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Forces Mercilessly Pountlcd
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lbeefat Cable to Evening Public Ledger
copvriont, ISIS, by Arte Yarn rtm? to.
t rnrl. AUR. S.
J Paris Is eatlsflecl today that tho Cler
tri'an counter-offensive, which It has been
Expecting for the last ten days, will
new be limited to the efforts of the
"irosse Bertha" which Tuesday resumed
lis practice, of dropping shells on the
City and has continued Its bombardment.
'The enemy. It Is believed here, no
longer Is In a position to react effec
tively, and the Idea that he will be
We to make any prolonged stand be
tween ttie Vesle' and the Alsne Is scouted
AS Impracticable. In the center of that
position the distance between the two
rivers, on a line runnlnpr northward
from Flsmes, Is only between four and
five miles.
Our heavy batteries, posted on the
south bank of the Vesle. have now for
nearly forty-eight hours mercilessly
beeV hammerfhB the remnants of the
Crown Prince's forces still south of the
Alsne. As long ago as Tuesday after
neon there was not a Blngle yard of
position where the enemy still was hold
ing" on which wasn't under either the
direct or enfilading Are of our suns. The
bfldges across the Alsne are also sub
jected to a constant bombardment both
from our guns and airplanes. Two of
tha German bridges across the river
Were destroyed Tuesday and material
that was being transported across them
was thrown Into the river The fact
that very little reply Is coming from
the enemy artillery Indicates clearly
that he chiefly Is occupied in getting his
guns safely to the other side of the
river.
Our troops who are driving the enemy
before them find themselves faced, as a
rule, by dense 'barrages, machine-guns
and rlflq Are, and have to wait from
time to time until guns can be brought
up to clear the obstructions away. The
enemy rear guards are composed, for
the most part, of men who belong to his
bst regiments who have been with
drawn from his shock division's. It Is
significant of the German shortage of
man-power that he has been compelled to
employ for this work crack troops which
certainly never were Intended to cover
his retreat. (
The continued bad weather undoubted
ly is Impeding the operations of both
sides.
GERMAN REVOLT
PROSPECTS SLIM
IJutcli Traveler Declares
" Only Outside Influences
Will Bring Rebellion
gj. AIR RAIDS ARE HELPING
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copyright, 1018. bl.Veiu Vorfc Times Co.
The Hague, Aug. 8.
Your correspondent k:rrns from a
Dutchman, just returned from. Germany,
that. .'.posters have been put up In Ger
man towns, including Cologne and Dus
seldorf, representing a sh'p arriving In
Prance from America with a few men,
In. town costume, disembarking.
The French are represented as on
lookers, asking, "But where are the
soldiers?" And one who Is armed with
opera glasses, a civilian, traveling with
luggage, ansvyers, "There are no others."
.It Is stated that these posters have '
Germans are beginning to realize that
there are American troops In France.
but the masses are still convinced they
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?A I Your corresnondent ran state nhsn--
. llutely authoritatively that the Wash
; jfliUfton telegram, stating that there were
?.-"f i.z&u.uuu Americans in France, and for-
wnraea irom iionana, was suppressed
by; the censor in Berlin, and never was
published. The educated people of Ger
many must, however, realize the truth,
as the English papers are btlll allowed
to bo circulated.
Speaking of the offensive, the traveler
said; "The people now realize (that the
present offensive has failed, and that
they must go through another winter
before they can win, and they have
resigned themselves to It sulkily, al
though the offensive was advertised as
'a'"-peace-bringing offensive.'
'Asked whether Germany would cheer
.fully face another war-winter, a German
amy man said, 'The people will go
through It admirably, partly through
the hope of a final victory, and partly
through the power of habit.'
