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wed by tha French and further
d hns been rained by them north
iths St. Claud farm. (TVEconvlllon
-About three ttnd a Twit miles south
of xasnlffny and virtually on the
of the rides overlooking the
' French nre worklnjr around
e to the west and the south of this
orta.nl German holding point al-
In the center of tho Picardy bat-
front, and notf hold high ground
this region.
'The wooded area, around Des Loces.
' mlth of Rove, was endured bv the
'.-? Trench last night, but a German coun-
yt.o f nr.1 it.Atia ffAtvi Knnlf
?iS','The enemy Is reported destroying
fftvmllagea in ins rear, Tne ruins or
'yjlporonne are reported to be burning.
i. ' 1TtrAr inVA Viftnn r.hprvpfl hv Alllpil nlr.
t-fj"- . -.r-..-"..
riien ai various points.
iv!V C far. tVilt-tv-throo nnrmnn rlli'lalnna
vo been identified In tho fighting.
e Indications aro that the enemy a
rvea are gradually being exhausted
id he Is drawing troops out of the
e to extend his flanks and cover
My gap. This Is an operation, how-
nvpr. which can onlv bo carrlnd nut
.'to a limited degree. I
v . samv. wnere inc uermans navn re.
ir ' rentwl. In a vlllace sltuiitpri on flip
K d.nev hint' ef Ml Olcn nKrt.lt n n.tln I
i. """and three-quarters east of Ilibccourt. I
,It l near the southern end of Ours- .
camp Forest, a wooded section, which
Is of great stratpglc value In that part
,0f the battlefield. It lies between tho'
'Oise and the Alsne, eight miles south- !
west of Noyon, and Is In the German ,
salient west of Solssons. J
British troops have gained ad- .
dttlonal ground north of Itoyo and I
on tho north bank of the Somme, says
the official statement from Field
'Marshal Halg today.
Tho Germans last night attacked the i
British positions in the Men is' sector
In the Lys salient In Flanders. They !
were repult-ed.
The Germans delivered a local at-
tack near Fouquescort. on tho Hue
between Koye and Chaulnes. It was i
repulsed. '
Close to German Il:i-e '
Tho gain north of Itoye bilngs the j
'Allies closer to that important German
base and road center. The Dritlsh aro i
striking from the north and the
French have been uitacklng fiom the I
west and south In an enveloping
movement.
Amerlcin troops nre participating.
In' the advance north of the Fomni" J
and Pershing's right Hank rests on
that river. The Americans helped the
English capture Morlancourt and Cho- i
pllly and have been engaged In heavy i
'fighting on the outskirts of Brny-stu-Somme
in a drive toward Peronne.
By the Associated Prrss I
Paris, Aug 13. The Allied forces In
Picardy made a heavy attack today
along th" entire front fiom Chaulnes
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v , , '. "cv" ""'"" niwi. 'w
break the resistance of the enemy.
The Allies threaten to outflank Roye
mm iissiKnj me laiier i-uv aireii i
may nave oeen cnveiopcu ami iniien
The Allied aitlller now has fu'l
control of the converging roads In and '
out of Noyon near the southern end of I
the line, notably that running toward
Ham to the north The difficulty of
the enemy In carr Ing out a retrograde
movement is thus Increased.
BOMBING SQUADRONS
t REPLACE HEAVY GUNS
By the Associated Press
With the Frrneli Army In France,
Aug. 13. During the battles of the lat I
raw days the aerial service, partlcularlv '
vuinuaruinK squaorons. nas oeen pitying irom tne .Mnrne, w nen lie based his ln
a most Importan role The bombing termediate defense upon Oulrhy and
planes have virtutlly replaced the heavy . Fere-en-Tardenois When these two
artillery, which the Allies were not able
to bring up fast enough to keep pace
Willi Ihali. .4 . ..
titi 1 "'" men uu.uiiiit.
fJi--l The work of these airplanes Is so or-
nizea tnac iney immediately attack
ps oi inianiry, convoys and sunnlv
Araln9 when they receive signals from I
' reconnolterlng planes. In this their'
worK is very similar to that of the
very similar to
heivy artillery in its co-ordination with
rat aerial service.
Bombarding squadrons nre kept ready
for instant service at airdromes, so that
they may take the air at the instant a
,call Is received from signal planes,
troops or convojs In Ullages or at roads
to terminals.
This system was employed at Lasslgny
the other day. An observing plane re
ported the town encumbered with troops
and supply trains. Airplanes tc. the
number of 121 flew to the spot and
twenty-one tons of bombs wero dropped
This attack caused a large fire, de
stroyed motor lorries and blocked the
Vreets of Lasslgny, tying up the move
ment of the enemy for hours.
All crossroads as well as railway Junc
tions where Important lines of communi
cation meet aro under continual attack
from these bombing planes.
