New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 7, 1918, Page 1

X ¢ * A X X ¥ X O TH SERVICE, - AMERICANS STRENGTH NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATU R DA\'. BRITISH HAMMERING FRENCH HIT OI I Iy nr'-"\ ANK R@N T (INLY 10 MILES FROM HINDENBURG LINE AT THE FARTHEST POINT A Tcils @en. March Reveals Bright Si fion, Best in Months, He Senate Committee NAMES OF 20,000 SLIGHTLY WOUNDED TROOPS RECEIVED Only Dad 2nd Missing Will Be Sent by Cable in Future, Others, with Com- plete Data, Coming by Special Cour- iers—Amc: ans in Haly S serve—Nearly Al Yankees Together, Wa the A haract movement ington German i Sept. T.—( ing ret as mile front, General M ment today, man lin French capifal compared 15 The enem rily o AT n, ia s no n was that ¢ plat vancing Ofiici. show 1t cache nigl can troop: 1en mil rth v s of St. Quentin al Per: partment a report hitherto unreported trivial character. cases up to Au men W that wi has seat to the de- casu Gene hing of Ities their mino Jecaus Theéy total 20,000 most of them so slightly ned to ust ranilks hin a fe System of Reporting In connection this announce- nt, General h disclosed that new policy af the department | be ta have General Pershing by courier twice a li sunded. The complete list Ld from Washington rts cabled from will, when the include vl eing weis wounded re days Casualties, re the w New ith Mar 1 orward week of all w wd casua American stem is in effeet, headquarter only dg L il be included ounded, so that rela- vised tully as to the izing re Siberi id the ain sit of the had 1red from Viad- He added now chief Czecho and Cossack cl the Tran vostok 1o Japanc forces Siberi: the n rail Volga rive situation was more favorahle Organiza of e ion three ordered, the Ninety-fifth n, Ohio: Ninety Wadsworth « new divisions X Camp and the 1t N. M in Amierican Sector. h announced that more cent. of the American read been in- American sectors, Ttaly still amp ) Ninety 90 Per Cent. G Ma par eventh Camp Cody have ops in are in York troops the 1 1, composed from all had and while ¥ negro troops arrived in th Organizatior army sections, Vosges the first American France progressing March told mem- Military committee arly 95 cent of the Amer- troops brigaded with the British French have withdrawn and it a a in that Senate fiel is o rapid i the Gen per been point he tor the small num- the pres Allies rver, tern rccounts Americ n ent of the setter Than uation the d m on we front Good yrning pro the out A, and bright at there 100,000 h told t he comt Briti vortation sixth ®t | | towards I'ne FRANCO-AMERICANS SUBJEC TF NEMY TO MERCILESS RAKING ( Army on the Morning, (BY Additional brought up and the and early line With \isne the forces the \)\wyh.\'\ Front, Sept A wl and supplies both Americans during last night the Franco-Americ advanced. The Allied and small caliber tear holes in the sociat Press) were by the rench today azain n iller: hoth is used to ene- heing my lines. The ong the where the al ot ces were brought west of e entrenched el the river. the Franco-Am- in play upon for while every to a punish- for up Aisne o the new ismes German behind sot th wis subjected re mations 1 rear, ross road ine fire The Fra tinued {o line with the German 1 to the sector Particulariy was displayed the line snc 1co-American but con- lose slowly unerr to de- certainty about at had clung Rheims i flank t the west of resistance remaining point in swinging The Ger- termined the enemy the angl the upwards toward the A their artillery late on Fri- Wl possible vigor and their m detended the re by point. Never hoth the Irench were advanced at ans used with crews achine = reating army e lines point of Americans rought to headquarters the German divisions in ire as certainly bound for those already across that but that determined to exact as big hefo has alve: orts in it \jsne a furtl to the west, a vielding the dy cost them tory which 1ch to hold German artillery ctive river throwing volume of high wind gas shells into the lines constantly haras them. was the front an encron explosives, Hhirs that piel wore sing V] Army ept (By B Menaced 1sing in danger, the be withdrawal valley to the On the cans held firmly erted sharp there had siderably past