the same time,
Americans ma know that hal their
tioops not been able to break the Ger
mans' hold on tho Bols de Nesle and
Bols de Meunlero the whole advance
would have been much more dlfllcult.
A few weeks ago German officers
were telling tliel- men sent fnto battle
that the Americans couldn't or
wouldn't fight A trip over some ter
ritory leconquered by our troops
shows that many Germans have found
this wrong. Along the line extending
from the southern edge of the Bols
do Nesle across through Bellevuo tarm
and on the Metinlere Woods, Rooming
countless German dead He Most of
them are Prussians, and where they
died showed how thoy fought.
The bodies Up beside and in machine
gun emplacements In one place on
Bellevup farm are twenty bodies in a
gun emplacement Nearly every one
of the men died fiom a bullet wound.
Some who had fired on the Americans
had been caught by bavonets. In front
of many of these machine guns and
there are hundreds were the bodies
of some Americans who had fallen,
but whose comrades went on to finish
the Job
Bodies Tell Story of Fishting
North of Clorgcs there Is a section
LANSDOWNE'S LETTER
PLEASES GERMAN PRESS
Taken as Sign of Opposition to English War Policy, and
Greeted With Approval in
Germany
By GEORGE RENWICK
Special Lable to timing Public Ledger
Copvrioht. 111S, bv .V.m York Times Co,
Amsterdam, Aug 5
Lord I.ansdowne has a ery good press
In Oerman His latest letter attracts
much greater attention than did his ear
lier ones, though there arc, of couip
obvious reasons for that At a time
when tho German armies arc moving
backward, any sign of pacifism In the
Entente countrfes can be made use of
In the FJtherland
The Cologne Gaze.te pretends to know
that Lord Lansdowne's views are those
which Count Hertllng has expressed In
the circle of his most Intimate political
friends Tha Cologne Volks Zeltung
makes the letter its first news of the
day It says that the document, on ac-
LC-
semna.0het.,canyn6reanvPdC0nrTa,',
mT ,i 5 rec!Ufd- an.d ll things
"L'i . fu" Eme f tS conteniPo'-arles
against the common German belief that
Lord Lansdowne and Lord Wlmborne
are reall moro dangerous than Lloyd
George, Clemenccau. Balfour and the
others Rather Lord Lansdowne's utter
ances are to he taken as a sign of oppo
sition to the English war policy, and are
to be greeted in Germany with ap
pro va I
"Lord Lansdowne." lt declares, "would
not so hpeak and write if he did not re
gard the Entente's war alms as repre
hensible and ours as dlscushable "
That being so, the Volks Zeltung hopes
HOLDHOLTZENDORFF
FOR U-BOAT FAILURE
German Admiralty Chief Un
popular at Headquarters
Before He Resigned
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copyright. lOlt, bv Xcw York Times Co.
I.nnilnn, Aug, 5.
A dispatch to the Dally Express from
Amsterdam says:
1'The news that Von Holtzendorff,
chief of the German Admiralty, had
resigned and been superseded by Ad
miral von Scheer, did not come as a
surprise, for it had been known for a
long time that Holtzendorff was no
longer persona grata at headquarters and
that he was made primarily responsible
for the failure of the submarine war.
"The retiring admiral was, with Von
Tlrpltz, the greatest supporter of ruth
less wa'rfare at sea. He had predicted
that England would be on her knees by
August 1, 1017, six months after the
U-boat ruthlessness started. lt ls a
striking coincidence that his resignation
onfthe usual pretext of ill health should
,come on the same day a year later with
nis cniei purpose unreanzea.
"Holtzendorff's personal popularity
suffered considerably in Germany when
the people heard that so many Amer
icans had managed to land In France In
spite of the submarine. His presence at
the head of the admiralty thus was no
longer possible, though his departure
means no change of policy. Ills suc
cessor, Von Scheer, who still considers
Germany the victor pf the battle of Jut.
of trench fifty yards Ions, where the
Gtrmans tried to stop the Americans
a week ngo. In the, trench are seventy-two
German bodies. The American
had rushed the trench, which was
filled with machine guns, and annl
hllated fts garrison 'in a hand-to-hand
fight. In some places German bod
ies In the trenth He two and three
deep. Numerous bayonet wound tell
tho eloquent atory of the fighting that
took jUace there. On half a mile of
this line wero found perhaps a hun
dred machine guns wrecked and bat
tel ed to pieces by our artillery Are.
