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'4 IS' FATE AGAIN VALLEY STRUGGLE fSter Four Days tf Fruitiest Offensive Lodendorff Loses .;- rnitfatfve. in the, West ;flRST BATTLE IS RECALLED Germans and French Met on . Historic Battlefield Just 46 "' Mnnthe and IfV hi A , (CeUnrf from Pc OM) f tensive the Americans promptly re ' established their lines and drove j the German tack acroaa the river. J Inflicting; heayy Imim and achlev , Inc what was. up to that moment. I the moat .brilliant America sue.- , ; cm of the present war, - ; uniortunaiaiy, the French to the eastward; between Jaulg-onne and Dormans. fared leaa well. Here, on a front of some 11 miles, the Ger man successfully paaaed the Marne, mounted the hUla on the southern aide of the valley and temporarily established themselves as- securely as had the Austrians at Iontello in the opening; phase' of the battle of the PlavOy i , Tair V Envelope French Having; done this , the Germane turned their attention eastward and, advancing up the Marne on either bank of the Tlver. atruck boldly and ' heavily for Epernay with the o6vt- ous purpose of enveloping1 the French troona on th nhinw nii.tr ' I and abolishing this obstacle t thefr . y - ' uyvu MT ?r nnmnt; mgni MS pOHtmi I Of the French and their fw Tiia comrades In the Rheims salient lad oeeome aiinouit if hot desperate On either- bank of the Marne the I , t-wiw nut I u vi w iniir eigne t 1. 1 mllea west of Koernev. Nn.' DECIDED IN MARNE ' thy were climbing the western J 1 lP of that considerable elevation. lauuumii ui xuieuna, wmcn k J th military element In the Ftheim s. position, f But If the positron of Rheims was difficult on . Wednes i day nlaht the wtini .it, ,....- 2 Foch could see It at (hit nomnt :was extremely favorable. ; Opportsslty for Ceaater Offeastre " Except for the single local achieve ;jnent about Rheims the entire Ger rman effenntv t failed without achieving; preliminary, ma wiucn compromises: French, reserves or compelled Fooh to e- jyoxe n resources to repsirtner' reake.: He was In a position now .to. launch a counter offensive. n enemy's troops were Tin A the -uttermost. They were wearied ' . oy oays or outer fighting. Their ; food and - ammunition :-.- nlna short, tn moment of the battle had arrived, a I moment that must hm rmouA the allied generalissimo that other time when at the crisis of tAo battle -of the Marne he launched bla coun- jtr.thru,t at Fere-Champenolae I which decided the Issue on that ' ' other, battle. p-'T-f .Feeh Strikes PrempUy . Foch struck promptly en the (front between the Marne and the f A lane between Soisso and Chateau , Thierry, a I have already ald, un tder conditions exactly .recalling JMaunory's thrust eastward from Paris on September 6, 1914. He used ,for his blow French and American . i troops, the latter' in the greatest number that had yet appeared upon the western front, and he placed ;thse troops under the command of .General Mangtn. who In .October laMc December of 191t had delivered Ladies' Nap-a-Tan 10 inch Mountain Shoe, unlined, closed tongue, heavy sole. Regular price $9.00 Sale Price V Ladies' all-grey kid, 9 inch top, leather LXV heel, welt, lace. Good value at $9.50 Sale Price $(R J - Mr 3 i II. s... ! 1 '! !! I ' VVV " v V -- i j , ffirs-: V ; A: - 1 i it -'ld-,-V.'--i,V-,A- x" t i V'v;:V.:i''..5S"-k 4 J J M . Vki stfe'.:'. ' ' SSwSw MILITARY LEADER OF ALLIES s ' ' i ' ' ' 'r ,,,, ' ' 1 i i V ' - -,S :.::.' ' 1 General Foch, "generalissimo of Verdun by retaking . Douaumont and Vanx, and till more recently tn the battle -of Compiegne had, by a similar counter thrust, paralysed the German efforta little' more than a month ago.- v '":...'' On a It-mile front, issuing from the woods and thickets behind them, advancing across fields Vlready memorable because of the fighting . of our American marines, Manila's army promptly broke the first line of the German resistance and crashed forward for gains of from six to eight miles, which' brought them to the heights dominating Sols sons, and for the moment, at least, across the highway and railway con necting Solssons with Chateau Thierry and serving as the main line communication for all the Ger man troops fighting on the Marne front'. ' . .- In Same Position as To Klaek Here was exactly the situation which Von Kluck confronted when on September 5 his fourth reserve corps held the flank on the hills west of the Ourcq, river, waa jud dently assaulted by Maunory's whole army and driven rapidly backward. ' . 