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I, massed heavy artillery on this
hi and are heavily counter-attack-
T.ilnns. Which fhn Hermans took in
."counter-attack, has been recap-
by the British. The Allies
re taken 40.000 nrisoners and 700
pfeins in their offensive.
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. ino iownsot vtiDeri. una inauincs
M Memed today to bo held by the ene-
;;) and Koye has -rot fallen.
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. ftV. , ine jvrencn are continuing meir
wWr advance between tr.e Avro ana tne
v&Oise and have captured the town of
I,Sr n'Echelle-St. Aurin, three miles di-
E'v51 tectly west of Roye, and are closing
,ia on Roye, the dispatches state.
iW" The advance, however, appears to
Syjiave slowed up.
' Ar..Anl1.. tV.n nMciKl- nn Vin
n-wuLKiiny miu 4wiv wit m-
SOUthern part Of the iront was heir.
continued by the French this morn-1
ing. Main interest CCntcrca in 'is "It Is certain that the Herman retreat
l , .j ,1, , .,:,.,.. r., ..," ' Is not over" says lHoinme l.lbre, while
sector around tho Lassigny Majsu. , the rletlt rnrlBfen declares that the cap.
It is difficult to say whcthe.- tho ture of Lasslgny by the French Is only
, .. . , . ,, ' n question of hours In fact the entire
French are on the crest, bv wiev i Rroup of hills between I.aBslgny ana
,, V,o plnn tr it Thn v-hnlo Tins!- the Olse Is holng encircled, the Tetlt
must be close to it. ine vnoic posi jJomnBl ,clarCs. and must Inevitably
tion on the southern line depends be evacuated
. .. I Main nf the critics point to the fnc-
upon possession Ot It. tnat n(,cauc of his serious losses under
French troops Mave advanced nearer the Allied blow the enemy has been coin
' , .' , , , , ' pelled to use troops he was reserving
to tho important point ot Itojc from , or futur(. operations. hlle the Allies,
the southwest by the capture of tho It is declared. hao been mastering the
mo ouui.iii a j . ....,. enemy th on their line troops, wlth-
vlvllages of Armancourt ami Tllloloy, oUtm(frawnR ,,,, tbelr rescre. The
according to tho olllclal statement from , CJermans, It Is pointed out. increasec
Z.... ,. - . t, i ,,. c,i, their losses by their lolent reactions on
Field Marshal Hals today, bouth r Sur;day for tiie purpoie of cocrlnp tliplr
the SOmme Blitlsh troops hae cap-iretri.it nnd protecting the line of their
' , ... , ... ' already Insulllclent communications.
tured 200 prisoners. Rrltlsh positions l"l,,u- '"-J
oast of Merricourt, south ot the river. .DCT, nj. cr nv njr
have been linked with the British lines lUiSl I UAbt. Ut UlLr
east of Etinchem. north o the river, i SOMME BATTLE OVER
Smash Attack
The British positions south of Llhons
were attacked last evening by the Ger
mans. The attack was repulsed.
Today's British statement reads:
""YestcreUy evening the enemy again
attacked our position south of Llhons.
Wn was renulsed.
"As a result of a succesful operation I
carried out by us immediately soiun .
of tho Somme. wc captured 200 pris-1
. nM.l ii it Art iin nur nncttfnnu Ait i
? Merlrntirt with the linn cast of!nrst P1'110 ot " "Rh'lng l" over
Si.?.1.!!0.0"" ,WJ"' ",l Voni, tf ,l?o ' Hermans, at their nearest, point
Etlnehem, on the north bank of tlio
rlver. tnl (Amiens), while thev are no nearer
"On the right ot the Fourth British than sixteen miles t.. the Amlens-r.irU
army our Allies made progress yester- 'I'y,,,. Mnrttlt!. and Von Hutler aro
day afternoon In the direction ot Roj p. trj.nR ll0u,10,-,,tei to stiffen the reslst
capturlng the villages of Armancourt nnCt r t lic-ii- arniieh, whose backs are
and Tllloloy (Tlllolov Is three nnd one- almost tight agalnt the Somme
half miles southwest of Itoyr). The Allies are adanclug slowly but
nair mnes somni ul . ' .,0,,in, tuelr mins rommandinir not
. on tne norinern PJo " "
British front we effected local 1m-
provements In our line east of Kobern,
and between vieux-uernuin ann .uer
rls." I'resrnt Ilallle Line
As nearly ns can be learned the bat-
uenne irom nuriii iu ouum muo mu)
near Merlcourt, Proyart. Ilalnccourt
and Llhons, which apparently Is final-1
ly secure In British hands after bitter
righting: thence west of Chaulnes, I
through or near Chilly, which has
changed hands twice, thenco through
Fouqucscourt, Parvillcrs, Damery, j
Andechy. IVEchelle, Armancourt,
Damcourt. Piuincourt. Rove-Sur-Matz.
JUareulI, Samson and Antoval, striking :
the old line near Ulbecourt. !
The battle appears to be approach-1
Ing the end of the first phase, with
tho lines steadily hardening on the
front, speaking generally, that the
Germans held when they retired to
the Hlndenburg line. I
The assistance that lins been ren
frri hv Mm Ampricnnn In this nirht.'Julv 15.
Inff has been comparatively smnll but' One German long-range gun has been
Nevertheless important, for they havof'neated be ween Ham and Guiscard
captured and held positions strongly tt d'h. Allied a'rtfif.Vr.'""1 "
defended by the enemy at one of the " :
most difficult points In the line nt a1 Tr:crrnstrrT
time when the German resistance here FOE DEbl ROl ED
waa threatening to hold up the left i .,. .-. . . .- . . .,
flank ot the advance. ; CIT OF MONTDIDIER
By the Associated Press '
Paris, Aug. 12. Nearly 40,000 pris
oners and "00 guns have been taken
by the Allies In ricardy, according to
reliable information here.
