The evening world. Newspaper, February 12, 1919, Page 12

roa * * { TS fi oe Ae NPIOIN ~ OT RRR Ey ne reo tiie eee . Wi : W WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1919 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1919 rs LJ eho a erimnsenredide besa nies comme 27th’s Part in Breaking | _ Hindenburg Line Told In Letters of Tribute Battles, Engagements and Minor Actions —_— With Unstinted Praise From Allies’ Commanders Of the 27th Division in ‘Belgium and France In Official Messages BATTLE. HINDENBURG LINE. Division on our right, and other corps of 2d British Army further 7 ee ¥ OFFICIAL TELEGRAM FROM GEN, PERSHING (Vicinity of Bony), France, Sept. 29-30, 1918 south, participated in this engagement OFFICIAL TELEGRAM FROM SIR DOUGLAS HAIG (Dated Oct. 19, 1918.) te Battle of Hindenburg Line was a prepared attack; the 3d E GAGEMENT. THE KNOLL—GUILLEMONT field Mawghat, Commander in Chief, British Bxpeditionary Forces. Have History of Valor . | | esd MMANDING GENHRAL, 27th Division British Corps on our left, the 2d American Corps, the Aus- oN ee( The following repeated for your in tralian Corps, the 9th British Corps, participating, in connec- | FARM—QUENNEMONT FARM. - ecgeclatg peat ; formation: ‘No, 160,603. Tbe Command hotles BH f 4 France, Sept. 27, 1918 ‘“ EN, READ, I. American Corps—I wish er in Chief desires you to convey to the officers tion with other British Troops to the left and the 10th French “A oe Daas to express to you personally and to all and soldiers of your corps his appreciation of the Army to the right HIS operation was a planned attack with tanks, artillery and the officers and men serving under you machine gun barrage to capture the strong advance line of the my warm appreciation of the very valuable and magnificent qualities which have enabled them, BA TTLE. LA ELLE RIVER. against powerful resistance, to advance more gallant services rendered by you throughout the Hindenburg System. than ten miles and to take moro than six thou (Vicinity of St. Souplet), France, Oct. 17, 1918 The 30th American Division on our right straightened their | rhiefah dll ehtoh Sad ALL ble Satake hod sand prisoners since Sept. 27th. HE battle ot La Selle River was a prepared attack, the enemy line, no other troops participating : Called upon to attack positions of great strength “MANDREW- having made a determined stand, using the'st , Parucipating. held by a determined enemy, all ranks of the 27th 1 4 age a determin land, using e stream as a and 40th Ameri an Divisions, under your com. “Addsd, 27th and 30th Divs., 11. American Corp: defense, the 3d British Corps, the 2d American Corps, the E. /GAGEMENT. ST. MAURICE RIVER mand, displayed an energy, courage and deter- 9th British Corps, participating, in connection with the 10th French (Vicinity of Catillon), France, Oct. 19-20, 1918. | mination in attack which proved irresistible, It HAT part the plugging, fighting, valorous 27th Division played in} Army to the right. HIE engagement of St. Maurice River was an advance, including |] firbting of the pa Rite wena) su hayen mate ihe aiine alata : ri . ; . " e . ¥ " " ‘ ing ne p luree weeks yon have earned the lasting estee! ee ars Oe Ue it 8 our Americus Meares BATTLE. JONC DE MER RIDGE. an attack of machine gm nests with enemy infantry and |] and admiration of. your British gomradee tre eine, nce cxteets and, long before that, in thousands of American homes by returned ae iti Ria ematatevink ene daa Bas Pr : ena’ , sch celle Veterans of the engagements in which that division fought. There is| (Véeinity of Arbre Guernon), France, Oct. 18, 1918 artillery resistance, to the line of the St. Maurice St Se eye bye me eet sere D. HAIG. @mother page, however, upon which its valor already is written, a page HE battle of Jone de Mer Ridge was a prepared attack, the (Troops participating: 3d Briti American Corps, 9th | Miled with official communications from great Generals, jeaders of the Allied id British Corps, 2d American: Corps, 9th British Corps, 10th British Corps.) St. Souplet and Maginghicn testify t : , ry Grmies, phrased in the stiff formality of military correspondence, but I rejoice at the success w Warmed by deserved praise and impulsive enthusiasm that glows even in Frencin Army, participating, MINOR ACTION. EAST POPERINGHE LINE _ | to wave nad you under my commande ent yee arte and Lain proud the printed line, Witness the brief but unmistakably inspired official ENGAGEMENT. VIERSTRAAT RIDGE. July 9 to Aug. 20, 1918. telegram from Gen. Pershing printed in the box above, Witness also