New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 9, 1918, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1876. GENERAL ENEMY RETREAT STARTS IN FI BRITISH AND FRENCH COUNT 17,000 GERMANS FLEE AS PICARDY FRO FOE BLOWS UP AMMUNITION |ANGLO-FRENCH PUSH 11 MILES; "4 FORE RETREATING| . Pl HUNLYS VALLEY LINE CRACKS ¢! Somme River Bridges, In- b b e e R S e carricd out with extremely nt terfering With Retirement E AMPUTATEI} T T T TS R G g ,‘\d\duu‘ Eleven Miles. ot e o German 1 ish drive on the front sauth of the ; 7{’"‘( J*"IL“““'I))HH\“ advance on the | Ayre north to a point just south of | been badly bl of Enemy in Picardy. Somime, says today's war office report. | ZasLICIIOnEs (oulhi of tlie: Sownio hin —_— reached a maximum depth of 11| . it . Britls SR o oo S U | up with the British. ; 5 e : he r:1 alry still is pursuing lhf ene- | miles, according to news received The attention of the Germans was A \\'c(lge hag With the British Army in France, The French have taken Fresnoy-en-| The cavalry, tanks and f‘l'f”"r“‘i | new offensive was opened. There was | today the Britishig Wug. 9 (Reuter's).—The Germans are d Chaussee, while the British have | C2TS: it is indicated, have gone ahead | no reply to the French artillery prep- gt e o in the battle area. This is considered reacHed aiboint eestiol R aduesneland (fuinotto wihons I Bromitinonsithe line e o e iieey s ol e captured | artery of supplies {0 an indication that they are preparing T Caix runs southward to Meharicourt, | while harvesting grain in the fields | didier sector of the ffe for a retreat ERFUL The Germans are evacuating their | southcast of Rosieres. This repre-|g, complete was the surprise. Moreuil London announces > Amiens-Roye road ere j 5 o g the Amien ye road where it joins | oo ioo ; t positions in 3 f g 1 ing of the present drive are but bRErE miles. ] The difficulties of crossing the Avre | ©US to mention” have beef# ee-fifths of the number of prison- ; % The British captured Morlancourt It will be impossible for the Ger-|} ore overcome rapidly, the French he results of this attd ers counted up to 3 o'clock this after- | Frank Coyle of Waterbury Smokes | ©i SE0ER BaRiArer S007 Somme | Mans to hold their Montdidier Posi- | yiging Tastily constructed footbridges Amiens front Thursday mbt : 7 Jlieved here. 1t also is | ap - s : . ‘ug | battle front tions, it is believed here After taking Braches, the French e et \ Cavalry patrols, accompanled by | Clgarette While Having Arm Cut P40 the Lys front the British now | believed the advance on the Lieardy | captured La Neuville and tho Beriosl| (‘]'_:,“””_“] by _”l’L Germans’on' 4 Offi—Praise For Salvation Army hold Locon, Le Cornet Malo, Quentin, | front makes Amiens secure agalnst A | of pjjjs qominating the plain beyond. | Offensives of the past spring and'S@ : girmen far out ahead of the infantry | e Petit Pacaut, and Lesart enemy attack and has removed the | “y¢ jg reported that a German divi- | the progress of the fig hting south of! | noon. SWift “whippet” tanks, are veported by | advance. The infantry at many places e . : Bt threat against Paris. o S g - o e S ik iy s ? o : Girls in Trenches. Above Lys region, on the front onal general has been captured in| ooing forward a e 5 N = vas apparently checked only by sheer going 1 almost without serious oppoSH north of Kemmel, the British carried Proncit Gapiurelz 000) the drive bank of the stream, the Germans have Held the issical inabillty to push any farther | by Speelal Corvespondent of NeW!out o local pperation Ilnsk igtt In T have lost Morla e / B This afternoon the enemy’s trans- Britain Herald.) (Svhicht thalline wa= sdvancedtzomes O L i chi B ot Firance) Canni i LR Haul 1ave Ips( Morlancourt; their stronghold there, aff pbslorsicd ghiaver followediialane Bih ol B A o AT i B o e e SR o e o o or i 000 e S (v e nint oo London, Aug. 9 via Montreal—Ca- | The French, further to the south, have had their = S8 few good ro: "}l‘,” in the Somme| [0 contingent of American soldiers Yards. a front of six miles northwest of | nadian horse troops, co-operating with| tarded at numerous points, but the towns officially rep® valley. They afforded excellent tar- he Germans put up a vigorous re- | Montdidier have advanced to