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ENGLAND'S ARMY IN THE FIELD
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Points on Hindenburg's Invincible Line Have Been
Captured by British Troops Who Are Steadily Driv
ing Them Back
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
With the British Armies in the
field, Aug. 2. Today Britain is on top.
At the close of the third year of the
war the British bulldog is no longer
on the bottom. The "contemptible
little army" which the Kaiser sneer
ed at in 1914 has taken its medicine
and, despite the hammering it has re
ceived, now has Crown Prince Rup-
tide had turned in this, the third year
of the war, and from their miracul
ously strong and well-dhosen posi
tion, fought like tigors.
All through August the British
Tommies kept doggedly at the enemy,
bombing him, bayoneting him driving
him back inch by inch nip the slopes
towards Thiepval, from Mouquet
"The .Contemptible Little Army" At Which the Kaiser fthns "31 hi"!
Sneered in 1914 Has Taken Its Medicine and Is Now 'wood was taken morally a foot at a
' diviner the Germans Some of Their Own Strongest time and held despite infernal sheii-
T-:4.r Ti;J Uv.i T,r5V,la T.iio TTaira'-RoPTi fire. The British would not let go.
In September they got their reward.
They had gained to the crest of the
deadly ridge and then, with one swoop
almost, they captured village after
village Guillemont, Ginchy, Hers,
Martinputch, Coureslette, Guedecourt,
Lesbosufe, Morval and Thiepval.
On the 15th of this month the tanks
went into action for Mis first time.
On the day the famous official hes-
sage of an aiiman read:
A tank is walking up the High
Street of Flers with the British Army
cheering behind it."
And it was a fuct. A complete sur
prise to the Germans they crawled
over trenches and trees, shell-craters
and the walls of ruined villages start
ing hundreds of the enemy into sur
render all by themselves.
Oomblea was abandoned by the
Germans during September, the Brit
ish entering before daylight from the
north, the French from the south, th
two allies meeting in the center of the
town and shaking hands. This was
the first town of the war to be given
up without a fight owing to French
British pressure.
During October, in the dizzle, the
British took Eaucourt I'Abbaye and
Le Sars. November was wot and
soggy and during the short lull which
came in the fight about this time, the
Germans 'boasted that the British
Abmy hud spent itself and' was no
longer dangerous. The .reply was one
of the most brilliant victories of the
war, the capture of Beaumont Hamel,
one of the solidest of Hindenburg's
strong points, along with Beaucourt,
St, Pierrs-Divion and 7,000 prisoners.
Besides these and other towns and
villages taken by the British, had fal
len an incredible number of positions
tlie capture of any one of which in
previous wars would have made a
general's reputation. During the first
five months of Somme fighting fell
the Windmill beyond Pozieres, Mou
quet Farm, Stuff and Schwnben Red
oubts, the Quadrilateral north of
Flore, the other ono near High Wood,
High Wood itself, Mcmctz Wood and
Fricourt, Delville, Angle, Wedge, Acid
FAMOUS WHITE MINSTRELS AT
THE ARCADE TU.MUHl
Tonight the feature will be run
only once. Following will oe an nour
and forty minutes or iun music anu
dancing staged by the well known
Tom Christy's Famous White .Min
strels. There will be only one show
tonight.
It is an exceptionally unique story
that is told in "Maternity," the newest
World- Picture Brady-Made which will
be shown at the Arcade theatre today
and tomorrow with charming Alice
Brady in the title role. The picture
tells the story of a young wife who
fears motherhood and with good
cause. Her mother died at her birth
and her grandmother died at her
mother's birth. The manner in which
this fear is cast out by perfect love
and of the way in which real happi
ness comes to her finally, constitutes
a thoroughly pleasing and entertain
ing picture. Alice Brady is seen in
one of tho most brilliant roles in her
brilliant career. The fire scene in
which Miss Brady rescues a young
child from death at the flames.makes
a remarkable scene that will live long
in the memory of all those who see
it. "Maternity" is a remarkable pic
ture of great merit and of splendid entertainment.
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precht's men rather more than matched.
The first year of tho fight the small
new army recruited by Lord Kitchener
to take the place of the first Hundred
Thousand of tho Bogular Army, simp
ly caught Hail Columbia. But though
their heads were 'bloodied, they held
their own. The second year saw more
troops, more guns, more ammunition,
but even as late as Loos the Prussian
was too strong for the new British
airmy, still lacking as it was in all
the machinery of war.
But, at the beginning of the third
vear. btagland had caught up. or
the first time since Armageddon be
gan the British army faced the enemy
on fairly equal footing. There wore
plenty of men and plenty of machin
ery and with these in hand Sir Doug
,las Haig, In July 916, began me
I Battle of the Somme.
I For two years the Prussians had
I been preparing the Somme positions
and, at tho time Sir Douglas began
I the great advainture, Field Marshul
I Hindenburg: considered the line im
i pregnable. History had nevc-r seen
i anything approaching it. Behind
'first line trenches, deep and reinfor
ced with concrete and steel, were
reserve lines just us deep and just as
strong. Machine guns, in betoned em-
plecements fairly bristled along the
fire-tronches and many more were in
hidden pits further back, while every
wood and thicket had been turned in-
, to impassable entunglcments made of
I special barbed wire as thick as a
! child's finger with wicked barbs every
inch. Concealed turrets of arnior-
pinto steel had been sunk in the
' ground at Strategic points leaving
jonly their revolving tops and gun
I muzzles above the level of the earth
and in between were redoubts nnd
' strong points, labyrinths, tunnels,
quadrilaterals and every other device
cunning Hindenburg could put into
play.