few A\mcericans Resistanee, W Vesle i Overcome Aerican on the salient Front, tec ess) by inere Germans to- from right of the Amer- west flank the Ameri- while the French ex- the but developed a situation con- different from that of t the region westward Soissons. The Germans in the spirit of dn Ve an a the 1e of pressure on rear, day in fought more nearly their traditions but slowly this con- tinued to give way, le: ng little doubt that the line from r r Rheims to that now along the Aisne would Guickly tened. The heinz made to the Americans’ r nd has placed them position erc they are L heavy enfilade, especially llery. Despite vung their stra struggle nt w subject by the resistance ard desperate line forw they to its junc- was | be | n GUNFIRE the French, w resistance i tion with here the most termined tered Mor country offers better opportunities for defense and the Germans have taken advantage of and ravine in placing and machine guns. The forced to face a was encour broken every hillside their artillery \mericans were deadly barrage, while barriers of were raised in every ravine down which they might advance. An equal- ly destructive artillery response was made by the Americans, however, and the men, already tried in previous en- ments, advanced steadily the machine gun nests one gas driving after ont mother, Germans machine them total mortality held gun line dying at iheir positions stubborn! the not were along a ny of t the posts, great Teft how were It is probable, German losses the counter-artil- were today from that part of on the Americans’ right. the better terrain, the afford to retreat here and from their posi- tions they can exact a higher price return for their withdrawal. Tt inevitable at the same time that they too. must pay dearly. The result i foregone conclusion and the oniy question that of the cost in men. Today the Germans enfiladed the Am- ericans, who on their part replied in kind and with interest, while the orench supplemented their work -with at must have been frightful quences for the Germans Artillery Ducl In The slowing down of retreatifrom the Aisne the Americans and French up supplies and artillery the full strength positions. The Germans, of had the same opportin- their artillery in position ult that v action to- | ned be ox- new move towards the Chemin Dames is made That the Germans will estab- lish themselves on that line there is virtually no doubt. This conciusion is reached from statements made by prisoners and substantiated by cir- cumstances incident to the operations. Americans concluded today | movement across t plateau down the slopes towards the They constantly made but the was plished with success, only mz gunt the rear line that as fire brought in the sector Because of can in the result Some ove large of 30 lery Germans more owly in is wi conse- “asing. the German enabled to bring | and get into desired for ter the line forward course ity to with the res lay aa m have © Nlacs ae ile was enliv pected to increase until The their and er, B viv- tar- accom- timate were movement astonishing the Germans' i the abandoned territory their exceilent opportunity for vation. French airships assizned were remarkabl® daving in their operations, but never tiring in th work attacked with guns and and were rarely out of sight Allied observation posts. withstanding knowledge of and obser to this front and efficient the Germans o aerial | ha bombs the HUN AIRMEN ATTACK RED CROSS HOSPITAL | Unsuccessful Effort Made to Kill Wounded French and Americans Southeast of Soissons. With the American Army in France, Sept. 6, (By the Associated Press)— German ators scored two hits on W “Red ay direct dnesday night on the large the of hosy south- Cross” between wings the French-American tal vest of Soissons. There were no casualties, as the patients were re- moved to nearby cave when dark. the bombing (fter 5 bezun soon ghteen hombs were dropped, the two 1 Cross which is built field of white. When sounded the attention to striking Reg of red in a great the of alarm was attendants was turned the wounded who The were taken to caves. slightly woundea retired without aid and there were several instances of slightly wounded patients assisting the place f the