18f n.German uprising against the Govern-
b."5T i'. ment. unless it is causeu oy outsiae cir
cumstances. The air raids have come
i,j nearest to producing a panic, but tne
U ; .military control Is still complete, and
ikiiv flttemni on me nan or mo citizens
ftita .'revolt Is severely punished. In spite
fiwor all precautions of the German au
JSthorltles to prevent stories about the
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culated over the whole country, nnd the
grt riront f!nlfiG-rift raid flnnpurn kMII i
RkV cuso consternation. One German from
.'i.' Uvi,tw 4icu ovnku iuivi, llici C WCIC 1UU
&$$ byrlals ot air-raid victims in one day."
m IAVARIAN OUTLOOK GLOOMY
!?'& Official Ficiircs Cannot Conceal
Misery, Declares Munich Paper
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copyright, lilt, buifew York Times Co.
London, Aug. 8. The, Chronicle's
fcil " RnVsrlan naners. commenting on the
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hff?&,iipon, the food and economic situation,
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Winter reproachlne the official figures re
-. -"i'JWrdlng the food rations and the tro
;ed meatless weeks, adds that the ac
unts and figures will not conceal the
i'3aTaetual misery, and
".rrV'Mnment is not abl
fesiXsfitovm of the provls
rt snow that the Gov
de to Drevent n break-
Isionlng system in Ger-
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.smany. tne narvest system Deing worse
'jvffc'.than Irt 1917, and the' hones, based upon
.'i V-f. Russia, the Ukraine and Rumania not
' ,-& C" Referring to the statements made by
;ijt Manors current throughout, the. German
1 jfciplre. tending to destroy public confl
fj Coo, the Government Journals declare
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Continued from Pare One
divisions holding the line were of poor
quality. Some units were reduced to
less than a third of their effectiveness
by Hie sucessful Franco-American local
actions of the last monh and by tho
ravages of the Spanish grip.
On July 15 De Ooutte's front ran
from Faverolls, north of the Ourcq, to
a point opposite Dormans.
As the world knows, the Germans
made Initial gains ncross the Marne
under cover of n terrific bombardment,
hut on the following day were checked
by counter-attacks, In which a newly
brought up American division had a
gallant share.
On the 17th Do Ooutte concentrated
atentlon on his own offensive, and the
army of De Mltry took over tho charge
of the Marne region.
De Goutte then faced the problem of
getting the most effective results from
the comparatively weak forces at his
disposal, most of whom had been en
gaged for two or three weeks In con
tinuous fighting. He adopted the fol
lowing plan:
On the front between the Ourcq and
the Kue il'lAia. a rivulet, four miles
further south, he concentrated his best
divisions as a striking force, supported
by tanks nnd a latgo part of his avail
able artillery.
The place formerly occupied by the
most northerly French troops ncross
the Ourcq was taken by a brigade of
the American division tnnt nau Deen
training with one of Its units, of
which scarcely a single man had seen
a shot or shell fired In anger.
Americans Cleared Wood
Their mission was primarily to act
as cover for the blow on their right
and not to undertake one on their own
part, but In point of fact they per
formed an extremely useful service m
clearing Fresnes Wood, where the
French for a time were held up by
machine guns.
Another brigade had similar duty
of cover on tho right flank of tho
striking force which was thus able to
operate without fear of being turned
on tho wings. South ot it was another
French division and then a Franco
American force In charge of an Amer
ican corps commander, whose first
day's Instructions wero to act as a
nonrlfint to tho striking force, In ex
actly the same way as De Goutte him
self was a pendant to Mangln.and not
to attempt anything but the attain
ment of limited objectives.
Mangln had Informed De Gouetts
that he intended to attack at 4:50
without artillery ppreparatlon, but the
latter felt that In his case he could
hardly take the risk with his moro
limited forces nnd decided on a mid
dle course. That is, he ordered an hour
and a half of artillery preparation,
beginning at 3:20, against the zone
behind the enemy's outpost positions,
which zono was some 1500 yards deep,
and directed that light forces should
go forward during the preparation and
occupy as much of this zone as possi-.
blc. At 4:50 Jho main attack was to
be delivered against the principal zone
of resistance.
Gained Initial Advantage
The plan succeeded admirably. The I
advance guard did Its work so well
that tho main body was able to launch
an attack when the moment came
from a line moro than a kilometer
Inside the outppst zone, which gave
It a considerable advantage.
The enemy resistance was feebly un
exciting. The Germans had con
structed only a fragmentary defenslvo
organization and tho four divisions
opposite tho striking forco were
thrown back In confusion on the
Forty-fourth Division, which was In
reserve.
