2 HUNS FLEEING BEFORE OUR MEN IN GREAT BATTLE The Philadelphia News Bureau to-day prints the following as com ing from Paris: "Dispatches from correspondents with the armies in the field say that in the Franco-American offensive enormous number of prisoners have been taken. The greatest for of Americans which has yet participated in a single engagement is advancing with the French in this offensive! launched at 4.:-0 o'clock this morning. "Eighteen cannon wero captured by the French and Americans at Courchamps. " Latest reports say the advanca ■ ontinues everywhere. "The American commander at Givray, reporting the capture of the town to hearquarters, sent the fol lowing mesage: " 'Met Boche on his line of resist- Ute. Sharp fighting. Boche turned tail and ran like hell, pursued by our troops. Hope have more pris oners.' "At headquarters messages were coming in from everywhere asking permission to push on further. "it was essential that the line should be kept straight and in some instances it was necessary to order the troops to hold back until adjoin ing units came up. "The surprise not only was com plete but the concentration for the attack w;\s unusually rapid. "Field guns loaded on trucks] dashed up to the lines. Horses | were carried up the same way. i "American airplanes flying ovor the lines fought the Boches above while the doughboys and machine gunners fought below. "Aerial observers dashed through clouds and others carried back mes sages. "Lines of trucks carrying ix rind eight horses each had been hurried up in the last twenty-four hours. AMERICANS GO "OVER THE TOP" [Continued from First Pa^c.] "i Maine is going at this hour for the most part even better than ; had been expected.. The enemy so far has been unable to with stand the shocks of the Ameri cans and their allies have de livered and stil'l are delivering. As the whole German left flank is menace dthe enemy must draw in his troops from the Marne front or risk being caught J where they are. This means j that the finishing blow possibly' has been administered to his dy-j ing offensive. Torcy and Givrv and the 1 (livry wood were taken by the Americans in their advance. Go Right Ahead Probably the most stubborn resistance to the allied advance developed in the region west of Chaudun, which is four and cne half miles southwest of Sois sons. The Americans and French fighting side by side, however, refused to be checked. The American machine guns mowed the enemy down and then our troops went on. The fighting still continued in this region this tfternoon, and seems likely to become heavier when the German reserves ar rive. In the region of Soissons, where the attack was especially successful the Americans car ried everything before them by storm. Early this afternoon the yhad passed their final known objective. From the sec ond to the third objective they swept behind a third barrage. Reach All Objectives The second objectives were usually taken by the troops of the first units who had dug in at the first objectives. The resistance to the south was especially vicious. At some place stlie American advancing troops were held up, but only temporarily. The lina'l objectives in the Givry and Torcy sector were reached in about two hours of hard fighting. > The troops on this part of the All. Points Washington, July 18.—Offi cial advices from General Pershing said American troops had taken the offen sive with great dash and gal lantry and still were advanc ing. Secretary Baker an nounced late to-day. "The War Department has received from General Per shing," Mr. Baker said, "offi cial confirmation of the open ing of the counter offensive along the line indicated in press dispatches. American troops are participating both as complete divisions and as units in association with the French. "The fi-st objectives seem everywhere to have been at tained. No accurate count has been made but it is clear that many prisoners have been taken and many guns and much war material captured. "Our official reports also confirm the fact that American soldiers advanced with great dash and gallantry and still were advancihg when last heard from." FRIDAY EVENING, "The' German artillery resistance was feeble until 7 o'clock. Then their guns opened up but the Ameri cans had advanced too far for the enemy guns to stop them. "Torcy was captured in fifteen minutes, Belleau fell at 8.20 A. M. and Givray half an hour later." Trying to Save His Face Paris, July IS.—The German Crown Prince, military observers say, now is trying to convert a large scale failure into a showy minor suc cess which will make up in the eyes of the German public for the 100,- 000 men he has sacrificed. His goal now apparently ia Epernay. The operation includes two parts. In the first the Germans who crossed the Marne In the Dor mans region are struggling to wid en and strengthen the bridgehead on the south bank. In the second the German right center, which at the beginning of the action was along the Dormans-Rheims road facing southeast, is now pivoted on Vrigny and runs north and south along a line through Vrigny, Goully, Mar floux and Courton and Roy woods. As the country in this direction is thickly wooded and easily defended some military commentators believe the Germans will soon find the game is not worth the candle. Germans Fear Failure Geneva, July 18.