attendants in carrying seri- ously wounded to The first safety truclk ut and the bomb near a { two others struck Red Cross Owing to the darkness due to the extinguishing of lig heroi great confusion, but not a single Th the nd patient or attendant injured with p; nuy pita] doctors r very of the the number of went to and the hospital br vomen instanc fro from aves ring the raig make that all the vere under shelter. tw MANGIN'S MEN REACH | HINDENBURG LINE| French and Germans Face to Face On Old Battie Ground. Te wt W thi idi With the Night General the Hinde French Army France, | (By the Associated Mangin's troops hurg line at They took Laffaux and Pletit Barisis and drove near to Vauxaillon, while cxtending their hold on the Aisne as far ard The adversaries faca to this afternoan ney-Bassee the same positions occupied spectively for about a year hefore German drive this The Germans natural strength inforced. The St. Gobain fores ural fortress but able to the tactics ployed throughout his retreat South of the Aisne, at St. Mard French troops this afternoon were proach the junction of {1 the Oise be the in cu Mc Lic cot La lin reached 5ev- eral points today as St face in were Q they near Sen tw the | | las of to a i spring oce which entire not o At positions they have region 1y ularly ha of re- of the a nat- favor- s em- Ak 15 trc the enemy the ha the Tiv thi he an Aisne canal seem- line chosen | G| sistan B ing t my Tor his 7 in that reglon GREENE PAILING of Li Fr ngton street, who at Lt h oing le Army has | the White den mother Green of hospital taken and Bloomingda Plain a u worse his summoned Lieutenant ¢ — = € ATl € 1,000 I virpl ol mil The French for: The court Dury mil North of Allied g four fronts rains on day by Ne Ar- advance are indicated arrows. ins were mad 1) The ither Br of side of entie (2518 tish ar and cast Peronne (2) o SOISSONS ML ES 20 30 the (4) The F Vesle shaded the 1neo-Americans pursued North approac. bevond retreating dash line positions. area French Ham the ) the Th s battle Germans to the Aisne. captured of Noyon 1| i | wint indicates last FRENCH CAPTURE TERGNIER IN DRIVE FOR LA FERE ritish Advance More ly Than F\pated—\ow Nine Miles t of River Somine, London, Sept. > T ¥ere, r, three miles west d by of La s been capture the French wdvanced on a 200 le fr ar depth of o1 and at places to a pth of four mile Mhey oceupied nier without opposition troops aiso reached the est of Coucy and now sre on a hig etch of enti a cly new zrou British 1ole batlls 0od to the s morhing with ty than had British Wood, py virtually tz-en-Couture and ramont, Long wrt-Boucly, Hancourt nchy, where joins progress tually Havrincourt continue: eater ra) o the i front froi \ rather g 1 expected started hich line 1t Haxy British runs through Fins, then by wesnes and T ind Tertry the I of )¢ one in- to h it renc French East of Ham, be- the ed Paris, Sept een the s enct ti t ni the Ger today Pushing »ops have and heyond North of ve made n On the front Oi \ ast the French tov 1an Ham the thre occupicd Ollezy, more Ham the Ailette t French winning of Coucy eriea e entire lowe the Vesle, wher be wdvancing A1 WEATHER. Sept. T—Forecast vicingty: unday, Nartfoyd New Britain +omiy for Fair ht = | | | | week I Rapid { teuil-la-Fosse, Condefort and Conde- ur- Aisne. | British Advance Northwest of Peronne Wit} British Armies Sept. 7.—(By the A \, uH\ —British troops toc the of Lor and |u\4 nont. in the region northeast of Peronne. Other forces of Field Mar- crossed the Nurlu-Fins the in ted vy wesnes France, Press, advanc- h o east shal Haig road In the Lys salient Erquin the Bi itish no toward Lys. The of Hill of 1em in tern bank of the rive have advanced north to Le Rossignol. The British well Hancourt the wes British are 1re the east of than nine river Tincourt | | | ¢ | to and more of the river miles | | reached i ] to the east Somue \long the Color has been SH CASUALTIES Total Killed and Wounded Officers and | Men During Past Week 11,184 Week is 20,640, | Against Previous. * London, Sept. 7.