The Germans gbt away most of their
whole machine guns. In a wheat field
Along here lay the bodies of boys In
brown afcfrequent Intervals, but there
seemed at least three German bodies
to every American body. This is tho
lino on which tho Fourth Prussian
Guards tried In vain to halt a certain
American division, which I nm not
permitted name.
In Cohan I found an old French
vnman. perhaps eighty, who had
stayed there durlnc- all thp n.i.iin.
She said she had lived In her cellar
unmolested, although tim r.i..n..
rt ,. O-- ...w ,b. LUIIIIH
Germans had taken all her food away.
-..- ... ,Mtiju,vca to see tne Amer
ican soldiers when they swept through.
How the battle will end no one now
-.in kij. n u is a question of man
powerand that appears reasonable
ceitainly the Allies' prospects are
bright, because constantly arriving
Americans are swelling Foch's forces,
while those of the Germans are stead
lly decreasing As I have pointed out
before, the Germans would have to
kill two Allied soldiers for every Ger
man killed to maintain the balance
of man-power and that they cannot
do. Foch has virtually the man
power of civilization to draw upon.
Ludendorff has not.
August 3 (delayed). With their eyes
toward the Alfne River, the American
troops, as this is written, are pushing the
fleeing Germans northward toward
Fismes, about six miles ahead of them,
which means that It will be within
range of our guns as soon as they can
be brought up
Our men are pushing up through the
Bols de Dole, the upper end of which Is
about three miles from Fismes. which Is
tho keystone nf the German position on
the Vesle Yesterd .y's sensational ad
vance of the- Allied armies all along the
salient makes the situation look as if the
Germans may he forced to withdraw In
tho Immediate future to the Aisne. if not
to the old Chemln-dcs-Dames line The
absence of big-gun fire from the boche
today Indicates that his heavy artillery
has been withdrawn far behind the Vesle
line
While the Americans axe doing their
hit In the center of the salient, the
French and EnglUh in the Soissons dis
trict, after the passage of that city, have
reached the Aisne- near Vcnlzel. To the
southeast they are on the plateau extend
ing along the salient from Soissons,
where the Germans had planned to make
a stand, according to reports which
should have been reliable. On our right
the Allied troops are pushing rapidly up
In front of Lhery Four-flfths of the
salient between Soissons and Rheims
which was occupied by the Germans on
that, as the bulk of the people in
Krgland are not peaceably inclined. Lord
Lansrtowne and his friends "will see to
it that out of the general election in the
autumn there comes a House of Com
mons of a more reasonable frame of
mind than rules In the present one."
While Bismarck's old paper, the Ham
burger Xachrichten, sees nothing but
cunning in the letter, the Krupp organ,
the Rhelnlsh Westphallan Gazette, quite
delighted with the epistle, regarding It
as "a distinct peace ifeeler on the part
of the England," argues that Lansdowne,
while not in the ministry, has close
relations with the foreign office and for
that reason the journal sees certain signs
of an accommodating spirit which
pleases It.
"Lord Lansdowne," it tells its readers,
... 1, ,, .. . i- i .-.-.
'-ml. a heavy 'burden "for "kna'nd'and
'that lt wm become e d heavier.
1 From that onc can see th rJ, pOBition
of opinion In England and what little
foundation in
reality the speeches of
Lloyd George
Lord Robert Cecil and
Balfour have."
Krupp's mouthpiece believes that Lord
Lansdowne cannot really expect Ger
many to accept the terms outlined by
President Wilson in his latest "blood
thirsty speech." It thinks that he be
llees In the uprightness of the Ger
man offers, and hopes that he will sup
port Germany In her claim for the re
turn of her colonies should she give up
Belgium.
BRITISH AIR SERVICE
HAS GREAT RECORD
More Than 4000 Foe Planes
Destroyed in Year Had
Wonderful Development
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
CopvrloM.i tits, bv S'exe York Times Co.
London, Aug. 5.
Figures showing the marvelous devel
opment of the British air force In four
years of war have been supplied to your
correspondent from a well-Informed
source. Four years ago the British pos
sessed considerably fewer than 100 air
planes. Now the royal air force alone
destroys In an average week a consider
ably larger number of enemy airplanes
than Britain possessed when the war
began.