Remarkably enough, the French
American forces south of the striking
force were able to make progress tc
an almost equal extent. They, too,
drove four enemy divisions before
them, who were supported by the
Fifth Division of the Prussian Ouard,
the enemy thus engaging ten divi
sions on the first day.
During the first two days the ad
vance was somewhat hampered by
German resistance north of tho Ourcq
where, as I was told, Mangln's right
encountered strong opposition In the
region of Ilautwelsen wood.
De Goutte's striking forco dared not
go far in Its push ahead, lest its flank
be exposed, but by the night of the
13th the obstacles In Its way had been
removed.
On .the following days the progress
of Mangln's left forced the enemy to
withdraw from south of tho Marno
! ?"'' beeln the evacuation of the left
hand corner of the pocket, where the
American ndvanco was particularly
rapid, despite the obstinate machine
gun resistance.
The rest of the battle was a series
of bounds forward, followed by a
period of hard fighting as the enemy
threw in reserves, including Guards,
Jaegers and other first-class divisions
assigned by the Crown Prince.
Hatlle in Three Periods
Thus the battle fell Into three pe
riods: The first on July 18-20, which
the officer called the battle of Nullly
St. Front to Chatlllon; tho second
after the advance the battle of the
Epieds region, from the 21st to the
27th. and the third after another for
ward move the battle of the Ourcq,
from July 29 to August 1. This, in
turn, was followed by progress to tne
I line of the Vesle.
! How desperately the enemy strove
to avert retreat may be judged from
the fact that no fewer than twenty-two
divisions were engagea against De
Goutte, of which four wer.o wholly
fresh, from the . reserves of Crown
Prince Rupprecht. By July 27 more
than 0000 nr soners, 110 guns, U00
mitrailleuses and 50 minenwerfers had
already passed through the I-ranco-
Amerlcan depots, besides vast stores
of shells, and he said that nearly an
equal .nmount of artillery was yet to
be counted and further large captures
of prisoners and material.
Three Score Captured Guns
Tour correspondent lunched with
General Mangln and his staff at army
headquarters that lately shook to the
thunder of hundreds of guns. More
than three score of them now line one
avenue through the park trophies
captured from the enemy in the vic
torious offensive.
A brief, simple meal cold ham,
boiled beef, mashed potatoes, cheese
and fruit was served on the table,
whose only ornament was a bowl of
flowers plcke"d in a Solssons garden.
The walls of the room were of dark
oak, decorated with flno stag heads
and a series of life-size pictures of the
'ast three generations of proprietors,
in stilted sporting attitudes.
The General commented laughingly
thpreuhon. and indeed, nis conver.
satlon throughout was gay, general
and varied. It might have been a,
peace-time hunting party, save for the
occasional distant rumble of artillery
and the uniforms worn by all, includ
ing the servants, of whom there was
one left-handed native who has ac
companied Mangln since .his African
campaigns.
Only twice was the war mentioned,
once In reply to the query from an
American Major on the Geenral's
right, "How is the battle going, sir?"
when Mangin replied simply, "The
battle la won," and again when tha
topic had turned to houseflles and t.he
aiuerviiv " - 4t-'-e vim.
Soim'jhw W .use butterfly n.t. it
j'cUe,o2pprtiina.tJir',Ve i full 'YJew as far aa Vallly,
jl iyyjixin jv vuiiu
desired result what do you think,
Monsieur General?"
Mangln smiled, but beforo ho could
answer, the chief of staff, who had
Just received a paper 'trom an or
derly, put In: "Tho general keeps
his net for the bodies. Hern are the
figures of our prisoners 20,000 In
July I'll wager' that ueats your fly
record."
It was hard to realize that tho gen
eral, courteous ns a host to n king,
nnd so unaffectedly so, was the ter
rible soldier who had been the spear
head of France's attacks from Verdun
until now. Yet even while he scoffed
gayly at the pretensions of one of his
officers to forecast the weather by tho
change of the moon, Ills face and bear
ing stamped him as a comlnant per
sonality. Mangln is a man of middle height,
with a chest like a prizefighter.