that (Vicinity of Mont Kemmel), Belgium, Aug. 31 ES ge llonrenraltad oF cansinicine ail er ig [EXTRACTS FROM AN OFFICIAL TELEGRAM FROM GEN, MH. b @ther official telegram, the one from Sir Douglas Haig, printed at the head ° bd oe ee Cee ate vee : RAWLINSON, COMMANDER OF THE FOURTH BRITISH ARMY. @f the opposite column of this page, ‘Tributes from men who watched to Sept 2, 1918. position opposite Mont Kemmel! during a time when the enemy Te AmNSbltan! Cort . Who watched because upon results obtained by these fighting men great HE engagement of Vierstraat Ridge was an advance to occupy was expected to make heavy attacks, The position was under IN°s that the American Cory © cut of the line for a well Sd issues hung. ihis ridge and Mont Kemmel, from which the enemy was close observation from Mont Kemmel and was subjected to observed — | rnd DOG of re 1 training, 1 desire pluce on record ead also the official communieations and citations which follow, iiagad toi ik f TACO TIA HO Akad cont a He ® ne daily | hare pees antry and the fine lierly spirit they penned by other military leaders, inspired to praise by the way the 27th believed to be retiring. ; ; , artillery fire by day and continued fire by night, icting daily |. nay the recent hard ti fought. They tell a story—a story which, in the following letter, Gen The enemy was found to be withdrawing his main force to casualties. forte Ureaking of the great Hindenburg system ee with the captures of deourt, O’Ryan, the 27th's own commander, outlines in a few hundred words Wyschaete Ridge, but leaving machine gun nests to hold as long as MINOR ACTION. DICKEBUSCH SECTOR Busigny and Souplet, and finally the forcing the possible, and keeping the whole terrain covered with artillery tire. Beli { 21-30, 1918 * f the Ta Selle cx te a weries of victories A BIT OF THE 27TH’S HISTORY, WRITTEN BY ITS COMMANDER, Our troops continued a following action with artillery and e UL é aoe oe . seach offer, N.C. O. und man have every MAJOR GEN. JOHN F, O'RYAN. machine gun preparation and action, meeting strong resistance, in- | ey action consisted of hokiing the Dickebusch Sector (vicinity | cfictency with which the etaff work of the Headquarters, 27th Division, U. S. A., American E. ¥., Mrance, cluding counter-attacks by enemy infantry, to cast slope of Vierstraat of Dickebusch Lake) from Ime, repelling raids, making raids Pee He EO Chait r Gret experion : Ootober 24, 1918. Ridge. : and patyols, being under continued artillér machine gun pation; and: t atielbute seer ignite ta cal palietin No. 108.) ; The 30th Division (American) on our left, the 34th British fire with perfect observation from enemy position oi Mont Kemmel. f purpose Which has throughout animated INCH the 25th of Septembor—«, period of neurly a month—the division thas been engaged almost continuously in fighting and marching. Some of this fighting involved u leading role in ono of the fiercest battles of the war—the breaking of the great Hindenburg de fenso line, We have puffered the loss of somé of our best nt victories rritice of ulate them nem one and my warmest thanks for the the recent operation oned officers ar by ranks of t sa und efficient. on the with the leading broken the enemy's resistance at all points, heating off many counter-at-| once more to thank you and all officers, non-« mie) ses tacks and realizing a further advance of nearly five miles. men under your command, on be both of myst British Armies in France and Flanders, for the ver Over five thousand prisoners and many guns have been taken by the service you have rendered during the period of your operat prowess art they have taken fd American Corps 4th British Army. - — officers and men, but unfortunately such lo are { be os On the 29th of September you took part with creat distinction tn the - & COMMANDIN 7 incidental to battles of such magnitude, Only divisions | erreR FROM THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE BRITISH] great and critical attack which shattered the enemy's resistance in the! SETTER FROM THE oivision, pt eS highly trained and disciplined, possessing the greatest ARMIES, Hindenburg line and opened the road to final vict leeds of th . 