The evening world. Newspaper, August 22, 1918, Page 2

—" ao 4 eee Dare are ras oo Ngee THE EVENING WORLD, - ENTIRE GERMAN LINE FROM ARRAS TO SOISSONS IN PERIL tlefront along the Oise River, are continuing to press back the Germans Several important German positions already Save been gained by the French. The Germans are offering stubborn resistance and heavy fighting is taking place and it is reported to be favoring the French. Gen, Man- gin’s army has, taken numerous prisoners. CHASSEL SM OPENED WAY TO LASSIGNY. ON THE FRENCH FRONT IN FRANCE: Aug. 22 (Havas Agency).—The operation which resulted in th fall of Lassigny Wednes day began with a successful thrust from the west by a battalion of Chasseurs. Divette Wood, a strongly fortified position which had de- layed the French advance for two days: was taken in a sudden dash and the battalion reached the outskirts of Las and on the north. Meanwhile other units, composed of men ‘rom Brittany and Paris igny on the west took the southern outskirts of Lassigny and crossed through the town, | By noon a company of engineers who chasing the Germans before them. had cleared out the town and captured the last enemy occupants, were hiding in celiars. SEVEN FOE ARMIES BATTERED BY THE ALLIES SINCE JULY 15 Germans Outgeneraled and Outfought—Foch Piling Blow on Blow. 22.—The Allies havé damaged six German armies since PARIS, Aug. July 15 and the British are now eating into the seventh, with the spread | ot the battle northward and over a front of seventy miles, Whether the enemy is prepared or unprepared, Allied efforts have had the same results and the Germans have been outgeneraled and outfought. The armies attacked and damaged in the past six weeks have been those of Gens. von Einem, von Mudra, von Boehn, yon Eben, von Hutier and von der Marwitz, The full designs of Marshal Foch are known only to himself and per- haps one or two others, but it 1s to plerce their line, believed generally that his alm 1s not as the Germans claim, but to strike a succession of blows to cause the enemy irreplacable losses in men and material @nd to force him If that be the Marshal's plan, he is pursuing it with skill and unvarying success, Gen. Ludendorff is being forced to expend his effectives out of all proportion to his resources on a given sector of the front, after which another blow is struck home on another sector. At no place have the Germans apparently been strong enough to check the attack entirely. Wednesday the German resistance was most desperate on the right of Gen, Mangin’s army in the neighborhood of Beuxy. If the French are able to reach the neighboring village of Juvigny, the salient marked by the villages of Juvigny, Osly and Pasly would become untenable for Gen. von Eben, who would be obliged to retreat beyond the Soissons-Ouchy- Lea Chateau road. The German situation there is unenviable enough at present, but would become still worse as the French progressed. The Germans also would have to abandon the Vesle-Aisne line and go back to the Chemin-des-Dames. Milltary observers, who are of an optimistic turn of mind, are con- vinced that the Germans will end their defense by falling back to the old Hindenburg line all along the front at no very distant date. While that may be so, the enemy shows no signs at present of doing so voluntarily and is fighting stubbornly and skilfully, yielding only when outana- noeuvred and outfought BRITISH TROOPS GROSS RAILWAY FROM BAPAUME 10 ARRAS to make more or less disastrous retreats. (Continued from Page One.) terday morning against the Locre Hospice was repulsed after heavy fight- ing and that sharp combats took place during the night in this sector. WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE, Aug. 22 (by the Associated Press).—The battle north of the Ancre River raged, furiously throughout the night and this morning, and the British"troops, after over- coming the most desperate enemy resistance, are holding virtually all the Arras-Albert Railroad embankment on the northern half of the battle- front and even have established posts well to the east. To the southward, especially in the neighborhood of Achiet'le-Grand, there has been most fierce fighting. The tide of battle seems to have swung over this village severak times. Yesterday there was continuous fighting all day at this place and it seems to be still going on. The Germans, by flinging in large numbers of troops, at last reports had come back to the western part of the village, but this appears to have been done a number of times. The British are determined to get on here and the Germans are equally determined to prevent it if possible, despite terrific losses. There has been the same sort of desperate fighting in front of Mirau- — Ready to Serve--Right from the Bottle A little bit spread on ham, chicken, fish, cheese, egg or licious, Sunbeam’ Mustard is made by the largest wholesale grocery concerh in the world and is guaranteed to please you, or your money back. 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Passing to the north of this village, we have reached the Ailette at La Quincy-Basse. “Between the Ailgtte and the Aisne there is tio change in the situation | except in the region of Pommiers, where we have taken the western out- Skirts of the village.” 5 BRITISH. LONDON, Aug. 22.