Though his head Is almost square,
with Its back falling straight to the
neck, his face is short, with .in
abnormal width between tho ear and
the chin that betokens an Implacable
will. His nose is strong and aquiline,
lips firm yet mobile, and his short
mustache, bushy eyebrows, and hair
that waves back en masse from his
broad forehead are black and untlnged
with gray. His brown-flecked hazel
eves are bright and passionate. It Is
tho head of a Cesaro Borgia, with
Borgia's ruthless energy. Hut Man
gln, unlike Borgia, Is a man who Is
the master of his own volcanic tem
per, as once ho mastered the African
barbarians and the dare-devil soldiers
of the Foreign Legion.
BERTHELOTHELD
FOE ON RHEIMS
LINE AS ORDERED
Arrival of British Re-cnforcc-ments
Gave Him Opportunity to,
Arlvancc Much Loot Captured
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Cnpyrioht, JOIH. bv Sew York Times Co.
With the French Armies, Aug. 8.
The task of General Hethelot's army
during tho battle which was virtually
concluded with the retreat of the
Crown Prince and his armies beyond
the Vesle was a most trying one.
Bethelot's orders were to hold onto
the pivot southwest of Itheims while
awaiting the outcome ot aiangin s oi
fenslve.
He did not recelvo any re-enforce
ments, in spite of tho fact that the
Germans had from fifteen to sixteen
divisions in line facing his few divi
sional which, although small in num
ber, comprised units which had made
a name for themselves on many bat
tlefields. Among them, also, were a
couple of divisions of Italians, who vie
with their French comrades In cour
age and tenacity.
Bethelot's first duty was to stay the
German rush which started on July
15 to push through tho Marne and
Ardre valleys, seize Epernay and turn
the mountain of Rhelms. which would
Inevitably bring about tho fall of the
cathedral city He decided that the
best way to carry out tne tasK was
while remaining on the defensive to
make it a very active one with inces
sant counter-attacks.
Meanwhile Highland and Yorkshire
divisions had been brought up with
the object of taking part in the de
fensive action, but when It was found
that Mangln's offensive was progress
ing and that De Groutee, with his
French nnd American troops, was
pushing up from the bottom of tho
German salient, General Berthelot
asked G'eneral to send his dlvl
slons into the line of attack on the
21st along the valley of the Ardre,
whence he could threaten the rear ot
tho retiring Germans by pushing
toward Flsmes.
FOCH FOOLED GERMANS
BY CONSTANT PRESSURE
Expected to Stand North of Marne, But Americans
Turned Line Retreat Was Skillfully
Conducted
Dy MAJOR GENERAL SIR FREDERICK MAURICE
Former Director of Onen'lons of tli9 lirltUli Army
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger that on Mils stretch of river there
Copyrulit. 1013. by Xcir York Times Co.
London, Aug. 8.
The most satisfactory feature of the
second battle of the Marne has been
the manner in which Joch has suc
ceeded in keeping up pressure upon
the enemy. I bave little doubt but
the Germans expected to be able to
stand on tho Marne when they with-
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, t .0 ,.,ri'v, ih Amor
of the Marne was turned by the Amer-
loan advance throut,.i imu uesumi t ha
teau-Thlerry.
Again tho enemy hoped to be able
to establish themselves on the upper
Ourcq, but again the Franco-American
advance on Fere-en-Tardenols was too
quick for them. Tho capture of Fere-en-Tardenols
turned the German front
between Solssons nnd Oulchy-le-Cha-teau
and at exactly the right moment
Foch re-enforced General Mangln wun
an unknown number of Hrltlsh divi
sions to whom General Mangin has
Just paid a glowing tribute, In which
he divulged tne iaci mm somu ui
them came from Palestine. Mangin,
thus strengthened, urovo tne enemy
from the Criso and secured tho high
plateau between the Crlso and tne
Vesle. ,
Having lost this plateau the Ger
mans had to abandon the Ardre and
fall back everywhere across the Vesle.