27th and 30th Ameri¢an Divisions who on that day confidence and morale and at the very top notch of Nauroy, so gallantly sustained the desperat Headquarters 2d Corps American Expeditionary Forces, France, " vay ned wh. he their strength could have accomplished what t SREY PN Bad rial GLa neystan lh aciopehacg arpa ag division and our comrades of the 30th Division neral Orders, No. 44.) bered by the British regiments that fought t plished in the great battle, Only such divisions could 7 Hibs following letter from the r in Chief of the British Since that date, through three weeks of a court an AJOR GEN. J. ¥. O'RYAN, 27th Di , will rank M FRANCE, Oct. 14, 1918, be remem- neral: On behalf of all ranks of the dd Austraian Division, I desire appreciation of the tighting qualitic layed by on 1 and 29th September last. The gallant 4 an extrem dificult task, the deter. on a strongly entrenched position, and the un- t with they met thei S make us bope that we NM again have pcom 88 our since h Division lt ] resistance, beat-| manner in which your tre pusand prison-| mination of their uttack ers and many guns. The names of Brancourt,’ Premont, Vaux-Andigny,| daunted oh continuous fighting, have met the sacrifices demanded, und with mora Armies to the Commanding Corps, is published for the| you advanced from one success to another, overcoming he fd formation of the off Now that the unimpaired have renewed the advance in the manner characteristic of the operations of the past two weeks r of figl & ulong le Division under your This ix not the occasion to describe the Hindenburg command bs confidence of the men in their itieers a sled to us ag @efenses or the details of the battle for breaking them. That will doubtk | Particularly a happy omen for the future success of the 27th. fe done after the war. The same comment applies to the detai Very respectfully, @ of the 4 ; hel i 1, GELLIBRAND, @Perations since that engagement. Nevertheless, the division commander | Major General, Commanding 34 Australian Divieiom, @annot Withhold this expression of his admiration and respect for th | pi zs Valor and discipline as well us the endurance and spirit unifested oy {LeTTER FRO M THE COMMANDING GENERAL OF T Officers and men throughout this long period of fighting. ‘Vhese sentiments | TA HE AUSTRALIAN are stimulated by the events of thy past week. When reduced in numbers A ; ustralian Cor tthe division attacked the enemy, took the town of St. Souplet, foreed the | baci Ps Corps Headquarters, und October, 191% Y Dear Generali; As the 2d American Corps has pow been withe M drawn from the line, and my official association with you and your . VIIA WOMAN WILL ENDURE EVERYTHING ,*0'ring to moral dictatorship overjonce she tas paid down her money. croming of the Selle River, and against strong opposition successfully @smauited the heights on the other side. Since that date the division has SEA deity, taking ty farce the town. of Arbre Guernon and a number decolletes. Sensible women shop for husbands troops has been, for the time being, suspended, I desire to express et strongly fortified farm. and forcing a withdrawal of the enemy to the EXCEPT BEING REFORMED. @ How often rage bas strussied ne ra hag Legge! ae pig kgh ial Bice oon be eles varies Soret Pel : ri 5 amusement in my heart because Ijfiends are eternally drag tf Aus an Army Corps to kg _ pee i i The Way to Shop for a Mate Is to Select Him and) ree east in tune to catch home and takine them beck to the been 0 closely allied to yeu in the recent. very ime = js latter advance the division captured more thah 1,400 German : ‘ “—_ ; Var Ritaua’l franitin alien ions witel divorce courte iain on. io she ceKs portant battle operations which have resulted in the fe Scere and enlisted men und a vast amount of military property, inciudin Keep Him AS IS—-Only Bargain Fiends Are Eter: ReaUia ieommnied ahnuitineatian Gr anichanaed tor sominihinn Gaetan, aeleh ered the pearl a Pay Coated ae if @ala guns, a great'number of machine guns both light und heavy, anti- nally Dragging Men Home and Taking Them | ty consciously during skirt—rage be-| dors not exist. Perhaps come day we Bow flint tulle. catego tine work done by the ae crea OTE ISOS LIS LOE RIE HS tank guns, trench mortars, dumps of ammunition and railroad rolling stock Back to the Courts Later On to Be Exchanged cause of the poor woman's humilia- | may limit the return privilege on hus- and 30th American Divisions have become availe Tp all this fighting the character of the enemy's resista ind the extent 5 : 7, eT tion and dismay, amusement because | bands and wives, as we do now ¢ the ailantry and devotion of the troops of bis losses are indicated by the large number of enemy dead on the tie for Something Better That Does Not Exist. of the elaborate pantomime that fo-|dry goods, Department in these operations have Won the admiration of thelr Australian comrades. Tho tasks s but the American tr contmbuted in a v server on| women buy more carefully sin . _ ° cussed tho eyes of every 0 were formidable, By Nixola Greeley-Smith Aer ealcrarians @hicuomient oltisra| beet Riva suet overcame all obstacles and 1 degree to the ultimate cape ‘The efforts of the past month constitute a record to be proud of, an thelr valuc is indicated in the commendatory letter from the Commander even days in whieh 1 ty e Pres Publisbing Co. (The New vise have pa vl ptieed, And to change thei nds. 10 | iis Chict of the British expeditionary forces which has been publehed for Copyrigh!. 