FRENCH EQUAL BOCHES
IN INFILTRATION GAME
Special Cable to Eienine Puhlic I.rAner
&n&xJZSZ Ar sJ
a stuuy or tne reconquered ground
proves that General Humbert's attack
on Saturday morning w ithout artll'ery
preparation but accompanied by tanks
and a rolling barrage, was both unex
pected by the enemy and a surprise to
him.
That It had not heen expected Is
proved by the fact that one German
officer had. Indeed, remained until the
last minute, but had then fled pre
cipitately, leaving on a tahle a tall
crystal vase which contained three red
roses.
In another dugout was found an un-
Mnt lattat It, u.hlnl. L. ...,. a...
i f 'Trench shells hae killed a horse What
ir juck ior us. we ate it. but since then
VA W nave nan no more meat '
, . uwitd imifeunm al-uijiis were
&V - " "ii uj iiiauniie Kuiinern,
?J -twnn freniiantlir f)nAn.li.J .L i i,.
rrwV l"v 4vsi4niu; ui'iciiiiru incinnci vcb wiin
$m Ifreat tiravery. but the Frfnch are show-
v i vn& inemaeives ruiiy equal to the bochca
U Vt the game of Infiltration WhenSvS
tney meei win serious resistance thty
3tOD and work their wav nrnnnil ittlliT-
Ing every bit of cover with the skill of
bushmen.
DeBplte the fact that some of the
divisions w,h!ch attacked have been hold
ing the sector for several weeks, and
that the men who were fighting have
baa maI ir atntii dIiia TL iJ.- 1 t. - s.
fv if"-si 'P'rlt continues admirable.
incjr uiniuacu nieuuy resistance to the
t. Vvakti flli'lulnnn mliloU .. -i i
vi j ao ui.io,vui ttvii wne inrown
.Mct)"? Abdjf osatiirv iiiciu rsuniiay, ana
ven made DrotrresH nt rprtatn iminta
Sthtreatenlnc to nutflanlf tlia rumi.i
Rfr-f tuition ot Thlescourt plateau to the
wnn, uy i-ieflsier up Jioy ana Plemont
fT4 Hutlera method of retiring i far from
Iivjj' belnc no hlchlv nerfected nn bU fnmmi.
Y43 method of advancing. Perhaps the
events of the last few days will have
fc(n I nuinuioicu Linn vctcuiuitd lacilCjan tO
Sf how to move quickly apd safely toward
the rear a subject which from now
onward will become of greater im
portance to the Kaiser's armies.
W. S. TROOPS STORM
SOMME POSITIONS
By the Associated Press
With tha llritli.li l,m In V..-
,!.Aur. 13. Allied fwees holdlnc their
- j . ----.- ,r .,.--.. . . . ...,r (s t tnillT.
' 'lines gained In the second battle
!; t h Somme. Improved their positions.
w"i vi b. iv ccuia uuiiijicr-aiiacKS
, vn& increased the number of their
bvjs,, Jwtsoners last night and this morning,
f rlJU tne meantime .the enemy appears
tn be. moving in a considerable number
. troops. Quite heavy mnvment
PS vwctward are reported by aerial ob-
I rvlH no really grtat force re-
M WW viaie,ipr wHr,i'rinea up-
bfwtmit
fw
ff
Official War Reports
mtiTisii
London, Aug. 13,
On the battlefront our troops ef
fected further Improvements In their
positions north of the Hoyn road Mid
on the north hank of the Somme, and
captured additional prisoners.
A local nttack made by tho enemy
In the neighborhood of Fouqucscourt
was repulsed.
Wo captured a few prisoners last
night In patrol encounters south of
tne Soarpe (Arms front) and In the
neighborhood of Vlcux-Dcrquln (Flan-
ners).
A hostile attack against our posi
tions In tho Morris sector (Flanders)
was repulsed after sharp fighting.
ninxcit
rrl. Aug. tS.
There n.ts no Important ccnt dur
ing the night.
In tho Vosgfs and upper Alsace
enemy raids wern unsuccessful.
fir.KMAV
llrrlln, Aug 12 (delayed-.
Between the Yser and tho Ancre
partial enemy thrusts frequently
broke down before our lines. N'orth
of the Lys wo heat back a strong
British attack The enemy In tho
early morning launched violent at
tacks north of the Somme anil be
tween the Homme and I.ihons They
were rpul--ed chiefly by our fire and
sometimes by our counter-attacks. Tn
the fighting around I.ihons tho enemy
advanced beyond that place toward
the east. Our counter-attack threw
him back to the northern and eastern
(dges of the Illag?
There have been lolent partial
engagements between Tahons and the
Avre Southwest nf Chaulnes we at
tacked the enemy and took Halla On
both sides or Hi" Ai'ilens-Hoje road we
pulled cm my attacks
lletween the Aro anil tho Olse.