—The newspapers Democrate, usually well informed upon German affairs, says the lat est information from across Ihe Rhine shows mixed feelings in Ger many regarding the new offensive. While there is hope of victory and an early peace, there are also secret fears of failure.' which are only whispered, the advices assert. front did equally as well as those on the front farther north, taking quantities of material and prisoners, who continue streaming back. Defense Broke Hastily organized counter-at tacks against the Americans de veloped here and there, but all were broken up and our troops continued to advance. In one town alone on the southern part of the front under attack, the Franco-Americans forces captured eighteen guns. General Foch, the allied comman der-in-chief, has taken the aggres sive on an important scale, attack ing this morning on a twenty-flve mile front between the Aisne and the Marne—the westerly side of the Germans' Marne salient. The attack appears to be a signifi cant counterattack to the German drive along the Marne-Rheims- Champagne front. Ffbm various sources come reports that the battle is progressing favorably to the al lied forces, which presumably in clude American troops. Gain 2 Miles The front of the attack runs from Fontenoy, six miles west of Soissons, to the town of Belleau, on the Clig non river. Few details of the battle are yet available, the main fact offi cially stated being that at various points along this front progress of from a mile and a half to two miles has been made and that prisoners have been taken. The situation on this front pre sents interesting possibilities. The battle line, when the German offen sive paused at the Marne early in June, closely resembled the letter V, with the acute angle blunted. Since their attack on Monday morning the Germans have made progress which has changed the form of the line to that of the letter U, the right leg of which Is shorter than left. Serious Threat at Huns From Fontenoy, at the tip of the left leg, to Ttheims, on the end of the right, is about thirty-seven miles. The distance from the Aisne to the present battle front south to the Marne is about twenty-five miles. It is along the left leg of the U that the allied onslaught began this morning. Behinclthe allied lines is the forest of Villers-Cotterets with a network of strategic wagon roads and three railway lines. In front of them there is an important railroad line running southward from Sois sons to Chateau Thierry, presumably used as a supply artery l'pr a large proportion of the enemy troops along the Marne river. This railway was about lour miles from the allied front when the attack was started to-day. If the attack of the allies is what it appears to be, it is a serious threat to the whole German position south of the Aisne. Rapid progress by the allies to the eastward would compel the abandonment of tho German of fensive which is now apparently di rected toward Epernay, to the south of Rheims mountain. It might, if successful, even bring about a Ger man retirement from the whole Sois sons-Marne-Rheinis salient, with po tential disastrous results to the. en emy in tho loss of men, guns and material. American Factor Unknown During the past three weeks the French have carried out a number of local operations southwest of Sois sons, along the lino where tho pres ent allied effort is being made. By these operations, the French line from the teglon of Ambleny, south of Fontenoy, to Longpont, nearly eight miles furthi r south, wa-s ad vanced and straightened. Before to day's attack began the French held positions along a seri3 of ridges cn a five-jnile line from Ambleny to St. Pierre Aigle. and were In strong en trenchments further south. The part American troops are tak ing in tho allied counter blow is as yet unknown. The line mentioned in the official statement from Paris, however. Includes a section of the positions held by the Americans in the neighborhood of Chateau Thi erry. General Pershing's men are known to be at Belleau and tiiey have been mentioned as boing as far north as Torcy, on the south side of the Cllgnon river, above Belleau wood. Battle Line 105 Miles Measuring from the Aisne river, around the Chateau Thierry salient and thence to Masslges'ln the Cham pagne. the eastern limits of the pres ent struggle, the length of the bat tle line is about 105 miles, which is the widest front that has been in active battle on the western front since the early days of the war. Official reports appeared to show the German stroke against thej Marne-Rheims-Champagne line has] JUDGE KUNKEL'S THREE DECISIONS ARE AFFIRMED Supreme Court Overrules Ap peals Taken From Dau phin County Three decisions by President Judge Geprge Kunkel, two in important state 'tax cases and a third in a mandamus action, were affirmed by the State Supreme Court. In each of the tax cases the order of the higher court was given in one sen tence as follows: "This judgment is affirmed on the opinion of the learn ed court below directing it to be en tered," while in the mandamus ac tion the appeal was dismissed at the cost of the