ArtiHery Duels Marx Progress of War in Soissons-Rkeiins Sauefitj Ame* nans Firm an Veslt HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M ===== . I ' LXXXVII— No. 173 16 PAGES FOCH STARTS FRESH DRIVE PICARDY SECTOR; HAIG IN COMMAND SCENE OF NE SET WHERE GERMANS SCORED S ALLIES GAIN IN JOINT MO KAISER'S ARMY Franco-British Troops Start Offensive at Daylight Southeast of Coveted Town; Attack Develops Under Favorable Conditions, War Office Reports By Associated Press GIVING the Germans no time to catch their breath after their crushing defeat o nthe Aisne-Marne front, Marshal Fofh has launched a fresh blow against them in a new sector. I he attack started at dawn to-day on a wide front in Picardy, and southeast of Amiens. I lie French first army and the British fourth army are engaged in thir- new offensive, which is under the immediate direction of Field Marshal Ilaig, the British commander in chief. Drive Starts Satisfactorily Both the Paris and London official statements announce the opening of the attack and report satisfactory progress in its early stages. According to advices received in London, the French and Brifish forces which attacked this morning in the Picardy sector have advanced at some points to a depth of more than three miles. I lie field of the fighting is the scene of the most pronounced German success in this year's series of enemv offensives. It was in the first German blow, delivered against the British front be tween (. ambrai and La Fere on March 21, that the enemy broke into the allied lines and was not stopped until he had pushed the head of his assaulting columns down to the region of MontdidierJ He swept over a wide stretch of territory, including the dis tricts the Germans had devastated in their retreat of March, 1917, and established the vast salient that has since stood virtually in tact, with its apex at Montdidier and its base roughly extending along the line from Albert, near the Somme, on the north, to Noyon, on the Oise on its southern side. Drive 20 Miles in Length 1 he front under attack is not definitely defined, but it seems probable that its length is at least twenty miles from the Somme south to the Montdidier region. Marshal Foch's object in striking here may well have been based upon the idea of breaking up the enemy line between Mont didier and Soissons before the Germans had time to stabilize the Soissons-Rheims front. French Follow British Attack German positions just south of the Ancre river were heavily attacked by the British. 1 heir assault extended to the south where) their right wing joins the French lines. Three quarters of an! hour after the British attacked the Germans, the French took uni the battle. 1 j Tanks Clear Way For Drive The greatest secrecy surrounded plans for the attack. During the night the Germans heavily bombarded the British lines, but their shells were ineffective. An extraordinarily large number of tanks accompanied the storming troops, clearing the way for them points ht ° f daW " a ' ld h ° lpin to overcome enemy strong London, Aug. B—Xews from the Soissons-Rheims front this afternoon is that the Germans are holding the north bank of the \ esle in considerable strength with a large number of guns. [Continued on Page 12.] HAIG TAKES H AND GUNS IN DRIVE\ By Associated Press On the French Front in France, Aug. 8. (11 a. m.)—A combined at tack by the French and British was begun at dawn to-day along the front between Albert and Montdidier. Satisfactory progress was made de spite strong enemy resistance. The assault began exactly at dawn along a front of between 40 and 50 kilometers and a success was scored Immediately. The British advanced toward Cerisy-Gailly, on the south British Take Hahner and Dodo Woods With Uie British Army in France, Aug. B.—ln their offensive on the front east of Amiens to-day the British have taken Hahner wood. Dodo wood and probably have pos session of the towns of Marvelcave and La Motte-en-Kanterre. The line attacked this morning extends roughly from the neighbor hood of Marlancourt, about three miles and a half southwest of Al bert, to the Avre valley south of side of the Somme east of Sailly- Laurette and Marcelcave. The French advanced at the same time in the di leition of Deniuin and Aubercourt. Around Morisel and Moreuil the German resistance is terrific. Along the French front the artil lery preparations lasted forty min utes. after which the troops left their trenches with wonderful dash, tie fore 8 o'clock considerable progress had been reccrded and all the first objectives had been attained. Details of the fighting are coming to the rear slowly. "Going fine," constitutes the best available infor mation. The British launched their attack in a mist after only three minutes of artillery preparation. The British attacked over a twelve-mile front on both sides of the Somme. They gained all their objectives within four hours