The evening world. Newspaper, July 19, 1918, Page 2

ee ee ee THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1918. FRENCH AND AMERICANS — ADVANCE ALONG (28-MILE- FRONT = (a wig | ~THERFRGTOAYSBECINE AFTER FOUR DAYS OF BATTLE et ehy es Fismes Se a Have Accomplished Little East or West of Rheims on Field of Their Own Selection—American Troops Confident of Success. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Taursday, July 418 $ | (Associated Press). —With: nightfall of the fourth day of the battle east and west of Rheims a feeling of confidence pervades the Allied lines, After eighty hours of assault along lines of his own selection the enemy's ot- fensive seemingly has failed. He is still behind the objectives set for the day’s attack. Furthermore, his gains during the entire operation siderably smaller than those of any of his previous offensives le present year American force en sent battle is small In com= | oyty with the total Allied strength | yyy sald tho n where on Thursday the Germans made their first organized counter attack. Tais fell down as soon as the American heavy artillery got into action. This was one of the fiercest struggles in connection with the Franco. American Offensi rhe battle raged southwest of Soissons for some ¢ time, It resulted in the Germans falling back finally under the rain of the heavy gunfire of the Americans. One of the towns taken by the Americans last night wa Vierzy, miles south of Soissot Towns to the north and south of taken in the carrying out of the plans for the offensive here t the entire line on the Soissons-Chateau-Thierry front No resistance was encountered at Vierzy or in the lages taken. | At two villages on the southern portion of the line the hands of the clocks had been sto by shelifire at 4.45 o'clock, indicating the tim the Allies had started their bombardinent on Thursday morning One of the greatest surprises for the Americans in the opening of l offensive was the flight of the Germans before the attack. The Ameri cans, many of whom were going over the top for the first time, were, fully prepared for a stiff fight Among the slight!y wounded men in the Ame rican dressing stat was one lad who left a Chicago school to join the army, Thi youth ha been wounded in the leg soon after the start of the attack, and his chief worry seemed to be that his comrades who had gone on would fear he had been killed ghboring vil —<+4- BEHIND A ROLLING BARR GE; The shaded portions on the above map show the ground rained | Further advances into this flank may cause the comy n t | by the French and Americ ans in their brilliant counter offensive the Germans to a line running from north of Soissons to a point north Civil _ thé Frengp e been effectively checked a small measure in R64 6 64 0-304¢4-06 thrown t The ement of duct piminendat © perforgn nm with transport, both of tho bospit i nly and efficiently, ¢ dowrespotdent en- nee’ atid trucks jat are known as sitting niready been ate ed dressing were on their way to of th Explosions and Fires in Soissons taioan pe en gn rs a et © AMERICAN AND FRENCH TROOPS “t 2 That the Germans May Be Preparing ser the mo nleing moaned re cwunps ast ONLY A MILE FROM SOISSONS; to Evacuate City. Priez, seem able to envelop Neuilly-St. Front. bela sh 28 ahh 9 WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN THE CHAMPAGNE, July i ‘The number o: prisoners and guns surpasses our fondest hopes.) * EIGHT MILE GAIN AT ONE POINT joca rors Tine (United Press). —American and French troops, after organizing yester-| Premier Clemenceau watched battle near Soissons.” | . day’s gains during the night, resumed their offensive between the Aisne {This is the first announcement that the Americans have added | . A comfortable and and the Marne a 4 « ‘clock this morning rites to thelr tong list of captured towns, Priez te two miles directly |One American Division Captures Vierzy in » packeaiaka The Allies pushed forward behind a rolling barrage on the whole | north of Courchamps and ight, miles northwest of Chateau Thierry, | an Advance of Three Miles—Sois- aedee SE Coe ureAEY EE front from Soissons to Chateau-Thierry, driving the Germans before) Neullly-St. Front ts @ town of about 2,000 population three miles due it uilway hospital trains, them. 7 r ‘ arth on Bribe) sons-Thierry Road Cut. Pte bh dee ee 6 ide ht he Airmen report huge explosions and fires in Soissons—evidently the LONDON, July 19.—That the Franco-American offensive m4) PARIS, July 19.—More than 100 guns have been red in ihe | American tro Mita Ei isle destruction of ammunition dumps and supplies by the enemy preparat force the Germans to retire on the entire Rheims front, where the enemy [Allied attack on the Aisne-Marne front, to-day ra i an he ieee @ wou ded wayin rtully : ras used twent mber of pris- : to evacuation of the cily. ree reinforcement divisions (276,000 men), or ‘ali L’Homme Libre, without inte One American unit pressed forward so rapidly yesterday afternost as the belief expressed in military circles here}orers and guns captured, says it is fully equivalent to the ber an- PERSHING REPORTS VICTORY that they overtook a party of captured Frenchmen who were working | "us alternoon nounced by the Germans as having been captured on July 15. on the roads under German guards. They captured the Germans and bdons also stated that Crown Prince Rupprecht probably will start The German offelal statement on Tuesday announced that 13,000 OF FRENCH AND AMERICANS released the French, who seized the arms of their former captors and an immediate oftensive on the British front ‘n an effort to retrieve the} Prisoners had been taken Monday.) their total of pressed forward with their rescuers * | Rheims disaster 5 According to the Gaul of pris 5 10,000. ‘ . INCE. Eerie re" acer LONDO? y 19.