appellant. One of the appeals was in the case' of Commonwealth vs Semet-Solvay Company, in which Judge Kunkel ruled that the company was liable for stale tax on money deposited In banks outside the state and also for funds which were received in payment for work done in other states. The company contended It could not be taxed for these am'ounts but Judge Kunkel's decision to the contrary was affirmed. The second tax case was Common wealth vs. Harrisburg Light and Power Company. Judge Kunkel in this case handed down an opinion that the company was not taxable for funds received in furnishing steam heat but only for money received in its electrical business. Upon appeal by the state the Supreme Court af firmed the decision given here. In the third action, a mandamus proceeding by the borough council of Gettysburg against the State High way Commissioner, the attempt was made to- compel the state to repair a road in the borough of Gettysburg which was formerly a turnpike and had been bought by the state. Judge Kunkel's decision In the case was that the State Highway Commission er, under present laws, was not com pelled to have the road repaired in the borough limits. His order re fusing a writ of mandamus against the Highway Commissioner was af firmed and the appeal dismissed by the higher court. not gained further ground over night. At Nanteuil-la-Fosse, the le gion southwest of Rheims, a heavy German attack whs crushed, while an assault by Guard regiments north of Prosne3, east of Rheims, was broken by the allies. According to unofficial reports *o day, the Germans have made some slight progress south of the Marne, in the region north of St. Agnan. to the southwest of Dormans, but this advantage was apparently only local. What appears to be a more import ant local ' success by the French is reported from the eastermost point of the front south of the Marne. The French are said to have recajjtured Montvoisin. Chene-la-Reine, and im portant heights in the vicinity of these villages commanding the river Marne. Italian troops fighting in the area between the Marne and Rheims are said to have recaptured Clarizet, two miles northeast of Bligny. British Gain Grows Coincident with the allied attack south jf the Alsne, the British have attacked southeast of Villers-Bre tonneux, on the Amiens sector. This assault, which was on a front of more than a mile, advanced the Brit ish line, it is officially stated. The fourth day of the offensive finds the Germans struggling des perately to develop the successes along the river and between the river and Rheims. Enemy progress has been slow and at an enormous cost in casualties. Attack After Attack Attack after attack Is being hurled against the allied troops in these two important sectors. In many places the enemy has been repulsed completely, while his gains have been made in the face of strong re sistance. South of the Marne, despite heavy bombardments and the use of fresh troops, the Germans have made no great gains. The situation therfc is rather uncertain, as villages and heights are constantly changing hands in the desperate fighting. Im mediately south of Dormans, where the enemy has made his greatest penetration south • of the river— about three miles—French and American troops have gained some ground north of St. Agnan. Astride the river toward Epernay the Ger mans are near Montvoison, an ad vance of about six miles, but they have not been able to spread their progress to the south. Americans Improve Positions In the woods and valley west of thp forest of -the mountain of Rheims, the great natural obstacle south of the city, the Germans have driven the Italians and French to within five miles of the Rheims- Epernay Railroad, the only line of transportation into the city yet held by the allies. Heavy lighting is tak ing place about Pourcy and Nan tßUii-La-Fosse, which mark an average advance of about five miles since Monday. It is more probable the Germans will try to get between the river and the forest of the moun tain of Rheims than to storm the mountain from the west. Pourcy is on the western edge of the forest. Between Dormans and Chateau Thierry, where the Americans have the largest forces in the line, the fighting is sporadic. Around Fossoy the Americans improved their po sitions slightly but further opera tions have been hampered by a heavy rainfall. The Germans main tain an intense bombardment of the American lines. American aviators, according to French observers, brought down thirteen German air planes in the' same region Tuesday. The Americans claim nine. West and southwest of Kheims the enemy has failed to gain in further attacks. Just east of the city his ef forts have been broken up by the French. In Champagne General Gouraud's defense still is maintain ed and the Germans have been un able to make progress. Reporting on the fighting of Tues day, Berlin says 5,000 additional 'prisoners were captured, bringing the total to 18,000. The German state ment on Wednesday's fighting has not been received. Flanders. Plcardy and the front from the Argonne to Switzerland are quiet. There has been only raiding and slight artillery activity on the British sectors. The enemy shows no Inclination to start another blow until the present effort has run its course. In the Italian mountain region there has been lively activity at va rious points but no fighting of mo ment. French troops in Eastern Albania have taken another village in their advance up the Devoli val ley and added to their captures of prisoners. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH ALL HARRISBURG LOSES SLEEP TO CHEER FOR ARM\ vice. They found It impossible and it was a half hour before the con gestion was rolieved. The callers wanted the newspaper and telegraph offices and when they learned what had happened they took t® the streets and many of them remained out all night, parading and cheer ing. Big I'arade The police force got a band to gether and in a very short time an inpromptu parade was formed in which hundreds of wildly enthusias tic men and women, from all walks of life and in every stage of and undress, took part. Up and down town they marched and cheered and waved flags until from pure weariness they could go no Russell Brightbill, of Heckton Mills, Severely Injured on Battle Front : ■>- * I RUSSELL, BRIGHTBILL Russell Brightbill. of Heckton Mills, mentioned in yesterday casu alty lists, as injured, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Brightbill. I Employed as a watchman at a Penn sylvania railroad crossing at Dau-j phin, he enlisted shortly after thej declaration of war. Brightbill, who j is 21 years old, is serving with thej Machine Gun Battalion of the Ninth Regular Infantry. No details as to the severity of] Brightbill's injuries are known byj his parents. The Jirst intimation that! he had been injured was furnished! to them by a letter from the son I himself, no notice having as yet been I received from the War Department, j Previous to the letter announcing! his injuries, his parents had not heard from Russell for twelve weeks. | William, another son of Mr. and ! Mrs. Brightbill, is in the army. He is attached to the Second Cavalry. 1 Keystone Division Now Is Taking Part With A id of French A rmy Members of the Old National Guard Brigaded With Pe tain's Poilus Already Mak ing Names For Themselves on Battle Lines Where the Huns Are Attacking HABBISBUBG BOYS CITED FOB BBAVEBY IN ACTION Unofficial Dispatches Indi cate Scores of Harrisburg Lads Are Bearing Up Mag nificently Under Fire; Are Praised by French Officers Who Are in Command Pennsylvania National Guard units have entered the battle line in France. Brigaded with the French •armies members of the Keystone division which trained for the grim business of war at Camp Hancock have gotten their first taste of fighting and already Harrisburg youths have been mentioned in cable dispatches from the front as having "distinguished themselves." Brigade With French Official word of tho part of old guard units are playing in the big battle still are withheld by the War Department, but it is understood that the Pennsylvania boys are with the French units for a final bit of training before taking their places under their own commanders in the recently organized Second Army Corps. There are 28,000 men in the division of which Harrisburg lias given approximately 700 of its best young blood. The name of Daniel H. Werner, son of Mrs. Ernma Werner, 17 North Seventeenth street, is mentioned as being one of those whose bravery under fire was marked. He is a member of Company I, 112 th In fantry, in which scores of other Har risburg boys are members. Werner vas a member of the old Eighth Regiment, N. G. P., when that or ganization marched from Harrisburg to entrain for the southern training camp. Details Meager Details of the fighting arc meager but mention of a dozen brave Penn sylvanians is contained to-day in a copyrighted cablegram from the front in Franco to the Philadelphia Public Ledger. It appears that mem bers of the Keystone division now are brigaded with at least two French di/islon in different battle sectors where the Huns now are at tacking. The dispatch also men tions that members of this same division had troops with the French longer and one by one dropped out and .vent lioine. .MILL FOHCKS UEMORALIKKI) Amons those who shouted loudest and celebrated the most were work men from the Penn-Harris hotel building. Forgetting the necessity for a good hotel in the city, they laid down the trowel and ran to join the parade. Many of the mills which do night work were demora lized when men learned the cheer ing news. There were many ensuing stories told of Incidents occurring in the parades. Four men linked arm in arm came up the street running as fast as they possibly could, when they were suddenly halted. They had run into a very stout man. The quartet stumbled and fell and for a few moments there was a free-for all. The crowd for the most part, however, was very good natured amidst the jostling and bumping which attended the big patriotic con clave. > "Cannon" was the cry raised when a number of automobiles opens cut outs. The staccato explosions sound ed like a battery of Gatllng guns in action. sonic Celebration," Says Mayor Mayor Daniel L. Keister was a prominent figure in the big crowd. "Ah boy, that was some celebration to be arranged in twenty-five min utes," he commented to a Tele graph reporter. "That