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.VOL. VII NO. "139
British Force Now 14 Miles
East of Lille French Advance
to Within Si Miles of Ghent
More Prisoners Taken by Haig
fiernuns Reported to Be Ship
ping?: Submarines Overland
; From" Antwe'rp Preparatory to
Evacuation of ' City by Army.
LONDON. Oct. i, i p.; m. (I,
K.f lS,VBritish ; Iroops have
entered Tdurnai. an Important
ST
German base In Belgium, 14 miles
east of 'Ltlle.';' .' 't : '- '
Only three miles epafateB the
Bri t!h . from , the Valesciennea-
HiraoD railway, one of the most
Important' German, lines of com
munication on the, western front.
High . ground east of the Selle
river is f now In British hands.-.
London. OoJ. Jl.nl. N. S) French
troop have established a ' bridgehead
on the Oude Caelea river, about elx
mllee west of Ghent.' According- to In
formation received here this afternoon,
noon. ' "
London. Oct. tLlT. P.) More than
looo prisoners were taken by the Brit
ish north of Le Cateau Sunday, Field
Marshal Hale reported, today...
London. Oct. t. (I. N. S. The Brit.
Ish have capturead 6209 prisoners and
(Coneled4 on Pm Two, Celumw Two)
Woolen Mills to Be
Given Contracts
For Full Capacity
' Important orders will -be- : given
woolen ' mills of this dUtrlct 1b the
.near, future to keep them runninc at
capacity, according to word received
' by the Chamber of 4 Commerce f from
Senator Charles McNary. It had been
'feared, shortage of., orders might close
the plants, but" presentation of ' the
lease to the war Industries board and
. to the Oregon delegation .in congress
.jhas
( -'Tl
brought results. .
; - The Portland Woolen i- Mills has or-
ders that will keep It going -for about
I two, months, but the Columbia Woolen
-: Xfllls 'has no contracts. Roy Bishop,
- manager of this plant. Is In the East
V seeking' definite orders. .
a-
-1 .-
;.t-
in
, ICowrleM, 1918,'Nvw
TV TEW YORK, Oct. 21. The
ENTERED:
A
Hunga
and
Slav
Vital
which has now degenerated into a race between the emperor
, v withia ipqlicv bf federation, and the various nationalities,
wf' a purpose oi race; reintegration, fta& become the dominant
political feature of the present European situation: . .The war be
i gan because Austria fet that the Hberationtof -the: Balkan, Slavk
threatened .her . own! existence; ' It Was in. it&. f enrti.t', ainnarrH
I between Austria-Hungary rand"
I backed Austria and Russia toolc
I the settlement of the ;'Wt' must
i I ocvuciucul, vi inc. race qucMion wun .respect jo' Austna.
t-J?yi 'r..rtmli t-Blvnxj S ; jpefmitted to keep to-slavery, tha Caec
(.. as w Ansma-Huararr there are car
. tala basic facia that all Americana
4 shoud keep In mind now. - i, The dual
4 monarchy is a partnership- between IV
i 000,000 l Germans - and 10,000,000 Hun
garians for the -purpose-o( keeping' in
subjection 22.000.000, Slavs and 4.000. 000
-. Latins, f y By . virtue of ,, tne articles , of
agreement. - the Austrian ' Germans are
1 : i : : -i : : r - : l tt-
McAlexarider Led at Marne
Oregon Officer Wins Renown
Stems German Tide at Flood
GENERAL U. G. M' ALEXANDER
FORMER officer of Oregon National guard and cadet com
mandant at Corvallis who led his regiment at height of the
Hun invasion in July, gaining for it, from the French, ap
pellation of "The Rock of the Marne."
4 ?-'-V 4
3v vrsv
.w.-.v: -p. -- '. a: ... r-.
When Choice Is Given American
hi
f r ; v i - . ' s' I i
. ' 5 ' ' . v If - V i J . i ;
I .ii, x f j( - " f
J .f,r 9 -i" I ,
-' v ' - ' :;:'.- X...- V i 5-1
LJ Vf r T" Ti r 'fflfwiiai ymrfhAnwrinTiifcOiiiiiirirariinrifrif mim 1iiiiiifliwifnriiMiTinwiiiniiniin mtaT rr
Toward Paris or to Hold His . Line, He Says:
"I Shall Hold the Line"-and He Does.
