Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 20, 1918, Page 8

THE CASPER DAILY TRIBUNE SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1913 ALLIED JADVANCE. CONTINUES SELECTIVES OFF ARAN FIERCE RESISTANCE = (Continued from from page 1) PARIS, July 20.—Germans were forced to bring up 100, 000 | eserves to the army of the German Crown Prince as a result! ONFIRGT oTAGE OF WAR JOURNEY ‘of yesterday’s fighting, and FrencoAmericans, after fluctua-| | Stirring Program Marks re tions, have been able to fortify strongly newly gained positions | southwest of Soissons; says the Echo de Paris. WASHINGTON, July 20—Continued progress by the Amer-| cans between the Aisne and the Marne is reported by General! Pershing. WITH THE AMERICANS BETWEEN THE AISNE AND MARNE, July 20.—The Americans attacked on a front of sev-| eral kilometers southwest of Soissons last night. progresses. The assault was made east of Coeuvres, near Missy aux Bois, | and extended over a wide front to the southward. German counters in the region of Soissons were repulsed. Fighting still! ithe Bible nies Tendered Departing Draftees at Methodist Bi- ble Class Banquet Preliminary to embarking on the | first stage of their journey to France ‘and thence to Berlin, Natrona and | Fremont county draft selectives were |honor guests at a banauet served by class of the Methodist |chureh last evening, in which patriot- }ism ran riot and the’ departing fight-| ers were impressed with the sincer- ity and sympathy of friends left be-| | hind. H. B. Durham presided as} Franco-Americans further advanced northeast of Chaudun|‘?#stmaster and sounded the keynote | and east of Vierzy and east of Courchamps. (ct the gathering in a brief statement of his own preliminary to calling |upon Attorney F. E. Pendell, Judge WITH THE AMERICANS BETWEEN THE AISNE AND) Chas. E. Winter, Rev. Moorman and MARNE, July 20.—The Franco-American offensive is develop-_| Rev. W. W. Sproul. ing into a desperate battle for possession-of all important points | from Soissons to Chateau-Thierry. Some Allied units have al- the essential features of the cause| feady crossed the road, especially the French cavalry. «The Germans are ‘strongly reinforced by reserve divisions. The element of surprise has long since been lost to the Franco-| Americans. Fighting is now man to man and gun to gun. ~ The battle is particularly sanguinary south of Soissons and is raging thru villages, woods and fields of grain. One American brigade captured over twenty-eight hundred rmans south of Soissons. Germans are attempting to rush up artillery, men and sup- aes along the whole front, under terrible shell fire concentra-| tion, Their lines of communication are being raked by Allied guns. >. PARIS, July 20.—(1:15 p. m.)—Franco-Americans, contin- tuing their advance on the greater part of the offensive front! between the Aisne and the Marne, have captured the impor- fant town of Neuilly St. Front. South of the Marne the Allies; hurled the Germans back on a fifteen-mile front between Fossey and Oeuilly, gaining more ground toward the river. =. ‘We reached Vierzy and passed out of Melloy wood east of Villers-Helon. We took Neuilly, St. Front and Licy Clignon,” says the official statement of the War Office today. :; WITH THE AMERICANS ON THE AISNE AND MARNE, July 20.—(8:30 a. m.)—The battle zone along the front of the Allied counter between the Aisne and the Marne is being ex- tended south toward Chateau-Thierry. Franco-Americans are} ¢ontinuing their steady pounding of the northern part of the line near Soissons, altho the movement lacks the dashing advance of the first day. — Attempts of the Germans to rally their forces resulted in such a strengthening of opposition as to indicate that the battle is Sap oaer geen 3 the point where the armies will soon be locked a giant struggle. IBy 4ennciated ra) ~ WITH THE AMERICANS BETWWEN THE AISNE AND THE MARNE, July 19.—(Night.)—American participating in the Franco-American drive advanced late today about a mile and a quarter on the Soissons-Chateau-Thierry front, going for- ward atecnet strong machine gun fire over ground covered with n dead. =: LONDON, July 20.—The British advanced their line on a thile front south of Hebutern, and now hold Meteren and Lew- ston. 2 {By United Press} + WITH THE AMERICANS IN CHAMPAGNE, Jv'y 29,— Between Chateau-Thierry and Rheims, especially i in the vicin- ity of Dormans, German efforts at continuing the offensive be- gun a week ago, are fast waning. Fighting there is purelv local in character, on a scale hardly larger than raiding. Enemy éfforts are growing lighter and lighter in the last four days. Prisoners report the withdrawal of German artillery and infantry north and northeast of Chateau-Thierry to meet the Franco-American offensive. Allied airmen report heavy con- rier on German roads extending northward from Chateau- MOBEIPEKD ENED EL cx. | [By United Press] WASHINGTON, July 20.