In June last the number of enemy air
craft brought down, which means de
stroyed -by the British alone, was 314,
while the number driven down out of
control was IBS. As against the total of
482 enemy machines destroyed or driven
down, 168 British machines are reported
missing,
During one month British airmen flred
at ground targets 915,308 rounds of machine-gun
ammunition. During this
same month they dropped 853 tons ot
bombs over different military objectives,
and made no fewer than seventy-four
the morning of July 18 Is now In Allied
hands. And the end ls not yet.
Ben-It ot Week's dentin
While the American advance of more
than six miles in the last twenty-four
hours has been comparatively easy
going, that success Is the result of the
last week's heavy fighting. So far as
the Americana took part In the advance
of yesterday the passage of Nesle woods
today perhaps tells the most vivid story.
My preceding dispatch (published Satur
day) told how the American line was
held up at one end by the Bols de Nesle
and at the other end by the Bols de
Meunlere. I told how the seventh at
tack of the Americans was made for
the Bols de Meunlere.
Word that the German hold on Nesle
woods had been broken went to the
Americans In position on the northern
end of Bols de Meunlere and they loo
began to advance. Within three hours
they had reached Coulagnes. four kilo
meters from the north end of the woods,
and they kept on going.
The Oermans could be seen going over
the hills ahead cf them. They had set
fire to the villages and farmhouses as
they retreated. Many flres. kindled In
ammunition dumps, failed to do their
work because of rain, and Immense
stores of heavy ammunition fell Into our
hands. There was virtually no counter
artillery work, and our men met only
German machine-gun nests, which they
rushed with vigor.
In making the gain of five miles on
this sector the progress of the Ameri
cans was less impeded than on any
day of the last week. This advance pass
ed the village ofCharmery. where Quen
tln Roosevelt is burled. We took Rodin
farm and Party farm easily The Ger
mans made a slight stand at Le Moncel,
but they did not fight as If they meant
it. Every now and then hard showers
sent rain In torrents, but this did not
halt the Americans.
There has been much rain In the last
three days, and this has greatly hin
dered the work of the Germans In get
ting their material away. However, In
the preceding, week the enemy had re
moved most of his war loot, except part
of the great stores of ammunition with
which the German Crown Prince was to
have hammered his way to Paris. It Is
very plain that the Germans had ex
pected to make some sort of withdrawal,
but the enthusiasm of the Americans
took them ahead faster than the Crown
Prince Imagined.
Vule Line lmpfrllfd
The latest adance has not reached
the main line of German resistance,
which, as I have said seeral times. Is
along the Vesle. But it has taken the
Allied troops so close as already to Im
peril the Vesle line, because our guns
can now concentrate on the ltal points
of that defense, the main line of which
Is Fismes, where the roads supplying the
alley of the Aisne meet. With Fismes
under.our fire, the German locations be
tween the Vesle and the Aisne aie in
bad shape
Furthermore, the French success in
breaking the Germans' hold on that po
sition and Foch's adance today to tha
east of Sol-sons make it possible that
the Germans will forsake een making
a pretense of standing along the Vesle
Had they placed their artillery bacK ot
the Vesle, It would unquestionably be
working against us today. But there
MACLAY PRAISES U. S.
SHIPMENT OF TROOPS
. . - j i ,
British Shipphig ' Controller
Calls Achieyement Most
Titanic of War
By CHARLES H. GRASTY
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
CopvrloM, toil, bv Sew York rimes Co.
London, Aug 5.
The most titanic achieement of all
this war has been the transport of the
American army across the Atlantic. I
asked Sir Joseph Marlay, Controller of
Shipping, for a detailed and authorita
tive account of this great movement, nnd
he has prepared the following statement :
"Probably no one who is not familiar
with the shipping problem can appre
ciate the character of this transport
movement. It Is the biggest thing of
the kind which has cei been attempted "
Sir Joseph Maclay added: "We were
not a llttlo proud of the manner in
which we transported and maintained
our army in South Africa, but in the
light of the American movement It must
be confessed that the achievement was
a comparathely modest one. If I re
member rightly, we moved only about
300,000 men from first to last, and we
had the whole of the British mercantile
marine to draw from, and there were
no submarines.