2 Von' Kluck saved himself from ultimate disaster by promptly rep ealling all his Infantry from south of the Marne. and in the succeeding days., he .Anally checked Maunory and evert-pushed him alowty back toward Paris. But by recalling his troops from south of the Marne he abandoned the - German thrust against the French '. armies and opened the way for th return of all the French forces to the offen sive and with a subsequent victory of the Marne. Obviously, the Immediate purpose of this thrust of Foch waa to relieve the pressure 'which was becoming dangerous both on the western side of the Rheims salient and south, of the Marne river. Means Abolition of Paris Front As Manama's forces advanced westward they approached and' brought under their artillery fire all the roada and rallrnaila .aen- tlal to tTe existence of the German . ZZITTT E1W Ladies', Misses' and Men's dark tan or black calf English bals, leath er soles or guaranteed fiber soles. Regular $6.50 Children's white can vas, leather sole, lace, good play shoe. Sie 5 to 8, $1.15 Sizea 8i-il$i:20 Sizes lli-2, $1.30 Dark tan calf wing tip, 9 inch top, Wind evelets, mili tary heeL Regular $7.50 cffwA Between THE ' OREGON 1 "S'' .WO . FPrWsWWffBllMHaVe the allied armies, at his desk. forces on the Marne and striking toward Epernay. -Unless the thrust could -prompUy. Wtopped It would become necessary ' foe ail the " Gr man troops In the deep salient be tween Solssons and Rheims to re tire. .And this would : mean ". oof merely the abandoning of tha small gains of the present battle and the surrender of . the far greater gains incident to the . collapse of - the Frenoh on the Alsne in May, but It ' would, mean the '.'abolition of - that. ''Paris Front,'" so fseauenUy men tioned in German dispatches. In a word, the situation - on Fri day, July l. when this article la written, was this : Mangin's thruBt has been immediately and locally successful. It was .already on the edge of - Solssons and across one 'of the vital German roads. The problem now ,was whether within the next few hours the Franco American forces could be pinned down and the German salient south ward to the Marne preserved, or whether the Germans would have to retreat behind the Veale river or even the Alsne, abandoning that front on which they could alone make a later drive for Paris. May See Great Retirement All forecast and prophesy at the critical stage of the decisive battle la Idle. We may, however, see that within the next few hours a further slight advance of the Mangin forces will cojnpel the most considerable German retreat on the western " front since the famous Hindenburg retirement following the. battle of the Somme. We may see that such a retirement would destroy all the German menace to Paris for the present campaign and carry with it the doom of the German offensive of 191S. On the other hand, recognising how vast are the issues at stake and how fatal to the morale of their own people would be the announce ment that the second battle of the Marne had ended In a defeat com parable with the first, we must i. lieve that the Germans will make Children's Dept. e. Largest Shoe Repair Factory on the Coast Present Prices Men's Best Soles $1-15 . Ladies' Best Soles v 85c BoyV Best Soles. , Men's Rubber ' ' Heels 30c r Ladies' Rubber Hetils 25c Portland Fibre Half Soles 85c Other Work Lower Than Elsewhere Repairing Mar : Shoe Co. . V Alder and Morrison StreeU SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORT every possible effort to avoid any., retreat - and to retain . their posi tions, which are vital to the largest strategic purpose of thelf campaign. Defeat al te That ef Aaitrlaat ' It trould aeem that the menace to ' Rheims has been abolished. - It . would seem that the prospect of any . German gala as a result ot the fifth offensive is. already gone. It la, hardly too much to say tn Jhe pres. . ant showing that the Germans have suffered -. a defeat at ; least com- . - parable, with the defeat ot their al- - Ilea, the Austrians. on the. FUve a few weeks ago. Even if our allies make no fur ther gains and tha battleline sta bilize themselves as they stand bow. Foch has won a Victory ot enor mous Importance, v Today marks the beginning of the fifth month since, " the opening ef h German campaign of. lil. in that period more than ISO, 000 American troops have been , transported across the sea, Britain haa had time to raise new levies, so the allied armies are infinitely stronger - in all respects than they ' were when the German attack be gan, and, after a loss of at least 750,000 In casualties, German vic tory is as far . away, & 1 w ' March 20, on the eve of Ludendorff B first and' greatest, blow. . . ;: GermaasjMayj-SeekOld lJBes It is . conceivable that the allies) will not pass to the offensive, fit is possible,: although ; unlikely, that a further acceutatlon of the Mangin drive will result In a considerable t Sedan and in ' the , capture of larga German forces caught in the salient between Rheims and Solssons. - It. 1ft more probable thatthe Germans wilt have to fetire .behind the Alsne and that the- lines will stabilise themselves pn something like the positions occupied by, the respective " armies' at the close of the first batUe of the . Marne But in any event the German "Peace Storm" has ended, like the Austrian "Hunger Offensive," tn defeat, which is al- ' ready a moral disaster and may be come a military crash. . In this great battle more American