This shows clearly how completely
the German leaders were out in the
calculation on which they based their
plans for their last onensive. iiiey
believed Foch's reserves to be ex
hausted and that they had ample time
to complete their preparations.
I have, as my readers know, always
been skeptical of the Germans having
systematically prepared a line" of de
fense south of the Aisne to which they
intended to withdraw deliebrately.
They were thinking of nttack and not
of defense, and must have had their
hands full with their preparations for
the atttack.
The Vesle line, between Rhelms and
rv.no a not it pood line of defense.
- ito hrldees ran he shelled from the
high ground south of the Vesle. This
Tardenols country is very well known
to tho British army, for In September,
1914, we drove Van Kluck's rear
guards back across It as we advanced
from the Marne to tho Alsne.
The ground between the Crlse and
the Vesle and that between the Vesle
and its bridges can be shelled from the
high, flat pateau, the sides of which
drop very sharply into the river val
leys. Northwest of Br'aisne the valley
of the Vesle opens out to a width of
three miles Inot flat meadow land,
with occasional woods, and this low
ground Is completely dominated by the
plateau to the south of the Vesle from
the toD of which tho course of th
Alsne and the Jilgh, ground beyondTK
BULGARIA STARTS
PEACEOFFENSIVE
Employing Old Method of
Blackmailing Her Allies
to Obtain Advantage
PRETENDED REPENTANCE
Former Greek Minister De
clares War Has Shown
Country's Brutal Policy
By the A.tsociated Presi
Athens, Aug. 8 --Bulgaria is engaged
In a peace offensive synchronizing with
the German movement In the same direc
tion, according to Alexander Carapanos,
former Minister of Foreign Affairs. She
Is playing particularly upon the friendly
sentiment existent, at least In part.
In Great Britain and the United States,
he asserts.
"The rumors of a possible about-face
on tho part of Bulgaria have been con
firmed by M. Mlchalakopoulos, our Min
ister of Agriculture, who has returned
from London, whither he went on a spe
cial mission," declares M. Carapanos In
an Interview printed In the Messenger,
of this city, "Bulgnrla Is empjoylng her
old method of blackmailing her allies In
order to obtain the largest possible sec
tions of the territories of her neighbor,
and Is exploiting the eternal phllo-BuI-gar
Illusion in America and England, a
proceeding which has been employed,
particularly of late."
M Carapanos recalls "the deplorable
consequences of the volcanic illusions
among the Entente nations In the past,
which weakened the confidence of
Greece In the Entente,' he says.
"Thre" years of war have shown
clearly the artful and brutal policy of
Bulgaria, as well as her ardent militar
ism, the purpose of which Is to accom
plish destruction and to gain ultimate
dominion by violence. It Is to be hoped
that by this time the Towers know how
to appreciate at its true value tho pre
tended repentance of Bulgaria "
Ho lays stress on tlte necessity for the
smaller Balkan allies seeing this question
clarified.
"I believe," he continues, "that I In
terpret the ardent wish of the Greek
people that It be no longer permitted to
catch a glimpse of the unhappy possi
bility of an Insane bargaining to assure
thu predominance of a predatory race
which already has under Its talons
Greek. Rumanian and Serbian popula
tions." BULGAR RUMORS DISQUIETING
Allies Urpcd to Make Statement
to Reassure Greeks
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copyrtohl. (!)!. by New York Times Co.
Athen, Aug. 8. The Greek press and
public opinion continue to show dis
tinct disquiet at rumors of the possibil
ity of a iolte-faco by Bulgaria.
Although there is no disposition to
admit that the Allied Governments would
bo capable of committing the inconsis
tent' of favoring Prussian maneuvers
in the east at the verv moment they
nrr. firrhtlnir Prussian militarism, never
theless there is fear that the efforts
of certain British and American Bul-
garnphiles may innuenco pumic opinion
in these countries.