a depth | French cavalry, cut off a large forco | o5y oo 0 im Of> D den o e gets for airmen who played havoc with | Eistancelnoriticilihe B bmae il inolllot Tounmilonlt o chpturedlineoily ot ibe - e oot ave been reached are evidence that the momentum of the the escaping convoys and speedily lit- | O e e R e e e Importantimaterilllon b o ot s \ln\'c_lms not nearly spent itself. ;;n‘yuq;(n roads so that they were I gk i % = it From dispatches from the battlefield it now appears tha ; Allies attacked the Germans with little artillery preparation; before Cambrai last November. Armored tanks AAVith the British Army in France S e A €C tanks in Anus 9Byt Deeocidian Preis X o Belief of Lloyd George. i great numbers tore through the German first line positions, in- Allied airmen have blown up many of | g ) ¢ ls LA"} flN TABLE‘ London, Aug. S.—As he was HEAVY I]RAIN l]N HUN fantry masses followed and then through gaps in the enemy line, the bridges over the Somme river and 5 e 7 . leaving London late todzy for “ cavalry and armored motor cars swept into the back areas, sur- the enemy’s retreat is seriously em- e Neath to attend the Welsh na- e e Gl h e : S iy - e e sing n detachments and thr o th s 3 2 A berrassed. The British cavalry : tional Bisteddfodl, Premier ! g ind throwing the whole defensive rounded up many prisoners but the [ % ‘ . Lloyd George expressed great || ans Us .| organization of the enemy into chaos. larger part of the 14,000 so far taken 3 ‘IwerChantlle Bureau of Cham- || satisfaction with the news from Germans Used Larger Su[’ Hardly had the German reverse along the Somme been re- Jiere captureRImnMpRaEI St . ¥ oy " ber of Commerce Takes the rontjromar e Sl ply Than Was Con- ported than dispatches began to tell of a German retirement in e ‘\',, enormous quantity of stores and | 5 P > WG s ST el DTy the Flanders sector. Locon, Le Cornet Malo, Quentin, Le Petit ammunition has been abandoned by A : B No Decisive Action. , = sidered Necessar: Pacaut and Lesart, little villages on the extreme western tip of the Germans in their hasty retreat : Sl 4 z = = the Lys salient, have been abandoned by the Germans and are British cavalry and some infantry H Ty now held by the British. This is looked on as the carr ing out were signalled in the neighborhood of e . ri < ot ST 5 . ) : e 5 3 : b « |,;,,=‘,"0"””,,,. ‘ylwunylv|l\"' \\"h:?, st F The question as to whether the lo- With the American Army On the| of a German withdrawal from the Lys salient, which has been heard from directly they, togethor & ’ cal merchants should close nmrl Vesle, Thursday, Aug. 8, (By the As- | forecast in recent dispatches. The ground held by the Germans with armored ca were operating B S - places of business on Monday nights sociated Press)—In thelr offensive | in Flanders is very low and dominated by the Allied artiller and L:k of : ramery 1’,\4“ An\'l nu\}\ have § S % ‘ ‘x‘v:;lnkkjlr‘ \fl][l: n‘ \)‘n !\\‘: {\l‘“"};l”\!();li(l 1)1_‘ RT since July 18 the Allies have regained | 3 retirement there has been expected. pe¥zressed many kilometers beyond, 5 i | SR (50 Sl SO T e e | approximately 1,500 square kilome- its large octs e siucc f continuing the cleaning up of the K 7y . discussion at the meeting of the board | e > ; i [n its larger aspects, the success of the Allies south of the | | country and capturing villages < S . of directors of the mercantile bureau ters. More than 200 villages and| Somme constitutes a very serious threat to the German line. The held yesterday afternoon at 4:3( ——— towns, including Soissons, Chatean-i(’ 3dvance has not sol far weakened the German positions north- Thierry and Fismes, are again in the - B s | | o’clock, in Chamber of Commerce . : 3 o — e iR el SPAIN AGAIN WRITES FRED BECKER ST M S i (N f wawzyk M]SS Gasey’s Assfi]lam, | hands of the Allics, The fromt has| Ward toward Arras, but the enemy finds himself in an embar- i | 3 {CKER. St e e 1 “| been shortened by 53 kilometers| rassing position around Montdidier, and from that town south- ON U-BOAT ACTIVITY | - = ber of the board was present to ex- P H 0 [H,, OWH Teeth (about, 33 miles). eastward at least as far as the Oise river. A\ further advance of received at the Walter Reed hospital | press his preference as to what