and have captured a considerable num ber of prisoners and guns. SIXGI.E COPY a CENTS FIELD MARSHAL HAIG SIB DOUGLAS iIAIG -i <>/9vr/. r/tAf , English Battle Chief in Charge New Franco-British Offensive 85 FROM CITY AND COUNTY TO LEAVE TONIGHT Will Train at Camp Wads worth; Practically All 1917 Class One Men Called Eighty-five men from the city and I county will leave at 9.10 this even ing: for general military service in I the National Army. The men com j prise the quotas the three city boards, and first and second county boards were called upon to furnish during the August sth five-day movement. They will go to Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, S. C„ for training. The cjuotas were notified to report at 4 o'clock this afternoon for final instructions and fo'r their final pa pers. They will go in a special .rain from the Pennsylvania station. While no formal arrangements nave been made for a celebration for the fmen, most of them not desiring it, I it is certain that they will be accom | panied to the station by hundreds [Continued on Pagp 2.] Attack Aims to Wipe Out Hun Position in and About Montdidier By Associated Press Paris, Aug. B.—Franco-British troops at 5 o'clock this morning be gan an offensive in the region south east of Amiens, the war office an nounces. The attack is developing under fa vorable conditions. An attack southeast of Amiens probably is aimed at weakening, if not to wipe out, the German position in and around Montdidier, where the j battle lint- swings to the north. The British troops hold a sector south lof the Somme which joins up with the French lines south of Villers- Bretonneaux. Late last week the Germans withdrew to the east of the Avre in the region west and north west of Montdidier. Since then the P'rench have been gaining ground on the same front. A line from the Somme to the Avre and thence south along the river faces fairly open country and the region of Picardy in front of it is part of the region devastated by the Germans in their retreat from the Somme in March, 1917. A break through in the Montdidier region would have a menacing effect on the German lines from Rhelms to Ypres. American troops have been hold- j ing part of the French line at I Cantigny, west of Montdidier. Russia and England Are at War, Announces Hun Paper By Associated Press Stockholm, x Aug. 8. —The Russian \ government has issued a declaration that a state of war exists between Kngland and Russia, according to a dispatch to the Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin, which prints it "with reser- alien." HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 8, 1918. AMERICAN GUNS AND BAYONETS SCATTER ENEMY WEST OF FfSMES ! Stiffest Resistance Faces Yan kees From Knoll North of Bazoches, Where the Huns Cling Desperately to Hill, Despite Fire BOCHE MACHINE GUN COMPANIES ACTIVE In Bitter Fighting Men From Overseas Use Bayonets Ef fectively on Foe Under Heavy Fire Take Prisoners; Huns Betire With the American Army on the, Vesle, Wednesday, Aug. 7 (10 P. M.)— The river Vesle was cross ed east and west of Fismes late to day by additional American infan trymen. West of Fismes the Amer icans are breakiiig up counterattacks by German infantry and are holding their ground despite the enemy ef-! forts. In support of the Americans who! had crossed the river during Turrs-' day night and Wednesday morning a detachmc-nt of infantry crossed The Vesle under a Franco-American barrage just before noon to-day. Two other detachments reached the north! bank during the afterrjoon. Shatter Counterattacks The Germans counterattacked the Americans west of Fismes this cf ternoon but were scattered by the American artillery fire. The Amer icans have advanced under a heavy [Continued on Page 14.] GROCERS' PICNIC TAKES THOUSANDS TOHERSHEYPARKi No Special Trains Because of War, So Crowds Use Trol leys and Automobiles Every street car moving toward Hershey this morning was filled with Harrisburgers bent on'attending the annual Grovers' picnic which is being held at Hershey Park. Thousands upon thousands of picnickers throng ed the beautiful park with the sole purpose of forgetting for a moment all other troubles while merriment reigned. A baseball game between the hill and uptown grocers started the morn ing's round of festivities. Grocers fat and thin scooted around the dia mond, trying to emulate the immortal Ty Cobb, Eddie Collins and Christy Matthewson. "Makes me feel like a boy again." puffed a stout and perspiring member of the association as he' finished a hairbreadth slide to the home plate. He expressed the [Continue*! on Page 6.] QUICK-WITTED YANKEE TAKES 82 GERMANS BY RUSE IN (From the Stars and Stripes) The Stars and Stripes is the of ficial newspaper of the American Army in France, and is publish ed at one of the great military bases in that country entirely by soldiers. The accompanying ac count is therefore