The evening world. Newspaper, July 18, 1918, Page 2

ee a i ee re ee te ne re ce ee en Ee a THE EVENING WORLD, TH URSDAY, ' JULY 18, 1918. VY HOLD 20 MILES OF FRONT ALONG THE MARN —. | een iy tee «EACH OFFENSIVE. FRENCH AND U. S. OFFICERS MEETING ON FRENCH FRONT HOPE SON IS SAFE, Following is the text of the statement issued by the War Offic “The French attacked German positions from the region of Fontenoy, on the Aisne, as far as the region of Belleau this morning. QUNTER BLOW 10 -PERSHING CABLES TO COL. ROOSEVELT S| i is iz 1B 2 -|O We have made progress at certain points from two to three kilo metres, The capture of prisoners is reported. “On the front of the Marne and Champagne the night brought - STRIKE AT RREIMS 4 , Mo change. “Southeast of Nanteuil-La-Fosse we arrested a powerful and ae «,'wlolent attack by the enemy. Americans Occupy Two or American Commander in ‘ \ p k : France Sends Cheering Mes- Where Baitle Is in Progress. |}. 9 gt a sl oy. hel . ie of nee sage to Ex-President. PARIS, July 18—"If the battle can be said to have commenced when the air fighting became in- tense,” says the Stars and Stripes, the official newspaper of the American expeditionary “Yeree, “Lieut. Roos the first American loss Battle of the Champagne.” ’ North of Prosnes an attack by German guard units broke Three Miles of the Front | : down completely. | The Germans sustained fully 70,000 casualties in the first two days’ fighting in the'“Dormans pocket,” south of the Marne, alone, the Matin} mis morning's attack represents declared to-day. ns what apparently j# an important stra- Tne German Crown Prince, military observers here say, is nowW|tegic move by Gen. Foch to counter trying to convert a large scale failure into a showy minor success which} the Gorman blow further south along will make up in the eyes of the German public for the 100,000 men, a'l | the Marne and on the Jine to Rheims told, he has sacrificed in this offensive. The sector in which the attack was His goal now apparently is Epernay. The operation includes two |'@U8ched includes part of the front parts, In the first the Germans who crossed the Marne in the Dormans| Delt lode ager tele t ling to widen and strengthen the bridgehead on th th WGA AMA GR ROME WRCTTPAIA At lea region are Sruggung pa strengthen the bridgehead on the South) wood and of northwestward at least bank. In the second, the German right centre, which at the beginning of |@* fr 4% Torey, probably some two the action was along the Dormans-Rheims Road facing southeast, is now | (7 \iree miles within the area men- pivoted on Vrigny, and runs north and south along a line through Vrigny, Theodore Roosevelt to-day received a cablegram from Gen. Per ashing in which the American com mander expressed the hope that Livu’ Quentin Roosevelt, the Colonel's so reported killed in an aerial battle in France, may have landed safely, o-American stroke seems Bouilly, Marfaux and Courton and Roy Woods. to have made important initial prog- ress, and if further pushed, as it The cablegram read: seems bound to be, the entire huge “Regret very much that your ew & : waalien « ated the erma ; HAIG ADVANCES ONSOMME 22 SS ——— earns IGN and oHIGHHGA, th Phisle, timat IMANEOVERS OF AANO DIVISION Gesuuim Sn suune Inmenmatere oar est rv RY | ported as missing. On July 14, ne and enlarged in their present with @ patrol of twelve planes, he | “on os na PERSHING REPORTS REGAINING {KIL KILLUNTIL (HADLOW PRESSURE | Stents Y i : nies » etnionD WE ae sip tielbaodta after which enemy planes re- English Troops Also Improve Their Positions (iim wis immediately precedu SOUTH BANK OF THE MARNE ’ | tured and our planes broke of ) East of Hebuterne—Break Up German Raid. | fensive was carried out by the French THEY CRY ENOUGH " WHEN FOUND WITH | Licut. Roosovelt did not return. member of the squadron re- and Americans according to an [BRITISH REPORT] parently well conceived plan ot «o|Attack Northwest of Chateau-Thierry Broken ’ | ports seeing one of our planes i LONDON, July 18.