was some af fair, wasn't it?" "What d'ya suppose will happen to the stock market?" There were hundreds of speculators who tried to form an opinion. An unfortunate man almost got himself into very serious trouble when he lost his hat on the street. He leaned over to pick it up, put ting up his left hand for balance. Someone in the crowd mistook the movement as an effort to strike a 'nearby woman and he was assailed by the mob. "Lynch him!" was the cry and when an officer took him in charge they shouted "Let us have him for a minute. Tar and feathers for his!" He was taken to the police station and when it was found his action was unintentional he was dis charged. There were hundreds of local peo ple in River Park when the bells began ringing. It was but a few minutes until the seats were empty. HUNS FALL UNDER FOES' STEADY AIM On the FITHC.II Front in France, July 18,—At noon on Monday, when the Germans were bringing forward reserve divisions in the neighborhood of the Moronviflcr range of hills the French gunners got their exact range with telling effect. When the smoke cleared great heaps of dead and wounded men and horses were plainly vis ible on the slopes of the hill. Some of the assaulting divi sions were so badly battered that they had to be withdrawn while the fight was still in progress. !!S " DANIEL H. WERNER Unofficially Cited For Bravery While Fighting With 112 th Regiment ten days ago when the latter at tacked and captured haif o* Hill 204 near Vaux and dominating Chateau Thierry. French Officers Pleased According to the Public Ledger s correspondent "French high officers" in commenting on tho valor of American troops in the sectors in which the Keystones wero brigaded have said: "The lighting of the Americans en gaged is worthy of all praise. Ry their ability not only on tho de fensive, but in immediate and vig orous counterattacks ' they have made a great impression on "their allies. On tho other hand, prisoners are frank to admit the power of America's new army, as shown in recent combats." Proud of Her Son When a Telegraph reporter to day showed the dispatch to Mra Werner in which her son was cited she expressed her satisfaction. '•I knew he would do it," she said, and her eyes became moist as she proudly told of the young soldier's life here. A Fighting Brother Another son, Gilbert D. Werner, enlisted several months ago, al though he was but fifteen years old. He appropriated a pair of his brother's trousers and passed as be ing much older than he really is. He was stationed at camp and his mother brought birth certificates and the family Bible record to camp just two days before the contingent sailed, in order to have him released. "I thought Gilbert was too young to light," she explained. Other Pennsylvanlans who dis tinguished themselves are mentioned in the dispatch. thom are: Privates Samuel Scritchfleld, Johns town; Samuel Strauss, Franklin; John Glrziel, Scranton; George Shuster, Pottsvlile; Carl Bullock, Hoesdale, and Harry. Meenen, 1807 Tostln street, Pittsburgh. COUNTY TAXES TO BE SBB,OOO MORE THAN LAST YEAR Increase Over 1917 Largely Due to Many Big Im provements Receipts from county taxes for 191S will be move than SBB,OOO high er than in 1917, according to tabula tions of the value of personal and realty property in the city and coun ty, completed at the county commis sioner's office and to be sent to Sec retary of Internal AlTairs Paul W. Houck. Improvements Chief Source The total increase in the of taxable real estate for 1918 as com pared with 1917 is $1,. - ;60,094, due largely to ( many big building im provements. The increase in per sonal property, including mortgages, bonds, judgments and money de posited on interest, is $724,113. The total value of taxable real estate in the county and city for 1918 is SBO,- 560,238; personal property. $17,915,- 495; county tax on real estate, $402,- 801.19; personal, $71,661.98; making an increase of $86,000.61 in taxes from realty and $2,896.46 from per sonal property, a total increase of $88,897.0? over the amount for 1917, due largely to the increase in the tax rate from 4 to 5 mills. Figures Show Increases Totals compiled at the county commissioner's office for the two years follow: (city and county). Number of taxables, 1918, $47,528; 1917, $46,009. Acres land, 1918, $203,- 041; 1917, same. Acres timber land, 1918, $101,039; 1917, same. Value all rea'lty, 1918, $102,337,- 660; 1917, $99,459,093. Value realty exempt, 1918, $26,- 522,412; 1917, $24,712,732. Value taxable realty, 1918, $75,- 911,354; 1917, $74,746,361. Number horses, 1918, 8,462; 1917, 8,679. Value of horses, 1918, $505,185; 1917, $517,575. Number of cattle, 1918, 8,074; 1917, 8,162. Value of cattle, 1918, $234,494; '1917, $220,90-9. Value salaries paid, 1918, $3,909,- 205; 1917, $3,715,300. Value all property taxable at 5 mills, 1918, $80,560,238; 1917, $79,- 200, 145. Aggregate county tax, 1918, $402,- 801; 1917, $316,800. Amount money on interest, mort gages. etc., 1918, $17,915,455; 1917, $17,191,022. Value stages, hacks, etc., 1918, S4O; 1917, $360. Value all property* taxable at 4 mills, 1918, $17,915,495; 1917, $17,- 191,382. j County tax at 4 mills, 1918, $71,- j 661; 1917, $68,765. Bretz Files Petition