The evening world. Newspaper, August 9, 1918, Page 2

i oe RR ee ee ene RRR IRS Raa ae ee ee eT TN Progress from the start, reaching various selected objectives. Powerful cavalry forces are in action. are that the fighting continues fiercely along the entire Anglo-French front, the attack developing victoriously on a great scale. Reports of the resumption of the battle followed an announcement + by the War Office that the situation had not changed during he night. RESULTS OBTAINED YESTERDAY. In the opening attacks yesterday the Franco-British troops advance! More than 10,000 prisoners were taken. “The Allies have taken an enormous booty in guns and material,” Marcel Hutin wires the Echo de Paris from the front. British and French cavalry in masses poured through the breach in the German lines, and a late report declares they are sabering German gun- ners off their limbers as they flee to the rear. The cavalry, supported by the “Whippet tanks,” of great speed, are taking scores of guns in their advance, GERMANS MAKE A STIFF FIGHT, BUT ARE BEING DRIVEN BACK BY BRITISH AND FRENCH Heavy Fighting Nérth of Somme—British Ad- vance Along the Lys in Flanders. [BRITISH REPORT] LONDON, Aug. 9.—Following is the text of today’s War Office Statement : “Our progress on the battlefront continues. The French have taken Fresnoy-en-Chaussee. British troops are east of Le Quesnel and Caix. “North of the Somme the enemy is making vigorous resistance to + our advance. Heavy fighting has taken place between Chipilly and Morlaricourt. “The number of prisoners taken by the Allied armies yesterday ex- ceeded 14,000 and the number of guns captured cannot be estimated. “During the past day the enemy has continued to evacuate forward positions held by him in the Lys Valley. Our line there has advanced along the whole front from the Lawe River to the Bourre River, north west of Merville, to a maximum depth of 2,000 yards. Our troops now hold Locon, Le Cornet, Malo, Quentin, La Petit, Pacaut and Lesart. “We carried out a successful local operation last night north of Kemmel, advancing our line a short distance over a front of 1,000 yards and capturing thirty prisoners, GERMAN ARTILLERY, ATTACKS AGAINST FRENCH IN CHAMPAGNE _’ Attempted Enemy Raids in Regions of Prosnes, Souain and Elsewhere Are Failures. [FRENCH REPORT] PARIS, Aug. 9.—Following is the text of today’s War Office state- on & twenty-mile front to a depth of nearly nine miles in some places. Scores of villages have been freed from the grasp of the invaders. | THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1918.’ GERMAN GENERAL CHASED IN HIS FLIGHT BY A BRITIS 3 Lawsi oan? NOYON o 900906 Dotted line on the right shows the line from which the Germans @dvanced on March 21. GERMAN TROOPS SURPRISED; HARVESTING IN THE FIELDS AS ALLIED TROOPS ADVANCED French War Ministry Issues Statement Saying That the German Artillery Made No Counter Preparation. Ps Aug. 9.—The French War Ministry at 12.30 o’clock to-day issued the following statement: “The brilliant operations which we, in concert with British troops, executed yesterday, have been a surprise to the enemy. As occurred in the offensive of July 18, the soldiers of Gen. Debency have captured enemy soldiers engaged in the peaceful pursuit of harvesting the fields behind the German lines. “Our artillery preparation was short, lasting less than an hour. The enemy artillery had made no counter-preparation at the beginning of the action, merely replying feebly. “The original front of the attack was only four kilometres, situated south of the Amiens, Roye Road, where our infantry went over the top at 5.05 o’clock, but gradually the offensive de- veloped all along the right bank of the Avre in the region of Haricourt.* “The Germans succeeded at some points in temporarily staying our advance, defending themselves energetically, particu- larly between Morisel and Moreuil, which they defended bitterly ment: “There is no change on the battlefront south of the Somme, “During the night there was a good deal of activity on the part of the German artillery forces in the Champagne. The Germans undertook several raids in the regions of Prosnes, the Mountain Without a Name and Squain. They were repulsed.” GERMAN OFFICERS ESCAPED WEARING ONLY THEIR PAJAMAS; ONE GENERAL CHASED BY TANK Several High Officers Captured—British Casual- ties Reported Light for Such an Advance— Tanks Did Good Work. WITH THP BRITISH ARMIPS IN| been called out of their beds and FRANCE, Aug. 9 (United Press), |4ressed only in time to he captured. One division reported more prisoners caused Ramen contusion haa been von | 228 {t could handle and had to em- iin Crown Prince Rupprecht's armies) pioy slightly wounded mon to escort bby the Allied advance, especially iu | the captured Boches to the rear, Gen. von