—The situation regarding Soissons is still in doubt. The Paris communique today did not claim its capture, but both French and British officers here stated yesterday that it had fallen. 2s LONDON, July 20.—(4:40 p. m.)—Latest advices from the field of the Franco-American offensive report Allied line run- ning as follows: From Belleau northward to west of Montheirs and on to Sonnelans, Mont Chevillon, Boise-de-Lud, Geronemil farm, Le Plessier, Huleu, Parcy-Tigny, Ville Montoire, Berz-les- Cormelles, Montaigne de Paris, Pernant and Fontenoy. PARIS, Jul: 7.—‘On the Mi | front our yar Ate of econceata ‘ine, OREGON SHORT trenches and perhaps our general re-| LINE INSTALLS reviewing today the progress of the present offensive. Monthodon, we gained ground,” the|the southern part of the state has statement continues. jinstalled some of the largest loco- serves already are entering in ac-} tions,” says the newspape Temps in| GREA T ENGINES “Where our troops have assumed! ; i } &h offensive north of Lachapelle and| The Oregon Short. Line railroad in pat aoa epee aad jmotives in Wyoming on its road. The Owing to the fact that so many|big machines have five drivers-on Savors have’ gone to war, the owner} |each side, a trailer wheel] truck and f one of the largest cattle ranches|pony truck forward. The work of a the Southwest is said to be con-|firing them is so heavy that an au- templating the employment of wom- tomatic stocker has been installed en as cow-panchérs. on each engine and the fireman is i raul anami tarmac TN i Lines are again calite / with new stock of — Water Coolers, Lawn Sprays, Washing Machines, Oil Stoves, Screen Wire and Screen Sets, Poul- try Netting, Coaster Wagons, Kidde: Kars. MOST COMPLETE STOCK IN CASPER. HOLMES Hardware Co. | deavoring to line up one of the local =|mat celebrities for a go with Savage =|Stanley nor McLeod would be more s\or less handicapped by weight in a =| TYPO HEAD STOPS OFF TO ejhere on his way home to see the |metropolis of the state and also to | In an eloquent address, covering} f the war and an expose of Prus- |sian policies, Attorney Pendell drew a contrast with the principles for which America is fighting and the |exemplication of these principles he urged on the soldier boys as the surest wav to complete victory. |. Judge Winter likened the Hun aris- tocracy to the rulers of that prim- lary period which knew no law but! force, assured the selectives that they were fighting for a civilization that} has long since eclipsed the advance! jof German culture, and in closing} “pointed with pride’ to the war lachievements of Wyoming and the} | West, citing in particular the fact |that this state led the nation in the purchase of Liberty bonds and Bad- water, Wyoming led the towns of the country. He extolled the merits of the West- jern selectives, and showed wherein ; Wyoming is furnishing a larger pro- |nortion of physically qualified men) |than the states of the East. The Rev. Moorman of the Baptist | church, with his customary “punch” and enthusiastic impulse, spoke of the days “when the boys come home,’”) \the pride of the nation in its stand- ard bearers and the reception that! would be accorded them on their re-| turn. Representative Sproul discussed other angles of the patriotic drive and gave the men assurance that) Wyoming will revere her sons be- fore’ and after the war. } The Rey. Walter H. Bradley deliv-| ered the invocation and the benedic- tion at the gathering and the Moth- ers’ league distributed comfort kits to the soldiers. Casper’s home guard made its first! appearance in public last evening when they marched to the station in} honor of the selectives’ departure 100} strong. The guard company has a| complete complement of men and a “waiting list.” A great crowd was at the depot! to give the boys a sendoff. The increment consisted of 13 registrants from Natrona county ten men trans- ferred here for entrainment and a laree number of Fremont county se- lectives, CIRCUS BOASTS OF MAT ARTIST: CHALLENGE OUT Will Throw Any Local Man in 15) Minutes or Forfeit $100, Is | Standing Offer Made by \ Steve Savage prominent heavyweight wrestlers of the country. His name—Steve *Sav- age—tho not generally well known to the sporting public, is respected, if not feared by the more illustrious| mat men. Savage is performing today with) the Yankee Robinson circus agreeing to throw any local man in 15 min- utes or forfeit $100. Savage’s most noted performance was on Feb. 25 in the Coliseum in Chicago when he made Wladek Zbyiszko, the famous Pole grappler, quit in 28 minutes. He also claims victories over Charley Cutler, Martinson and Freeburg. He declares he had a match with Stecher, the Dodge, Nebr., ex-champion, but that Joe backed out at the last mo- ment to take on “Strangler” Lewis. Jimmy Morse, the affable press agent for Yankee Robinson. is en- this evening and while neither Sepp, round with Savage, either one of them could probably give the big boy 4 run for his money. VISIT STATE METROPOLIS Frank J. 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