191% by ‘The Preas Publishing Co. (The New York Bvening World) \wise have passed unnoticed, And I nar ih r mind: Who kn | ture of the whole tunnel system a OSHUA was the only man who ever commanded the sun to stand stil) have thought t in the heart of|but we might marry more cautiou : I shall be glad if you cor o vis % the information of the division. Officers and men have justitied the estimate fire. pial h pigsty < wa could have a auct th : . i 1 convey to your Division Com- . uccessfully, But every Woman believes she can make the dynamo of|overy old woman, however a ate sent home} manders my appreciation of thanks for the work done and to uocept my made by the division when after its arrival in France it was selected to | with memories, there must be @ se-|on approval, wit) the priv of ex-| best wishes for every possible success in the future, Yours v incerely, our universe balt in bis tracks if she bas the price of a permanent ieee 0 Mont Memmi seater against the expected great ‘effort of the . cret altar built not to him she loved|changing him for another, should he JOHN MONASH, enemy to drive through to the sea. They have justified the opinions of ware, For the benefit. of tho unsophisticated mele reader Ss nor to him who most loved her,| prove less becoming than he seemed| M@or Gen. G. W. Read Weir fighting qualities formed when this crisis, with the evacuation of | | must explain that what she wants is artificlaNy undu:| 1) 1) tne man who never undertook | at the altar! ride a lett Seely cary Mare i mt Kemmel had passed and the division promptly attacked and took | lated hair, at $3 a curl, guaranteed to stay put six months. | ¢., reform her. Perhaps it is because women are on| mander of the Australiar vs, the Perey Tau ee the Com. Vierstaat Ridge, being, with the 30th Division on our left, the first American | The other day 1 met,# married woman I know Just! 7a. wits who tries to reform aman| the whole less egotistical men| known to you his ation of t 1 F caine 2, ale troops to fight on Belgian territory. 17 emerging rejuvenated and radiant from a balrdresset,’! 14. been shown the folly of ber ways| that they show les reforra| division, and of the resulta they accomplished in thetr part in. breaking JOHN F. O'RYAN, Major General | who had performed this high-priced miracle on her gry! py moralists ever since the world be- rit in marriage. Then, too, thei Tie ania eM portion of ths Binds nburg Line, It is undoubtedly due to ing locks. | gan, but the husband who wants to! imaginations have never been warped| no teers of f Orpe . hat the linc was broken and the operations new : 1 don't admire permanent waves myself. In fact, I reform his wife has gone uncensured.| by Robinson Crusoe und they have eee igage Mosse, * Now we'll let leaders of the Britt and Australian Armies, whose men | * » don't understand bow human hair can be expected to; Yet he outnumbers women reformers) no mania for acquiring a man Fridey| and t malin uocombuahed ate an’ oc eet ys ne ahs battie fought shoulder to shoulder with our doughboys of the 27th, add their * “YV' vake for hours and not look like a ravelled rope-end, the'a thousand to one. In fact, there 18| and telling him how to do thinva| have their. pla fa tory and must always be a source ‘of bey Wid Waeed of praise. But first, here's an oMfeial British report to ; ‘ Serer juiage all “permanent waves” bring to my mind How-| practically no man who enters mat-| (oljectively, women may have be our people STEPHEN ©. CLARK, Adjutant Geenral to eormamunications: ever, | praised the coliffeur's bandiwork as heartily as I could and Loco maar Nieee Sele! oe Hepes fo UIE amninet vations srindeiie, but measles . c dis € as individuals they still tend to ac. ‘ ican eid i a Hh ER Oct, 20, 1918 ae kB . teaching his ‘wife what to read and to| cept the man life gives them wa | A LETTER FROM THE COMMANDER OF AN AUSTRALIAN MACHINE a. hoa ete ae nt, Oct, 20, 191 How dg you think Bill will like it think, or he may extend bis