der Marwith’s 24 Army and|none of the unwounded Tommies ‘Gen. von Hutier’s 18th Army, Alir-| Wishing to leave the fighting. Every variety of the hundreds of men report the rapid flight of eae | ee een comme oreanded transport eastward along the Somme in order to escape capture. the infantry and acted as strong points until the troops came up, Big A number of high officers have been | tanks, surrounded by the little “whip- taken prisoner, The last seen of one| pets” looked like —dreadnaughts escorted by destroyers. The “whip- Cannan runni _ Genera, he was ad Tue ersten te ackes cca) tare headiong down » road with @ tank | raster than a man, Oporating over fumbering after him, spitting ma- chine gun bullets in his direction, British airmen, despite heavy rough ground they ran down enemy groups and individuals, flattering out machine gun nests, grinding the crews into the mud and terrorizing ‘weather, low clouds and showers, are | °" ' . whole sectors, hampering traffic into and out of the enemy salient, especially along the Peronne-Roye and Amiens-Ham ratl- ‘ways. Their junction at the Chaulnes ITALIANS STOP ATTACKS ON ASIAGO PLATEAU forcing divisions must pass, likewise | Heavy Losses Inflicted on Vartous fg being harried, Parts of Front, Says War Our casualties are exceptionally Office. light. At some casualty clearing ‘e lstations very few patients had been; ROME, Aug. 9.—Enemy attacks on ft foe with machine guns. We took Morisel by storm. The battle was also stubborn in Moreuil, but already our troops had advanced north of Moreuil to a point northeast of the wood which com- mands the village, while another group had crossed the Avre south of the town. The Germans were obliged to withdraw. “With irresistible courage our soldiers climbed the hills east of the Avre. Meanwhile our charging cars, crossing the river upon bridges hastily thrown over the stream and proceeding up the hills, joined and assisted the infantry. “Recovering from the first surprise the Germans hurriedly concentrated troops in order to stop our progress. It was vain. La Neuville-Sire-Bernard, Villers-aux-Erables, Mezieres, Plessier, Romainvillers were successively captured, while on our right Brit- ish troops also continued their victorious advance. In the early morning hours prisoners, guns and machine guns were streaming to our rear, “At the close of the day our advance, considered in the front of the attack as a whole, averaged over more than seven kilo- metres.” AMERICANS WIN LOCAL FIGHTS NORTH OF THE VESLE RIVER Gen. Pershing Tells Washington His Troops Have Gained More Ground in Latest Attack. [AMERICAN REPORT] WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—Gen. Pershing’s communique for yesterday says: North of the Vesle there were local combats, resulting in a gain of ground for our troops, ITALIAN TROOPS REWARDED.| PARIS BOMBARDED AGAIN, was again under bombardment from the German long-range cannon, psec lc GERMAN FACTORY BOMBED. among the Venici 2a, Reggio and brigades ‘which — distinguished themselves during the Piave battle. The American Red Cross distributed 12,000 presents to the troops of the first shock division, | LIEUT. MELLEN A PRISONER, other a Drop Missi! iit Plant. LONDON, Aug. 9.—The DRIVING IN PICARDY WEDGE Latest reports received by the Havas Agency from the battlefront] 646444444-04040646644460040466666444040444064060606660 to-day following official communication was issued last ALLIED PRESS OPTIMISTIC OVER . LATEST VICTOR German Critics Up in the Air, but Praise the “Strategic Retreat.” LONDON, Aug. 9.—The general feeling here is that the tmpor- tance of the successful new bat- tle cannot be overestimated, It is re- garded as the turning point of the year’s campaign, and perbaps even the turning point of the whole war, It was only a month ago that all the talk of the British military critics was whether the Allies could hold on in the face of the great German offen- sive which the German people had been told was to finish the war. The initiative has now been tuken from the enemy, and within the month the Allies have engaged in two im- portant battles with conspicuous suc- cess. It is not too much to say that the American army has been the chief factor in this result. The experienced military critic of the Westminster Gazette says only what all soldiers who have seen American mettle put to the test are saying, that the Amer- ican troops are equal to any in the world. French Press Welcomes News of Allied Victory. PARIS, Aug. 9.