—Southeast of Villers-Bretonneux, south of the Peration between the two forces ‘ | fail out of the combat and into the . ste Mint ne een cem | UP By U.S Laantry and Artery. ISFRENCH ORDER! DOCTOR, SHESAYS, i ssssR=S"e' . 4 , | ay a day in the regio AMERICAN REPORT] ) merican plane was seen descend- > mile, says the offical statement to-day from British headquarters in France. | southwest Solssons and furthye ing. : | The British positions to the east of Hebuterne also were improved | sout ? eet, the front edging the ‘or- WASHINGTON, July 18.—Gen. Pershing’s communique for July - er “I hope he may have landed Jest of V tlers Cotterc baw . OW { 1 somewhat. ‘ ISS toe Wusiy captrtenk peanut cr| 17a asconlowat Gen. Gouraud Appeals toOwn|Mrs. Beautinger, Recently, Stil” WH advise you lmmen ir pa 20k possession o A ? Sel, *J ely on receipt of further in- i South of Bucquoy, on the front southeast of Arras, a German raiding) tne entire Belieau Wood, captured “In the Marne sector our troops have entirely gained possession of and American Troops Freed of Murder Charge, | formation “PERSHING.” Col. Roosevelt, in reply, cabled the party was driven off. The German artillery showed considerable activity | the village of Vaux, close to Chateau ; . ‘ ait ; during the night on the Flanders front north of Bailleul. Thierry, and advanced their Lines De ort bank of theiriver, Northwest of Chateau-Thierry the enemy Ue Stand Firm. Denies Improper Conduct. | tonowing messace: dh ( , ah n y to p ns where their guns | yesterday repeated his attempt of the preceding day to penetrate our lines are % 1 ta | “We are deeply grateful for your i ‘ Following is the text of to-day’s War Office report: commanded the villages of Boures-| pear Vy. P P IB. O6Y to Rene ON THE FRENCH FRONT IN| Mrs, Margaret C. Beantinger of thoughtful kindness and we will By / “Australian troops carried out a successful local enterprise early last chee, Belleau and Torcy, along the | "4" Vaux. FRANCE, Wednesday, July 17 (By } cajawell 7. Whe Wwae at aulttea on Rever forset it” | aight in the neighborhood of Villers-Bretonneux, advancing their tine | A bersilat Ls “Northwest of Chateau-Thierry, between the evening of July 14]tne Associated Press). — Implor iazeki Ge wustonnes Col. Roosevelt's attitude seemed It was quite generally assumed at i harge of mu s her wealthy more hopeful than upon receipt last them to stand firm, Gen. H. J, E ) ir home on night of word sent took the stand in Vice Mrs. Theodore Roosev report of Que a southwest of the village on a front of over a mile. Two forward ficld]/the time that these attacks were and the evening of July 16, the enemy made determined but entir Paris by ns were captured in the course of the operation, together with a numi-/ merely for defensive purposes, to unsuccessful attacks on our positions near Vaux. During the night July Gouraud, in command of the Fren: it e | y fortify the line rst a possibie re- e n . dA can troops east of Rheim th en th was et of prisoners and some machine guns. TOS A, Bathe Ge 14 to 45, he delivered a heavy bombardment which included ; ae bee Ma : A i ancellor Lane's court at Newark thegsmtsty onceuirned” there ; ‘We also improved our positions slightly during the night east Of | direction, ‘There were «. how. {Much gas and which in the early morning developed into a barrage on eka age appealed to his | to-day and dented imp relations| Among those who still hold out © hints, how y s i g before the ¢ ft b Hebuterne. meron, that there might be more um-|the Vaux area. Under cover of this a storming party attacked the ord hee lain a cH nant Wik eal spilled tl dL Lidar -vakpeaie cay et can, In an order issued to his 6, this year Thomas Hitchceck, = command o} “We carried out a successful raid to the south of this village Paiute: plans behind the persistent] village. Dr, van