Ftrong enemy attacks continued until
nightfall They were completely re
united Tho French suffered especially heavy
looses near Tllloloy. Uy advancing
their artillery, which followed closely
after their tank", they tried to effect
a break tlunugh here Our Infantry
and artillery wliot the enemj- to pieces
before our lines.
Seventeen pnntnv airplanes and four
cnptlp biillimns wero shot down yes
terday In July .11C enemy airplanes
were shot down by our airmen on the
German front and sixty-nine by our
antiaircraft guns. Thirty-six captive
balloons also were shot down. Two
hundred and thlrty-nlno of these air
planes are In our possession and the
others were teen to fall Insldo the
enemy's position 'Wo lost 12!) air
planes and slty-thrce captive balloons
In battle during the same period.
4Vlr.l nLltn .. .1... 1...
'"' i-".w"i. vii in,, .-inn ueiween
j,iinrlei an,i i(riu. There tho Hrltish
Rn AmrrU,.ln, (ml'rmt,(1 thPlr r
along the whole length of the spur by
storming and capturing enemy defenses, I
mulcting casualties and taking prison
or
FALL OF CHAULNES
AND NOYON EXPECTED
I'nrl, Aug 13 (Haas Agency)
The furious counter-attacks which the
.Germans continued to launch yesterday
arc attributed here to their Imperative
need of holding the fhaulnes-Itoye-Noyon
line, tho loss of which would
amount to a disaster to them.
The flprmnn rosUtnn nlnnt. t,u ll,.
is compared by commentators to that
offered by the enemy in his retirement
centers were broken the entire front i
fell In and the Germans wero com- !
pelled to eaeuite the pocket and with
draw to the Vesle The same effect Is
looked for here when, as antlplnnted. '
Chaulnes and Noyon fall. Tho Her.
mans then will have to retreat across
the upper Somme
FOE'S WAR MATERIAL
TAKEN FROM PERONNE
?) the United Press
rnrls, Aug 13 The Ormans have
been hu-rledly removing enormous quan
tities of war material from Peronne
during the last forty-eight hours, and '
enemy troops are crossing the Somme.
Roads about Peronne are reported to bn
crowded with German transports at
tempting to get this material back to a
safer place.
Huee ammunition dumps at Resson-sur-Matz
and Orvilllers, containing a
million shell", were abandoned by the
enemy In his tlight. and hate been cap
tured Intact by the French, It was learn-
I ed today.
I Tho encuatlon of rtoye Is expected
I within forty-eight hours, according to
I Information recehed hero this after
noon. j The Allies, since the start of their of-
! fensle, have gained between nine and
ten miles on a forty-mile front
defines sabotage
AS WORKERS' WEAPON
Used liy I. V. W. as Protection
of Ilnmanily, Declares
Tlnywood
By the Associated Press
riilrncn, Aug 13
Sabotage was defined as the "biggest,
strongest and most wholesale weapon
of th worklnp class" by William P
. , .
! "avwood. ponoral secretary and treab-
, urer of the I W W.f at todays Kcsalon
of tho trial of one hundred leaders of
the organization, charged with violations
of the espionage act.
He said that sabotage as practiced by
the I W. W was not the "disgraceful,
cowardly weapon which could only be
used In the dark," as the attorneys for
the Government contended.
"Wo believe In using sabotage to
protect humanity, snd it Is an effective
means of accomplishing this desired
result." said Haywood " prevents
dishonest employers from tilteratlng
food products, cloth and othSjtjieressl.
ties of life My opinion Is tnsC sabot
age, according to my definition of It,
must be used by the workers If the capi
talistic class Is to be put out of busi
ness." Haywood accused New York capital
ists of controlling the press. He said at
first It was planned to obtain possession
of 1B0 of the big dallies, but that It was
found that twenty-five newspapers were
all that were necessary to dominate
public opinion.
Advocating Government ownership of
industries, the witness said under Gov
ernment control copper could b pro.
duced for thirteen cents a pound instead
of thirty-three, the prevailing price last
Bummer.
Shirt Workeri Get Bonui
Itaileton. Ta., Aug. . Jacob Ger
hardt o.. operating shirt factories
in Hazletori and Mahanoy City, have
paid put UOO In war bonuses to their
employes, who are turning out treat
Quantities of jkmMs for the American
'-r,'.W,fft.,'.M- --."?., '-rift
EVENING PUBLIC
AMERICAN SOLDIERS NOW PLAY BALL IN GAS MASKS
m&MOtauia'gami
Ken lite rigors of war ennnnt make
groun quite accutlnmcri lo plnjing
'
U.S. FIELD ARMY ,FOCH DELIVERING
! FIRST OF MANY! LIGHTNING BLOWS
jSix May Be Ready for
lied Uneneive icxt
j Spring
EACH WITH 300,000 MEN
n KUVIN L. JAMDS
Special C.nhle tn r.ieninp Puhlic Ledper
Copyright, lim. by .Vne l'orfc Tlmei Co.