"The colonel commanding the regiment wishes to praise, you
for the heroic manner in which yoit tbokyour baptism of fire on July
15, 1918; iipott the banks of the Marne. No regiment in the history
of our nation has evershown a finer spirit or performed greater
deed y'Letus cherish, within our hearts the memory of our fallen
comradesi; y Salute them thea forward. McAlexapder."
IO M uigon man, iqen cuionei, uw
Briaadler General Ulysses Grant Mc
Alexarider, for eight, years commandant
of the cadet corps at Oregon Agricultural
college and.' at the outbreak of thewar
inspector Instructor of the Oregon Na
tional Guard came - the distinction of
being In psrsonal command of the Amer
ican regiment that, turned the German
attack at the Marne last.-July. It was
Colonel McAlexander who, when .glven4
the order to fall back if he thought best,
asked if It was up to him. When told It
ry. -
Races Are,
T TribBB. too.) 3
ucheaval in Austria -HunnrV.
the Serbians, m -vyhich. Qenriany
up the cause of the Serbs; Thus
logically' and inevitably include k
Czechs.
Poles,, Ruthenians; the Slovonlan 'faction
of -tha Jugo-Slavs and the 'Italians of
Trieste and X the Trentino. . AH toW
Austria ha a population ot- a little Jess
than . 30,000,000, of whom ,only IQ.000,000
rs German, -i V-t
Hungary has a population of a little
more' than 30.000,000, of Whom Just naif
Concluded ea rase St. .oluma
Sir
uggle
PORTLAND OREGON. MONDAY; i EVENING,'; OCTOBEiR '21, : 1918---TWELVE SPACES.
CVih" : ; , ,
J1 ',. H-
Officer to Continue Retreat
ne replica, 4 nen i snail aoia my.
lines." He did and gained for his regi-
.ment tho ' Croix, de Guerre from the
French high command, as well as the
title ."The Rock of the Mira."
The countless friends of General M
Alexander In Oregon will chuckle when
(Concluded on Put' Nine Column Two)
ROLL OF HONOR
Tn th roll of honor printed below , ere th
mrnri ot the following men from the Pacific
rortliwest: - ..-.- ..
' KILLED IN ACTION .
FWIVAT! ' BCNNCVILLC WELLINOTON
; BENTOLET. nereBcy . mddmc lira. Helen.
8tnle, OhlUra Bnv. Wh.
FftlVATt ERVIN J. HAtlfiHEft. tmm
addraas Ier C Haueen, Dufur. Or.
DIED PROM ACCIDENT AMD OTHER
' t -CAUSES
LIEUTENANT (.EON SKRSERT WHEEL
tK. emergent-? iddrea Urt. Charles EL Wheeler.
jULtenaoars. .wasp, y . . . . .- i
-- .DIED jFROM DISEASE
CORf ORAL JOHN PATRICK. DRISOOLL,
emercencr addrew Mra. ' Wary'T. IhlaooU. 118
ruieenin avenue, cmiue, , vasa.r , rf ,
v corporal, aaatrr - o. ITBVT, emer-
kency addreca, r lw Ury X. Btoat, 1214
SontTi Kiehth nrree,. Tacotaa. $ , -. r i..
PRIVATE WALTER V HELD,' emergency
address airs. -Mary Heitfc -03 Twelfth srenue.
Heauie, a&o. - ... , i
- . , WOUNDED SEVERELY
LJeutenerrt Royal H. Mlnglne, emercenejr d
drrx, Mrs. Fay K. Mfnoins. Unity. Or. '
- frtvaie Ralph C. Nslsen. emergency addren.
Mrs. x,ncv weuon, xyga valley, or. . .
. Rrivate Clarenee B-- BHIott, mergeney md-
Seattle.. Wash.-. ; - .
- Mike Botam, emergency addreai, Bea Gorman,
Bpoaaae.' uoiet, poaan, wain. : .
- WOUNDEO -AND BASSED
O. RayS Wallace, Idaho. (Canadian serrtce.)
- PRISONER OP WAR
C J. K llpatriofc, Bedmoad, Wash, (Caaadiaa
sernoav . a
, . . , WOUNDED 8LIOHTLV ' '
PXvaU Majc-Hoeeh, emergency address, Walter
Peterson, Idaho 1'alls, Idaho. .-,,., - .