cruad-| er and to belicve, or at lense peters GUN BATTAL.ON e course of the last three weeks the 27th anc isions of | “Bi repeated the made-over, eee ees sree | ih as Diliove, on a Dr | f the 24 American Corps, operating with the 4th British Army, have matron with the intonation of good-/and T coukd mot blame her, But le eben he . iy eed er bas pay) : in ay noblest speci-| UCHE Cammind ne Denar atheiiclal ept. 30, 1918, © taken part with great gallantry and success in three or offen humored*patronage some women re-| Wondered if she was happler or leas! one way or another every hus ware , peel ish 4 ie av In muking a ruona ne Peaiicnn @perations, besides being engaged in a number of lesser ks, In tt rve for their husbands, “Why, Gill|happy than those wives who ought!) O60"), a critic on the hearth," An . women ios nd hortheaat of Duncan Ro ‘ rahe ae het east \ youll never notice Td had anything |bever to appear in public without . . ve | OF on mestic di rs than | wag evident trom the onset the of Bie Sept, 30, tt course of this tighting they have displayed soldierly qualities of a high WU ' leering & Glee *iatend Ge ine ‘Bens| Wenn Dave ieee desire to MOT es pacause no man worthy of the|yer hoavy oppesition and machi, ; j D hod met with erder and bave materially assisted in the success of our attacks, done to my hair even tl nad nad wy | ws Li sine “Pas ethos of their |Over the men they acquire at the bar-| name would endure what many wome| wero @ very Jargo number of dead. aire & Noh wa Wading. ‘There Having fought with the utmost dash and bravery in the great attack "Tat Shaved: THI has just bas a pe eit tues en te foreign |S2!5 counter of Iife, This may be) oy take ay a maticr of course—con.| toward ront, obviously being Killed ay they Wore advenein te faeee Sf Bent, 29, in which the Hindenburg line was broken, and having on that hos on a black dre» with white coi. |MeWspapers during the war. I refer | eonuse Lal Aro more experienced) stant daily griticiam in their smallest,|4MY One case was there « man inoving backward when kille af ? Gecasion captured the villages of Bellicourt and Nauroy, with a lurge num- jars and cuffs, she's beautiful, If she {to Women whose clothes always rep. eae ae es “ ‘ a a br ry : Died die ie ed ese nigh “as ae ea nt thas enilading mashing “Ber of prisoners, on Oct. 8, the troops of the 24 Amer Corps again et- has not. she docs not exist for Bill,|resent a compromise between their | > ‘Semieaporeg ast ran Riess Some women will endure being c ents meh Ui Division may. not facked in the neighborhood of Montbi« nth of successful Why, 1 could have all my teeth taken |OWM ideas of beauty and a husband's Husseastully for a mais tito take #1, | ney nic aWel Mehitne on. r at » reir gallant ing they completed an advance of mule un Maton to St. Souplet, out and he would not know anything |TiBtd notions of proper dress. eT ad When a woman beaten. but even tn the ¢ als of pas} do what thes tout to do bre Hindenburg Line wane to Uprercoming determined resistance and cupturing several strongly defended about he heard from the den-| Most wives prefer the censorious t© sees those two little we pag | ane, rebelde ariel ineluded labina| ihe | lant of the #7th Di great oddy, it wow bape Willages and woods tt, Then he'd get mad the indifferent husband, censure im-!foided length of silk she knows she! had been killed, it is not recorded t Tein RADAGADEA th i Wa ; Throughout the past three days the 24 American Corps bas agu As | vn I ev- | plying at least a degree of interest, wil) tind omewh whey, her husband ventured to ¢ e her a i was huma ; sek Pa th Division have d dally and on each occasion with complete success, though wal years and had never seen her in| but the man who desires the perma- gh. gets tt hom he relies upon Clothes, IC he had. her names might) iy this action must stand to do. and their gallantry : & black dress with the white collar/nent success of his League of Matri- per ability to make the material ane | Lay come down the ages with ta hist is eeennee ae been mos oberinate. dgbting their way forward ang cuffs, 1 concluded that she had|mony will show an intellieent apore-|swer her purpose, faw. and all, ued | Corday and ‘other avenging spirite| Zdgutengat Colonel, V. Cy D8, 0. Bar, D. OM i Mu ) Bt. Fouplet to Ste pie Sroundywest of the Bambre Canal, they have riven up all iden of pleaeing him-—Icintion of hin wife's attire without! wastes no. time krinnbling about it instead of typifying the model wits, Yralian Machine Gun Battadon, =” Conmapdia FARA Garena. nat it d é i | mt