Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 19, 1918, Page 1

30.000 HUNS CAPTU THE DAILY TRIBUNE Is the only Fs i in Wyo- Not much change in ming carrying both Associated temperature and United Press dispatches @rthune VOLUME Two CASPER, WYOMING, FRIDAY, JULY 19, “1918. NUMBER 234 BLOODY REPULSE MEETS. HUN ATTEMPTS TO STOP YANKEES ===" American drive, it was officially announced here this afternoon. THE YANKS ‘ARRIVE’ PARIS, July 19.—‘‘Last night when he saw his troops on the heights dominating Soissons on the southwest, General Magnin (French) smiled,” says the correspond- ont of the Liberte. ‘Premier Clemenceau was there, and warmly shook the general’s hand. “Was it the presence of Americans in the neighbor- hood which gave his hand- shake especial strength, evi- dencing emotion and confi- dence?” Gn his return from the front, Premier Clemenceau said to his friends: “IT have shaken hands with the happiest man in the ASE SP eras ae te WASHINGTON, July 19.—Soissons has fajjen to the Americans and French. reached here officially late today. WASHINGTON, July 19. Franco-Americans Drive Forward So Fast French Prisoners Working Roads Under | German Guards Are Overtaken and Released; Transportation of Men and Sup-| plies to Battle Front Unique Accomplishment in Annals of Warfare; Prisoners, | Guns and Materials Accumulate Rapidly As Foe Is Swept from Wide Path By FRED'S. FERGUSON ‘ (United Press Staff Correspondent) WITH THE AMERICANS IN CHAMPAGNE, Juiy 19 (2 p. m.)—The battle is increasing. ing forward in an extended advance toward the main Soissons-Chateau-Thierry highway. | German reserves, who heavily countered on the plateau,southwest of Soissons, were bloodily repulsed. Franco-Ameri-.| cans there are holding the line established yesterday evening for advancing eastward. | Cavalry has crossed the highway and infantry is advancing to join them. | Uncounted prisoners, guns and material are still accumulating. The allies have a remarkable transportation system, enabling a constant flow of men and materials. As the line advances, solid miles of motor trucks, carrying ammunition and other materials rumble forward, to re-| turn with wounded. The Frenco-American offensive may force a German retirement on the entire Rheims front. Officers expect that Crown Prince Rupprecht probably will start an immediate offensive on the British front in an effort to retreive the Rheims disaster. One American division took] Vaerry and is reported three) miles beyond. This would take) the Americans across the Sois-| sons- Chateau-Thierry highway. | Another American unit! pressed forward so rapidly yes-| terday that they overtook a} party of captured Frenchmen working the roads under Ger-| man guards. Americans cap-| tured the Boches and released the French, who seized German) guns and advanced with the Americans. The American advace was so rapid that various regimental | headquarters have been moved | forward as often as three times. | Couriers had difficulty keeping | in touch with their command-| ers’ movements. Officers had difficulty hold-| ing the victorious “doughboys.”” The Americans wanted to go to Germany. FORMER CUNARD LINER iS SUNK BY GERMAN SUB [By United Prenx} i LONDON, July 19. rene Cunard , iner Carpathia, famous for its Tes-| cue of the survivors of the Titanic, | was torpedoed and sunk, the admir- lty announced today. Passengers | and crew were landed, The vessel has been in the trans-| tan’ since the war began, of- arrying American troops. It Was of 13,000 tons. ‘BEANS AND SLUM’ EN By FRED S. FERGUSON (United Press Staff Correspondent) WITH THE AMERICANS IN CHAMPAGNE, July 19.—An element of surprise was a great success. Aisne and Marne offensive. reserves received orders to move to the battle line. and reached the front only a short time before the zero hour. artillery preparation. Artillery merely began a rolling barrage, and suddenly tanks and infantry advanced. | helped to conceal troop movements, but day broke, bright and clear, fine fighting weather. fasted the night before. advancing farther than in the first rush. French cavalry and fly tanks swept ahead and aided the! Americans in cleaning up captured villages. P Franco-Americans captured entire German batteries, in-’ !bother with machine guns. It was straight work with | They took prisoners so rapidly French . officer who served 17 years in the French army, and who, if he is alive today, is drawing a pension from the French govern- ment. The mother of Mrs. Gehres was born at Chalof on the Marne, In justice to Marcel L. Gehres, | whose name has been linked with | disloyal activities thru misinforma- | war broke out, He has two broth- ; ers and numerous cousins fighting with the French and Belgian forces and has received no word from some of them since-the early days to believe was cortect, the follow- ing statement is offered in correc- | the Many Germans were breakfasting or seeking shelter from the rain when the allies advanced. luding the artillery of an entire di They advanced uninterruptedly until noon, when they |° s \halted briefly to rest and reorganize, then swept ahead again, |carried a full pack of 30 pounds on their backs and didn’t SELECTIVES GUESTS AT THE IRIS THIS EVENING $i + draftees will be admitted free le Tris today, afternoon and even- tion of any impressions that might work irreparable harm to one whose sympathies, it has been es- tablished, are for America first, last and all the time: Marcel L. Gehres was born in ‘ng. Just step in boys! Alsace-Lorraine, the son of a | tion which The Tribune had reason | | | in the region where fighting is raging now. Madcel L. Gehres ‘has lived in ca for 16 years, having left rtian home thru hatred of n domination. His father he has not heard from since the | — ----sss280C0 0 0% { SESSBAM 2.0, ASAP IBY of the war. Mrs. Gehres was born in British Columbia, the daughter of Eng- | lish and American parents. Mr, and Mrs. Gehres are own- ers of Liberty bonds and like all | loyal Americans are Seeking: to aid | salient, and are engaged in a D; SOISSONS TAKEN TEUTONS YIELD GR le Zn , BEFORE SMASHING ADVANCE OF YANKEES The Casprr Daily WEATHER FORECAST Fair Tonight and Saturday. FORMER GAINS LOST BY HUNS Lines Penetrated to Depth of Six and Eight Miles on West Bank of Crise; 13,000 Prisoners Taken, Says Paris; Marne Salient May Be Pinched Off, Claim [By United Press? This fact .