(Seven hundred guns Is the greatest
the Allies ever have captured on the
western front during the nrst days of
an offensive.)
Extremely bitter resistance Is being
encountered from the Germans along the
line of Chaulnes-Roye-Noyon. The
enemy Is bringing up strong re
enforcements, while the Allies are pre
paring for further advance.
The Germans are reacting on the
Allied left with n certain amount of
success, having had time to get into line
divisions rushed frantically from the
north. It 1s believed here the fresh Home. Aug 12. (fly I N S) Kac
troops are being thrown Into the light In uatlon of the whole German salient on
a desperate endeaor to block the Allied
advance toward N'esle.
General von Hutler, who escaped badly
damaged from the Montdldler pocket. Is
trying now to halt temorarily on the
Itoye-N'oyon line. He Is strong enough
at Noyon end, where his flank rests on
the Olse, hut should the Hrltlsh succeed
In debouching from the villages of .Tho explanation gien was that "hean
Lihons, Chilly, Fransjrt, Fresnoy and I quarters were transferred because of the
Goyencourt In the general direction of activity of Allied airmen"
Neslc. Von Hutler's right at Roye would The Kaiser Is being advised by Von
not only be turned, but he would be cut ' Hindenburg to adopt a "defensive front
off and hupeiessly lost The entire line, (along the western battle line," the dls
Jt Is believed here, would then go down, i patch said
Should Von Hutler succeed In holding
on sufficiently to get his guns and ma -
i.vlal atvav nnvl mnm nrnhnhlv
would be back toward the Somme, pivot-
Inr on Noyon. He would swing his
right back on the line of Nesle and
' Novon.
There was no marked change in the
inere was no marnea cnange in me
fighting situation on the French front
during the night, says the official state.
ment from the War Office today. There
was artillery fighting In the territory' !
southwest of Roye. The statement reads '
"Between the Avre and the Olse the
situation Is without change During the
i.iiumivudi.sr .uMisira
was artillery fighting In the
larqulvlllers and Grlvlllers.
nleht there
region of Jlarqul
Nothing Is reported from the remainder
of the front,'
By the United lTess
With the French Armies in tho Field,
Aug. 12.
German casualties on the new
Plcardy front are estimated at more
than 100,000.
German reserves rushed Into action.
partial reorganization of the demor
alized retreating elements and arrival
IVof fresh artillery have succeeded in
Showing up, oui noi hiupiuuk. me uu
Vance of General De Beney's and Gen.
eral Humbert's French armies.
The line last night showed progress
(..turun the Olse and Matz Rivers, lit-
l tie Switzerland as this Is sometimes
t4ft called becoming untenable for the
..:,, enemy.
'Ja. , Airalnst strong resistance the
N Trench have captured Montlgny
I cvonrui Rllncourt and Antheval.
Igi
hf FIGHTING DIES DOWN
ALONG VESLE FRONT
By the United Press
With the American Army on
the
i:t VmI. Aug. 1 J. American and French
j?' r trhops opposing the Germans on the
i- Srlihts north of the Vesle have encoun-
fflil fresh Prussian divisions.
i.htin in the American sectors In
IMeSilBte-cwa" and rifle fire and In-
UtfKHjKH nnrii fmtni.
W -i , .
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barrares before the American positions
yesterday morning and stopped abruptly
each time, apparently Intending to at
tack. But the attaclti did not mate
rialize, either because of tho American
small-arm nrc or the boches' Inability
to "get up enoiiRh steam "
American Infantry advanced half way
up the Blow of r steep hill this morn
ing, encourterlng strong Herman en
trenchments The doiighbos were un
able to hold these halfway positions
owing to the Intensity of the enemy tire,
a.nd returned to their former positions ni
the foot of the slopes.
American artillery continues pounding
the German positions, while the Infantry
snipes from shell holes, harassing tho
boches, who are trying to hamper Amer
ican preparations for advancing.
Increased activity In tho air resulted
in two fierce battles yestcrdny. During
sue of the fights the Americans, although
outnumbered, brought down two bocho
machines. The other battle wus Inde
cisive. ALLIES ENCIRCLING
HILLS NEAR OISE
By the Associated Press
rHrU Anir 1 Mllltarv commenta-
(PT.S n tne I'arls newspapers expre?-.
convene, thatch. Allied dvanw w hiu,
By the United Presx
With the llrltl'li rmlcs In I'ranee.
Aug 12 The battle has gradually
slowed down in the past twenty-four
hours.
Von Ludcndorff's reserea hae been
massed In front of the key positions
Wti,nut success
and hae attempted counter-attacKS,
ti,o Allies are
maintaining
their
i-nln thrnuerhnllt the w ho'e line.
W'liniMcr Hie future may bring, the
is over i ne
PP.entecn mie, from the ricardy capl-
;,,, , 0.; P. ni.uilnes. Ne.le and Peronne.
bm- the'S()llime crossings eerywhcre
Immense nuatitlties of derman ma
terial are still west of the riser. Prison
ers from divisions just arrived In the line
d. clare they were oruerca to noia ai
whatever cost Some nf the bridges have
been destroyed nnd the Allied guns arc
demolishing them as fast as they are
n,lrni
captured ilerman mlicers admit tliere
considerable disorder behind the lines,
the ollleers themselie.s knowing little of
what Is transpiring They were throw-ti
Into certain positions dnd merely told
to ttay.