Willi the American Army in France,
Aug 13
The announcement of the organiza
tion of the first Amerlcnn field army
marks u milestone in the military
effort of the United States. Thcte
will soon be other milestones passed.
Tho announcement means that
America now has in tho field her first
large military unit. While tho exact
slro may not be given, It may ho said
to number ram p than 300,000 men
Heretofore the largest Ameiican unit
In operation has been an army corps.
In one sense, tho oi ganizatlon of the
first American nriny means that the
American military effort has "arrived"
In a large way. Heretofore the Amerl
enns have been pupils, more or loss
Now enough divisions and corps have,
been graduated from the school of ex
perience to make an army, which
stands Independent of tho tutors and
ready to perform any tasks laid upon
it.
Foreshadowing tho announcement
of the first American army, these dis
patches recently told the successive
steps by which American units from
companies up to corps cast off their
swaddling clothes and became self-supporting.
Pershing tn Stabilize Force
It was explained how at first tho
smaller units served under their own
commanders, under Fiench command,
ers of the next higher unit and how
as the size of the American unit in
creased so the responsibility increased,
it Is from realization of this that
General Pershing himself has assumed
nctlve command of the llrst American
army.
No statement is made officially as to
how long he will retain those duties
in addition to those of Commande,r-in-Chlef,
but it Is safe to state that ho
will do so until tho first American
army has earned a name for Itself.
The divisions making up the army
have already made their namo in re
cent battles, and it is safe to Judge
of the coming deeds of the army by
tho perfoimance of its constituent
r,i..ments. No one. not even the Ger
mans, denies the bravery and ardor
of the American soldier, nnu in re
cent operations the American staffs
have gained nn experience which
Justifies the belief that they will per
form their larger tasks with credit to
their country's military reputation.
Army of 300,000 Men
Kach American division consists of
30 000 men. Each corps comprises
two or moro divisions, and an army a
number of corps. The corps com
.!., wim have been named for
the first American army are Major
n.,..nio T.leeett. Bullard. Bundy,
Red and Wright. This indicates five
corps in the nrmy, nnd as each coins
will have at least two divisions, this
ir,.un.es .-t strength of at least 300,-
000 men In addition there are aux
iliary troops, air squads, tank service,
heavv artillery, und so on.
This makes it certain that the first
American army will bo one of the
ltrcest If not the largest army nu
meflcaily in France. With 300,000 as
the total of an American army, the
recent announcement from Washing
ton that 1.300,000 troops were In
France would provide for virtually
four urmies, allowing for noncombat
ants The organization of American
armies will provide a school for the
new divisions as thev come over from
America, enabling the American com
mand to take off much of that burden
from tho French army.
Will Operate on Vesle
It may be guessed that the first
,,in armv will operate in that
. ...1,11, will include tho front to
which the Germans have been driven
hv the recent successful Marne of-.i..-
o the Allies. It was here
that divisions Included in the army
ina.i ". .. ,, utIw Marshal
crtt'cSVouthUpSn-V-l-wHl
." .i.ot ainmr thn Vesle will be
crouped the large military force that
V . Una an ftf tnflRSPll.
America. i" -
The first army and other American
armies, as they are formed, will, of
course, bo under the command pf Gen
e?al Pershing, who in turn will be re
sponsible to Marshal Foch as com
mander of the Allied forces; Just as
manner ..( under Gen-
m Ttrttish army operates under Gen
11m Xg. who 19 responsible to Foch.
UV ns the French, under uenerm x-o.
tain "ho answers to tho Allied chief-
tain.
When our troops 111 ""
France the soldiers went In with the
FSch in small units, getting a, pri
mary training. Gradually regimen s
Sme to function under French dlvl
sTon commanders. Then divisions were
formed, and trained under French
corpV commanders. Next, and only
recently, American corps began to op.
erote under Fjench army command-
"rin tlma America, will have a group
of armUs. Should there be 2.000,000
'feneiv i '.ibm'i-' LTrr-SLU-IiiU
AhmfUAS
-i l J.L avm an. or
LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY,
CoprlBht. l'nderort A. Underwood.
these exuberant American fipldcr' forprt the fun of bafeball and ihcy have
tlie national game in (in in:i-k. This form of rclaxutiou has liecn made a
tegular feature of the drill at camp
Al-'Stratcy of Grcal Soldicr
Has Wrought Marvels on
All Fronts
PARIS AT APEX OF HOPE
Rapierlike Thrusts hv Allied
High Command a Revelation
of Military Genius
Special Cable to Kveninp Puhlir Ledger
Copurhht, tots, bv ,v yorlc Times Co.
Paris, Aug. 13.