in . Voluntary Bankruptcy A petition in voluntary bank ruptcy for Harry M. Bretz. attorney, charged with embezzlement by a client, was filed by his counsel. It was sent late last night to the clerk of the United States District Court at Scranton. No statement of assets has been prepared, it was announced. Later the case will be handled by John T. Olmsted, referee in bank ruptcy in Dauphin county. The agreement to go into voluntary bank ruptcy was reached after a confer ence between attorneys for Bretz's creditors and his counsel. Girl of Fourteen Gets a License to Marry One of the youngest girls to get a marriage license in Dauphin coun ty in months applied yesterday. She is Mabel May Hollerbush, aged 14, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob E. Hollerbush, Dover, R. F. D. She will marry Wilbur H. Bentzel, 22, of Shippensburg. Her father gave his consent to the marriage. A brother, 20 years of age, took out a marriage license July 1. HORSE'S LEO BROKEN Nov Cumberland, Pa., July 18. A valuable hopse belonging to N. F. Reed, coal merchant, had to be shot yesterday on account of breaking its leg. NATION'S HEART WITH ITS ARMY IN FRANCE [Continued from First Page.] tho official account revealed how ever, the full thrilling story of the dash against the enemy delivered with such gallantry and as such a complete surprise that it swept over the first German lines apparently without wavering and rushed on to objectives deep in the territory the Germans have held for months. Major Counter Stroke During the day Secretary Raker. General March and War Department officials generally spent much time over the maps. They read every detail of tho accounts brought in over the wires and time after time all other business halted while the swiftly changing battle front was traced out. Until late in the night, officials were awake receiving every report that came in. A most promising consideration of the counter attack, officers believe, aside from renewed proof of the fighting qualities of the new Ameri can armies, is the fact that General Focli now has sufficient force to unioose a major counter stroke, for the present blow is nothing less than that, however limited its fixed ob jectives for the day may have been. The supreme- commander now lias shown clearly that a definite turn- ' ing point has been reached where hit, resources in men ifnd munitions are great enough for him to assume at least an aggressive defense. If the present Franco-American thrust should realize all the possi bilities seen in it by observers abroad and force the Germans out of the whole Aisne-Marne salient, it seems highly probable to officials here that General Foch might feel warranted in expanding' that success through offensive operations on mother fronts. It was suggested last'night that a thrust from the British front on a far wider scale than anything at tempted there*since .the great Ger man assault began last March might develop as a companion piece to the Franco-American efforts. In I that case, it was said, it would be clear that tho tide of battle had definitely turned and the German drive of IPl'B, their greatest military effort of the war and the campaign on which they have counted to achieve victory by arms, had been defeat'"'- I JULY 19, 1918. ALLIES HOT ON TRAIL OF FLYING HUNS _ [Continued From Page I.] heights dominating - Soissons. French cavalry has crossed beyond the Soisson- Chateau Thierry road to openings made by the Franco | American forces. The greatest progress made up to latest reports were about ten kilometers, or a little over six miles. After passing the third objectives set for the oper ations of he morning the Americans, in co-operation with the French south of Soissons launched a second powerful attack at noon. ▼ Americans Fight With Fury Showing the effect of splendid training, the Ameri can troops went forward swiftly and fought with fury. Nothing seemed to stop them, especially in the region of ijoissons and to the south of that city. Light and heavy pieces were moved up as the troops advanced, and soon after each barrage ended shells from the American guns were deluging the enemy's rear areas, playing havoc with his forces, whether those in retreat, or reserves endeavor ing to come up. Bitter Warfare in the Open It was open warfare, with all the attending excite ment, and through the gaps made by heavy guns and in fantry, the French cavalry dashed, beating down those in their path. Terrific losses were inflicted at all points on the enemy. 'I he tanks did all that was expected of them. 1 he great lumbering engines rolled along in front of the infantry, driving the Germans before them with streams of bullets and clearing away many obstructions that had 'escaped the artillery. 