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l,iOO.VVV ItKniUinJ
iv d ATTT V I!! iVHPTH
It Dl I 1 UCj in ntA ll
By tfte United Press
Paris. Aug 12. Thirty-one new Ger
man divisions havo been Identified In
Plcardy, making a total of lit divisions
(probably i.suj.uuu men; used tmce
Pnrl. Aug. 12 (By I N S.) Kn-
need because they had to give up Mont
dldler, the Germans destroyed the city
before they departed, applying the torch
and blowing up buildings with dynamite.
Many old and beautiful pieces of archi
tecture were destioyed by the Huns
, ph have continued t'o gain ground
between the Are and Olse rivers.
The French have captured Macqulvll
lers. Gravellillers, Laberliers. Mache
mont, CamhrokUe and the outskirts of
Canny-sur-Matz.
HINDENBURG URGES
BIG RETREAT, REPORTVZ' ,hV man peope
the western front, formed hy Ypres, the
.Montdldler sector and tne verrtun area,
Is being urged upon the Kaiser by Von
Hindenburg, according to n news agency
dispatch from Zurich today.
German great headquarters have been
removed from France into Germany.
behind the Rnlne rler It w-as added
Hindenburg was said to base his rca-1
i sons for the widespread evacuation of!
'Merman nnsltlnns In Tleleilliii nnil
I France on the argument that It would
shorten and straighten the German
J front and make it easier to defend
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FOUR VITAL POINTS K
.remilred to prevent Germany from ob
taining control of tho food resources of
n.. .? rf . 1 n I.... t lnnirn la
ny iic unueu f-re
. ' ..
Parln. Aug 1 2 Chaulnes, Roye, I.as-
I slgny and Noyon these are the vital
points in the general line on which the
?z2?xsr&:x?"& .ri. ":
sweeping Allies.
--"-- .,... ... -j u usi-.. ,' n-
enlno- Allies
General von Cudendorff Is pulling In
reserves from the entire region and
throwing them Into this line Mean -
,r.ll t, la t-vlnn Ir. rra nl. (V,.
dns ,,u?,ed back by trie French and
untenable. . . ...
Of the four. Chaulnes and I-isslgny
seem the likeliest to go first If these
fall It can be assumed that the others
will be captured shortly, after which
the Germans would have no line this
no line inia
side of the Somme upon which to stand.
Kt.. l it., .. -,i i-. ...i.u ...kiu
L!uensFsenCsnowne bThVc? lHa't' frc
Suns 1 snown uy ine laci inai ire-
nuentlv the "heavies" are firing from
positions wncre inrro imu oeen uayuuci
fighting onlv twenty-four hours before.
Between Ham and Peronne. where the
Germans are bringing up new divisions,
the Allies are bombing and smashing
bridges while the Germans are trying
frantically to repair them. Some of
them are knocked down and repaired
several times In a day. Aviators report
the enemy's back areas choked with re
treating transports and columns o(
troops.
Finni Fortifying Against RustU
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copyright, int. ev A York Timet Co.
Copcnkagto. Aug. 12. A special ca
ble to the BerijngiKe Tiaenoe from He!
Whether the Germans have decided to I SlovfKs "" "rUeT by Bolrhevlk not been much cultivated for, the last
make a real stand qn this line, or only . lrts '"? droops and without a three years. They are Intersected by
ri-fffrW,TO.fflr.w?h.vu,i!. an3 bt'lffi and Khab- tu Vy.'u.'. "dTa? b'en
?leesrlaaVeCarJ XA W "SngSS 5 i"-- '- "d
SSSiS'S road I came upon a little
Sncfors says that the Russian side of I
UV mag ;t9tW
AMERICANS
AHACKT0H0LD
ALLIES ON VESLE
Germans Assail U. S. Lines
to Prevent Sending Aid
to Somme
THRUSTS PROVE FUTILE
Three Counter-Blows Arc
Foiled Foe Digging in
to Hold Line
H- EDWIN L. JAMES
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copurioht. l!tS, bu .Veto York Times Co.
With the American Army In France.
Aug. 12.
AVith the evident Intention of hln
herlng or blocking nny proposed at
tack by the Americans along the Vcsle
while the dilve from the west is on,
the Oermans since Saturday have de
lls ered thiee counter-nttacks In force
on our lines In that sector.
These actions, while of a local na
ture, were far different from the typ
ical rearguard actions that the Her
mans have been putting up against us
on the Vesle. They were delivered bv
fresh troops, who attacked In num
hers superior to ours at the points
where they hit.
We met these attacks with mnchlne
gun lire, and In one case with hand-to-hand
fighting. Tho third German
counter-attack netted us eighty pris
oners ot the Fourth Clrenndler Guards,
who said that they had been sent Into
the sector-eight hours before being put
Into battle.
Tho three costly German attempts
made no material change In the sltua.
tion. As much as they would like to,
the Geimans appear to bo afraid to
withdraw anj troops from In front of
the Americans to use further west.
Two French soldiers captured by
the Germans In May entered the Amer
ican lines on the Vcsle Saturday. They
had cut the wires of their cage nnd
walked four days toward their own
lines. They were greatly surprised,
for. not having been told of the Ger
man defeat, they supposed that the
Allied lines weio fnr behind that
stream.
Theso Frenchmen explained that
nrior to .Tulv IS the Germans had
blustered dally about going to Paris,
but that after the 18th their attitude
had suddenly changed The captives
did not then know the reason. The
prisoners hnd been told that the Ger
mans' military tattona were low, he
cause they had sent food to Austria
to quiet discontent there, and the
growing sphit against tht' wnr.