- PVlate Bearge W. Mlkaaefli emergency d-
ome. jenerson u, siiKeaeu. uuboM. idaiM. - t
Private Scpxvan - Cleyenaer, i emergency . d-
areas sqzTau . JeTerurex. uiacKntot. Idaho.
WOUNDED ( Degree UwSatsrmlweO '
Jace Wlllghm, emergency addaess, John VK&-
ging nmv- van. t 4, . .y,,-,,. 1
Wasbrngtim, Oct-21. The hnt of casualties
hi the American expeditionary force abroad made
Conclude
oa Page -Eight. Cohurut Two) '
S1116S EAST ON ESPIONAGE
LIKE BIG GATE ALLEGATION
Army Racing With Civilians to
Make Determined Stand Be
fore Populace Is Provoked to
Demand Surrender to Allies.
Prediction Is Made That King
Albert Will Enter Brussels
. , Within Fortnight; Pivot in
Swinging Line Rests on Metz,
By William Phillip Simms
Paris, Oct. 21. (U. P.) The German
vast turning movement backward con
tinues at full swing today.
Six Hun armies under Prince Rup-
precht, General Von Boehm and the im
perial crown prince, pivoting on Mets,
are falling- back from Belgium and
France. The enemy line is swinging like
a great .gate, the retreat becoming more
rapid In proportion to the distance front
the range. . v. ' ;
Thus, the Huns are fighting like mad
men befort Mett-mrhereaa -their resist
ance in Flanders Is slight. -, j
i WJH Enter BrsweU eoa
Kin er Albert na enter -Brussels with
in a fortnight. The fourth and sixth Qer
man armies of Von Amim and Von Quast
are hard pressed. - They have the alter
native of scrambling across the Dutch
frontier, surrendering to Belgians, or
precipitately retreacng southeastward
toward LeigeV ' ,
Neither army -appears to be In a posi
tion tor put up a strong defense .
The enemy doubtless hoped to delay
the pursuing allies, first on the line of
the Lys, and secondly, on the line of the
Escaut, . while the Meuso line was
strengthened. . but the democratized
Boches can scarcely be expected to show
much fight' now until they get behind
the Meuse. '
: ' German Hopev Forlorn -
"In the meantime Foch is threatening
to wreck Hindenburgs plans at several
points on the line. Cavalry is pushing
on toward Ghent and Audenarde. threat
ening Germany's northern flank ; Brit
ish, Americans and French are menac
ing the enemy center while the French
and Americans in the Meuse region
threaten the very hinge of the whole
movement. ' .
An endurance contest Ms In' progress
between the-. Germanic armies and the
Germanic civilians. The armies are rac
ing for Liege, the Meuse. .Met,, Stras
burg and the Rhine, on which line they
hoped to make a stand before the civil
ians demand a showdown .from their
rulers and force an unconditional sur
render. ' It is the most forlorn of forlorn
hopes, but it is the only chance that the
kaiser has or saving even a ainky rem
nant of his throne and his crown. Ac
cording to opinion here, his chances are
precisely the same as those or the pro
verbial snowball in Sahara or the place
Of eternal punishment.
E
HEARS HOT WORDS
Withycombe and Moser Personal
When Latter Blocks Added
FundsTfQr0. A. C. -
Salem, Oct. 2L Senator Gus C. Wto-.
ser today blocked tle attempt i of the
state emergency, board to authorise the
Oregon Agricultural college to Incur a
deficit of $37,43$ ;L to meet the emerg-J
ency arising from the large number
of students -enrolled In the lyrmy ; train
ing corps, and thereby ' precipitated? a
heated verbacombat , between ? himself
and Governor Withycombe, H ,
Neither R..NV Stanfleld nor Senator
W. D. Wood? were present; at the board
meeting today, so one; vote of the five
members: - attending ; was enough to
block any. action by. the board, f " .
. An effortwin be made ito" vote th
appropriation v at. another: meeting,
which, on - niotion of " State- TreasuTer
Kay. was aliedvror next, Krtaay, .when
the secretary was Instructed to make
special effort to get . Stannelol here. ,
Kay moved to allow the agricultural
college ': tha" arnonnt reqneeted.; Ol-H
eott eeconded tna. motion, in nen,. fol
lowing a lengthy discussion; Moser
moved to cut it to 15.000. He received
no second. The vote was taken on the
full 'amount 'and all voted for it except
Moser, who voted- "No," thereby de
feating the motion.