"More than 1,000,000 troops have been
moved across the Atlantic during the
last year or bo, in face of an offensive
by sea, waged by the enemy with as
great a determination and persistency
ash. has fought with on the western
front, and simultaneously we have been
moving British and Colonial soldiers to
all theatres of the war, and keeping
them supplied. Only those who have
access to official records can appreciate
the character of the enemy's effort to
arrest these arled transport movements,
and particularly of the American forces,
destined for Europe.
"He has been able to combine his
original purpose and his original plans
for attempting to sharve out England
with his new plans for attacking the
transports. Every submarine at tht
command of the Germans has been sent
to sea, manned,, by the most experienced
officers and men.
IMrarr of No Avail
"We make a mistake If we regard
the enemy's sea offensive as less Im
portant than the military movement on
land. The whole German people were
led to believe that piracy, practiced with
the utmost ruthlessness, wodld ruin this
ambitious transport scheme. What has
happened? More than 1,000,000 troops
have been carried across the Atlantic
and the lives ot less than 300 soldiers
have been lost.
"On the aerage about 60 per cent
of the American soldiers have been
carried in British ships, and, as I will
explain, later on, the proportion is rising
steadily The extent of the contribution
of British tonnage should 'be considered
not as an Isolated act, but In association
with the world-wide activities of the
British merchant navy, which have gone
on simultaneously,
"The time nas not come when the
narrative can be given In full, but it
may be remembered that 'while the
American soldiers have been traveling
to Europe, the 7,000,000 British Do
minion and Indian troops engaged In
six theatres of war In France, Flanders,
Italy, Salonlkl, Palestine, Mesopotamia,
Persia and Egypt, to say nothing of the
garrisons lln Malta, Gibraltar and else
where, have been supported with re
enforcements, munitions, stores and' food,
AUGUST 5, 1918
Is little artillery fire on tho Americans
now. In fact, the Vcslo line. Is nlteady
Imperiled, and the next twenty-four
hours may see It bioken. The Allied ef
fort Is nowhere near an end.
GERMAN GUNS
ACROSS AISNE.
POUND ALLIES
Attack
That
Regarded as Evidence
Encmv Contemplates
Making Stand
By WALTER DURANTY
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copvrloht, 1018, bv JTeto York Times Co.
With the French Armies, Aug. 5.
Sunday's events Justify the sobriety
of the French communiques through
out tho battlo in the now reduced
salient. The Allies have won a great
double victory: first, on smashing tho
most ' dangerous of Hlndenburg's
drives, and, second, in compelling the
enemy to evueuato a wide aiea of
French teiiitory, but the Oermans
have managed to prevent the reticat
from becoming a rout.
By a carefully gauged alternation
of aggressive resistance and aswlft.
"breakaway," Hlndenuurg has been
ible to withdraw his guns and troops
fiom the salient without a loss too
great. Now, stiatoglcally speaking, he
Is In a more fa vol able position on a
Btraight line fiom Soissons to Rheims,
strongly backed by nitillory, than in
an unwieldy salient hampered by de
ficient und vulnerable communica
tions. True, theie is an nil-Important moral
factor In the switch In balance strong
ly toward tho Allies. We aro flushed
with victory; the enemy ls discouiaged
by defeat. Hut discipline still makes
tho Kaiser's army a formidable fight
ing force, and the dlsintegiatlng ef
fects of tho disaster are likely to be
sooner apparent in Geimany than at
the front
Saturday nnd on Friday the Allied
progress was very rapid. Tho Ger
man artillery, save for a few light
,11111 UlllllCI j, o.itt: luj .1. ITU ,lf,,lb
field guns, had already withdrawn out
of range, and tho support given to
tho defenders was limited to a sporadjo
"harassing flic" of little Importance.
It was possible Saturday afternoon
for tho coi respondent to motor along 1
the upper Crlse valley so recently
the backbone of German resistance .
and enter Soissons unmolested, save
for a rare shell. The city suffered
less than one might hlive expected,
though the suburbs, where the fight
ing was most violent, were thoroughly
shattered. Stiect barricades at the
entrances to the town Itself seemed
to Indicate that the enemy had pur
posed a Bteiner defense until com
pelled to take hasty (light by the
Allied gains on the plateau to the
southeastward. The cathedral nnd
other public buildings were all se
verely damaged and a majority of the
houses wero moie or less Injured, but
tho town ns a whole did not present
the Image of utter destruction such
ns observed at Dormans.
MEXICANS FAVOR U.S.