The German cross above the prave
of Quentln Roosevelt, near Chamery.
has been removed nnd an American
cross put up. This cross bears the
Inscription
Here rests on the field of honor
First IJoutenant Quentln Roosevelt,
killed In action July, 1918."
The Brave has also been fenced with
stones. Yestertlnv upon It rested a
atli of flowers-bearing the name of
Miss Evangeline 'Booth, of the Salva
tlor Army,
-Thfi. .German crost. which, was re- J
moicd hil on it after the name ot
lieutenant Roosevelt tho words "bur
ied by tho Germans.'., j -
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Lenine and Trotsky
Flee From Moscow
fontlnned from I'.ire One
diplomatic corps, reviewed tho corre
spondence that led to the decision or
the ambassadors to go to Archangel, ana
continued- . ....
"Your message expressing friendly
feelings for the people I represent ana
the desire on your part to maintain rela
tions with them is appreciated, but u
will permit me to say that jour treat
ment nf me as tlielr repreentatlie does
. ., (.1. ...nf. ..OMU.Inill.
not arruni mi ru. .. r---. . , ,
"Your telegram plates tnat jrcimiiBri
is not a fit residence for ambassadors in t
the event of a 'siege' Do ou expect a
German siege of Archangel' tertnmiyil0 na8s a slower chicle In front.
you dt not nnticlpato an Allied siege of
i n"n nnlv reneat what I have said
! to you and to the Russian people many
'.' . . . i .. 4i. ill Uu hni a nnln.
with wnom mey tun.""' "- -- '--
' Liu.... nrminci th pommoti enemy.
Rpeiking for myself. I have n desire
or Intention of leaving Russia. unlen
forced to do so, una in mtii "v .
absence would be but temporary. I
would not Prepay ",eJ,t,hmy. "?PV
ernment or the sentiment f.f the Ameri
can people if I should leave Russia at
this time. . ..
, nresi-l.ltov.-k peace, and It .Is becoming
The Allies nair nr.-i ,.".'".
that In mv judgment the time is not far
distant when they will turn upon Ger
nisnv and the repuls on of the enemy
from't " Russian borders will demon
strate what I have continuously believed,
and that If. that the national spirit of
B?eat Ruw-la is not dead, but has only
been sleeping''
lirJW ATI S4.YS 130.000
S1-'I' iJ
it t IPC NEEDED IN EAST
By the Associated Press
n-.u.n.tnck. Aug. 12 General Hor-
.!'"a"l:,","rI,, i head of the new all
varth. self-styled
irtiiieria "" .'"- - . , , ,- for
i-.n Morvath s visit here wasior
,h '-",,. T re opening negotiations
i ,th' pVK0vUdlvostok group of the
S '"" nomous Siberian Government."
! cSsi3;?r ?$.. 1 , -
. .. ,, Aniu mini k H.siiuiELifii
' nnu itcu.' ;- -...- ": - Zr .h At.
Sl!Ve -tTthe Tot &. &
T0..,o, , relieve Russia. General
'"L" ..".V." cni,i , k. rinrened hv these
1 """'" '",. ,hev failed to fore-
annOUIlcei"'!"", . ." . "-' .,-" -"..
iiiiuuii.v.w..-, - ----f ,. -- -- -,
fgWfflW&
are in aejieruie
J ".L, nT USS S" fTJ'"i '"nw i,'
, ' T,uI'ti" '
General Horvath told the correspond,
ent that the enemy will draw on Russian
,r,an.nnuer. an he la alreadV dolner In
i ". ..': ..7..L . -!-.,- ...,,
- Ultnunian. jie eaya inai in prcw
i rnw. aH Russia Is becomlnK more ana
ffirXrhYn" dXreSSTclet
.', Aill.rf i,n. tr. lah IMta th.
forward movement would attract thous
ands of Russians who are at present
IUIVC fc ....w ,.wwuu w W. ....T ....
overawed
DENIES LLOYD GEORGE CLAIM
German Paper Say 150 U-Boats
Have Not Been Sunk
By the Associated Press
Amiteniam. Aucr 12. With reference
to the recent statement by Premier
Lloyd George -In the British House of
Commons that 150 -German submarines
had been sunK, tne uusaeiaori iecn
rlf Men's Berlin correspondent says:
"JV'e are able to iuta definitely hat
the eneroy'a anti--boat war oanwt
(Jmw any sucA'auMMs." t. r -
. I iYi
WITHSTAND
BRITISH TROOPS
OS3S!XSCSK.aSI
Keeping up with the rapid retrograde
. . .-,.. 'iwffOBBK'-AKc'Mjuj.r .r -r . ' mm n a.-tK-V'"V 1 ffi
I MT3. -O. .S.'J-iSr''--. -( Ed V ' 5-Sf' I K
so strenuous inni urnisn mianiry, in inc manner mown aoove, arc ouugcu io utilize muiui muni
GERMANS MOVING
BACK 0NPER0NNE
Great Confusion Visible
Among Transports .Has
tening East From There
HOPE TO CHECK BRITISH
Sixteen Divisions Identified
Among Reserves Being Hur
ried Into Action
By H. v NEVINSON
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Cnpyrloht. jilt, bu Sew York Times Co.
War Correspondents' Headquarters, Aug.
12.
I hear that, at Albert, on the Ancre.
the enemy has now withdrawn to the
eastern suburb I am also told that great
confusion Is Islble from the air In
Peronne and that transports are hasten
ing along the roads eastward from tho
town. Also that all tho German moc
ment Is now backward
Rut the enemy Is moving up reserve
dIMsions Im hopes of checking our
I'lusLL-o... uiim CAli't'll wninait UIVlblUIIB
hae now- been identified against the
British front alone.