action WIS vut mls According to information obtained | ‘the Allies in Picardy would outflank the whole German line as far k : ; g % documents in possession of the : s in Washington are many boys from should be taken. W. W. Leland 2 ‘ as the Oise and probably cause an immediate retreat to position ~t ¢ S ‘onnec- chairman of the board, presided. Aft- French and Americans, the Germans y cause z : eat to positions Fiinister Dato Anmnounces Inquiry { NeW Ingland and especially Conn Ticnt er a lively discussion pro and con, T LIGE AGAIN in the rear guard fighting during the | Which can be linked up with the Aisne line. Concerning Destruction of Three Comncticut boys, all friends the board voted 10 to in favor of BATTLES WITH PO retreat used four more divisions |‘hm? luaguuu n of \h(_(mu}_ positions has been greatest south and from the same division, were laving the motion on the table until e, ‘:"‘\F'\“" 'l“""““"”};”“"fl"\*‘(“: to ‘”“1_‘\ of the Somme to Plessiers. This is directly east of Amiens and Spanish Shipping. found by the writer on the veranda the first Wednesday in October, when 5 X the French line when the German of-| . o = he farthes st reachec e p: ) 5 : T the roversenr sward. Havime. re. the annual meeting of the mercantile | Prisonor, ILugged Bodily Before | fensive began. The enemy plans{ 1ramerville, the farthest east reached by the British up to late Thursday, Aug. 8. (By the | 1 1 permission from {(he® ecoin. |ureau will be held for eclection of called for 13 divisions to shatter the | | hursday, is seven miles from the Peronne-Roye road. orth of Press.) —Spain has ad- | 58 10 PO, O (o g6 to any | officers and all other business incl Judge Kirkham, Is Bound Over to | French and to cross the Marne be-| the Somume the British have had to fight hard for their SRS T ontagious) 1 sat|dental to that meeting. It was the| o 0 o000 o e | tween Dormans and Chateau-Thier o el il e ton el HOF ) i maaxiiylor | RRSUDEEICLECOR 4 Information gathered by the Allies ToBar to ohaf To bo sooiable T asked | members that nio provisions for a defi- | ratont to Kill, is to the effect that in falling back tho | NCC Sod bt el i g | initelclosineRousnh ERtolE limad e fun Germans brought into action at least | rapidly, Tl O bacivt s tioms tover tio s llartes tlio povermaent b made | After being handecuffed, prepara- | 17 divisions before reaching the Vesle. I'he Peronne-Roye road with its parallel line of railroad runs A hat e o T e thete | known its ruling regarding heatless | tor to being taken to courl to answer | Additional reinforcements have been | porth and ot (I a1 e Py ke S e happened 107 1. oo this coming winter as was done | the charge of assault with intent to | brought up since the Vesle was cross- L e =g Becke TR oGl Prospect | 1/t winter. kill Miss Ilorence Casey, Joseph |ed. A division which was resting in | Sected So . ; { CLARK DECLINES FRANC] ;ln»l(..i\n\\ fyxxx‘..‘\xy. who \-.‘Am.v to :;m It was decided to allow business | Wawzyk today made a dash to get | IFlanders is known to have reached | Munication line ,\\”h this in \H_\ml hands, or even under short o LSRR DR L0 2 Yo ,‘,."1\.’"{‘",,.:,'”‘,“' '\\'"”“”H:(:'\:: A8 11 | establishments to continue with their | out of the cell room. Waiting police- | the region north of Fismes Tuesday. artillery range, the German positions north to Arras and south 2 ! i - Ba Eh present schedule of keeping open on | men grabbed him and it was finally o 5 and east almost to Rheims would be in great danger Y| lidi ew o P oN L art ¢ "o , = 9 ~, o elel 1 = gt ang . MO lidier, New Britain avenue, Hartford, Conn, | yongays until 9 o'clock and closing | deetard to bind him with leather $1,200 JOB GOES BEGGI SR _ . ntdidie and Henry Granucei of Wallingford r | . 