—The British War Office statement to-day reads: | “At 4.46 o'clock this morning our troops attacked the positions of the enemy batween the Somme and the Ancre Rivers. “By nightfall yesterday our patrols had made progress on the left| bank of the Ancre River to the south and southeast of Beaucourt. “North of the Ancre River our positions gained yesterday were main-| tained agaiast strong hostile counter attacks delivered during the after- noon and evening on the Miraumont and Achiet-le-Grand front. “The hostile artillery has been very active throughout the night on the battlefront and this morning fresh hostile counter-attacks are reported to have developed opposite Miraumont and Irles, “Between 2,000 and 3,000 prisoners and a few guns were captured by us in our operations yesterday. Merville. Our troops are on the outskirts. of Neuf Berquin. Bailleul. morning against Locrehof Farm, northwest of Dranoutre. after sharp fighting. Further fighting took place during the night in this ITALIAN. ROMP, Aug. 22.—Activity along the whole Italian front was reported | by the War Office to-day. “There was normal artillery fighting along the whole front,” the state- ment said. “In the Rio Fredo Valley hostile parties, following a brief but intense artillery preparation, attempted to attack, They were crushed by our fire and compelled to retire in disorder, Our patrols drove back reconnaissance parties south of Mori threw alarm into the enemy's lines. and cessfully bombarded Sugana Valley, dropping 2, down. after assault, but here also they have suffered great losses. South of here the British also hold a section of the railway. Every inch regarding this the most important position of the battlefront, Hamelincourt, just east of the railroad embankment, and they had to be reckoned with, while the Germans holding out on the embankment itself from dugouts and deep ground positions had to be bombed before they were silenced. GERMANS RUSHING UP MORE MEN. The Germans seem to be rushing troops into action in the Bapaume region. Last night Entente airmen said the road north from Peronne was filled with transports, while the road between Bapaume and Bihucourt was congested with troops and transports travelling northwest. Nearly 2,000 prisoners were in the British cages last night and this mumber had been materially increased this morning. British patrols which crossed the Ancre River between Albert and | the southern end of yesterday’s battlefront found apparently strong forces there. Thiepval Ridge especially is strongly held by the enemy, and be- tween there and Miramont patrols have been heavily fired upon by Ger- man machine gunners stationed on the east bank of the river. Ridge, in the Flanders battle area, which was captured a few days ago. British patrols are now operating for a considerable distance southwest of the ridge lon, east of Merville, where ground has been gained. lof the Ancre this morning. | Achiet-le-Grand. either entrenched east of the railroad or trying to dig in, but, except at the south, have got néwhere, significant, for this advance has heen made with comparative ease ove the war. GREAT GERMAN RETREAT INDICATED. paring for a withdrawal on a huge) se: winter. but there is no definite contirs por ot this, lepery, tna, recently sufignah ant aaa Aen abi bo eal PO C2 vom “We have reached the Oise to the east of Noyon from Sempigny | ry “Further progress has been made by us to the east and northeast of | § X “Last night we attacked and captured a hostile strong point north of “A strong local counter-attack was delivered by the enemy yesterday if It was repulsed { sector.” i} “On the east bank of the Plave, east of Nervesa, Italian airmen suc-| M 000 kilos of bombs on an| enemy aviation camp west of Meduna, Five hostile planes were brought M N mont, where the Germans for a time have managed to withstand assault I k Beauregard and Dovecote apparently are now held by theeBritish. Ai of the railway entbankment in the north has been fought for, the Germans t : A t The Germans were strongliy intrenched on a line running through J There has been heavy fighting in the neighborhood of Outtersteen Me There has been sharp patrol fighting in the neighborhood of Meuril- Both the British and German artilleries were pounding away north The German guns were heavily shelling The British guns were concentrating their fire on the roads near vital spots in the enemy defenses and shelling out Germans The Germans have counter-attacked at many places several times, Gen. Byng’'s advance north of the Ancre is regarded here as higaly ground which has been the scene of some of the costliest fighting during | Some experts believe there are indications that the Germans are pre- scale, Perhaps to tine lines of last “H” SUBWAY PLAN CALLS FOR 30 P, C. 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WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.