Canlry which I saw coming into nc
J1'0" Saturday were reportd advancing on
Iloye hunday morning. I cannot vet
learn with what result, but just as I am
writing this a colleague who has been
In that direction tells mo those gallant
caalrymen could make little headway
against thick wire on either hide, and,
Having only the main road for advance,
were checked by machine guns
Further south our casualties havo
been chiefly duo to excess of zeal, as
when caalry charged In dashing style
straight up to woods strongly held by
machine guns-win equally magnificent
and deadly maneuver. Still the
Canadians, who have been perhaps
most conspicuous in this respect, tell
me their casualties amount to only one
third of the prisoners thty havo taken.
Roads Thick With Yellow Ilust
Perhaps I may digress Into a brief de
scription of the scenes from which I
have Just been obliged to return. The
roads were long streams of thick and
..!!,.. ,i0, .v,ll, ,i,, i, .-!,.,,..
.""" "" "" ""-" "- " "'-
could seldom see far enough ahead
to know whether It was safe for him
As in the advanco of modern armies,
huge motor lorries, ambulance vans, and
heavy guns, interspersed with bodies of
Infantry and a few mounted troops, were
pushing forward along ono side, while
down the other came lorries empty and
ambulances full, with here and there
a batch of prisoners, their guards wllh
fixed bayonets marching beside them.
As u. rule I was struck by tne gooa
condition and equipment of the. pris
oners. Xhey looaea wen urinea ami
well fed, and their boots ana uniiorms
were sound.
Passing through the ruins of Domant.
we crossed the marshy stream and bogs
of tho I-uce which inns at riant angles
Into the ve. Here the Canadians had
expected greater obstruction to their
advance on Thursday than they actua-
Further on we moveu uirouen a nre
of ruined villages as through a funeral
procession of human labor, hopes and
comforts. Such disasters no restoration
can err repair. A point between the
ruins of Quesnll, north of the road, and
JI ingest on the south, was occupied by
the Canadians and French, respectively.
I set out to walk past the ruins of Folles
and through the ruins of Boucholr, to
tho ruins of Le Quesnoy, close behind
our front line Here tho enemy was
still wasting shells by pumping them
into heaps of bricks and rafters, for
what had been Btreets and houses were
now completely empty.
Country a Vast PUIn
The country all around Is a vast plain
extending right up t othe Downs, north
' ms. IZ llX vr s
of g ?und hardly rceptlble.
" '- .. .
e vrmind hardly DerceptiDie. anu yet
' caDable of concealing whole batteries
,.,i hattallnns.
,. hu,
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cemetery of French and British so dlers,
killed earlier in action, and found it un-
touched. A few German dead lay in
'the old and flower-grown trenches, dug
v... ,w.. British lonir aaro. and some new
t " I,C ...v.. .---. .-..: . .... ..
(0erman trenches were uuerea wiin wia
, .. . , i,a h ninom nf nrman
officers who had been killed or had left
In a hurry.
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But the enemy's line has not been
strongly held, as a rule, by infantry.
Ho trusted to scattered posts of deadly
machine guns, to gas shells and to bomb
ing from airplanes to check the Allied
8 It oe'rtaln nolnts his artillery and
machine guns acted with terrible effect
i, front of Le Quesnoy. A short
line between the former villages of Par
vlllers and Damery, about four miles
northwest of .Roye, was so strongly held
by machine guns that the Allied advance
was for a time checked,
A low ridge was crowned with thin
woods of shattered trees. On the left,
near " HJ" "'fWtenk, one-of
I Uod the.wreena or a tew wnw." q
n utile spinny caueu, . ...
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THREE COUNTER-ATTACKS SPECIAL .CABLEi
RUSHING TO FRONT BY MOTOR
AMiM&XZ3XX!El'fX
movement of the enemy alonf. the Flanders and Pirardy lines is proving
Speed of Attack
Surprise to Foe
Continued from I'spe One
heelng tho enemy flying In confusion
before them.
I visited Saturday tho ground In
the neighborhood of Moreutl andMorl
zel and was able to see the devastation
wrought by the French artillery. Shell
hole- pitted tho ground everywhere
near. The roads to Moteutf and Alorl
7C tire mere heaps of ruins, while a
chateau in the nelghboihood In which
u German colonel has been taken was
a splendid tribute to the accuracy and
Intenslt) of the Frencn gunfire.
The chateau Itself had been thor
oughly and conscientiously shelled,
and there were great shell holes some
nfty yards all around It; but then
Bhell holes virtually ceased, proving,
is an officer who had been carefully
studying tne grouna, sam to me, bow
deady accurate had been the French
artillery practice.
French collaboration with tho Brit
ish effort has been more comprehen
sive than had at first been expected
to up tne case, ana now both tho first
and third armies ure engaged. It will
be temembered how General De
Beney s army co-operated with the
British In dealing the hammer blow-
to the enemy. Once the disturbance
of Ms line was achieved, the right of
Do lieney s army came into action,
delivering its offensive at 4 o'clock
on tho afternoon of the 9th.
By evening of that day It had met
with very strong German resistance
at Arvillers, where reserves had been
bi ought up to ro-enforco tho men in
tho line. After a violent struggle
these reserves were defeated and
thrown back and tho village was
taken, the French also capturing Da
venscourt and the part to tho wC3t Of
Contolre.
