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At 3 noon, the Americ as but four aw him with the money Dunvegan Cast to an Atlantic ed. Customers in the bank Newsboys and po- | | Women | onvoy with t | bo« k y un ve -atrolman Smit nh and placed him when she from her d in the risoner AMERICAN TROOPS AMBUSH | 40 GERwANS IN THE VOSGES Patrol Encounters Mark Activity of imperilled ve Yankees on Lorraine Bat SHIPS SUNK Off NOVA SCOTIA an Lo BY TRAWLER U BOAT SEIZED} WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY | ciated Press).—Military activity on Monda the battlefront in the Vosges | A CANADIAN ATLANTI PORT, | night was marked by two f ant Aug. 21.—The steam trawler Triumph, | fitted with two guns and wireless and| Counters. An A an patrol con-| r and seventeet hed a German: patrol o sisting of men amb’ manned by sixteen Germans from the (Continued on Second Page.) forty men. The Ge JOHNNY EVERS TO TEAGH mp een thy eon FRENCH SOLDIERS HOW TO PLAY BASEBALL] WE HAVE PASSED SUMMIT, | DECLARES F. D. ROOSEVELT American National Game to Regular Part of the cecal Training of Army Assistantt Navy Secretary Tells ARIS, Aug. 21, — Baseball h Press U Boat Peril playing ie to become a regular Is Now Past part of the phys 1 Geciaca ea ; of the French Army as a result of reports made by French of on what they had seen of th Koo: t fects of baseball on the Americ: Army. The Ministry of War h sued an order re ne he adoption of ba French he request was granted and Evers will co to the French oamep With two assistants, = woul hi there was a clouds of wax,’ When the German “Circulation Books Open to All.’’ The Press Publishing York World). peta eul YORK, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, HAIG HITS GREAT BLOW: FRENCH ALSO SWEEP ON. WEATHER—Fair; Slightly Warmer, | ‘PRICE TWO CENTS. = “Circulation Books Open to All.” 1918, 12 PAGE s 0————— BYNG DRIVES 3 MILES; TAKES 6 TOWNS; MANGIN’S ARMY WITHIN MILE OF NOYON | en Tet FRENCH TROOPS ADVANCE THREE MILES ALONG OISE AND GET 10 SEMPIGNY « Pressure Increasing on Both Las-|: signy and Noyon—Carlepont and Cuts Taken by Advancing French Army, War Office Announces. 21 (4.45 P. M.).—Freneh the Oise and reached Sempigny, LONDON, Aug 2s to-day along a mile from the outskirts of Noyon, according to reports from the The line battlefi ccupied by Mangin's army at 2 o'clock this afternor from Sempigny to Pontoise and thence to La Pommeraye, Montehois (Continued on Second Page.) 1,440, 000 U. S. TROOPS NOW IN FRANCE, SAYS AYS GEN. MARCH PLOTS FOR REVOLT ALARM LEADERS Declares War Pl lan Success De- pends on Adequate Shipping —Battle Line Reduced. WASHINGTON, Aug. —As a re- the last nce from Sea has been an fifty paper s mid-week confer- Orders, and Demands Stern Punishment advance s than 200 miles. | he enlarged Amer-| BRITISH HEADQUARTEL of the War Depart 2 RANCE, Aug N March said s de- | Press). —Ge z P pende the acqu 4 : y F ermany. Pudend ured n Fourth Page.) Ian ; om tamp " 1 ut al Prusaian M (Cvulbued of Second Wages . OF GERMAN ARMY Ludendortf Says Soldiers Dety | Vran| ¢ WHERE ALLIES ARE STRIKING, New British annie Forces Ger- mans Back on a Ten-Mile Front Between Arras and Albert—Tanks and Infantry Surprise Foe in Fog. LONDON, Aug. 21.—An attack on a wide front north of the Ancre River was launched by the British forces this morning, * | says the official statement from’ Field Matshal Haig to-day. The attack this morning was between Moyenville and Beau- ?|court-sur-Ancre. It is reported that the British have advanced from two to three miles along this front. +) A @HENINEL @renin BOshLEUX ® BaiRY ACRAISILLE MOYENNEVILLE HAMLINCOURT HENDICOURA, The attack was made without artillery preparation. It was The attack was made by the British Third Army, under Gen. Byng. : | completely successful. Achict-le-Petit, reached Moyenville and Beaucourt-sur-Ancre in their new drive, accord- British forces have captured Courcelles, and have SERVILLERS @GOMIECOORS eeEMAGnias 2 | ing to advices from the front After capturing Achiet-le-Petit the British advanced her mile and 1 half to the east and reached Achiet-le-Grand (three miles northwest of Bapaume) Pues against the new British positions fay afternoon the British threw back stroug German attacks south and north of the Scarpe, The British also improved their positions slightly in the neighborhood of Fampoux, taking a few prisoners, They advanced their line last night between Festubert and the Lawe River and are in possession of Le Touret. Early this operation in the Locre sector on a front of over a mile. morning English troops carried out a successful local “All objectives were taken and a number of prisoners Gen, Haig rep d FIVE TOWNS FALL AS DRIVE OPENS. BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, Aug. 21 (By the Asso- ciated Press).—Field Marshal Haig this morning launched a new offen- captured,” HINDENBURG REPORTED BULGARIAN CZAR REPORTED IN WEST FRONT COMMAND, NEAR DEATH AT FRANKFORT |" SUCCEEDING LUDENDORFF oo , jeane: The British attacked on a front of ten miles between Arras and Al bert. The extended from the Ancre Kiver at Beaucourt to just orth of Mo: enneville ur of the offensive the British captured the towns of tucourt and Moyenneville. 1 Nat 1 4 : rl es and Achiet-le-Petit also were captured in the British drive. Rumors Were That Field Le BYE CACUbILEd Hfana despaten alba Alulh Buenuon atone the planes ii Dea Marshal Was Re Lead a mae ) captured er Becau i 1 d t hi 4 Some German tield guns and 200 prisoners had been taken in the ONI A ' ni ; 7 Ver tinand’ of) British drive at an earl [ rt 4 fam German o1 é important Dranou- 4 q at ! ¥ r between Koude lave been attacked The now 4 ref : ha 1 “ t ish, The result so tar is not known, This front is in the TANKS ADVANCE WITH INFANTRY. Tank nd infantry advanced through the tat dak “X-RUSSIAN GRAND DUKE = Tis ext heaviest fire in the gray MATL ‘ ene iA Tinelacat Or intered by the British at first on a I and riot t f vard from Moyenneville, Fifty min- i Y ( I Py 1 as W ed to the southward until it extended all A 1, Aug r t va R F A 1 ive been keeping the bulk of their 1 i eavy fighting may be expected, especially 4 1 \ \ ple Tey gerne aes L , The battle ¥ raging, which is reported from all points to be ec take Horst phtate sna Duke DME ms ictorily, is being fought over ground which has seen om or pointed tn { the war's bitterest fighting. While ground is flat, it is cul —s - wy ' ote Ps a Ete a