—Thirty thousand Germans have been captured in the Franco- [By Associnted Press.1 )4mericans and French. are advancing along the line from the Aisne to the Marne, where, Thursday, they launched a counter offensive of large proportions. 'to meet the threat against the enemy’s right flank in the Soissons-Chateau-Trierry-Rhiems German reserves hurried struggle which is raging in great violence over the whole front. The reaction of the allies is not restricted to the line from the Aisne to the Marne. South of the Marne, at a point where the Germans made their greatest advance, French have re- | taken Montvoisin and ejected the enemy from the outskirts of Oceuilly, two miles west. The allied plunge south of the Aisne. advanced to an extreme depth of nearly six miles, of Soissons. allied artillery, Franco-Americans are driv-| the deepest penetration being at Buzancy, on the western bank of the Crise river, southeast The railroad leading south from Soissons to Chateau-Thierry thus is under direct fire of while the railroad fromCourmelles to Longpoint has been cut. Further south the allies reached Chouy, which is within seven miles of Nanteuil Notre | Dame, on the only other line of railroad upon which the Germans can rely for supplies for | their forces along the Marne from Chateau-Thierry to Dormans. While it is much too early to consider the allied smash against the German lines as a | great success, except insofar as i | tained during the first day may may completely check the German offensive, results ob- reasonably compared with those reported by the Germans | after the first day’s fighting south of the Aisne in their great attack of May 27. YANKEES EAT BREAKFAST OF ROUTE TO FRONT TO CRUSH BOCHE factor in the Franco-American The ability of the Franco-Americans to hold the ene ny along the Marne line also contributed to the victory in the The story of the American drive may now be told from its beginning Wednesday afternoon at 5 o’clock, when American Forwarded in trucks and camions, they arrived within marching distance about midnight, began the hike without delay, Yet, when they advanced and started chasing the Boches, the Americans were apparently as fresh as ever. There was no A heavy thunderstorm haa Americans had break- sion. The first Americans rifles, bayonets and grenades. they became a hindrance, and (Continued on Page Eight) MARGEL L. GENRES, ALSATIAN, - HATER OF PRUSSIAN MILITARY, ET AL. the winning of the war in every way. That they, in company with others, should have been made the victims of spite work is most un- fortunate, and The Tribune takes this opportunity, unsolicited on the part of Mr. Gehres, to correct false impressions. Thru the premature publication of charges supposedly made by a reliable party moral in- justice has been done Mr. Gehres as well as Chief of Police Wolf and others. | [By Associated Press.] LONDON, July 19.—The French, between the Aisne and the Marne, captured 16,000 prisoners yesterday. [Gy United Press] WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN THE Fi The Americans stormed and held Montage De Paris, overlook- ing Soissons. Attacking at one point, the -imericans received a baptism while wading the Savieres river. Singing lustily, they splashed thru, clambered up the bank and rushed the Germans, who were amazed to see Americans on that front. The Franco-American success is so complete that it fore- shadows the time when the Germans must give ground every- where: The Germans are rushing up reserves, but the damage is done. Their Epernay-Paris drive seems hopelessly lost. ELD, July 19.— PARIS, July 19.—The allied high command today an- (Continued on page 8) BIG DRIVE T0 COME IN TIME [fy United Press} WASHINGTON, July 19.—Chief of Staff General March, following his interview with the house mili- a great allied offensive planned later in the year. Dispatches from General Pershing to the war de- partment have been delayed. tary committee today, revealed th Ae es ae the Rainbow and New England PARIS, July 19.—The Germans vision the Franco-Am n without doubt were taken by sur- prise Thursday writes the military offensiv md that parts of eight i: commentator of the Temps, by the other American divisions were en- gaged in checking the German | attack of the soldiers of Generals Marka deleaiansiiee ta: thar week: Mangin and De Goutte and Amer- Many other Americans have ican troops, who realized in their been brigaded with the French in _ first blow an important advance the offensi and captured more than 10,000 pris- eners and much material, One million,-two hundred thou- sand Americans are now in France or enroute. [By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, J of staff March the drive now going on will not replace nor hinder preparations for = POCCCCesceccccecence The Germans, however, hre di posead in a quadrilateral of Sois- sons, Chateau-Thierry and Rheims reserves estimated at 20 divsions and it has been possible for them to bring rapid support to their first line trops, which are beating a re- treat. Ss ‘ond amp | ! } { i i