Rescued and Then Arrested
Atlantic City. Aug. 8. Bcscued with
a companion off the Hygela Tool, at
Bhode Island avenue. Steve Arozow, a
Russian, living in Philadelphia, roundly
abused the life-guards. The latter
bided their time until they had brought
Arozow safely ashore and then he was
placed under arrest by Life Guard Mil
ler. He will be arraigned tomorrow be
foro Recorder Goldenberg on a chargo
of assault nnd battery.
should be no difficulty in destroying
German bridges, while those east of
Vallley can beforo long be reached by
howitzers working with airplane ob
servation. Retreat Skillfully Conducted
Therefore, as Foch has been ablo to
drive the enemy across the Vesle there
Is every reason to suppose he will
also be able to push them across tho
Alsne.
I Tho emy as heen conducting his
retreat wUh sklK Ho has n(jt n1vei,
any considerable bodies of troops to
be cut off and he has removed most
of his heavy artillery. There has been
nothing in the nature of a collapse.
He has still to get across the Alsne,
which at the end of a long and stren
uous retreat will be a difficult opera
tion. Even if he carries this through as
well as he has done the rest the blow
to his prestige will still bo tremen
dous. The military party, with the
Crown "rince at its head, have been
grossly wrong in their estimates. They
have deceived the German people and
brought the day appreciably nearer
when they will be called to account.
Meantime, on our front we have
been quietly and methodically improv
ing our positions to tho south of the
Somme, in front of Amiens, along the
Ancre and on the Batllcuil front, all
points at which it was thought pos
sible Rupprecht might strike. Rup
precht's reserves are no longer what
they were nnd we have had a precious
three months in which to recover from
tho trials of spring. Therefore, on
all grounds wo must, as the Prime
Minister bids us, "hold fast." This is
no' time for parleying with the enemy.
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ARMY DESERTERS
TURN TO BANDITS
Austrian Peasants Terror
ized and Plundered in
Medieval Style
40,000 ARE IN THE GROUP
German Troops Called to Sup
press Disorder Bohe
mians Raid Trains
By WARD PRICE
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copyright. J.1S by .Vfio Vorfc Time Co.
Italian Army Headquarters, Aug 8.
The present state of Austria
Hungary, ns represented by the
prisoners taken lately on the Italian
front, is extremely serious. Mutiny
and desertion in the army, nnd food
riots nnd strikes among the civil
population occur throughout tho
heterogeneous empire.
According to these accounts Austria
seems to be going gradually back to
a reproduction of tho old medieval
days, when bands of discharged sol
diers in arms roamed Central Europe,
terrorizing and robbing the peasantry,
and defying all authority. Scattered
about In the forest nnd moorland there
are today many little groups of out
laws and. ns in Montenegro, of mere
brigands who live by plunder.
Deserters from the Austrian army
rally to these bands of freebooters,
more especially men who have re
turned from long periods as prisoners
of war in Russia nnd find that they
now are required to rejoin as soldiers.
Military patrols sent against thej
often go over to tho mutineers.
40,000 Armed Fugitives
There is an organization of armed
fugitives from the service in Moravia,
which Is known as tho Green Guards,
and is said to be 40,000 strong, while
In Hungany a sort of Robin Hood
band has come into being, which calls
itself the "Royal and Imperial Bri
gands of Bihar." These genial out
laws are already heroes of popular
ballads, and they have reserves of
stolen ammunition and supplies hid
den In tho forests.
Centers of the settled population
also are not free from disorder. Ger
man troops have been called in to
crush Austrian and Hungarian
tumults at Innsbruck, Budapest, and
In Wallachla, and one ot tho chief
sources of trouble throughout the
country is the regimental depots
wnere men are collected for dispatch
to the front. In Bohemia the civil
population, too, raids the food trains
as they pass through from the
Ukraine, being given timely warning
of their arrival by tho railway officials.
Mnclilnc fiuns t'sul on Strikers
There were strikes at the big Skoda
works in June. The work people blew
up a part of the. factory and paraded
through the streets. Bavarian regi
ments there had to use machine guns
before the strikers were crushed. A
battalion on Its way to the front mu
tinied at Innsbruck In Juno and locked
Its officers In the station, the men seat-
i terlng.
On May 15 a battalion of Czechs
refused to leave for tho front. A
Croatian company sent to restore order
threw In its lot with them and seized
the station. A German regiment of
Bavarians was called In and disarmed
the mutineers after fighting, in which
there were considerable losses on both
sides.