Tho whole of the 4 o'clock attack
delivered southwest of Montdldler was
a complete success. Rubescourt, La
Fretoy. Le Tronquoy, Vaux, As-ain.
vlllers and Fnverolles fell successively,
the capture of Faverolles cutting off
tho lino of retreat of the men In Mont
dldler and making the eventual cap
ture of tho town a certainty.
Since August 8 the Frencli have
taken more than 200 guns and 8000
prisoners, the number of guns being
markedly out of proportion to the
numbor of ptisonern. This can only
be explained by tho stato of confusion
existing In the German ranks. Tho
men are flocking along the roads In
disorder to tho tear, abandoning
everything in their passage.
In this connection the intervention
of the Third army has been of ex
treme value, Its action on the enemy's
flank Increasing tho disorder.
Large convoys have been observed
hutrylng to the rear, and these havo
been subjected to artillery fire and alt
bombardment, Our aviators ure con
tinuously raining tons of projectiles
on columns, on points of assembly und
on the bridges of tho Somme, certain
of which have already been rendered
useless. The aviators have supple
mented tho dropping of bombs hy machine-gun
tiro and have materlully
nlded In creating disorder.
Examination of the map shows tho
difficulty of the enemy's retreat. All
the troops must pass either by Roe
or by Nesle. They are already vlr
tually cut off from Roye. where tho
French bombing planes havo been par.
tlcularly uctlve, nnd In consequence
tho situation of the men on the high
ground to tho south Is extremely
grave.
Tho enthusiasm of the Fiench troops
Is amazing, the officers at times flnd
ng It Impossible to hold them back.
Ijss of Guns Hampers Foe
Since July IE the Germans have lost
more than 1200 guns, a serious matter
In view of the difficulties they have
experienced in the last six months hi
the manufacture of artillery. Thus
their lack of such metals "as man.
ganese has for its effect the rapid
wearing out of the tubes of guns, and
these can only be replaced with great
difficulty. Consequently, the sudden
loss of 1200 suns may be expected to
hamper them seilously for several
months.
After the success of the general ad
vance the high command engaged also
the Third Army that lay to De Beney's
rlcht. and nt 4:20 in the morning an
attack was delivered without artillery
preparation between Councellcs. l-ay
ette nnd Matz. Two minutes later the
artillery Joined In and the infantry
and artillery advanced.
Ammunition had been brought up
noiselessly Into the line and enor
mous niiantitles of horse and motor
transports were hidden, waiting for
the, sound of thei first cun. At the first
shot roads, woods and fields were alive
with galloping horses nnd motor lor
ries driven at brcaKnecK speeu,
hurrying ammunition to its own gun.
Hundreds ot guns had to be supplied
and fed continuously, so an to enable
them to maintain the full volume of
their fire, until the retreat of the boche
forced them to ertvance.
Rapidity of Attach a Surprise
The bodies were surprised, not by
the attack, but by Its rapidity. Two min
utes after It began rockets were
thrown up appealing for barrage fire
tv fact that shows they were expect
ing to be attacked.
Lehighton Volunteer Killed
T.ehlithton, r.. Aug. 12. George
Hhoemaker. of this place, received
t.imanm frnm tbn War Department at
Washington announcing the death of his
Tirl1llA CVtAavtMu Uttt rrr iViak AHnv
line in France, Young Shoemaker washerman military court and was carried
-r tanks, one- of .""volunteer and was sent to Franca six out Immediately after Its conflrnntlon
soke- ww. moatna at o, " ,by the competent judical tribunal.
' nft WJfi-'TV'' ? rni.tifaflrir'S rfttf-'i ' K n '' ' M fiiiTntrVrr '
Tsssxr
llrltlah Official Thotoerarh. From I. I S.
Jt-
PICARDY BATTLE
MAY BE A RECORD
Likely to Set Mark for Cap
tures on West Front in
Short Time
BRUSILOFFS GREAT BAG
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copvrloht, 1018. bv Sew York Times Co.
New York, Aug. 12.
If the Allies' bag of prisoners and
guns In their smash Into the ricardy
salient shall surpass this morning 25,000
men and 300 guns, exclusive of machine
guns, It will estsbllsh a new record for
the western front lr the period covered
three da5-s.
It may still bo behlrd the Austrian
takings at Caporetto 1ns' October and
Bruslloff's in Julv. 1316. These, how
ever, may be qualified by the feet that
the Austrians Included In their capture
all public pen ants civil as well as ml'l
tary while the major part of Brusiloff t
prisoners were made up of Czecho-Slo-vaks.
who. later freed and armed by
Kerensky. now oppose thu Red Guards
of tho Soviets and German and Austrian
prisoners In Russia acting with tho Red
Guard.
In the first three days of the German
offensive March 21-21 Berlin alleged
the German capture of 25,000 men, 400
guns nnd 300 machine guns. In the first
three doys of the fifth phase of their
offensive July 15-18 tho Germans
claimed 17,000 prisoners. In the three
days following, In Foch's smash into the
German right wing of the Marne salient,
the French and Americans took 20,000
men and 400 guns.
Itig Hag In Champagne
But while the present captures of men
and guns cover a front of thirty miles.
with a penetration of twelve, those ot
the Oermanes, In March, covered a front
of sixty miles and a penetrntion of
thirty for tho three days covcied, Again
in this tespect, the latter achievement
did not equal that of the French in
Champagne, September 25-28, 1915,
when, on a front of only fifteen miles.
and a penetration of only one and one
half miles, they enveloped n mass of
25,000 German prisoners.
Closo behind this bag comes the Ital
ian five-day record on tho Isonzo Au
gust 13-24, 1917 when 23,000 were cap
tured. The single day record May 23,
1916 credits tho Italians with 10,'245
Austrians In the Carso teglon.