The French and British struck to
gether, the French below the Somme
I River, tho British north of it, to-
! wards Baw.ume. Combles and Peronne.
British artillery for the first time in Canadians at Coureelette, Australians
'the war showed superiority over the t Pozieres, New Zealanders uround
i Gorman and its continual roll mm- Vw, Newfoundlanders near Thiep
!blod day and night. Prussian airmen val, South Africans nt Delville Wood,
j tried to give Prussian gunners the Irish at Guillemont, Welsh at Mametz,
linn-ro as thov had nhvavs done in the Scots at Iongueval and Beaumont
! pase, but now British airmen swooped Hanu-I where the soldiers fought to'
jupon them like enraged hawks and the pipes, playing "Stop Your Tickling ,
I drove them down, or back beyond the Jock.
PAULINE FREDERICK COMING
"Her Better Self,'- Pauline Freder
ick's latest Famous Players picture on
the Paramount Program was written
by Margaret Turnbull, directed by
Robert G. Vignola and photographed
by Ned Van Buren. This combination
alone would insure its success and the
excellent cast which has been added
makes it one of the finest productions
appearing this season. Director Vig
nola has been the director of many of
Pauline Fredericks former sensat
ional successes and Mr. Van Buren,
the photographer, promises many ex
ceptionally beautiful photographic ef
fects, among them, the turning of
Miss Frederick's reckless auto race
against time, which it is said is the
most graphic ever pictured. "Her
Better Self" is the attraction at the
Arcade theatre Friday and Saturday.
AUGUST 15 IS
DATESETFOR
CHERRY F
COVE IS MAKING GREAT PRE
PARATIONS FOR THE
ANNUAL EVENT
Cove, Aug. 2 (Special) In sett
ing the date at August 15th, which is
almost a month later than ever before
the Cherry Fair Directors are en
deavoring to bring about what may
be turned a post-season fair. Former
years have proven that holding this
event 'during the busy season works
a hardship upon the growers and up
on others connected with the fair, and
the fruit industry,
Experience has also shown that
even long after the cherry season fs
past enough fruit can be had to make
a very creditable exhibit, and for
these reasons it was decided to set the
date at approximately the close of
the season.
The story is current that growers
here using deadly poison for spray.
As a matter of fact nothing is used
on fruit excepting white hellebore.
It is impossible to eat enough fruit
to obtain injurious results from the
Drop. Arrow Heard and other woods 1 amolmt of this which might
anu strong points, an inveriui-Mng ami ; a(jheie to the fruit.
making their capture the harder be
cause each was supported by the rest.
All of Britain's children did well, the
An innovation has been adopted in
King and Queen contest this year.
No one over twelve years of 'age is
eligible.
Ample accommodations for picnic
lunch or meals may be obtained from
various lunch stands as in former
years.
Dallas Has Home Guards.
lines completely dominating the air. 1
German observation balloons
, - iv i T Till Although he does not anticipate any
were "'- '''". ' "ul trouble on account of H. W. W.
sent, mazing w we rann ny ormsn " tntion in this county, Sheriff John W,
pianos, out in sumcient numDcrs at umvst m nuiimm
last. So the enemy's iruns were blind. Divisions were used against mo tint
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The Pinery
Minam, Oregon.
But the fiirht was anything- but a ish and French. I he losses averaged
walk-over for the British and French, about per cent, killed, wounded
The Germans, accustomed to winning, and prisoners or about 750,000.
always with every advantango on French and British together took over
their side, could not realize that the 80,000 prisoners, the British share of
the booty being 29 heavy guns and
' -- - howitzers, 06 field guns, 136 trench
mortars and 514 machine guns, plus
stores of all kind.
I As 1017 advanced the British kept
pounding away at the Prussians. In
j February and March, unable to stick
i it out under the everlnsting hammer
i ing, the Kaiser's men fell back, aband
i oning Bapaume, Pnronne, and sur-
rounding country. Tho German High
j Command had previously prepared
'what is known as the Hindenburg
j Line, Arras to Craonne, via St. Qucn
I tin. and counted upon that to hold.
But on April 9th, by a marvelous
ilv rapid mnneouvor, Sir Douglas, now
j Field Marshall Haig, stuck at the
Arras pilot and broke it, driving in
1 tho German line to the "switch" posi-
Orr has complied with the request of
! Governor ithycomb that home
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guards be organized in each county,
and has appointed the members of the
Knights of Pythias marching club as
special deputy sheriffs. These de
puties will be armed with army rifles,
loaned the Dalles rifle club by the war
department about a year ago, should
the occasion demand it.
tion between Iens and Queant. So
was the Spring offensive luunched,
the first few days netting tho Brit
ish 19,343 prisoners.257 guns and
howitzers, 227 trench mortars nnd
470 machine guns in addition to many
which were destroyed.
Thus the third year cf the war has
seen the British get the upper hand.
Thoy do not claim that Prussia's
power is broken, but they do claim
to have taken tho enemy's measure,
won the initiative and made a telling
punch of victory.
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Why pay 20c and 25c for a can of
string beans?
At 6c per pound we can supply you
with choice, tender, string beans, fine
for home canning.'
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