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;flRST BATTLE IS RECALLED
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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 .
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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
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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'. ' . .-
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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
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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
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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. . .
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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
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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. . ;.
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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.
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' 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
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the national; government to - forward
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. He .has . been "appointed by Colonel
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ty district and delegated with fun au-
Lthortty over ; all -operations attendant
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; 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
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Mother of Ten Has : -
Six Sons in rmy
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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
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children. She and two younrer daurh
tare are ardent Red Cross workers,
and All Week
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tion by officers and men of
the' Portland Recruiting
Office of the U. S. Navy in
honor of Jack Pickford, a
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