der Roest is be n FF a ’ agressive of the Allies, * P 7 8, he said drove off a hostile ‘raiding party south of Bucquoy. ile: PRONG de | bban (ee lBEGASIb) ha The system of infiltration by groups was used and some of these” “We'may be attacked at any mo “Hostile artillery showed considerable activity during the night nort!1| the logical one tor an offensive stroke | &TOups passed one of our advanced outposts northeast of Vaux, Our ment. You all feel that a defensive me ae an ie v Ms 4 ; mn tor, is a prisoner in Germany. Major i f i itheri heir dauhter r Ne s ehcock recalls tha G t of Bailleul.” by Gen, Foch when he considered the | troops delivered withering machine gun fire on the assailants, and coua-| battle never has been engaged ah WPA boosedignrag dR artoagaabonptt iets t re- - } fled for her mother. ‘She said she and ports of his son were similarly vague, Ree ortuno.40 take’ the adwross z ij i : . tor more favorable conditions. You * jo eee aggress-lter-attacked on the right of the assaulting party where the penetration were voor 1 aad are on pire hn 8 sil friend came home late from a and that it was six weeks before they j ive, as its success would pinch off i i ; : m mictur . t 5 000 GERMAN DEAD IN FRONT the entire Marne salient and it car-|had taken place. At the same time our artillery dropped a barrage in powe. relnfurcemente of infantr: | motion micture show and found Dr. learned he had been forced down bu- 9 A are a is : and artillery. You will fight on the |Y&% der Roest and Mrs. Beautinger hind the lines instead of be g killed, | ried through rapidly would inevitably | this section to cut off the enemy’s retreat. he enemy fled, but many drinking in the dining room, Later Mo! arhaiste than 500 messages of con . result in the capture of large ff Napa coal . ’ round you have transfurmed by your 5 OF ONE AMERICAN FORCE IN of the ? many: aaa ashterne te were caught by our barrage and eighteen taken prisoner. The attack rand work jets er ht » fortresses |the girl testified, she and her friend | tolence have arrived in Oyster Bay ne and material, was a complete failure, the enemy at no time penetrating our lines which are ible if the passages | SUP #4 a n 4 r maths boat the Denman nents OF them by cannot be told , eth “ © evening 5 the attacks in this region were renewed, ;£ Properly & H i PILES FOUR AND FIVE DEEP «: such a roa Sienreiae Ate ae ONDE SYRNAE St uy A ATIe OLEeeh ULES FEET WAL GITErLEN ea “the oabaedin nt will be torribte, | #te telephoned for the police and for|where Lieut. Hooseywlt was vity ni en de-1A box barrage, which again included many gas shells, was placed by the ‘ |her mother, who was in New York. poputar, have put a gold star in th s sued the Mineola aviation «mps, whose for separate maintenance by his wife, son, Thomas jr, an American avia termined upon by the Generalissim f : ' ) but you will stand it without weak- | oe h The poaslbliity thet itte were & re enemy on the Vaux region at 9.30 o'clock in the evening and several large) ening. ‘The assault will be violent, in| “O® the night in question,” said |commun ty ee ee Hag witnqubipans fe re | ile 7 a . ‘ Pali RY 29) : DA lee Beautingel, was suffe sulting Col. and Mrs. Roosevelt. 7, 8, Troops Hold Line Twenty Miled Longin to draw off German reserves | hostile groups attempted to advance, firing heavily on our positions. | clouds of smoke, dust and gas, but ae ; steed i teak Brarloe Page til mikra (ni thel tinge four & |from the Marne and Rheims fronts| This attempt also collapsed. Our infantry fire and a creeping barrage! your position and armament are fore (eae en ee ek. Mochring 1|°t (nem for th oly : lay be pointed to, anc 1 " 33 idable BH RORCD "50 277 moehring one South of Marne—Aid in Preventing may be pointed to, and further de-| from our own batteries again broke up the It.” oe coat aa A oma ; | tails of the operation and progress of P assau | “In your breasts beat free