.-This prompted. Governor-Withycombe
to make a . few remarks about patriotism.
Ha addressed Moser and declared that
bia act . waa unpatriotic . f ; ,
i "It is "' a "crime against the state , of
Oregon to go on record like this! shout-
MERGENCY
BOARD
(Concluded ea Page Three, "Column One)
President of Albers Bros. Mill
ing Co. Arrested as Result
of Alleged Remarks Made on
Train on Way to Portland.
Offense, According to Deputy
Marshal, Who Overheard His
Words, Was Committed While
Under Influence of Liquor.
Henry Albers, president of the Albers
Bros. Milling company, one of the larg
est fVour mills on the Pacific coast, was
placed under arrest today by Deputy
United States Marshal John D. Mann,
on a commissioner s warrant, alleging
violation of the espionage act by utter
ances intended to . incite, provoke and
encourage resistance to the United
States and to promote the cause of its
enemies.
The complaint upon which the war
rant wasi issued was signed by Barnett
H; Goldsteins first assistant 'United
States attorney,, upon information far-
nisbed-by Frante B. Ttchener. a. deputxililg, pest of their ability.
United? States marshaL -whose testimony
has been corroborated by three other
witnesses.
The alleged offense was committed on
October 8 on a Southern Pacific train,
bound for Portland from San Francisco,
between Grants Pass and Roseburg. Al
bers. according to Tlchenor, was under
the influence of liquor.
Iif addition to filing a complaint
against Albers for violaUon of the es
pionage act, Goldstein stated that he
may file a suit for the cancellation of
his citizenship.
The names of the witnesses, who have
corroborated the testimony of Tlchenor,
are being withheld. Conviction under the
espionage law calls for a maximum sen
tence of 20 years and a maximum fine
of 110,000. .
Peputy Marshal Tlchenor played a
(Concluded on Paga Two, Column Four)
E
Alfred G. Andersen Continues
Thrilling Narrative of His
Trip Into Germany.
An Accrmnt of CondfHonn In Germany at a Re
cent Date, as Observed by Alfred G. Andersen.
a Chicago newspaper Man.
ARTICLE NO. 2
By Alfred G." Andersen
(Coprright. 11$. toy Star Company)
I admit that I waa a bit nervous when
I left New York on the first lap of my
Journey to Germany to gather first
hand information, on conditions In the
empire-.- For aV.few minutes,, as I stood
on the deck of the liner and watched
the skyline merge with the norison
astern, my nerve seemed gone.
- Before me Jay tha treacherous Atlan
tic, with its lurking U-boats and drift
ins mines. For the first, time since I
left Chicago 1 realized mat u -was
critical mission I had undertaken, and I
silently wished I was back in the bosom
of my little family on North Ashland
boulevard. In order to avoid the U-boats
the liner steered far out of the usual
course. Consequently the trip took us
11 days, aa against nine when the nor
mal course is. followed. When tha first
breakfast gong aroused us. in tha morn
ing of May 22 we lay snugly tied to a
dock at our . first port of destination.
( One day and a night on scant rations
In ""-r-v them 24 hours on the train (with
Btm less to eat) to my basis of
operations. -Hurried inquiries convinced
me that my plan of persuading a neu
tral newspaper to send me to Germany
as its accredited correspondent,, waa Im
practicable. I bad to devise a new
scheme. Its precise- nature I am not
permitted to divulge. It la sufficient to
say' that the second" step was to obtain
permission from tha German consulate.
I was examined and cross-ex ami ned by
tha consular officials and solemnly de
clared that X had. not been in any enemy
country- for tha last four- years. ,' ,-
f They were ultimately satisfied that I
waa an Innocent neutral, anxious to pay
a little visit. After long delay, the nee
esaary consent was obtained, from Ber
lin and the coveted vise .was affixed to
toy' passport, r I was, however; permit
ted to remain only one week within, the
boundaries of the emph-a,. ; . - ;;
-' I moat furnish the consulate) with five
phntoprapris of - myself rand' leave ' '
CooehMled ea rase aUevea. Cnhnasv Bevea '
HUN
INSPECTORS
ROV
THOROUGH
if
MO
B
Keply to Wi
Upom Air
ERLIN, Oct. 21. (Via Wireless via London.)(U. P.) The
German reply to President
man government last night to
transmission to the United States.