Tho city Is on the tiptoe of expec
tation today. The German situation
In the bend of the Somme had beenmo
so serious that it was thought Foch
might decide the moment has come for
another of his lightning blows nt an
other pan of the front. It Is rc.tllred
here that a momentary slowing down
of the Allied advance is inevitable. The
enemy is undoubtedly attempting to
re-establish his defensive line, while
the Allies are under tho necessity at
the same time of bringing forward
their front bases and organizing a
piolongatlon of tho battlefront which
has taken place.
The Allies have made only a ery
slight pi ogress of late between the
Avro and the Somme, nnd this Is re
garded Here us. evidence that the enemy
Is making a desperate pffort to pin
down and wear out the British divi
sions In this legion as much as possi
ble, while lio collects such reserves
as are still available, nnd especially
guns to replnce the short losses.
Continued possession of Itoye H now
ltnl to the Germans, lictween it nnd
Noyon run tho only roads along which
they can letrent to the northeast, but
already tho Allied troops nre within
:i very short distance of Roye itself,
and are threatening to turn it from
the north In the direction of Nesle.
I.nsnlgn' I'nte Healed
The fate of Lasslgny appears to be
pealed, although there will probably bo a
good deal of hard fighting before the
Germans consent to give It up. Now
that Humbert's men have won the
group of heights between Lasslgny and
the Olse, this town Is more and more
threatened with encirclement
In estimating tho probabilities that
the Germans will have to continue their
retreat in the near future, the fact must
not be overlooked that they arc fighting
a defensive battle now in the ery coun
try which they themelvcs deliberately
swept clear of all offensive and defen
sive possibilities a $ear ago, when they
blew up oery road, cut down every tree
and razed every house to the ground on
the occasion of Hlndenburg's "strategic
retreat" of March, 1017.
The difference between their carefully
planned retreat and that of today Is
that then they were able to movo back
every gun and virtually every man some
three days before tho fact that they were
falling back was suspected. Today the
Allies are driving them back In heaps,
with enormous loss of life, and capturing
millions of Bhells, thousands of prisoners
and hundreds of guns.
GERMANS ARE WARNED
AGAINST REVOLUTION
Secret Organization Is Ad
mitted Willi Threats of Se
vere Punishment
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
CoprlBht. 1K1S lij New York Times Co.
London, Aug, 13.
The Munich Post publishes an en
ergetic warning to workprs.'especlally
those on farms, not to tako part in
revolutionary movements which are at
work to provoke great political scan
dals. The Journal asserts, with the
approval of tho military censorship,
that a secret organization has been
formed with tho object of beginning
strikes and disorders.
In South Germany, also, repeated
.demonstrations by women outside the
town hall and Government buildings
at Munich have assumed a terrorist
character, and the menace will be
come graver still.
The Journal drawg the attention of
the public to tlie tact mat tne gov
ernment will take extraordinary meas
ures to ameliorate the food situation,
but will stamp out with tha utmost
energy all terrorist movements.
By the Associated Press
"London, Aug. 13. Germany, in the
bitterest hour of defeat in the west she
has yet known, is'menaced in the east
not only by the advance of the Allied
expeditions, but by the perpetually grow
ing movement of unorganized resistance
to her occupation, says tha Daily Tele
graph tn commenting on the situation In
llussia
There s not a part of Russia where
German troops are stationed where the
commanders have not all they can do
to hold tho people down by force of
arms. The task, the newspaper adds,
will soon calll if It has not already, for
strong re-enforcements apart-from the
question of meeting the A(lled expedi
tions. The Telegraph continues;
"If tha enemy is In peril Hi the vest.
h. la little better eft in the cut. and
,rNHtoM,mPH-rft
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3LPHIA, TUESDAY,
JUNKERS ADMIT
SERIOUS DEFEAT
Picardy Battle Regarded
the Most Serious Reverse
of the War
GERMANS IN DISORDER
Ry GEORGE RENWICK
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
CopvrloM. WIS. bu S'rw Ynrk Times Co. '
AmMrrrinm, Aug. 13.
"The most serious- reverse of the war"
so says the I'nn-uermnn Deutsche
Zeltung. It declares further that the
British and French succeeded In effect
ing a surprise which throw the German
forces In, disorder, though tho strength
on both sides was about equal, and that
the losses In prisoners are not Inconsid
erable. The German defense. It goes on to say,
was not so successful as was to be ex
pected, and "as wo have become accus
tomed to."
That wild jingo paper turns this black
description to account, nnd puts tho
whole blame for the reerse on those
who politically do not see eye to eye
with the Pan-German extremists. It will
have It that the anger aroused at head
quarters by Von Kuehlmann's declara
tion that the war could not be brought
to nn end only by the sword has Its
counterpart In tho depression which the
statement aroused In tho ranks of tho
army. It hopes, therefore, that the
"bitter experience of Thursday" will
have the effect of brlntlng about a state
of affairs In which politicians will not
agitato against tho supreme command.