to be regarded as official and true in every re spect, remarkable as it may ap pear. This is the story of Private Frank Lenert, a sleepy-looking, flat-footed, 19-year-old Marine from Chicago, who emerged from Belleau Wooi.s with 82 Boches as his personal pris oners. It happened on the night the Americans in that sector rounded out their possession of the woods, V Huns Delude French Peasants With Idea of American Cruelty By Associated Press With the American Army on the Vcslc, Aug. 7 (Wednesday). —French peasants found by American soldiers in a cave near Ville-Savoye, just south of the V'esle, had been told by the Ger mans that if the Americans discovered them the men would be killed and the women mistreated. The Germans gave them a letter dated "Fismes, August 2," addressed to French army headquarters and purporting to be signed by "The Artillery Commander. The ! letter said in part: "We have received the announcements from airplanes. Thanks We are not Russians, however." A reference to the American troops was contained in the letter and was written in French. It said: "Do not count on the Americans. They will be your masters Germany has so many soldiers that you never will win by force of arms. On the othei hand, Germany is ready to make peace with ra "®? at any tim ®- France Is her enemy which merits it the —J; FIRST TROOPS AT MARSH RUN WILL ARRIVE AT BIG CAMP ON SEPT. 1 Big Warehouse There Near Completion; Civilians Are to Be Employed; Enlisted Men Will Do Most of the Trucking RAILROAD SPURS TO REACH BUILDINGS Reservoirs With Million-Gal lon Capacity in Course of Erection; Development to Reach Nearly $12,000,000; Lack of Labor Delays The first of the great warehouses of the quartermasters department of the United States Army at Marsh Run is practically completed and will be in fuli operation about Sep tember 1 when 400 or more soldiers will be detailed to the development there for guard, police and fire duty. Most of the trucking will be done by enlisted men but the warehouse work will be largely in the hands of civil ians. There will be in all ten ware houses. each 1,060 by more than 100 feet, one-siory, built of tile, concrete and steel, with loading platforms on each side and railroad spurs running into them. Only one of the ware houses will be of temporary con struction, and even it will be built to stand wear and tear for twenty years.' In addition to these build ings there are barracks now nearing completion for the accommodation [Continued on Page 12.] SUGAR SURVEY SHOWS COUNTY WELL SUPPLIED More Than 500 Grocers File Cards; Large Wholesale Stock May Be Shipped The survey of sugar conducted by the food administration of Dauphin county is nearly completed with more than 500 cards in the offices in the Dauphin building. Five hundred and eighty-two of the grocers are regis tered, and 503 of them had returned their cards to the offices before noon to-day. It is thought that sugar purchase certificates may be issued to the gro cers following the completion of the registration. Many of the grocers are already without sugar, not hav ing been able to secure any during this month. Wholesalers Have 1-argc Stock The wholesalers have a large stock of sugar on hand, but as grocers can not purchase their supplies without [Continued 011 Page 14.] killing, capturing or driving out the remaining German machine gun companies that had clung stubborn ly to their final strip of the debat able forest. It was a little after midnight, and the intelligence offi cer at one regimental headquarters had turned in with full pack on for an hour's sleep when he was awak ened by the voice of a private calling out his name under his window. The voice went on in what its owner fondly believed to be a stage whis per, but which was really a sort of muffled roar. "Say, come on down; I got some prisoners, X have. " "Well," said the lieutenant, "stick [Coiitlnued on Page 12.] TRIO OF SOLDIERS FROM STATE FALLEN MESSAGE LISTS SERGT. RUSSELL AMONG MISSING Parents Notified That Their Son Has Not Been Located After Recent Fight His father born in Germany, Ser geant F. J. Russell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Russell, 1530 Fulton street, is reported missing in action in France. Official notice was re ceived by his parents last evening, but his name has not yet appeared in the casualty list. He had been attached to Company M, One Hun dred and Ninth Infantry. Tiring of German autocracy, the father left Germany some forty odd years ago and to-day is very proud of what his boy has done in the tight for democracy, waged against his fatherland. With impressive stoicism, he said: "I am very, very fire and in bitter fighting in whicn the men from overseas used their bayonets effectively. A few Ger mans were taken prisoners, while the others retired. The stiffest resistance now facing the American infantry north of ihe [Continued on Pago 14.] THUNDERSTORMS