—Casualties among British forces reported in the week | ending today totaled 20,640 officers | and compared with an aggrega of reported in the previous were divided as wounds the men 14,484 The casualt follows Killed ficers; 3,62 Wounc 15,600 men or died 78 of- o s d or missing— 1,034 officers; Bristol werly Employed in ¥, Is Cited. rour street h of I Ernest United | word of brather t Firth th Private 102d led D, was He irth was a boy and | Bristol | mpany D in June of for brs through the 1 enli e O, wice commended I wea il his \\wun-h .| tm Kraus ( INSIST LENINE IS DEAD. M Seph 6 oAt ALY re- vaden Mas ine 13 dead. fron cow l | ik \ccelerd French andd night and tod In the nor#l I on a-from hard upon the lef along the Canal & court Wood and southward. R South of Sommen gain to an average m’ 117 the important town ILI‘ the Ilindenburg line at La [‘c northward towards the British /frof i It was beyond the Oise/ howeve forces made their most in 1pyTtant gains. has a difficult task it here, lished in the extensive forest of the' their defensive system. The French already have pushed £ the outlying Tow I Coucy. however, and by taking B8 have he to in upon St. Gobain massif itself, \t points along this front the I‘rench apparently have reach ground beyond the former German defensive line I'he’ offic statement from Paris shows them on the edges fore of Coucy. the and they of Cambrai; @ forwar & o the (Gobain, wher Ste before i er forest o aun o press the 11 the also part of St. Gobain Lac 7 stret despd are of entirely ately 1uno ed to have this The Acially new ground resisting here On the \isne taken the ( Conde-sur-Aisne, whence their move Germans still clinging to the by the It momen t by American front indica particularly to the « progress where they are holding In Flanders the in farther tow and edging As a Foch on July drive durin been virtually all the territory on that Cambrai. in arca hreatens aj t along the front hel hardly more th from t ing ahez ent nent there river to the c that enem a Americans seems therc the the 5 ady can be a tary hal and the reports I e are mov movet to force the Germans out south of the Ais Mm‘h have gained m Messines Ridg farther south throug rds in the towa ampaign throt strok the strip tween Tessin eastward Basse hole, 18 and \ugust the cancelled the « in particular German [he ( conquered by for a narrow Marsl nco-Briti 21 n fire open Fere a inaugurated the Fr: Ma rh has they «xcept < »kV’H\'\«x hey date a La | tor. Along his old line th'n is under a unified carfully awaiting a powerful Ger (mr\ powerfully reinforced by thc forces that has been transported to the enemy and now llied for command that inste somewly nan stroke is on the aggressi nposing ma [ Americ ince since the prit GERTH RETIRES FROM TELEPHONE (,O\IPA\Y Manager of New Britain ¥Exchange | Correspondo Had Been With Concern Confirmation of Dissatisfaction/ For 19 Years, in Kaiser's Rauks, Ralph B New New tendered of Southern Gerth, manager the Britain division of the Fngland Telephone ( has his resignation to talke soon as his successor can be He erdam d Ihursd he hasg 1uthor appointed has become associated ! espon News Co the of the de iy ownership il that v In The corresponc Chatfield ol tive He oceurrec his tir 3 B T uthreaks h units, p; Silesia the change management of Mr. Gerth of service nd Telepl will i his mana in New Britain broadened and improved Mr. Gerth went to Southern New 'E in Bristol district In 1906 assistant local 1 office and ceded to change. Gray the local to a 19 Souther bring close 1 New 1n ne Co regretted the telephone was greatly His since e tirement ed nearl; xecutec tions to under ement ervice work for nd Telephone four years as oceuri correspor ays, nore alone that and after hen here Il it iy estimate t H] enced to 15 ye A reat number roken by been sent by came he an was promoted inspe, to be 20,000 desert n Berlir dreds have beer Br sonment manager at three year the managemer In 1909 he sucee manager of the which then includec and Plainville exct y 1, 1918, he the later of the eded loc suc- | imprisoned desert ex- onfinment, have R. 8. e ranks as d trict, Soutl o EMPLOYES FICE Ange Brid umed Waterbur the Nz Januar as: 1agement hanges . eml New When ceol Meta commit] e company an rease with the bor 1 exchan ors and today the | The i | Mr nhone number 1.000 to 5,000 vance en hou by the B Gerth G Mu ttee wea! ntitled omy Emplo which iation st