—The French an fe E BATTLE INCREASING IN VIOLENCE. Aes I IN, Jul 19 rl | rench and Ame 7 1amil€ Confirms Press Accounts of Complete Success The battle is increasing in intensity on the whole troni as this is GERMANS BRING UP RESERVES, of Soissons it was learned authoritatively 1 moved : ; cabled The Americans and French are driving forward in an extended forward all along tl etween the Q greate of Attacks Between the Aisne and the Marne. advance toward the main highway fiom Soissons to Chateau-Thieriy, BUT AMERICANS AN FREN penetration, at last reports, being es [AMERICAN REPOR 7 which fies from three to ten miles east of the original line D CH One American division took Vierzy and ported to have advance WASHINGTON, July 19.—Gen, Pershi inique for yes. three miles beyond The Germans, aided by great numbers of reserves, made a heay IV yond anoriec ahi npl of: vesterda counter-attack on the plateau southwest of Soissons. It was bloodily re E ALONG ON WHOLE FRONT EOE Ry te ate anti ree miles east dy Cor e : te ! nee tid pulsed. Americans and French in that region are continuing to hold the of the original i A three advance beyond this would take the = atlacks between We Aisne an ‘ nbined Ameritan a Americans across the ns-Chateau-Thierry road.) French fo line they established yesterday evening or are advancing eastw ard, |Gains Als | Cavalry already has pushed across the Soissons-Chateau-Thierty ‘ sf ade Below the Aine and The Allied t road, and the infantry is driving forward to join them, Unecunted Southwest of Rheims at Five Points. Soissons to Ch prisoners, guns and material are still accumufating [FRENCH REPORT] |front dated 11 o'clock Thursday. The rallway from Soissons to Villeis-| 1.4 on the The remarkable transport system of the Allies is enabling them (o PARIS, July 19.—Between the Aisne and the Marne, in sf j | Cotterets also AS HOS CNG hie te maintain a constant flow of men and supplies to the front. As the line jew arrivals of German ‘reinforcements, the Allies are making sensible advances, solid miles of motortrucks carrying ammunition and other | progress and are capturing a large number of prisoners, according to ihe “Oh 000 CERMANS CHECKED BY FEW material rumble forward. They return to the rear with slightly wounded | oftvic! salamant ed by the War Office. tod AL th 1 cial statement issued by the War Office, to-day. Along the whole ick , , On the front between Rheims and the Marne the French have ie- thick of the fighting a few minutes later. += captured Montvoisin and made progress in the Roi Wood and the Courto! GERMANS ON THE DEFENSIVE = sss x sor cmmasw pone | cond so Between Rheims and the Marne Italian troops have taken Moutia} paitaion, travelling a hundred miles at top speed, went FROM RHEIMS TO MONTDIDIER @’Ardre, south of Martaux and northwest of Pourcy prevented the Germans from crossing the ( > South of the Marne, by a vigorous attack, the French have ejected | The machine gun work of the American have cut or have under fire t ch from tt erating with the*Freneh in an ie Aisne and the Marne, pene- erry, says a Reuter cay many prisoners SAYS FRENCH HIGH | the enemy from the outskirts of Oeuilly. Jog the Marne at the opening of the great an Lit D FULL TEXT OF WAR OFFICE REPORT: showed wandentul accuracy; A permpens In claras his |s | 3, . pte i il ‘teft hand blown off by a fragment of German she atinn a Following is the text of to-day’s War Office report \itanclng at an angle wEich would nat permlt hin Haeyeg A : “ z “Between the Aisne and the Marne our troops, surmounting the tion wit Americans Occupy Priez and Seem Able toj _ jesistance of the enemy, waich was increased by the arrival of new jin his Envelop Neuilly-St. Front— Every | reserves, realized sensible pro; at the close of yesterday. The | range German Salient Now in Peril number of prisoners counted is being augmented. The battle con- 4 tinues with violence along the whole front. hh machine gun He hand, and drove the advancing Germans into the proper 1 cane an : on he gun, turned it on Germans! f ria ‘Then he opened up on them, operating the trigger with his right hand SSS et a the shattered left hand hung d or wounded every | man in that German platoon wened fire with his automatic pistol, held s heavier wea PARIS, July 19.—The Allies have taken the initiative and the Gei- A " ne ' F be Gi “West of Rheims and south of the Marne our troops yesterday The accuracy of the American rifle fire disma Germans. The mans are on the defersive everywhere, an official statement issued by the by a vigorous attack, retook Montvoisin and threw the enemy out of execution done by them with this weapo cae aiMaaaenon Gi Allied high command declared this afternoon the outskirts of Oeuilly the use of the rifle by the British and Fre ad rien dnnaa “We are taking and the enemy is on the detensive every To the north of the Marne we have made progress in the Roi |'* ** * fpotor ta alteck or defense naam Our Immensely Popular Week End Combination Package For friday and Saturday. as they come—the individual neatly wrapped, All ready and wait- mbination con : 1.29 ier Worthwhite Values in Choice Swects For Friday and Saturday. Wood and the Courton Wood and carried our line a kilometre to — | ee ‘GERMAN PRESS ADMITS RESIDENTS OF RHEIMS Make Summer Foods Tasty \\ sss woos tve region ot Bouily. tn the coure of tes COURAGE OF AMERICANS SEND DEFENDERS 90,000 all |. 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