—The Allied success Thursday is welcomed joyfully by the press. They attribute the suc- cess in great part to the fact that the Allied command is centred in one man, ‘The Matin says that an enormous amount of material has been cap- tured. It has not yet been enlisted, but fs known to include a great num- ber of guns of every calibre. The army of Gen, von Hutier may be considered outflanked on its rear and right flank, declares the military expert of the Matin. The bulk of his forces are spread out in an are of a circle from the Avre to the Oise. | COMMANDER OF FOURTH BRITISH ARMY, WHICH HEN Rawk 7 NE SON. Canere an ewe EMOTO BAKER ASKS HASTE IN PASSING NEW MAN POWER BILL (Continued From First Page.) ments, sald with 100,000 now at re- cruiting stations and training eamps and another 25,000 at home awaiting call, the Navy has an abundance of material. Men enrolled up to yester- day will be atcepted, he explained, and these with the 25,000 waiting at home will be called to the service when there is room for them in the training camps and stations. All recruiting stations may not be closed, Mr. Daniels added, but their number probably will be reduced and most of the men sent back to active duty. Since the man power bill was pro- posed to Congress there has been a heavy rush to naval and marine corps He has no other road of retreat than through Nesle and Ham, which are thirty kilometres away, and the Al- Ued armies are marching towards his essential lines of communication. Conflicting Views in German Pr. About the Fighter AMSTERDAM, Aug. 9.—Reviews by German critics on the military situa- tion in the west disclose curious di- vergencies in opinion as to who bore the brunt of the attack on the Allied side. The Cologne Gazette's writer declares the white Frenchmen did all the fighting, while the Frankfort Ga- zette states that, on the contrary, the white Frenchmen were “spared for political reasons,” and that on the Americans fell the full weight of the fighting. The Berlin Lokal-An- zelger asserts that the Italians were the ones who “bled,” while others declare that the Senegalese and the Moroccans took the main part in the fighting. Few of the writers venture to pre- dict what will happen next, The consensus of opinion seemed to be that it was doubtful whether Marshal Foch would feel strong enough to risk @ frontal attack on the new German main line, straightened out as it has been. Amid the chorus of praise for the “brilliantly executed stragetic rear- ward movement,” the Cologne Gazette cautiously expresses the opinion that it 1s too early yet to say which side wins on the balance, “History offers no precedent,” says Gen. von Ardenne in the Dusseldorf Nachrichten, “for the fact that the victor, after three victorious battles, retires from the field unharassed by the enemy to take up positions further in the rear. This is dificult to under- stand,” he adds, and he proceeds to explain how by a marvelous exhibition of self-control the Germans refrained from pushing their attacks home when to do so would have cost too much “precious German blood.” He admits that “the manoeuvre of carrying the enemy's first lines with a rush and fol- lowing it up by @ deep thrust into the ground behind, which had suoceeded four times, failed on July 15. LONDON, Aug. 9.—While recogniz- ing that the real of success in the new battle on the Amiens front is yet to come, the newspaper comment this morning dwells upon the importance of the operation. That Field Marshal Haig was able to surprise the German command is regarded as noteworthy. “It was a victory of very remark- able character,” says the Times, “If the enemy, as Mr. Bonar Law sug- gested, intended to evacuate this country, it 18 an even more remark- able confession of defeat than the re- treat to the Vesle, for nowhere has he fought harder than he did this spring for the possession of the ground which was the scene of yes- terday’s attack.” The Daily News thinks the fact that Lndendorff should have been ignorant of the spot which the Allies would choose for an attack which was the logical sequence of recent events is a recruiting stations of men who do not wish to be drafted. In many cases it is understood men of families and with large and important business in- terests have sought to enlist on the theory that eventually they would be drafted into the army. NEW NOTE TO GERMANY BY SPAIN ON U BOATS Protest on Torpedoing of Ships De- cided Upon at Cabinet Ex- traordinary Session. MADRID, Thursday, Aug. 8 (Associ- ated Press).