men's|W@* coming down to his office for) sympathy of English Exprensed a Envelopment of Rheims. the fighting will have to be awaited ’ | brave, atrong hearts. Nobody will My ye he While I Te ee Baal aly et He Z = RICAN " |Pefore the definite purpose of the ut aft came almost to the surface, | look behind nor recede a pace. Each|Vi#n Der Roest came in had been JOD N, July 18—''The ex-President { WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY |bewildering succession and are ae~|tick is developed, 2 . SAE, Some SUR ORE IO. ue RUNROB SEE cat will have /one thoughtrto kill|!troduced to him on a previous ac- | Will havé the sympathy of all English THE CHAMPAGNE, July 18| companied by unprecedented artillery —— | ying the British submarine K ; Or, : pe} men in the death of his gallant flying gor Finally the U boat got away he | and kill many until they cry enough casion by Dr. Mochring, Dr. Moehr- | men in ee Ce stated tocd (Dnlted Preas)—The fourth day of A A ine Americans are R ade desperate efforts to keep afloat For this reason your General says |ing told Dr. Van Der Roest i WON | OC anita eer ike, Aten GtakL the present offensive finds the Ger-| notgime nm untrotee any are |ut finally sank. ‘The Writish sub-| You will break this assault, and it wii! no condition to go to my home in| foosevelt. A group photograph of the i lop Rheims. the Marne. From Chateau-Thic ABOVE THE MARNE On another er British and Ger-| ee he Bag ey o tari is Premier 1 10 < rae today net 1 @tutvorness of the American and! TY eastward to Mezy, five mile 3 : | me Pu sities played “tide ne KAISER SEES BATTLE Uae ee A ne oe Ing cablegram to Theodore Roose cn . ——— ie 0 e " a hour, eac! 3 @ 4 e ver orry to he 7 Phench resistance at the extremities| M#t And north of Chateau-Thier- | | manoeuvre Pe sae cee | is at home and that she could care |, “1am very sorry to hear the news of ry, the Germans have been pushed [Occupy Clairizet, Two Miles 2 or af yn to a AND ROSNER WRITES Meee eee the might and. in the | the death of your gallant son, who die of the fighting front—east of Ch task across the Fiver And’ the af ’ " b jane other, ‘The Britisher finally fired morning I could go ta Dr. Burnett's, | Sshting wailantly against great odds for ee oe) mete sees | Nana ot iy tea a ne] MEW MAVIE SEARO nen As Sin oe at Sen vat HE M8 om . safely holds the Allied flanks, | cross, From Mezy southeastward Near Rheims, poe te er 1 second torpedo went home with him and sat down in the pathy to Mra, Rt rowevelt. lees & As 3 ary home, striking the German submarine « 0 db Me oa thro vi & The Americans not only are holding | em Aanen & distance of six LONDON, July 18—In fighting} Enemy Vessel ash Saks AStet | cicce tn theiktarn, W Lapa nse lant sgenter i felt very in und threw Flies From delphia in | miles, the Americans apparently \ *. {ee irae ig h smoke pour-) Gaye Emperor “Li Ter-| myself on the bed in the room he had 55 OM. ‘ their ground but are inflicting the| Dre sovening the Hochee alums, |Rorth of the Marne, southwest off Coming to Surface, Carry- |ink out of the hole made by the tor- ene EEL gga ys ad Tet-| told ‘me T coutd occupy. Ihad partly! reyt, Dodre anniven’ at Bet 2 theims, . F : : rdo the ste of the U boat came rible Orchestra of ur- dressed.” odae ‘elmont hegviest punishment on the enemy. In| From the wtward and northe | Rhelms, the Hallans have retaken! in Submarine With Her. ys rsh te bay! hi © yom on be eal ala ire eautinger said her iiiness be-|Park at 2.28 o'clock this afternoon with the region of Mery and Jaulgonne the| eastward they are brigaded with | the village of Clairizet, two miles i ‘ lector ae He iad the Senne prise Fire. came mor te and she was for ght sacks of aerial mail from Phila- led four and fiye| ‘the French. La Chapelle-Month- northeast of Bligny. . DWOF APPEATEC. A. Few ReCORAS. ANS AMSTERDAM, July 18. —E: to ery for, Pp.» Dr. van der Re elphia. He made the trip in fifty-fh Bpemnsns dees ore P nd Ave | odon is two miles directly east of a pire alee se LONDON, July 7 (Correspondence | the U boat took a perpendicular dive. | winjtgm Watened the opening of the| Was ansiefing Reh Se ae Dee eA DaEr DERE Ga ele ae ia Geep. Bt. Agnan. Combiizy ts four miles 6 ’ us ning] of the Associated Press).