52 e pillar of the German positions where the battle front swings I (Baumi sford | ;) Wednesdays at noon. | straps. Wawzyk put up a vicious fight, | _ B e B3R o o g T L Uldreln Lol oion was first taken In this » but was fially overcome and was | Chance For Deserving Democrat to ards the cast, is surrounded on three sides el el Bl ter about five weeks ago, when the di- | carpried bodily into the court room. Become House Messenger., Should Montdidier fall or the Peronne-Roye road be cut the ‘red Becker has had one leg 5 : SRl - _ 3 = ectors scuss the Monday | sphere T ey _ G : L s t 0 pulated, but that mistartuns. docs , ”t’m}n:cl ,lo ‘d\‘\llfi‘n- e T'here during the trial -h \v%nu ln,: Wanted —Onelizood i democratiito reriman situation between Arras ,?le l\]\«l\1w> would be most diffi- league, to operate one of the fran- | tiGe MIC IR mistortune does not | night closing, res 5 ¢ g | the straps that bound him. when the | nolq down a good job; salary §1,200 a | cult, military observers believe. The first result probably would e ctien i loree bt s U e Ep e R e 8 e | Rt vorioni eeplos o peniun TR S e ol el el o e et n L K be o wilhdrawal ‘from Montdidier to Rheime fo fhe 1 cri § this city until Labor Day. One trans-| =" "% Socie i iy ELS It of oD i giclock iMonday levenings asihadibeen {veiee o tnn Sl i oiE b el ol £ ithis hotice aitroots the attentlon A I lidier to Rheims to the line of the IR ifev wae madelin the International | ESCVATOD Was not a funny joke, ori|idons inithe past. [heie Was atronsic olom ob BEEE B ent el SR g R e e e looking for o | O13¢ and the Aisne, or perhaps to part of the old Hindenburg line. g circuit during the week, the Syracuse, ”"‘Y\ | Al “triumph”, but the story | gpposition to Monday night closing B G . e, e e k a g g 4 , club moving to Hamilton, Ont. | ¢ o histoldRchim SEraniclifs na Nt i itell was dallowed oS restl B e S R SIER e { Cagie ot Watermury. He sia: without turther auestion until the rul. | o, ireaay {6 take what was coming” | Seat meor s ey o weck x ver: | BAKER WANTS DRAFT |TO COMMAND ALLIED [here are a lot of things that|jng regarding lightless nights went and he said he was ready to g0 into | rec " L ARMIES IN SIBERIAJ 3 i gainseand the same has been true of the French advance across the Avre Once across the Avre, however the Irench moved forward note to Germany con- torpedoing of Spanish Foreign Minister aDto made this an- nouncement late today after the cabi- net had held an extraordinary session. g Allied line, which is bi- sected by the Amiens-Laon railroad. It is the main enemy com- Hartford, Aug. 9.—James H. Clark- owner of the Hartford Eastern league baseball team, announced to- day that he had declined an offer con- tained in a telegram from President J. H. Farrell, of the International soft berth in Washington, he should appen in the war across the ocean f i effec roviding that store win- fectly good job with §$1, TR 2 u won't helieve over hore, | e i e oxtindished on Monday, | h army i given a chance. He was | tion has gane hegging around New BILL ENACTED NOW | it I'm going to toll you about | Taesday, Wednesday and Thursday | bOUnd over to the superior court| Britain. It had to go besging because | i Coyle may he questioned; all | nsmes Thore was considerable fali | Without bonds. ~Still shackled he 3 | James Daley, who was chosen for tho | i right, but it's twe nevertheless among the merchants regarding tho | Dlaced in the police utility car and | position, cannot see his way clear 10 | ravagion of Doferred Classes Neces- | Gen. Kilt : : Ao accompanied by four policemen went, giving up his occupation here to take \ . Kikuzo Otani Appointed to Lead i | aerial fighting — proced e offensive in Picardy, British ai accounted for TSt dae e anel et s - losing 5 o' 24eGerman machines, 15 of Which | o trenche :",,; ”:;”f : \Hfmf‘-x":,,,'{: \‘;1““‘(1,:1‘111‘3”,?{ L}f:;(lll‘?\vy;\c"n ;hu“x-‘llk:-(]\‘i to jall. On the way to Hartford he|up the dutics of the new office in sary Unless Immodiate Action e 24, says the official state- | going out for re He was wound- | jeard of this, they immediately cir- | Said: “We aro going to Hartford”. | Washington. The job, by the way, is . ment on acriel operations last nighl. | cd severely, later, and his condition | hwod & petition - asking that the | No trouble was experienced by the | that of messenger in the House ' of is Paken, He Claims, e made it necessary for the French sur- | (ores remain open on Monday nights | officers even after the prisoner was | Representatives, and A o Tt VOLUNTEER ENLISTMENTS END. L RLR R s e et (1 iRe 55ef ongedncad dviliatiertoons [[neleased fin Rihecell e v Ioer d |/a d e rarh o ToF SUGIEHORHEE DAL ; i S Otani Japar | that ether could not be administered. Consifering