The Austrian claims at Caporetto. be
ginning, October 21, 1917, and rapidly
expanding- from the thirteen-mile front
of Piezzo-Tolmlno were 30,000 Italians
by the 25th ; 60,000, with 600 guns, by
tho 26th, and 100,000, with 700 guns, by
the 28th. Both the Austrian and Ital
ian captures which followed the Aus
trian offensive of June 15 last down to
and Including the Italian counter-offensive
nnd tho battle for the Plave of
June 22 covered a longer period. The
Austrians claimed from first to last
35,000 prisoners and the Italians 20,000.
Results at Verdun
III the Verdun battle, instlng from
Fehtuary 21 to December 15, 1916.
which began on a twenty-flve-mlle front
with a twelve-mile concentrattion and a
penetration of two miles, the Germans
In three days captured only 3000 : while
on December 16, on, a nine-mile front
a penetration ot two miles, the French
took 18,000 Germans. Tho Somme, July
1 to November 7, 1916, on a twenty-six
mile front, netted the English onlv 5000
prisoners In the first three days, but
lor tne wnoie period or the four months'
battle their record was 71.532 men. 1449
officers, and 1439 guns, mortars, und
machine guns captured.
As to Bruslloff's offensive, begun over
a 300-mile front on June 4, 1916, In
the first week he registered prisoners
daily as follows: 13,000, 12,000, 15 420
11,058, 3899, 6597, and 35,510, making
a week's record of 107,950 tho greatest
In tho war,
Kerensky's abortive offensive, Just a
year later, begun on an eighteen-mile
front. Is said to have captured 30,000
Austrians In flvo days July 1-5, 1917.
POPE AIDS FORMER CZARINA
Promises Support if Alexandra
and Children Aro Freed
Rome, Aug. 12. The Pone has taken
steps to assist out of Russia the former
Rmpress Alexandra All and her four
daughters Olga, Tatlana, Marie and
Anastasle who have made pressing an
neals for their liberation, according tn
ine wsservaioro uomano, ine Vatican of
ficial organ.
The Pope. In asking the Russian Gov.
ernment to permit the widow of the re
cently executed former Emperor, Nicho
las itomanon, and ner aaugniers to leave
Russia, nledced himself that If their lib.
eratlon was granted he would provide
for their suitable support.
EICHHORN'S SLAYER EXECUTED
German Military Court Pro
nounces Sentence on Boris
Danskio
By the Associated Press
Amsterdam, Aug. 12. Boris Danskio,
the assassin of Field Marshal Herman
von Elchhorn, was executed on Saturday,
according to advices from Kiev.
Tne sentence was pronounced by a
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PK f H .KSS N11A VE ' f-A
IS REGAINED BY ALLIE&i
General Maurice Says That
tages of Present Victory Battle Developing
Satisfactorily
By MAJOR GENERAL SIR FREDERICK B. MAURICE
Former Director of Operations of the Brit
ish Army.
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
CopirloM. tits, bv
London, Aug. 12.
The battle continues to develop most
satisfactorily. The British forces have
established themselves within close
range of the important railway Junc
tion of Chaulnes, and should now be
able to strangle the enemy's communi
cations in the Montdldler salient in
the same way as Fooh did by striking
at tho Somme, upset the enemy's ar
rangements for supplying his troops In
the Marne salient and thereby event
ually forced him to retreat.
Our rapid advance to the south of
the Somme has begun to havo effect.
Our Allies have extended their attack
to the south as far as Matz and are
steadily pushing the enemy back from
his position on the Avre. It Is In this
quarter that we may expect the great
est progress In the immediate future,
for the enemy. If he has the means
and there Is no reason to suppose he
has not Is certain to make desperate
efforts to hold back tho center of the
attack in the neighborhood of
Chaulnes, where our men are fighting,
until he has got his left flank out of
the dangerous position In which It is
now placed by our advance.
Railways Now in Allied Hands
Already we see part of the effects
of victory. Tho main railway line
from Amiens to Clermont and Crell
Is In working order, and we may hope
that In a day or two we shall also
bo using the line from Amiens along
tho Avro valley to . Compelgne, and
with these valuable communications
in our hands our chances for tho de
development of our victory will be
much Improved, whllo the enemy's
troubles will be Increased until ho
has once more succeeded In stralght-
n'ng out ills front.
Tho Germans nro now being pressed
everywhere along the forty-flve-mlle
front extending from the River Matz,
across the Somme, to the neighbor
hood of Albert, and It Is not extrava
gant to hope that, by working from
such a wide base, wo may bo able to
force the enemy back as far ns the
River Somme, from roronno to Voy
pnnes, nnd then along tho canal to
Noyon. This would mean the recap
ture of by far the greater part of
the ('round which we lost In the great
battle of last March.
We can Imagine the Joy with which
ur men aro now Ktvtng back U tho
GERMAN POSfTIONS
ON OISE IMPERILED
Further Teuton Retreat in
Picardy Expected After
Temporary Stand
fly the Associated Press
Mighty efforts are being made by the
Germun high command to check the
Allies' advance through Plcardy toward
Peronne, Roye and Noyon. On the
northern end of the battlellnc the British
have not been able to progress rapidly
during tho last night, although London
reports unofficially that the vliloge of
Bray has been entered
Ip the center strong German counter
attacks seem to have hold up the ad
vanco ogalnst vital points along the
line. Them Is an unconfirmed report,
however, that Royo has been abandoned
by the enemy.
On tho right the French are still gain
ing ground steadily. They have reached
tho crest of tho hills west of tho Olse
and have virtually cleared tho Matz
Valley of the enemy.