LABOR MEETING PLAN
Officials See Good in Proposed ,
Conference of Union
Men
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copyright, mis. bv Vein York Tlmei Co.
Mcvlcn City, Aug 5
The proposal, made by the American
Federation of Labor through Its presi
dent Samuel Gompers. to (he Mexican
labor unions, suggesting that confer
ences he held on the liordor between
President Wilson and President Cnrran
za, has been favorably accepted here
Many Government officials and profes
sional men say such a conference would
have very good results and that many
small points of friction now existing
between both Governments would bo set
tled favorably.
The United States has an opportunity)
iu bio vjriiiiau iHuiiiiK.tmiH n nennite
knockout here. By permitting Impor
tations of foodstuffs It already has
caused a very favorable impression
among all classes of Mexicans Giving
the Government permission to Import a
small amount of nrms would end the
German efforts to provoke difficulties
with the United States.
Tho majority or bandit raids are
made by twenty-fivo men, who raid the
towns. Owing to a lack of arms the
townsmen are unable to make any de
fense. Tho bandits would easily be, sup
pressed and captured If the' townsmen
were armed.
If the Government were given permis
sion to Import 10,000 or 20,000 rifles it
would enable lt to suppress tho bandits
and restore peace within a short time.
These might be rifles that are useless In
modern warfare, but they would enable
the Government to make an end of the
outlaws.
Public opinion, which Is slowly swing
ing In favor of the Allies, would be
strengthened. The recent victories of
the Americans in France have shown
tho Mexicans that the German propa
ganda only lies about the fighting abil
ity of the American soldier, lt ls a
great surprise to the Mexicans, who
have been taught by tho Germans to
believe that the Americans are vvith
our fighting qualities.
Good complexions
mane lasting impressions
Resinol
Ointment tends to keep your skin
clear,, smooth and beautiful. It also
helps to postpone the appearance of
age that every woman dreads. Its
gentle ingredients cause it to relieve
itching promptly and it usually uuc-
:eeds in clearing away discolorattoiM,'
,.rfcy.gS- r-ijr
F1RESLIGHT FOE'S
MARNERETREAT
Enemy Applies Torch to
Supplies Abandoned
in Retreat
MAY TRY NEW STROKE
Teutons Have Troops, But De-
feat Has Broken Their
Morale
By WALTER DURANTY
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
' "Pvrtam. ill, bu .Veto York Times Co.
With the French Armleii, Aug, 5.
The Allies are advancing victoriously
along the whole Solssons-nheims front.
As Indicated In Friday's dlspatoh, lt
was their progress on the southeastern
corner of the Soissons plateau that en
nbled the Franco-British to turn the
strong enemy position and master the
Crlse Valley.
Once that was taken the enemy real
ized that the game of resistance was
up for tho moment, and a swift retreat
Imperative.
Late Friday evening General Man
gin's left entered Soissons, brushing
asldo without difficulty tho somewhat
half-hearted attempts to bar his way.
The latest information places our ad
ance guard along the Aisne from Pom
miers to Vcnlzel. The center ls ap
proaching Veslo in the region of
Bralsne.
Further east, toward Rheims, cav
alry has reached the river between
Jonchery and Champlgny.
On the right and left of the battlo
the enemy has already crossed the
river,, destroying bridges behind him.
In the center the operation of passage
continued throughout tho night, nnd
tho wnolo front was lit up by Innum
erable fires where the enemy was burn
ing material whose transport was Im
possible. No less than fourteen huce
Diazes were counted
nnd Iht tnlnl Irtee,
1 -.. , ..... .U.H. ..,.,..
, "' material since July 15 must be pro
dlgious
Tho Allied progress on the wings ls
especially significant as rendering nec
essary the enemy's retreat.
The second battle of the Marne, If less
dramatic and inolvlng a narrower
front than the first, has produced an
Identical result, w"hose importance Is
hardly less great than that of the 1014
battle,
Praise for German' Retreat
At the same time, It would be a mis
take to build over-extravagant hopes
for the Immediate, future. French sol
diers, from commanding generals to
privates, agree in giving the boche
credit for the skillful nature of a re
treat carried out in dlfllcult circum
stances. Tho Germans have fought des
perately It ls pointed out, moreover,
that Hlndenburg's line Is not only con
siderably shortened this, of course,
applies equally to the Allies hut
strengthened ery mateilally by the
abandonment of the salient and the
nearness of his old supply and concen
tration bases.