the fact that heatless Some time during the night or | thing wrong with the plum ecrov. LR (L 3 1 e losen i United States army or navy was clos- | They said he was talking when the | guvg will undoubtedly be put into ef-| early this morning Wawzyk pulled [ main trouble s 1 Wahant Iwill be the £ 1 cd at tho recruiting stations in this | JOCtor was getting ready to amputate dtect again this coming winter, the di- | several of his teeth. Police officers | most of them grow shington, s sug i X - 9 oy istration day ggested by Provost 4 , | y 1ehi to 1ive in the na American and a tion in Si- A e v x he | his arm. He asked for a cigarette 1 the present schedule [ found him bleeding from the mouth i and it costs so mucl hal Gen. Crowde 1S Wy today pursuant to orders from the that 1 il e s e Mt wder, was urged to adjutant general of thie army and the ordinarily assures a man of « by Secretary Baker. Without I'roops in (he Drive from the Pacitic. Washington, At ).-—Gen. Kikuzo Hartford, Aug 9 ment for se e in any branch of the the p i that | that September 5 may be fixed as reg- |command the Japanese section and rectars felt ist before the surgeon began. He fghould stand until October. During | and to ascertain teh cause smoked, and even smiled during the |{he discussion, it is sald, it was ad- | about and found several teeth on the | which entral naval recruitng station at New | : S e ha S eoia YD operation ;i by some who voted in favor of | ceme 5 ost of the time yes-| comfortable living, ca ¢ ceeq extension, he told the sennte mil i« RSHI‘) Haven Men already a-cepted for en- | OPeratic wittgl by some who votec criientidoor i Mostiof thio Ju e yEer i with cigarettes in the UAPL t listment in the army are to be for- The operation was not in time, for [Nonday night closings at the first| terday Wawzyk pussed hanzing onto | him supplied jtary commite, it would be necessary the poor fellow died soon after from jyneeting that it would have been better | (he cell door and glaring of Columbia his wounds. He was given the Dis-lif a1l had agree let the matter rest - i : v 3 1 agreed to le el TRy, ’ rwo Killed and Three Injured On ¢ tinguished Service Medal. It was sent funtil fall, allowing the present sched- (Continued on Eleventh Page) SOLDIER REPORTED KILLED. U ( to his sister in Waterbury ule to remain as it is. The majority A red H. Hickox, who until recent S. S. Nopatin in Foreign Waters( ludingfl Thursday, August 8, nust| “ peoper looked in the pink of con- lfelt that they were mot in a position = =— lived at the Hotel Bronson and is em- LIGHTNING CAUSES FIRE { esent thetnselyes for forwarding £ givion; and talked cheerfully, He did [t vote intelligently in the matter at B e ployed L\ teamster, is reported to| he el . Navy Department Is Informed. the cen stat not later than| ot jike to talk about himself, but |this particular time, because of exist- WEATHER. Nea abHlvadlword today tiA Risthon. During the electrical storm this Tuesday, August he did give the Salvation Army girls |ing conditions, and conditions which | | = Private Robert J. Hickox of Com- |ernoon a bolt of lighteing struck v ““",‘”‘l’ Aug. 9.—Two men| in France a zood boost. Like many | may come up Jater in connection with *‘ Hartford, 9.—1orecast pany M. 102d United States infantry, || ywned by AL T lson on Ce were killed and three injured in a{ towards | Distrt to invade the deferred classe warded for completion of their enlist- ment without delay. Men passed by he navy station physician up to and in- W PARIS UNDER FIRE AGAIN, Seharaenale vho made fun of [the war. The directors voted vester-{{l for New Britain and vicinity: diea in nce. Private Hickox was|nin avenue Send dorabic L oiler explosion on the T. §. 8. Nopa~, Paris, Aug. 9.— e Peris region | them wh they =ang on the street | gav to extend the Wednesdey half hoi- ||| Partly oloudy tonight and reported July ag severely wounded tin, in foreign waters, it was an-{ s under homhewAment today v Saturday, qooler (e || The soldier was living at Pine Mead-|Was done. The ryflvm in the Hnuri.*rrl today by the navy departs, 'om x Gergan logs gige gun, (Cominued on Eleventh Page) (Continued on Eleventh Pa s W:*’q—) ow, New Partford, whem he enlisted. |were htly shocked. | ment