troops have fought than In any bat tle since Grant opened the campaign of 1864 by the battle of the Wilder-, tiess. In this battle our troops' have already revealed qualities which won them the deserved praise of "all allied nations, and they have made a contribution to victory posi tive tn itself and a promise of the far greater - service our troops are to render hereafter. XJttte FresabOJty of UTew BriTe - There remain two months of cam-, palgnlng weather. - There remains tha possibility of one more German offensive but every sign that one can now, see Indicates that we have al ready turned the corner. The second battle ot the Marne, while It lacks the grandeur and the extent of the first, may. prove only less significant than the first in the history of the war and jut. fatal to German plans In 19ls as waa JoC(res victory to German hopes in 1914. As I close this article the an nouncement la made of the fall ot Solssons.' This was a logical con ' sequence of the success of Thurs day's push, not to be avoided unless the German counter thrusts were at' once and tremendously successful It deprives the Germans ot their chief lines ot communication south ward to the Marne and almost In evitably precludes a retreat to the Alsne. . Taken together wtth the news ot the capture ot 20,000 pris oners and more than 100 guns, it - seems to hand out the promise of a . smashing triumph. ""There is left to ' the German now only one line et ' railway to munitions his troops oni the Marne, and even . this Is '-under , j long range fire.'.4' - t ; - ,.j f -4 Major . Roosevelt ; Slightly' Wounded New York. July 20. U. P.) Major Theodore Roosevelt Jr. has been' wound ed tn action In France and has been removed to. a base hospital In Paris, it was stated tn a cablegram received here today by Colonel Roosevelt at his home In Oyster Bay. . ;. The meesaire. which Waa from Ifra l( II li I I 1 I I i s: ii I Boys' Elk Scouts, w. ter-proof soles. Little gents, youths and boys. Sizes up to 5!2. Reg ular $3 and $3.50 I li w !! III! , Men's Army Trench Shoe Governm't Rejects . Regularly $8.00 r i I If II . ' l I. Ladies' grey Irfd oxford or pumpK covered heel, turn sole. Regular $8 . I It II I li li ii 1; ii 1 5 I II A aJt I ill" I I Now 2M Sale Sale$S ii i' ': ii ii n is btOlTe ' LAND, SUNDAY MORNING. JULY 21, 1315. Theodora Roosevelt Jr stated thit ktr bueband. had been wounded,' but that me wound, was not serious and advised tha family not t vorrr, v .... i Major Roosevelt's wound inakas the second time he has been . oft the cas ualty list. . Frevtously he had mat- ferjd from a eras attack. . '"''L.X'.rv Kermlt Roesevelt la the oaty ole et , ..vw- . . w .w win win nap escaped a. wound. .Ueutenant Queatla ttooseveii s aeatn in aa aerial battle waa confirmed only today. -. - -. , . -Mra.vTheodore Roosevelt Jr." went to France to do war work a bo tit the same time her husband left as a flfhtint? man. f Harry Thorn at the Organ It m f J The: tale of a gritty youth who fought his way to fame and fortune a smashing story of the sea and land; of a stowaway aboard a liner, a stern captain, a Blue Grass Belle, a horse race and a :, whiff of the p'each blossoms of . . '". : . ; , i I JLesigns.Gountyob ' To Aid Government County Roadmasiar Teon has resigned. Ml formal letter retiuestlnt that he be relieved (rem further duty la connection with the eountr hltiways to before the Tfteard of. eounry oommlssloners, 'who WIU probably take "action unoa It this week.-' The' reaad assumed by Mn Teon for ttvtnc U his unsalaried posi tion In th servloe of the coontyis jthat ha has acoeotad a II a year Job '.with Fare .(TUi.THE WAR'S a mWMMl,, 'SMBm : ( - 7'OLD KENTUCK,V the national; government to - forward spruce production,,''-'' : V'".' . He .has . been "appointed by Colonel Olsque as siipervteor of the aatsep eoun ty district and delegated with fun au- Lthortty over ; all -operations attendant -upon' cettlns; out Iocs.. ' , ; The work Is In line with his past ex perience la the lortlnr Industry. ' ' It has been known for some time that Hr. Teon has Wanted to reahrn the road mastership ever since the completion' ef the Columbia river , highway and other mala county roads.' but had been pre vail ed upon to-defer the atep from time Lto times. :-. . - l,- ' i OVER) ; " i. - J f Smiling' Bill Parsons ; IN "A.VlDOWS MIGHT" Mother of Ten Has : - Six Sons in rmy " 6pThtfil4.' ULi July I9HL servtoe flas; et six start adorns tha wind aw t Mr. na lira. Jaoob widmtr's home here, : Each one represents 'a 'eon la t?rde Ean's military servloe.' - Two ethers may : Join the , colors within the asxt year. ,i Mrs. Wldmer. tt, la the mother of 19 children. She and two younrer daurh tare are ardent Red Cross workers, and All Week n spectacular demonstra tion by officers and men of the' Portland Recruiting Office of the U. S. Navy in honor of Jack Pickford, a 'Jackie" how in Uncle Sam's Navy, afternoons and evenings in conjunc tion with MB if ? A J Pictograph - j .-' . '