"In accepting the proposal for the evacuation of occupied ter
ritories the German government started from the assumption that
tffe procedure for this evacuation
tice should be left to the judgment
the actual standard of power which both sides in the field have
should form the basis ef arrangements safeguarding and guaran-
teeing this standard.
"The German government suggests to. the president the oppor
tunity be brought about for fixing the details of an armistice.
"The German government trusts that the president will ap
prove of no demand which would be irreconcilable with the honor
of the German people and to the opening of the way to a peace of
justice.
"The German government protests against the reproach of
illegal and inhumane actions made
sea forces and thereby against the
"For covering a retreat, destructions will always be necessary.
and, m so far as necessary, they
law. The German troops are under the strictest instructions to
spare private property and to exercise care for the population to j
Where transgressions occur
guilty are being punished. . '
Neutral Commission Suggested to Make Investigation
"The German government
navy, in sinking ships, ever purposely destroyed lifeboats with
pa-ssengers.
"The German government proposes, in reerard, to all these
charges, that the facts be cleared
i. It- V'lMX OIV1U OUT VJ 111 It,
peace", the government has caused
suomanne commanders precluding
ships, without, however, for technical reasons, being able to guar
antee that these orders will reach
before its return.
'As a fundamental condition
the destruction of every arbitrary
cretly and of its own single choice
1 he German government
representatives of the people oi the German empire
have not been endowed with influence on the formation of a
government. The constitution
rence of representatives of the-people in decisions as to peace and
war. These conditions have just now undergone a fundamental
change. A new government has been formed in accordance with
the wishes of the representatives
universal, secret and direct franchise.
The leaders of the great parties of the reichta? arc men.lcrs
of this government. In future
continue in office without possessing the confidence of the major-
lty oi tne renenstag.
Majority of Reichstag to. Rule .-
'The responsibility of the chancellor of the empire to thc repre
sentatives of the people is being
guarded. The fiFSt act of the new
fore the, reichstag,a bill to alter
. "atl,t W, UIC iciicwuiiics wi vnc ycupic is requirea ior
decision as to war and peace.
"The. permanence of the new
ever, guaranteed not.onlv bv constitutional safeciiaM hut al CA Kv
the unshakable determination of
majority stands oehind these reforms and demands their energetic
tumHiudntc.
"The question of the president'as to with whom he -and the
governments associated against Germany aie dealing, therefore is
answerea in a clear, unequivocal manner by the statement that
the offer of peace and a narmistice comes from a government which
(free of) any arbitrary or irresponsible -influence is -oupported by
mc approval 01 an overwneiming majority 01 tne uerman people.
' i , . "(Signed) OLF." '
"State Secretary pf Foreign Office;
. ' "Berlin, Oct. 20. 19i8". - : - . . V ' -''
Would Cancel Debt
And Jin '1
: y New ;Torlt ; Oct. f Jl-CU.- P.) Inter
national financiers were, interested -today-
In : th Bucaeetlon T of . Oeorce ' W.
viekeraham at a T- M, C '-A. meet In
that -the United. States; cancel all the
obligations of the aJMes, Trance, En
)and and lUly to. this nation for the
billions . loaned these ,.s;ovemments.
WVckersharo Is a ; corporation - lawyer
and. waa attorney general In tha Taft
administration. : - ' -
. would lik0 to see America, foraive
onr allies all debts ' they owe : ns and
send a receipted bill to Great Britain.
Franc and; Italy." said Wickers ham.
r'fW can afford "to do bo,- fot wt
must remember all, trier 'nave borne.
what 'they ' have suffered durtn the
1 years oeiore w enterea inia war.'