An Important Allied advance Is re
ported in the fact that the French havo
reached Antoval, on the crest of the
hills west of Rlhecourt. In the German
drive early In June the fall of Antoval
proved fatal to French hopes to hold
the Valley of tho Olse. as well 'as the
forest of Carlepont. on the eastbank.
If Antoval Is firmly held by the
French, tho German lines along the Olse,
It seems, are In danger.and if the French
continue to gain, the enemy's retirement
from territory held along tho eastern
bank of tho river may be forced.
Reports would appear to Indicate that
tho line where the present heavy fight
ing is going on Is not the one upon
which tho Germans have decided to
stand definitely on tho defensive.
The coming day or two probably will
be marked by savage fighting, espe
cially on the south, where the continued
progress of the Fr.ench would weaken
the whole German position. If It does
not turn the flank of the Noyon-Nesles
line, which It appears may be the first
defensive front upon which the enemy
may elect to- stand.
Paris reports unofficially that 40,000
prisoners have been taken since Thurs
day morning. This brings tho total
number of Germans captured In Mar
shal Foch's two great drives up to 75,
000. The number of guns so fur taken
by tho Allies in the two offensives totals
almost 1000.
PLAN U.S. BANK EXPANSION
South American Financiul Seq
tions Authorized hy Federal
Reserve ,
By the United Press
Washington. Aug. 12.' Rxhaustlve In
vestigations of foreign banking fields
will be conducted by the Federal Re
serve Board to make ready for foreign
expansion of American financial Insti
tutions. Thrt reserve board has authorized es
tablishment of branch banks of North
American financial Institutions. In four
South American cities In the last month.
Authorization has bejn granted the
American Foreign Banking Corporation
to establish branches at Rio de Janeiro.
Cape Haltlen and St. Marc, Haiti, and
Calll, Colombia. The board reported that
establishment of branches In China and
Italy also was being contemplated.
"Borrows" Auto to Tour U. S.
A desire to ,tour the United States,
the police say, caused George Dempsey,
eighteen years old, of Gloucester, to
"bofrow't an automobile belonging to F.
S. Dickinson, of Audubon, N, J., last
night, without pausing to ask the own
er's permission, Jjempsey was arrested
near .Treniu'i cany wu uy opeciai
to Jail In default of 1600 ball by Justice
1 0f the PeaaejJllWri. ' -; -
J-S nif..8.i;iri-toVft fahrfyi.it'ir -i
Policeman Williamson ana committed
itjv t-
a - - a mxTTn -';
Is First of Several Advan- !
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ent my as good us they received, end (l
one by one recapturing the vlllagtt l
wmen we naa neia ior so long, oucn
a defeat inflicted on the enemy, would '
go far to nullify tho effect ot tb
irient nunnalLti which he olanned'for
tho empWmont during this. -year, of,
l.n V....-A KBj.nfitfi.Mnffnla rtri.tlcllt rtVflr l
to the west from Russia. ,t
Encourgamcnt for uturo u
In looking to tho future, we must
remember that not only can the enemy
never bo so strong again as he wa
In March, but that, we have achieved ,
what we have achlevtd with the aid
of only a small portion ot tho force
which Ameiica will eventually put
Into the field. l
In these circumstances this last vic
tory, following so. closely on the vic
tory of the marne, enables us to say
quite definitely that we have only to
hold on, and to allow no slackening
In our effort, to be certain of final and
complete success.
The attack which the Germans have
Just made on the Kemmel front was
obviously Intended to prevent us from
detaching troops from Flanders and
sending them to the Somme. The fact
that it was made with a comparatively,
small force and met with no success is
.an Indication that the enemy haa not
at present troops tor sparo for any
considerable diversion. ,
The withdrawal which he carried
out befoto the battle began In the
neighborhood of Bethune and of Al
bert shows quite definitely that he
hnd abandoned any offensive projects,
which he may havo rormed- for this"
pnrt of tho front.
Counter-Blow Will Be Tests
It Is foreign to all German prin
ciples of war to accept passively two
such buffets as he has Just received
If ho can by any possibility hit back.
Therefore we can have no surer est
of the enemy's strength and fighting
power than will be given by his action
during tho remainder of tho campaign
ing season.
It may qulto possibly be that he fs
contemplating a general shortening of
his front, having failed in his attempt
upon Paris, in order that he may
transfer his offensive to other and
more distant fields, and continue, the
policy which he followed in previous
years of ending the campaigning sea.
son with some showy success.
If that Is so the third battle of the
Somme must have effectively deranged
his plans, for many of the divisions
which have been fighting Sir Douglas
Hnlg must now be but skeletons and.
must be replaced from the already re
duced reserves.
LORD READING PROUD
OF AMERICAN TROOPS
Expresses Keen Personal De
light in Way U. S. Boys
Acquit Themselves
By CHARLES H. GRASTY
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copyright. 1019. bv Sew York Timet Co.
London, Aug 12. I called on Lord
Reading and In the course of a con
versation on the war situation he said:
"I find here universal appreciation of
whnt America has done. I can't hli
having a feeling of personal pleasure
and delight at the way the American
troops have acquitted themselves when f
called upon, and this feeling is shared
by all our people.
"America appeared In force at the
turn of the curve and tlielr spirit and
efficiency helped to restore the Initia
tive, which has led to the 'splendid, re
sults we have seen In the great battU."
Kurlsliure Is Bombed )
London, Aug. 12. An official com
munication Issued by the Air Ministry
last evening announces another air raid'
has been made on Karlsruhe, and that'
there was an explosion In the Karlsruhe
siauon.
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