Angry AVIth Opponents
It Is exceedingly angry with those of
non-Pan-Oermnu lews and hints at the
advisability of a sort of pogrom against
the pacifists, There are other more than
vague suggestions that all Is not well
with the spirit of the German army.
Vorwaerts Is exceedingly mournful. It
heads Its leading editorial "A Critical
Pojnt," and asks if nny one will dis
pute that In the first months of the fifth
year of tho war the German people aro
experiencing heavy sorrows.
Neither In the cast, where a further
worsening of the boundless confusion Is
to be expected, nor In the west, It says,
have the radiant promises been fulfilled
of those who would lend tho German
people through the war like an un
suspecting child, comforted by the
stereotyped assurance that everything is
going excellently. It pleads for the facts
because It believes that knowledge of the
colossal danger in which the German
people stand would rouse their moral
strength, tho weakening of which since
August, 1014, Is "rightly complained of,"
not that it will havo peace at any price.
It la a sad piece of Irony that Vor
waerts, which recently so rejoiced re
garding the eastern peace, should not
be constrained to hold up Russia's ex
perience at Germany's hands as con
elusive evidence that thero are some
things worse than war.
BRITISH SAILORS SING
AS ZEPPELIN FALLS
Great Airship Drops Into Sea
in Fight Near Dutch
Coast
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
fopurtuht. JOJfl. bi.Vne Vorfc Timet Co.
An i:a( fnat Port In England. Aug, 13.
The brilliant exploit of air forces, co
aperatlng with naval light forces off the
Dutch coast, has given great satisfaction
here, although tho loss of six motorboats
Is regretted These exceptionally fast
vessels were attacked by a large number
of enemy seaplanes, said to have num-
oerea at least forty.
The Zeppelin Is believed to bo one of
Germany's latest airships. The British
aircraft were not seen by the crews of
the Ztppelln Within a short time the
great airship fell In a mass of ,'..
There was not a single survivor. Thls
teai was accomplished despite the fact
that the Zeppelin was convoyed by Eev.
eral German seaplanes.
Ahen one of the airmen landed on the
water he was promptly picked up by a
waiting destroyer and received a mac
nlflcent reception, the sirens of all ih
warships, although within a mile or
two of the German coast, openim- nut
full blast. s out
The men on board some of the war
ships were ongaged In divine service
during the fight, and nothing could hav
been more apt than the signal flashed
from the flagship. "Hymn 224. verse
7." which read as follows: e
o h happy band of pllgrlnu
t-ook upward to the akfej,
Where aueh a light affliction
Shall win ao areat a prlie.
All the Bhlps'' companies Joyfully took
up the slnglngaof the hymn.
Plan to Meet German Competition
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copyright, till, by ffew York Timet Co,
.Copenhagen, Aug. 13. A special
dispatch to the Bxtrablad from Stock
holm Veporte that , SwedlihN society
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AUGUST 13, 1918
AUGUST 13, 1918
FOE BRINGS RESERVES
TO HALT TURNING MOVE
Battle One of Maneuver Now instead of Frontal Attack.
Von Huticr Outgeneraled by Foch Fur-
ther Retreat Likely
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Hy WALTER
Special Cable to Evening Puhlic Ledger
Copvrtoht, mis, bu Xtt Vorfc Times Co.
VVIIli the French Armies, Aug. 13.
For tho moment tho battle Is sta
tionary, so tho Oermnns aro throwing
In reserves and the French repairing
roads nnd bridges and bringing up
guns and Riippllcs. Tho main enemy
effort is directed toward checking the
Allied turning movements from tho
northwest ngalnst Von Hutler's defen
sive line, which has been established
approximately between Itoyo nnd
Lnsslgny.
Nothing emphasizes better the
changed character of the fighting,
which has become essentially an affair
of maneuver as contiasted with tho
front assaults of trench warfare.
Thus Montdidlcr. fell like u ripe plum
In consequence of the French advance
to the north and south of that town.
A similar maneuver Is now In prog
ress ngalnst the Koye and tho Massif
of Lasslgny tho former tho main
bulwark of Von Hutler's center.
Franco-British progress beyond nnd
south of Chaulnes would inevitably
turn his flank nnd i oil back his whole
army. It was by such a turning
movement that the Frpncli fofces in
this region were compelled to retire In
the last week of March., Tho desire
to nvold such u contlng'entcy Is the
explanation of the bitter (Jot man coun.
ter-attneks ngalnst the Hrltish right.
Similarly, Humbert's left is encoun
tering strong resistance in Its progress
along tho Mat?, where villages In
Allied hand were heavily bombarded
yesterday morning. If thn udavnee
nlong this valley goes only u llttlo
further It will turn the Lasslgny mas
sif from the northwest and force the
enemy's retirement by overthrowing
his center.