1 he enemy early began to bring up strong reinforce ments. Fresh troops have appeared at various points and a heavy counter attack will probably have to be with stood. Americans in Dashing Attack ihe line south of Soissons the American troops carried all their objectives in the second attack with the same dash as the first, even proceeding further than had been expected. The enemy was routed and for the most part fled I before the Americans advance abandoning even light guns and ammunition. Only here and there the line was strong resistance offered, and at these points the Germans were attacked with rifle and bayonet, before which they retreated steadily. So far the attack progressed that to-night the enemv in the vicinity of the Chateau Thierry is considered to be in a somewhat dangerous position—one where he will have to act quickly. Ibe American troops, including those bandaged, are in high spirits. The Americans have re ceived warm expressions of thanks from the French com manders. Six Miles Deep Six miles apparently was the deepest point of penetration made by the allied troops in the first day of fighting. This was at Buzancy, south of Soissons, which they captured and passed through eastward. At several other points distancs of from four to five miles were reached from the original starting line. At Soissons ihe Americans and Frenchmen caiuc to within a mile, ol the city. Altogether more than twenty villages" fell into the hands of the Americas and French all along the battle front. All along the fronts on both sides of Rhcims the ntente troops continue to hold the Germans, wherever they have seen fit to launch attacks. East of Rheims the Trench have recaptured Prunay, but south of the Marne in local fighting they have lost some further .ground. The German official communication as serts that in his region success attended the German efforts. Guns and Prisoners Southwest of Villsrs Bretonncux in the Amiens sector, the Australians again have smashed into the German line —this time jon a front exceeding a mile in length capturing guns and prison jers. East of Hebuterne the British also improved their positions. The Germans are continuing the bombardments of various sec tors held by the British in France and Flanders. Nowhere, according to last accounts from the front has the enemy been able to stay the progress of their assaila-'ts. although counterattacks were resorted to on some important aectors after the first stages of surprise occasioned by the unexpected attack had worn away. To the Americans alone in the region west of Soissons came 4,000 prisoners, thirty guns and much war- material. Additional large number of captives and further greater stores of guns, ammunition and other war necessities were taken by the French. Before all the positions of the Americans and the French their guns and machine gus cut to pieces fleeing hordes of the enemy or bands which endeavored to withstand the onrush. Aimed At Vital Territoiry. The blow, probably long in its inception, is being aimed at territory vital tcV the Germans—territory the capture of which not al(fne would mean the forced retirement of the Germans from the entire salient extending southeastward across the occupied regio.n from Soissons to Rheims with Chateau Thierry its south ern apex, but possibly would result in the capture of thousands of Germans operating there, many of them comprising the best soldiers of the German Emperor's armies. , So fast Has the advance progressed that already French and American troops have reached or are astride several of the im portant roads of'supply for the German armies in the south, par ticularly the line running from Soissons to Chateau hierrv. Tt is not improbable, by reason of this fact and the inability of the enemy instantly to remove them that further large quantities of supplies will be taken. Council Refuses Request of Camp Hill Firemen Camp Hill, Pa., July 19.—At a re cent meeting of Camp Hill council, Robert E. Cahill, president of the Camp Hill Fire Company, went be fore that body and asked a $25 con tribution for the company. The fire company has never received any support from the Camp Hill council and Mr. Cahill took the position that it was only fair to the taxpuyers that some recognition bo given the only organized fire protection afford ed the borough. After a heated dis cussion the council refused to give the company any support whatever this year and defeated a motion that $25 be given the fire fightars. Shiremanstown, Camp Hill's small neighbor has an excellent motor ap paratus. while the Camp Hill com pany has nothing but an antiquated horse-drawn vehicle, and have no horse with which to draw it. The excuse given l>y the council for not giving the company support, is lack of funds. 'Eleven Men to Go From . > Marysville in Next Draft Marysville, Pa., July 19.—Marys > ville is hard hit in the draft call fol s seventy-two men to leave PerrJ ■ county for Camp Va., next week, ■ No less than eleven-of the contingent ! will be Marysvlllians. | John JJ. Haln, assistant prlnclpaJ In the local High school during 1 th< past term and re-elected for the en< suing term, is one of the men t leave the county. J. Frank-I.ieonard< connected with the Commercial Trusi Company, of Harrisburg, is anofcjiei ' Marysville man. The clerical force of L the local preference freight yardi of tho railroad will 1 loose two men, Gordon J. Sklvlngtoi and John T. R. Wallace. Other Marysville men who will leave with this contingent includi William P. Smith, Martin J. Clenden> in. Charles Ei. Shouse, Ambrose M Whltmyer, Edward B. Neff, John C buckenbaugh and Charles B. Som> mer.
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