—The long waited report of the Senate Mijitary Sub-Committee investigating aircraft yroduction was submitted to-day with an arraignment of delays in the early days of the war, a review of improved conditions and fecommendations for the creation of a new separate de- “| partment of aviation with a Cabinet | officer at its head Disclaiming wholesale condemna- tion of the aircraft programme, the sub-committee praised much that has been accomplished and predicted “we “But,” Hedley Tells Public Service are approaching a period when quan. | tity production of planes soon may! be hoped for." The report is imper= sonal and says all questions of dis- honesty or official corruption are left to the Department of Justice's in- quiry, conducted by Charles BE. Hughes, Failure to adopt successful foreign airplanes and motors, waste of mill- ions of dollars of aircraft appropria- tions, dominance of the airplane pro- gramme by inexperienced automobile manufacturers, “unsystematic and in- effective” organization and excessive Profits to manufacturers are among criticisms made by the sub-commit- tee, of which Senator Thomas of Col- orado was Chairman, While condemning chiefly failures under the former aircraft production board and Signal Corps control and noting great improvements since John D. Ryan and Major Gen, Kenly were placed in charge of the production and military branches, the committee strongly urged “one man control” in the future, Part of the blame for poor organization at the start is as- signed to Congr Stating that “much can be said in extenuation of disappointments in air- craft production,” the committee's te- port detaile delays and failures, in- cluding transportation to Gen, Per- shing of defective machines, during more than a@ year's efforts to obtain domination of the air on the fighting front. In suggesting without attempting to fix definite responsibility that favoritiism had been shown by the old Aircraft Board in placing con- tracts, the Committee says the presence of Dayton interests on the board and the large contracts given Dayton companies has provoked “and | we think justly, much of the public comment which made the investiga- tion imperative.” The Dayton- Wright and Curtiss companies are declared to have been given “great advantage over their competitors.” Chairman Thomas put into the record a letter from Howard E. Cof- fin, former Chairman of the Aircraft Production Board, denying that he or the other civilian members of the board were in any way responsible for delays in the army programme, The original $640,000,000 appropri- ated by Congress for aviation in July, 1917, says the report, has been ex- hausted and “practically wasted,” with §884,000,000 more found neces- sary ‘The aircraft situation is as follows, says the report: “Six hundred and one De Haviland fours have been embarked for France up to Aug. 1, 1918. Of these sixty- seven had reached the front by July 1. “On Aug. 7 a squadron of eighteen De Haviland fours flew over the Ger- man lines. Details of its performance “We have not a single American- made chasse (or plane of attack) upon the battlefront, “We have not a.e@ingle American- made heavy bombing plane upon the battlefront. “We have not developed and put in machine after 1,200 had been built Maret closed firm up 15 to 42 points at a cost of $6,000,000 and condemned has encountered, however, render su German companies containing less t fighting on the western front. is unprecedented in a large scale bat (This represents a front of abo was no mist and the sun was hot. ch a retirement not improbabl han seventy men. Referring to the advance which the Allies have made during the ait month east of Amiens, it is stated in London that this ground has been gained at a smaller cost than any victory in the whole history of the! The number of Allied casualties is actu-| all leyss than the number of prisoners taken. This is a situation whic tle. BRITISH NEAR HINDENBURG LINE. WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE, Aug. 22 (United t| Press). —The attack on the high ground between Albert and Bray this morning was reported as “going good” when this despatch was filed, ut six miles.) Fighting conditions to- day were less favorable than yesterday. There! With the British only six miles from the Hindenburg line at ‘ual point north of the Ancre, the enemy is crowding the back roads with the Siodags of) losses the additional troops coming up, siete § sha Svan {72,000 amen} were which be ‘identified yt ‘ donment of the Standard J. training The German ranks are so depleted that in many instances the Allies nave met as dangerous, for 3,000 Spad. single-seated” fightin: last September as obsol 1 ordering 1,000 U. expenditure of $6,500,000 and the ioss of several valuable lives,” delay in deve! ng the failure to rush manufacture of the Caproni and Handley-Page heavy bombing machines, and to deveiop an airplane around the Li ty motor, incompetency of inspectors, location of flying fleids at unsuitable sites, 1 to encourage airplane pro- and patent monopolies of inal inventors, The disappointing results, the com- mittee says, are because the airplane programme was largely placed in the control of great automobile and other manufacturers who were ignorant of aeronautical problems; that these manufacturers undertook the impos- sible tas! f creating a motor which could be adopted to all classes of fly ing craft, and failure at the beginning of the war to adopt the common sense course of reproducing the most approved types of European machines in as great numbers as possible, These mistakes would have been avoided if ‘the programme were under control of one man, the report adds, —— | 11 BRIGADIER GENERALS | 10 BE PROMOTED President Wilson “Nominates Them for the Rank of Major Gen- erals in the Army. 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