An Austrian descrler who recently
came over gives a detailed account of
a revolt which he says ho helped to
organize In the ninety-seventh regiment
at Rakesburg on the night of May 23.
The regiment was 2000 strong, composed
mostly of men who had returned from
being prisoners In Russia. The mutiny
was started prematurely, owing to an
officer abusing some men found drunk In
the barracks of their companies, who
took their part. .Shots were fired and
the soldiers tried to rush the gates of
the barracks, but the officers stopped
them by threatening them with their
revolvers.
FIND ROOSEVELT GRAVE
"Buried by Germans," Read In
Bcription Over Quentin's Tomb
By the Associated Press
Willi (lie Amrrlmn Army on tlio Venle,
Aug. 8.
On a wooden cross at the bead of a
grave at the edge of a wood at Cha
mery, east of Fere-en-Tardenols, is this
Inscription:
"Lieutenant Quentln Roosevelt, burled
by the Germans."
German newspapers announced sev
eral day3 ago that Lieutenant Roose
velt, who disappeared during an aerial
combat on July 17, had heen burled by
the Germans at Chamery, but until yes
terday the grave was not discovered. It
was found by an American aviator. The
Inscription Is In Kngllsh.
CALL 294 TO LIMITED SERVICE
Need for Auto Repairmen, Clerks,
Stenograpbers and Mechanics
WuililriKtiiii, Aug. 8. (By I X. S.).
Provost Marshal General Crowder today
issued a call for 294 limited service men
from Pennsylvania. Maryland, Ohio, New
Jersey nnd the District of Columbia,
The men will serve as auto repairmen,
clerks stenographers and mechanics.
Ninety-four men will entrain August
20 for Washington barracks here twen-ly-tlvo
from Maryland, twenty-five from
the District of Columbia, twenty-uvu
from New Jersey and nineteen from
Ohio Pennsylvania furnishes twenty
five clerks and twenty-live stenographers
who will entrain for Washington bar
racks today. On August -17, 150 selective
service men will entrain for Camp Cus
ter, Mich. Of these. Wisconsin will fur
nish eighty-two and Michigan sixty
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ENEMY BEHIND VESLE
Artillery Rakes German Lines Clear to the Aisne River,
While Foch's Forces Mass for Drive
Northward
By EDWIN L. JAMES
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
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WUh the American Army, Aug. 8.
The situation on tho American front
along tho Vesle has for more than
twenty-four hours been largely one of
planning rather than of acting. This
is speaking In a broad sense and
does not mean that there have not
been a number of sharp skirmishes.
The Germans have been making a
strong stand on tho ridge between the
Vesle and the Alsne with rear-guard
contact parties ranging down to the
northern bank of the Vesle. Wo have
maintained small groups on tho north
ern bank which are in constant con
,tact with the Germans.
During tho lull In infantry activity
both the Germans and the Americans
and French have been hourly increas
ing their volume of nrtlllery fire.
Tho final allied action may depend
in detail largely on what the enemy
does between the Vesle nnd the Aisne.
It Is known that orders have been
issijed by the German high command,
lookltjg forward to having to go back
across the Aisne. On the other hand.
the violent artillery work of the past
forty-eight hours might Indicate a
change In these plans.
Foe Not Using Biggest Guni
Yet another way of looking at the
situation Is that the bombardment of
our positions has been done by 77s
and 105s. meaning that these are the
largest guns on this side of the Alsne
or they would certainly be In use.
Wherever the enemy makes his final
stand he will have big guns where
they can reach well into his oppo
nent's territory.
It must be borne in mind intcon
slderlng the situation that the chief
aim for which Foch launched his of
fensive on July 18 has been accom
plished, in that the Rhelms-Solssons
salient has been wiped out, and the
peril to Paris ended.
In the present location of the west
ern front It Is worth a certain price
to get the Germans back to the
Chemln-des-Dames.' It Is not worth
more than a certain price, in view of
situations existing elsewhere on the
western front. It Is also to be remem
bered that the greater the effort the
hoche makes on this salient the more
he weakens himself somewhere else,
making It easier to achieve greater
military results with the same expen-1
dlture of military effort. Therefore. It
Is best to say that today the situation
is In the' making.