In both rases the German defense Is
facilitated by the existence of former
tiench lines and deep wire entangle
ments, somo dating from the first
trench fighting of tho fall of 1914.
To sum the situation up, tho enemy
Is pursuing exactly the samo tactics
as In tho Maine salient. He realizes
that a further ictieat Is likely to bo
Imperative, though he Is doing his ut
most to avert the necessity, and In
the meantime he Is holding his ground
desperately to peimit tho evacuation of
his vast stores and artillery.
As in the salient, the work of the
Allied ah men Ih of Inestimable value,
lletween lliOO nnd 2000 bombs were
dropped Sunday on the knot of roads
in the centei of Lasslgny an area of
perhaps half a mile or moro through
which the retiring columns, convoys
and artillery camions had to pass.
Continued on Tune Tun. Column .cen
T have seen for myself splinters of ono
such bomb sweep an area of 100 yards
In circumference.
A ICuIn Incredible
Montdidlcr itself was a ruin Incredi
ble. At fhst sight of the hill, 100 feet
above the Avre, which formerly
crowned the prosperous township of
several thousand Inhabitants, ono
would have thought it merely a chalk
slope, unusually scarred by shellllre.
Whitish stones lay piled in heaps
from the crest down to the river, but
never was there a wall or roof that
might indicate a human dwelling. A
closer view showed individual mounds
of rubbish that once had been houses.
At tho entrance of tho town I passed
what seemed to bo a cross load, until
the eye caught the fragment of 11
twisted Iron all that was left of the
former important v railroad. Of tho
station nothing, save tho chaos of
shattered timbers und upheaved ma
sonry, remained.
Under German camouflage screens,
swaying gently in the breeze. I picked
my way through u wilderness of
mounds and hollows where one long
pleco of wall, rising, perhaps, fifteen
feet above tho surrounding wreckage,
marked the site of the fine old church
of Saint Peter that had stood in tho
center" of the town on tho main street.
Now tho whole legion is us tranquil
as though tho war were 11 hundred
miles away. Nothing save the muf
fled beat of a plledrlver, where engi
neers are constructing sollder bridges
over tho Avre, breaks tho cleared
silence. Yet the activity everywhere
Is Incessant, as the roods aro being
cleared and reprepared for tramc,
water mains ie-establlslied, nnd con.
voys brought up to supply tho battle
that is moving eastward
Despite tho swiftness of the reheat
the enemy found time to block the
roads already wcll-nlgh impassable
through, abandoned material und num
berless shell holes with trees "out
down from the roadsides. All these
obstacles must be dealt with before
tho forward movo can go smoothly.
Yet the latest information tells us of
an Allied advance, hardly less rapid
than before.
Moreull Wreclteil by Shells
August 10. Your correspondent
passed today on tho heels of the con
quering French army through Moreull,
across the Avre and on toward tho bat.
tlefront to the point of the Anglo
French Junction, where tho famous
Hrltish Colonial Corps is driving ever
harder ngalnst the bodies.
Of all the ruined towns I have yet
seen Moreull presents the most la
mentable spectacle. The wood frame-
work of houses stands naked llko a
skeleton where the covering of tiles
or plaster has been rent away by
shellflre. Tho effect of desolation In the
town, whereof not a single house es
caped injury, is overpowering far
worse than the wholesale destruction
of Dormans und the villages of the
Murne valley.
I crossed the ftftecn-yard-wlde Avre
on a bridge thrown up by tho French
engineers two hours after the attack
started last Thursday. Morlzel, the
tiny suburb of Moreull west of the
river, had ceased to exist. It was
hardly possible to recognize the loca
tion of buildings in the enormous rub-
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hlsh heap. In Moreull itself houses
were still burning and from time to
time tho thud of nn explosion told of
tho end of another bocho depot of
munitions.
Tho shellholes along tho road, and
literally every five yards along the
hillside, horo, eloquent witness of tho
hell of destruction that had preceded
the French attack. Beyond, on tho
highway from Amiens to Koye, I mot
units of the British Colonial Corps,
whoso colonel told me how they
charged yesterday along tho road at
that very point in armored camions
carrying machine guns, with the In
fantry nnd cavalry in skirmishing or
der on either side.
"The boche couldn't hold Ufi lit all,"
ho said. "Wo hustled him so fast he
never was able to get a breath."
Hermans Caught on Jump
There, In a sentence, is tho secret
of tho Allied victory tho Germans
were caught on the Jump nd havo
heen Jumping backward ever since.
A mllo further o 1 talked with a
captain of a famous Chasseur regi
ment, himself still in the front line
after tho amputation of his left arm
a year ago, and wearing the cross of
the Legion of Honor and a war cross
with four palms, which bears the
Military Medal and should strap, and
who had just won tho fifth citation
In army orders.