—-Within the Jeaving @ trail of of! and a whirl in] igtest German offensive from an ad-|pi® gnuaicer and err ar rea | the flier when he landed ‘ihe liaea 7 One American regimental Comman-| northeast of La Chapelle-Month carried out a brilliant counter-attack] 1. 9¢ three months the number of Goer-| ir men jntitat ww the rush of water| vanced observation post northwest of| “hussy.” —— ; der estimates 5,000 dead in front of| odon, Le Mesnil-Huttier is about | near Pourey, north of the Marno, : sm, {into space, There were no survivors.| i:heima, his favorite correspondent, Karl ——_— oD ; ; 4 done four miles further to the north- | after the Germans had harried them | man submarines destroyed has been} ire Kosner, reports in a despatch to the| Blowap of Italian Warship Plotted |)» pipgo. 1c 7 i Ra eeAmane sone. | east, and about two miles south , |wreater than in any similar period/ QLD GERMAN PAPER QUITS, | Bertin Lokal Anzeiger. Zurich, I DIPROoe ne BURae ? The Germans have not renewed! Of the Marne | by incessant attacks during the daY-| since the beginning of the war selec batl “Nhe Emperor,” says the correspond-| ROME, J Alen, Corrugeio, teas] guuport Stestoar eee gna their attempt to break the American| me ability and dash of Americans Th y pane ui q fs apa wok Into th: Deoih charaie: beve iaved ali Buffalo Demokrat Says ders Want in his customary florid atylé, “lise! vitving at the trial of Italian sail-] @ p, sf ot, Friday, ‘3 peajstance on the Mery front, and )iy posisting attacks and yep alley of the Ardre River ; a ‘ | A in Press, to the terrible orchestra of our| ors ed with blow! up the DAL e- | & ete region remains strangely vold ot M counte Ove tors both north and south| portant part In putting an end to] BUFFALO, N July 18.—The Rut-| surpriae fire atiack and | the | ship. Benedetto-Br lared that = fantry operations, but desperate en-|en ne fe ™ ie highest praise | o¢ the Itiver Marne saw many smali the gativities of U boats ltalo Demokrat, «| German tanguage| unparatiolied picture of the projectiles | plot .was hatohd RUG Ue Auer pee ALL aL LS tantera continue to the eastward 11! teaver and initiative, and, Prenat | cut actions but nothing partakine}) Details of the ainking of three Cer- hewepaper printed here et more “re raging toward the enemy positlons.”| gio,000 to accomplian It faumndry, 100 Salut. Hteckraga AW Suathewe ; e region of Conde Wood, St. Agnan| gyoerience und gallantry, coupled’) ot character of @ general action. | yan submarines, two, of them by| publis pasuy saneut oF “all | 2 Le Chapelle-Monthodon, With tho| oie. ine most excollect. artillery |e a rations, al-| British submarines, recently becamo | sion. stat RUSE BY THE “FRENCH mevicans fighting elbow to elbow | sun FE Beth RV BARGE BAN AGRE though limited In extent, brought|nown in London, A British patre ot | bent ving ta the condition ie rught A 1s aesg od | upport, bor by wrench and Ameri | pout violent encounters between | boat on a moonlight nlght slnted an [pends publication’ with this" ianue. th COST GERMAN LIVES ‘he battle ling south of the Marne| coun. i detachments, the number en-|enemy submarine on the surface|Preudice against everything German tn ged sometimes being only a com-|apout half a mile away, She was pany or a battalion rently recharging her storag Often both sides had prepared for | conse-| "Full speed ahead," was the com- | ways back and forth as the opposing! Aiong the Montmirail 1 farmies continue in their grapple ot} Meath, The latest definite information ion! int] Secretly Withdrew Forces and nein Poured Withering Fire on the |, wh the enemy expected to hold to-day old men and women were 4 fu ghowed that the Marne line Involving) yy) es r@ns. Tho completa | 27 sttack at the same time vancing Enemy. 