—Spain has addressed a new note to Germany concerning the torpe- doing of Spanish ships, according to an- nouncement of Foreign Minister Dato, after the Cabinet had held an extraor- dinary sessior EN NUDE BATHERS DESERTERS. ‘Three Arrested in Hoboken Admit Jamping From Transport. ‘Three naked men, arrested Tuesday night as they were climbing from the water to the unused side of the Lacka- ferry slip, at Hoboken, confessed lust night to Chief of Police Hayes that they were American soldiers who had ‘om & transport ‘Re rmen were turned over to, the army authorities, They gave their Dames as John Stevens, John Walters jerger. anger first sory was that they be- longed on @ barge which had been towed away while they were in swim- ming. ihconenianerssiens NEW COAL PRODUCING MARK. But Week's Anthracite Output Will Not Save Situ WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—Productlonot anthracite coal for the week ending Aug. 3 established a new record for this year with 1,750,490 tons, ‘The Fue! Adminis- tration, however, gives warning that this one week will not save the aitua- tion and urged miners and operators to increased endeavor. (i) eet ENGLISH OFFICER KILLED. Auto Accident Fatal to Becker of British Mission, C. H, Becker, member Foreign Mission, vas killed early this the artillery range to U. Ss. WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—Sick and wounded soldiers landed in the United States from the American Expaedi- y Forces and sent to hospitals durin; Aug. 2 number the eral to-day announce Surgeon Gen- Head of Rocksalt 4 Sute| ITHACA, N. Y., Aug. %—John A, Clute, President of the Rocksalt Cor- LEADS IN GREAT DRIVE ‘ | Capt. | CAMP SHERMAN, O., Aug. 9.—Capt. of the British morning In an automobile accident near various the week ended WITH THE AMPRICAN ARMIDS }IN FRANCE, Aug. 9 (United Press), —The Franco-British attack in Pi- cardy is likely to have a big in- fluence on the situation along the Aisne-Vesle line, where there has been no great change in the past twenty-four hours. The Americans improved thelr po- sitions slightly by heavy attacks, but for the most part were busy repul- sing German counter-attacks. Five of these enemy assaults were broken up to-day, Our artillery stopped the first two, The third reached our lines, but the infantry threw them back in a hand-to-hand struggle. The next two were repulsed by rifle and machine gun fire. The bridgehead at Fismes was | widened during the day. * -9 city ts now entirely cleared of Germans, who ave been hunted out of cellars and dugouts or minated. News of the Picardy attack is be- ing received with great enthusism by the Americans. One doughboy ex- pressed tho sentiments of his com- panions as follows: “The German is getting like a horse, Now he is beginning to kick. The British are out to put a twist on his and captured exter- nose and shut his wind off. Then we'll start going here again.” BODY OF DEAD JU. §&. FLYER STRIPPED BY GERMANS. The body of an American aviator, missing since July 15, was found un- buried near Dormans (on the Marne). It had been stripped by Germans and the identification tags were missing. His cap, concealed beneath his ma- chine, enabled the Americans to identify him. Michigan and Wisconsin soldiers who took part in the fight that drove the Germans across the Vesle say they ran into many machine guns being fired by men with the Red Cross on their arms. One lieutenant came in with the knees clean out of his trousers, where machine gun bul- lets had nipped him. There was searcely a man but had a bullet hole through his clothes somewhere. Many had lost puttees and coats, and fought virtually bare-armed and bare-legged. Father Dunnigan of Lapeer, Mich., |said he buried one boy he found with |three dead Germans about him. The boy's rifle was covered with blood. |Apparently he had fought a bayonet |battle against many Germans and had accounted for three of them be- fore he had falien himself. ALLIES HAVE REGAINED 1,500 SQUARE KILOMETRES. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE VESLE, Aug. 9 (Associated Press).—In their offensive since July 1s the Allies have regained approx!- mately 1,500 square kilometres. More than 200 villages and towns, including Soissons, Chateau-Thierry and Fis- mos, are again in the hands of the Allies. ‘The front has been shortened by fifty-three kilometres (about thir- ty-three miles). Information that the German soldiers had been ordered to destroy all property possible, particularly chateaus and houses of good appear- ance, during the retreat from the Marne is in possession of the French and Americans. It came from several sources, a dotailed account being fur- neatly packed in strong containe attached for carrying. Everything 2 contains the follo: YcLb, Nox Italian, Strte Cream 0 Lb. Box Spiced Opera: c 1 Packag. Pandiess. I= ream Peppermints, SERVICE CHOCOLATES—These aw: wrapped in xed package for the 1 rt Saturday only, An Ideal Assortment for the Vacationites and “Week Enders” A collection of individual packages of our most popular Sweets, hmall nen a Marshmallow Drops ” PRICE An Ideal Package for the Boys Under the Colors ne Dresenied in @ Variety of stvien aud centres no dllvernified that’ wht pot permit sveeiiie description, SPECIAL FRIDAY AND SATIS. 