"Tho British aro magnificent," ho
cried1. "They push, my God, how they
push! Nothing can stop them. Their
units nre fresh and fit and nt full
strength, nnd they tell us they long
to pay the score with the boche for
what happened in March. I fought
beside them on the Somme In 1916, but
I never have seen them with such dash
as now."
New Tanks Worry Germans
This regiment of Chasseurs took S00
prisoners yesterday in an attack
southeastward of Alon Woods, bor
dering on tho Avro below Moreull
Ills battalion lost but few killed and
wounded In the day's fighting and the
other two battalions even less.
"Wo were held ufl for a time by
the machine guns," ho added, "but two
little tanks camo along and tho bodies
quit. These new tanks seem to have
,.;ot them rattled."
nveryvvhere I heard the samo story
tho enemy shows greater signs of
demoralization than ever before. Tho
effects of surprise and the weakness
of his artillery doubtless aro largely
responsible, but the dash of tlie
Fiench troops, and above all, the accu.
lacy of their artillery, contributed
even more.
A Get man colonel was penned in
the deep . cellar until the arrival of
French troops, who captured him Just
as an outlet waa being dug via well
in the garden.
Equal accuracy of fire was evident
along tho roads that were pitted with
shell holes, and in tho neighboring
village of Mezleres, whero a group of
determined machine gunners offered
obstinate leslstante until they were
annihilated by ono well-aimed eight
inch shell. It had scarcely a house
left standing.
Two New Dry Zones
Impend in City
Continued from I'nce. One
Announcement to this effect was made
this afternoon by Attorney Kane.
With refeience to the possible trans
fer of licenses tP locations outside the
restricted zone, Mr. Kane said the Fed
eral authorities would not" Interfere.
"That is a matter entirely with the
Jurisdiction of the city government," he
declared.
Neediest!, Says Ilonner
"We nre gathering data to prove that
the dry zone is unnecessary," said Nell
Ilonner, president of tho Ketail Liquor
Dealers' Association, thin morning,
"When the data is In shape for pres
entation we will send a representative
to Washington to convicne the Federal
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not necessary and will serve no good J
purpose.
Although Bonner declined to discuss
the Issues Involved he made It plain that
the liquor men would test the legality of
Mr Kane's order.
Bstabllshinent of a dry zone in the
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Allies, Since July 18, Win
70,000 Prisoners, 1000 Guns
By tho Associated Press
Paris, Aug. 13. (Havas Agency.)
Since tho beginning of the Allied
countcr-offenstvo on July 18 tho Al
lies havo taken moro than 70,000
prisoners and more than 100 guns,,
tho Echo do Paris states today.
In nddltlon, it estimates mors
than 10,000 machine guns havo been
captured from the enemy.
arsenal district Is a severe blow to
liquor men. If Mr. Kane follows his
personal wishes he will crcato three ad
dltlonal dry zones In the heart of the
city. Liquor men fear this action nnd
to forcstnll such a move will make every
effort to prove that Mr. Kane Is "ex
ceeding his authority."
In creating a dry zone In the arsenal
district, the Federal prosecutor for the
Philadelphia district, asserted that he
had that right, becauso'the arsenal came
within the category of a military post
or camp.
Zone for Kvery 260 Men
"When I find," said Mr. Kane, "that
there are 250 or more Foldlers In train
ing at an army post or camp I have
the right to protect those men from the
liquor menace by creating a half-mile
dry zone In the Immediate territory. .
The arsenal has more than 250 men In
training and as a result of that must be
recognized as a military camp or post.
"Philadelphia armories, If they are be
ing used for the training and housing
of troops, must be put In the same class,
and If I find thnt any one of the city
armories Is housing more than 250 sol
diers, I shall take steps to create a dry
zone around that particular nrmory."
RECRUIT PALS FOR A. E.F.
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Battalion of "Wanes" Formed for
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By the Associated Press
London, Aug. 13. Recruiting has be
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ice with the American Expeditionary
Forces.
Five thousand women are needed and
women who aro friends are Invited to
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ALIEN PROPERTY
CUSTODIAN
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Cocoa Beans
Notice is hereby given that
the undersigned, A. Mitchell,
Palmer, as alien property cus
todian, on the twentieth day of
August, 1918, at 10 o'clock a.
m., at the warehouse of F. A.
Page & Co., Inc., 166 Perry
street, New York city, N. Y., .
will offer for sale at public sale
to the highest bidder all or any
part as shall be determined at
the sale of 1100 bags of cocoa
beans, more or less, now lo
cated at the said warehouse of
F. A. Page & Co., Inc., New
York city.
A. MITCHELL PALMER,
Alien Property Custodian.
For further information con
cerning terms and conditions
of the above sale apply to
Horace 0. Kilbourn, Room 518,
HO West 42d street, New York
city. Joseph F. Guffey, sales
manager, alien property custodian.
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