He Is unquestionably In a better po
sition than before 'to launch the coun
terstroko that his still existing
superiority of effectives might wan ant
and which the effect of the present dis
aster on the people at home will de
mand. For it must be remembered that in
;', Tu?,fority aVpuS
on a victorious oitensive tnat would end
the war this summer. The policy of a
strong defensive that might seem the
wisest course now will be met In Ger
many by the ehallerige: "If it was not
true that yoj could beat the enemy in
the field, why didn't you adopt the de
fensive before without wasting so many
lives?" To which the military chiefs
havo no reply.
A speedy nttempt to retrieve the fail
ure ls almost certain as an alternative
to throwing up the sponge entirely.
How far the morale of the encmy'wlll
liiiliiiiiiiiiiii
11 1 ii
111
The quiet. Unobtrusive service, the
cuisine that spells perfection, the air of
gentle breeding that makes itself felt these things,,
arid others, make for that very different atmos
phere that is peculiar to the Ritz Roof.
I
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Monday, August 5th
New Electric Line Direct to Shipyard From
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Avenue and Penrose Ferry Road
Connecting With All Southbound P. R. T. Cars Between
3d and ISth Streets
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Opportunity in a progressive, wide-
awake organization is offered the
man who can take full charge.
Address in full confidence
, "
stand the new call ls doubtful. Well
trained and disciplined as the Germans
are, there Is a limit to human endurance.
Letters found recently on prisoners
demonstrate this. To quote two out
of many:
An officer's wife wrote her husband
last month:
"Surely you'll be relieved soon. Tour
account of the losses ls terrible. ' It Is
dreadful that .you and the handful of
men left should be forced to form a
company which Is a mere skeleton com
pared with 'the strength lt should
have."
A man wrote:
"We had a dreadful time at the
Marne crossing terrible French flro
everywhere, and ghastly losses In the
river crossing. How lt will ertd I don't
dare think."
The correspondent visited General
Mangin's army, which was engaged in
very heavy fighting from the region
around Buzancy to Fcre-en-Tardenols.
Two definite conclusions Can now be
drawn from the operations of the list
forty-eight hours.
First, the enemy Is fighting a rear
guard action to protect his undisguised
retreat : ecnnd he is retreating because
forced to rji sn bv the Allied pressure,
but he ,1s contesting every step with
the utmost desperation.
It Is a feature of the struggle that
the defenses, both natural and man
made, grow stronger ns the line ap
proaches Soissons from the south. From
Septmonls t6 the cast of Hartnnes the
narrow, precipitous valley of the River
Crlse gives,admlrable cover for the con
centrations of troops, and from the
woods that border it an attack can be
launched In unexpected strength.
The Germans have utilized this ad
vantage Their system of defense Is
slpiple. The woods of Tarlennes and of
PlesBler and innumerable trem-covered
ravines have been packed with machine
guns, manned by first-class troops In
cluding Prussian Guard units with Ord
ers to resist to the death.
Hermans Ude Few Cannon
The artillery support ls Inconsiderable,
as the guns have been withdrawn not
a single gun was captured up to noon
today between Buzancy and Fere. The
work of the Allied artillery was ham
pered by the nature of the ground, which
is marked by dense thickets and hidden
ravines, and today by a torrential down
pour that hung like smoke over the
woods and valleys. It was. therefore,
an Infantry battle, In which the Franco
British, forces set themselves the task
of gradually breaking holes in the deadly
chalnwork of crossfire and of advancing
through the gaps to turn the positions
which still resisted.
The enemy counter-attacks were made
only to attempt to retake strong points
that covered other parts of their line,
as, for instance, Tlgny, which passed
from hand to hand several times and
was finally held by Scottish troops, "who
fought superbly," said an officer on
General Mangin's staff, "and filled us
all with the highest admiration."
HOLLAND SEEKS FATS IN U.S.
Overseas Trust Negotiating With
Federal .Government for Cargo
By the Associated Press
Amsterdam, Aug. 5, The Netherlands
overseas trust is endeavoring to get per
mission from the United States Govern.
,ment for the steamship Nleuw Amster-
uum in uiius ,1 uuigu ul tain io noiiana
to help make good the shortage In fats,
which now are being strictly latloned in
this country.
The Telegraaf, which published the
Information from a reliable source, adds
that there (s a good chance of reaching
an agreement.
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