It is entirely possible that the next
two weeks may see one of the greatest
artillery duels of the war, with the
Germans working to make impossible
for the French and Americans to
maintain positions from which to ad
vance toward the Alsne and the
French nnd American gunners work
ing to make tho Germans get back
to the Alsne without the expenditure
on our side of a great deal of infantry
effort. Because of the shortening of
the line between tho vicinities of
Rhelms and Solssons both sides have
an unusually lar'ge supply of guns on
this front.
As for an artillery duel on a large
scale, so long ns tho enemy keeps his
big guns so far back ho cannot reach
our present Vesle lines. The Ameri
cans and French have the best of
the situation because our big guns are
already raking from the Vesle clear
back to the Alsne. The continuing
rain of tho last week has put the
roads used by tho Germans In bad
shape.
German Looting Complete
In his withdrawal from the towns
south of the Vesle the boche made
one of the most complete Jobs of
looting tho world ever saw. It ap
pears thnt permission to do personal
looting was given to the soldiers, who
were not only allowed to send their
loot to their families, but were pro
vided with military transport for that
purpose.
Every store In every town was
stripped absolutely. Ot food not one
can or pound was left behind. The
shelves of thu stores were swept clean.
Clothing and shoes were also taken.
The Americans have captured many
packages of loot addressed to Ger
man soldiers' families which were left
behind in the army's flight.
A very Interesting light on the Ger
man civilian situation is furnished by
the fOjCt that the wheat harvested
south of tho Veslo was shipped back
to the soldiers' families in little cot
ton sacks, holding about four and a
half pounds. Large numbers of these
sacks, all addressed, were found by
the men.
Every day of cleaning up after tho
boche shows evidence of a systematic
attempt to terrorize Americans bv the
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SI Palm Beach, Cool Crashes, Mohairs
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$8.50 to $12.00 Genuine
Palm Beach Suits for
$16.50
Suits
MANY cool cloth, crashes and open weave fabrics are in this
great hot-weather disposal of comfortable Clothing. No
dearth of selection anywhere with sizes all the way up
to 50-inch chest measurement.
Hundreds of Men and Young Men will insure themselves
against the heat wave at Oak Hall tomorrow.
We have provided the opportunity, and the buying public
always appreciates, the timeliness of the great Clothing disposals
at Sixth and Market streets.
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Uso of Infernal machines. In a pre
vious dispatch I told how bombs were
set in dugouts and houses; how am
munition dumps exploded two days
after the Germans had left, and how
telephone wires wero strung to hidden
piles of explosives to be set off from
a distance, but Tuesday the largest
slnglo Instance was revealed.
Explosives Hidden in Chateau
North of Kere-en-Tardenois lies the
Chateau de Fere. It Is a large cha
teau, dating from the fifteenth cen
tury, and by its side are tho ruins of
one dating back to the thirteenth cen
tury. The newer chateau had been
used by the Germans for division head
quarters anil, as it offered some ad
vantages, they evidently thought the
Americans might make the same use
of it.
American engineers going there
yesterday, bearing In mind the official
warning against Infernal machines
and to be careful of all wires, noticed
tho too systematic lying about of wires
along the ground and into the chateau.
Examination of this system of wires
showed that It ran all through the
chateau and also Into the adjacent
ruins, among which stnnds a magnifi
cent arch about nlnetv feet hlh Our
engineers traced the wires with great
caro nnd found them leading to high
explosives concealed In all parts of
the chateau and ruins. There were
moro than threo tons of these explo
sives, which, if touched off, would
have wrecked the chateau and killed
everyone in It. The infernal machine
was laid so that the cutting of any
wire would set It Off. Of course, the
first step In clearing up enemy wires
Is to cut them.
Another chateau was destroyed yes
terday when a similar but smaller In
fernal machine was set off. Fortu
nately no one was killed, as the place
had not been occupied by Americans
as an important post.
In one chateau equipped with elec
tric lights these had been arranged
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in' the locality have not yet been en
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