5 Trady Mark The Americana extends from Mesy to|“°nns in e 4 plete Cuently the men met at full ult mid-|mand of the patrol bofft captain, but EMPIRE city | Advancing Enemy. Attractive Offering for To-Morrow, Friday, July 19th Bt. Agnan to La Chapelle-Monthodon Moppage of the’ Germans by the) between the lines. Numerous | by the time the boat reached the spot WINNERS, | THE FRENOH ARMIES IN ~ -d “d Americans, ea of Chateau-Thierry . s FI MILK CHOC o 0 Le Mesnil-Huttic hand-to-hand encounters resulted e@ submarine had disappeared e * = FIBLD, July 18.—An hour before awe Be, Comblisy 1 Mesnil-Huttier, | iyot the entire enemy programme of | "*"? Ud CACOUDIORE Foalted hey ubmarine bad Gleappeer a, Oh FIRST RA Fy " ee Germans attacked Monday morning ven re ‘din rich, Ci pence northeastward to the river, Al ooo rations toward Montmirall rhe enemy i still trying hard to| British craft immediately dropped | yearolds, #600 added. about sia SE ee ekinpalle cha siis Veachen are c'clebrated Premium Mik <hacolate aa gat Ry 4e in of more than half a mile at Le)! ' ake progress toward Epernay by |six depth changes. Quantities of off | longs —Dactale (Fu er) n Kort de | i Matui-| The attack onda, n entring to 5, even and It ” mh <0; ench secretly wit J, . Sreenii-Huttier represents the tot eae eee anch on the Armeriony | Way of Venteuil on the north and foame to the murface soon Hee rE Cop 1 ib ie te teeta erat Worthwhile Offerings for Thursday, July 18th Progress made by the enemy in two 4 OPORN | ye and Montvoisin on the south {and then cries for help, in German, | sand) I ‘ y 1 (itustonh, Germs right, In an apparent effort to reach Mays of terrific fighting, Attacks and | rp Marne, Me ntvoigin changed | were he ard ne patrol boat searched | | 10 4 Witliam | Hum TEN > atate to-day ant gounter-attacks follow each other in|” 1s sev Freneh even-| for survivors of the submarine but ¥ 1, Suit ! E AE? bis An) As ‘in instance of the G n / and N yi d bo! leu arlacriae Nena ATarInE was able to rescue only one of the | Sen. 8 b par Hen {h = gpm ab ev Pa agiema | onemy 4 Myrtle V. also ran enemy the vacated ||) SPECIAL ; “Lost and Found" article [| ment before it was able to cross the ; nil> op patrol di fl besa he mann diario Se ae nie eine RASPHERRIES —Those arne, Of a group of six boats, each | BUBNOS ARGWNTINA, | 0H SOP SARi COBB'S REA BUBMALS,| NAOT ae aan eR Me, lusclons Red Can holding twenty men, five were de-| Wednesday, July 17.-It ts expected that | ine # 4 the periscope of an enc | eee irae AEavEA.. Aka lath CrAnaa sare a of Domingo Salabder U boat and started for it under full x ? js assortment presenta oft ae fe Sixth Grenadier Fes! viister of Finance, & Jay, | speed, Hefore the German could su f , es etired in confusion and |] ] 9 combination of Qual. mi ment was utterly ano J, every | Wit we ¢ gnation of pe ene Hiilahar Kaa. Pamit ed y tha ied to their front bine ity, Variety and. thor- man being killed or captured, Three , naales C War, and | merge the Sriiener Abe rammed ty) oe 4 at held out for r German divisions (36,000 men) were |! er Mam Gomes, even er-| The British subinarine cut through! ee 3 po} urs. t 2 eres: New ark. ’ pected that the entire Cabinet may re-|the plates of the enemy boat and] ago, when he went (o work al the Du \rhotnded neat Mont Sansnom, out its || | seene Box SS Brookira, Newark, Bo demoralized that they have not tire, The crisis is due solely to Interna! | tuck there, Both boats endeavored | pen Powder Works. Wilmington, Del, way through with bayonets and _re- r exact i appeared in the battle since phe first questions, principally public expendi- enlisted a year ago in the Quarters turned to the French Unea with the Sie “r wnt tack jes p> bites, extricate themselves, The German 9 as Corps, prisoners. '