Gennmaini
Wilson was handed by the 'Ger ¬
the Swiss legation in Berlin for
The note is as follows:
and the conditions of the armis
of the military advisers and that
against the German land and
German people.
are permitted by international
in spite of these instructions: the
further denies that the German
up by a neutral commission.
lllttl llil.11 L 1IQ11 I lilt J 1
orders, to be dispatched to all
the torpedoing ot passerger
every single submarine at sea
of peace, the president prescribes I
power that can separately, se- j
disturb the peace of the world
raphes ' that hitherto the
did not provide for the concur
of the people, based upon equal,'
no government can take, office or
legally developed and safe
government has been to lav be
the constitution of the empire
system of government is,' how-
the German oeoe. v. hose vast I
1 . 1 . 1 - 1
German Nepape
pipealCgtoKKaiser
; To Give Tip Throne
' Copenhasan, - Oct, : Z1.WL
.Kl-.aA
sensaUon has been caused In Germany
by the direct appeal of the JrrranklaclM
Tacea Postto the lwUser to reaign, ae
cording , to ''Information frora BerDal
today.
i
Steamer Dundalk
a -'.
C-:Snnk?bjIJ6at
'- London. Oct J tlU.l P,)--TbB -Brit
ish steamer " Dundafk 'was torpedoed i
today tn tha Irish sea.-it waa announced
by - tb admiralty . this afternoon- Thir
teen of the crew of 30 have been landed.
ily.62;
E
BELI
II u
Rejection Expected at Washing-
ton of Germany's Apparent
Concessions in - Interest of
Peace; WiUon Studies Offer.
Order to Cease Attacks on Pas
senger Steamers Is Regarded
as Material Concession, but
Has Come Too Late to Aid Huh
By John Edwin N'evia
IIASHCSOTON. Oct Sia, K.
Germany's reply to president -Wilson's
decision regarding peace
conditions was before President
Wilson ; and SeereUry of Stats
Lansing this afternoon. The 'of
ficial text was n route by cabls
and was expected to reach, them
late today. . ; r,. :.-
The unofficial text was understood to
llu an M-W m rfn.lU.f. . .
note, inasmuch as it was sent broadcast
by tne oertnan wireless station at
Nauen. , .
Katuralry there wss much snecolatlo'n :
as to what action the president wouM
take. Borne officials and diplomats pro-
E1D
10
nil
tmU, .ef.V J!SiJ!: -7 U
reply at present by the' United states. t
Others believed that it was in the nature
of a- left handed" acceptance of All tha
president's conditions that . would re
quire action of some sort. . i-
Administration officials . contended '
that the president would not enter into
(Conrlnded m Page .Three, Column Flee)
ON 3-MILE FRONT
Pershing Reports That Germans'
Are ' Making Desperate Ef- ;
fort to Stem Advance. !
With the American Armies, in Francav
Oct. 21. (U. P. American troona nre
y:
I nf the IsVriltl lM flalavailUka.
tlons- v. - .V
U222S? ItLJJSS:
1 arUUery nre and machine-gun fire. At
Americans .retired tm-
m f
At tha Bois r Rappes and thi sola
D,.Fwt iepi pa-
lmmiilmmlMS-
whatever.
AMERICANS
GAIN
Americans Keep Vp . Advaar; ,.
With the American' Army North west .' 7'
ot Verdtm. ' Oct...JV L N. &- p. J
m.v-rhrntinc. 1 a, ' drlxglins; rain and ; " -
throuh thldc mud. the Americana worth.
m. m--ot , nuua looay saTancaq on . s ' - ;
three mile front.- e-errwhef driving '
the Germans back.
The battle lasted all day. The -Ameri- i
eananibbled fr Bole Rappes' and Beia .
Clalrechine, west : of Banthevine while -s t
another element, in the fiercest, kind of - -flfjhtlng;.
'prosj-eeeed rtly-- northwest - -.
of Banthevllte throurh. beavfly .weeded," .
i rtonnd.- nearly reaWnaiaift-Cer- iL
1 na - una o oeieruae iam evons; - jrreya- 5
arjastarn.' V v r-- -v-, sj
' I w reported that a single American e
platoon cieanea up viairecmne, a man v'
rular wood whose position, on a slops . ' - ;J
was epecIaBy, dlfftcult,, j.'.- v A
1 1 Ib now necessary for the Americans -V. t: "
to. cross - a flat plain - several hundred '
yards. wide and swept by German. nta .
chine gun ttrmrtrs k f v . C ;;
- .AOerrnan.army-order was eaptored Ut-y ?,
which the troops were instructed te bold. ; : . '
on to the death In this district-,. The tin- :-
pcrtsnoe of preventing the, Americans, -
i breaking through was etnphaaised. while v.
the alUeei are advancing on the northern :
end ot tho batUe froat.. - ; . '
1 i
i
r
, at-t.