5¢ WAY POUND HON H TANK AMERICANS ABOVE THE VESLE IMPROVE THEIR POSITIONS; CHEERED BY PICARDY DRIVE |German Machine Guns Fired by Men With the Red Cross on Their Arms—Orders to Destroy Property. nished by a deserter from the Fourth Prussian Guard Division. The deserter said that sappers had been ordered by Gen. Finck von Finckenstein to destroy everything within their power. Similar orders also were issued by Heutenants to bombers. EVIDENCE OF HEAVY GERMAN LOSSES OF MEN. An {dea of the heavy losses suf- fered by the Germans in the fighting in the Marne pocket is given by Ger- man documents in possession of French and American officers, having been taken from German officers and men and obtained in various other ways since the Allied offensive began on July 18. One regiment lost one-third of its effectives in one day. Othor units were reduced by one-half in the fighting up to July 29, The 50th Division, a crack unit, was | ordered into battle to stop the pres- sure of the French in the valley of the Ardre. It was a regiment of this , division which lost one-third of its number on July 22, ‘The next day the * commander of the 10th Company re- . ported he had been reduced to thirty- five men. The commander of the 12th Company declared no one was left in the Seventh Company, In~ other battalions of the regiment , similar conditions were reported. Prisoners say the 39th Regiment lost from 60 to 75 per cent. of its effec- tives in three days, On July 24 the 824 Regiment was compelled to form three companies of its three battalions put back into the line. Before engaging in the battle the companies of another di- vision consisted of eighty men each, many being nineteen-year-old boy: As a result of losses the division was reduced by one-half by July 29. In the region of Fere-en-Tardenois one regiment of the 22d Division was re- duced to three companies, The number of effectives in the average German company is now about ninety men, exclusive of of- ficers and supplementary nonsvom- missioned officers, shaiscash a HIS BROTHER A CHAPLAIN. News of Min Corpl, Joseph Dunnigan, 165th Infa) try, reported missing in action in Franc on July 18, 1s @ Drother of the Rev. Father James Dunnigan of St. Raphael's Church, 41st Street and 10th Avenue. Father Dunnigan has just received a commission as an Army Chaplain, to be stationed at Garden City, Last night he was the central’ fikure at St. Raphael's Church when his friends relatives presented him with shoul bars and cross, the insignia of his office, While the presentation was being made @ War Department telegram was delivered at the Dunnigan home, No. 144 Simpson Street, the Bronx, tolling of Corpl. Dunnigan's disappearance. Just before sailing for France, the Corporal married Miss Margaret Kran- shaw of Brooklyn. Another brother. is State Senator John J. Dunnigan of the Bronx. acer ey ANY POLICEMEN INDICTED? Court Awks Question at ment of Gaffney Praon Aral Eight of the ten persona indicted yes- terday on charges of harboring Vincent Gaffney after his sensational escape from the ‘Tombs prison were arraigned before Judge Malone to-day and held in $1,600 bail each after pleading not guilty. The Court inquired whether the group included any policemen or officials of ing @ negative and said that in daylight + eNprossed su escape of ney showed laxity on the Part of his custod- ans, Trade Mark in plain paper, with a handle for your convenience. Combination 1-Lb, Ho Box Rganut Brittie, Mant axe Chocolate Covered PACKAGE COMPLETE, wek P ° e ered) Choe, LOFT creation \ 4 Dy TE cove Confirmation of the report that| ovo ney one ot the sth our ma-|measure of the completeness with| poration near here, committed suicide |] CHOCOLATE | CO \- apres admitted up to a late hour last night |‘he Asiago plateau, ci aweinst] cut, Joseph M. 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On various parts of| Tot, TNS UM Oet On had Deen cap. | Of raincoats, were arraigned In Federal) {0 0) te ie Coppens, Britian | Finland has beon made to the United || Jour fragrant Py ear im the front we inflicted heavy lo fi ana Court in Brooklyn to-day on an indict- States Government by Norway, Swe- Chocolate. c pe tured with four other flyers wee hari them with conspiracy|—Major Edward Mannock, Major James POUND BOX Brooklyn, Newark, everything behind save thelr pajamas) with ¢ire on enemy concentrations. | safe in @ prison camp. mens Sqovernment. Their triai{B, MoCudden, Capt. Roderick S, Dallas|aen and Denmark. The proposition jad their hides, Among the pris-|our airships bombed military estab-|""Chago Mallen Jr & brother, t@ al was tentatively set for bepe. 4 although| and Ca Khienry, W. Wooleit, ‘alians= | waa prosented to the State Depart some so clean and un-|lishments, Two hostile machines were) Becond Lieutenant attached to the their attorney asked for an i y Barcehin} and Capt. ‘0 es tad Gawned.* ‘ de Thanh, - {aoe gsi aheaaieae aan eetie ante ennromcert acipemecmine ay