WILL END HEAT WAVE, FORECAST Weather Man Promises Relief For City; Moderate Tem perature Tomorrow Thunderstorms which may reach the city late to-day will end the heat wave of the last few days which caused a total of six deaths, scores of prostrations and much suffering. E. R. Demain, local government fore j caster, predicts fair and slightly cooler weather • to-night, with to ! morrow partly cloudy with moderate I temperatures. I Three deaths were reported to-day making a total of six since the wave began earlier in the week. Storm Sends Mercury Down The windstorm with its light showers last evening brought decided relief to the blistered and swelteiing city. The showers scheduled fol iate to-day will give an opportunity for the sears of the citizens to heal up somewhat. Wearied Harrisburgers last even ing enjoyed their first real rest for several days. Unheralded southwest winds caused a sudden drop of tem perature about 7 o'clock last evening [Continued on Page 13.] 150 IXJURKD SODDIKKS ARRIVE 1 By Associated Press Washington, Aug. B.—Sick and wounded soldiers landed in the Unit ed States from the American Expedi tionary forces and sent to various army hospitals during the week end ed August 2, numbered 159, the sur geon general to-day announced. r STEELWORKERS " Put Your Extra Earnings Into War Stamps Now itSTWatch 'Em Grow By 1923 iTHEWEATHrgj For Harrlfthurg and vicinity i Thundershower* thin afternooni fiilr and slightly cooler to-iilfdit; j , Friday partly clou.ly, „lth mod _ ernte temperature. For Enwtprn I'eiuinTlvuniui Thun ders how er* this afternoon; fair and slightly cooler to-night i Friday partly eloud.v. with mod erate temperature) light, went winds. River The upper portion of the main river will rise slightly thin aft ernoon and to-night. General t oiidltlmis Thiinder.Nboivern hate caused some moderation In tempera tures over the <;reut l.nkes and generally In the Middle and *orth Atlantic state* and the Upper Ohio Valley, here rails running from a to 10 degrees hint* occurred. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, JO4. I, OK est temperature. 70. Mean temperature, 08. •Normal temperature, 74. ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PKESS NEWSPAI'KH IN || AMUISHIIItG Brookville Soldier Utters Words of Burial Service With Fellow Townsman and Pottsville Fighter Standing By in Unforgettable Picture By RAYMOND G. CARROLL Special Correspondent of the Public Ledger and Harrisburg Telegraph. Officially Accredited to the American Expeditionary Forces Abroad. Special Cable Dispatch. Copyright, 191S, by Public Ledger Co. and Telegraph Printing Co. With the American Troops Under Focli, Aug. 8. —In successive relays, after the fashion in which the mail was carried by pony express, so has victory been tandemed by the French and Americans north and northwest of Chateau Thierry until our lines no.v press upon the south bank of the Vesle, our patrols having crossed streams over quickly built foot bridges at various points. The Vesle cannot be forded like the Ourcq, having an average width of fifty to seventy-five feet below its deep banks. Your correspondent reached the edge of the ancient town of Fismes, leveled flat by artillery tire, with the same hardy lumber jacks who had taken their first bite of triumph over the enemy back at Cierges, their subsequent special chain of progress, with the French on the right and other Americans on the left, including the capture of Bellevue farm, the hill denominated 230, Ruddy farm and the towns of p" m " UJ MT INAUGURATED l| Bogota, Colombia—Mi:i • iel Suarcz was maturated 1 president of Colombia to u <• ith imposing ceremonies, j It i; reported there is ?! increasingly favorable senti- j mcr.t toward the allies throughout Colombia. i MARRIAGE LICENSES Robert Bruce < rumllch. Steellon, and i'hrlntlne Naomi Relfle, 1 ] IMlddletown; ThomaM JefTeriton (nufTiiian, Steelton, and Florene Pearl Peter*, Dauphin George Price, Steelton, aad Mary Etter ToganN, HurrUburff. Sssssssswsswssssssgsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssfrjssssssgsssassawmijlf HOME EDITION Chaunery, Coulonges, Cohan, Dra vegny and St. Gilles. Their Path a Mile Wide Their particular path in the drive had width of close to one mile and a depth of twelve and a half miles in continuous fighting lasting four days and nights, going one period forty-eight hours without cooked ra tions •• . Ruddy farm has- particular inter est, having been tne field headquar ters only a week asto of Prince Eitel Frederick, son qf tihe kaiser. It was taken by the Americans under the leadership of Major (deleted). Dra vegny fell before another group of heroes led by Captain Roland B. Lindbaum. of Whitewater, Wis. During the tight at close quarter:- at Hill 230, Sergeant Henry P. Dex heimer, of 1403 Second avenue. Mil waukee, with a rifle in one hand Jind a trench knife in the other, stood [Continued on Page 14.]