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loss of life in the Kinking off Fire
Island. N. V.. yesterday of the Unit
ed States armored cruiser San I)ieso
and the cause of tin ship- destruc
tion still "wer.e undetermined tonight
at the nary department. Announce
ment a made that 1.183 men from
the fchip had been landed,. Unoffi
cial report paid there were '2LT,
men aboard and if they are correct,
the loss of life would not exewd 72.
The names of three of those miinK
were announced today.
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Uear-Admiral Palmer, acting scc-
retary of the navy, tonight made
public detailed account of, the de-1
struction and rescue, but It added
nothing ti- previous report from
Captain II. Tl. Christy and other fur
vivors as to the cause of the sink
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Belief that the San Diego was a
victim of a mine grew among naval
officials after the commander of the
American patrol boats operating off
Fire Island reported his craft picked
up several mines of foreign design.
TlieoHe Disagree.
Among the survivors opinion
seemed to be equally divided as to
whether a submarine or a mine was
responsible for the loss of the cruis
er. Mar.y held that an enemy torpe
do struck the warship, while as many
held to the theory that the vessel
hit a mine. No reference to the
cause of the explosion which was
heard1 aboard the cruiser was con
tained In the account of the sinking
made public tonight by Admiral
PaTmer. The statement follows:
"Fuller particulars received re
garding the sinking of the U. S. S
San Diego show the. explosion took
place on the port side Just art of the
forward port engineroom bulkhead.
The feed tank and circulating pump
were blown In. and the port engine
wrecked. Full speed ahead was run
nine and the starboard engine oner-
ITm7mBmSmS until It was stopped by water
Travels Four Feet.
"Machinist's Mate Hawthorne was
at the throttle In the port engine-
room, was blown four . .feet under
the engineroom desk. He got up.
closed the throttle on the engine.
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AMERICANS ON
FRENCH FRONT
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tiea' and material 'before they ieach
fcrfety. Still . another division of
Americans s with General Gouraud.
the K French leader". who commands
east of Rheims, where the enemy as
sault hit against a stone wall defense.
General March's explanation of
the disposition of American forces
ladicated that at least 196,000 Am
erican fighting troops are in the bat
tle and probably the (total force Is
nearer 300,000 than 200,0.tHT. Each
division has a.flghtlnsstrength of
27,000 men and each of the two de--tached
negro regiments a strength
of 3600. The full strength of each
division with auxiliary units is
45.000 men, ,
Interest is Shifting
.1 General March said: '
"Since I last, talked with yon the
field of Interested has" shifted j from
the Italian, and Balkan fronts to our
own sector in France." Last Monday;
the fifteenth, the Germans began ao
attack which covered a sixty-mile
front, one-half or which covered the
very", hilly ground between Chateau
Thierry and Rheims: the other half
, the .plain of the Champalgne-. be
tween Rheims and the forest jf Ajw
pnne. i ,
"In tlie' Champaigne district "the
position -which .was held largely by
American troops, with the assistance
of one American-division and a reg-
ment of United States colored troops.
.was penetrated only a Bhort distane
at a- few points. The Champaign
district Is under the, command of
General Gouraud of the French army.
Gourad is one of the most striking
personalities in France among army
commanders. He is a man about
Cancer of
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50 years old, as he seemed to me.
erect and soldierly. He has been in
action all over the world and he has
on his sleeve the five wound stripes.
He has lost one arm, and a man of
less determination and force could
never have survived. The French
call hint 'Tres Soldaf 'every inch
soldier He is a man of such deter
mination and force that in any Ger
man drive against his troops his men
will be inspired by his presence to
die where they are.
Ground More Dif f knit
'Along the Marne between Chat
eau-Thierry and Rheims, the Ger
mans made an advance of from four
to five miles on a 23-mile front-
The trrain at that noint
Is very difficult, wooded hills
rising to a hight of from 400 to 500
feet perhaps. The general move
ment has been brought to standstill.
The ofject of the entire German at
tack was not a great strategic ol
ject jike an advance on Paris or an
advance on English ports. It plainly
nad for Its objective simply the sup
plying of. the jiut cracker process in
the tityof Hheimsi -It it were pos
sible fbf them to come In there and
squeeze Rheims they could force a
surrender in time. Rheims. '.how
ever as, has been shown, is very well
organized for defense. Without go
ing: into details, it in organized for,
house to house defense, and that ha
oeen the : reason' why the German
have-not been able to get in. . j ; ' v
"As soon as the German advance
along the line of the Marne east of
Chateau-Thierry had been brought to
a standstill, Foch struck hard along
the western side of the salient. ; -The
series of lines you see on the map
represents the German advances-
which produced that salient, day by
day. and at the start of this fight
which began last Monday our line
was along here (indicating a line
running southward from the Aisne
to the Marne.) The record presents
the line I pointed out to you in the
larger detailed map, showing former
German advances day by day, and
onr tropps held that line when the
counter-offensive began. The front
over which we advanced 22 miles and
the maximum penetration so far re
ported officially has been to a depth
or ten miles, and' at the other points
indicated to the penetration of seven
miles, to which we have gone forward
seven miles on a 22-mile front. This
Is the official statement as to how
far we have gone. The last indica
tion we had in the official reports
was the fighting was still In progress.
end tbe ornclal Teports also Indicate
the capture of guns and prisoners In
very .helpful amounts.
Xejrries Holding Line .
"In this advance, and opposing the
advance of the Germans, there are
seven American divisions and one
regiment of colored troops. i
"The press has carried during the
past few days statements about the
number of troops we have contlnned
to send over. It was an estimate
made by some person who arrived at
his conclusion "by assuming that we
were sending troops over at the same
rate as we did last month, and, like
many guesses, it is wrong. The
statement puDitsnea in the papers
was that we had sent over about
90,000 men last week, and that the
number was now a little short of
1.200,000. The fact of the matter
Is that' we have passed the 200.000
mark on the second million. We have
over 1,200,000 embarked. If yon
will wait for these things I will tell
you the facts; they are always better
than when you guess.
Illinois Men Located
.J,9ne ue8tlon tb.f "llwhlch had already stopped. al then
Will you be good enough to tell "FeiM.ai)ed up the -ngineroom ladder.
where the .Illinois national guaru. Lieutenant Millen. on watch In the
which trained at Fort Logan has Btarboard engineroom. Hosed the wa-
root, is situated in France?' The tertlgnt door t0 the engineroom and
division Is commanded by General gave tne neCessary instructions to
George Bell, Jr., and Is In the Eng- tne fjre room to protect the boilers,
lish training sector. A unit from "The ship listed to port heavily so
that division took part In the fight- the water entered the gun ports on
ing which was reported last week the gun decks. The vessel listed
where. the Australians made an ad- eight degrees quickly then hung for
vance accompanied by American seven minutes; then gradually listed
troops so that the training has' pro- the speed increasing until 35 degrees
gressed to a point where they can was reached. At this time the port
actually take part In the fighting. quarter deck was three feet, under
"Another question is: 'Where Is water. Then the ship rapidly turn-
the 77th division:, and are they op- ed turtle and sank. s
rntln(r . a rflvlainn rnmnlot nn- ' "Captain ChrlSty Went dOWn the
der Its own comander?' The 77th hrldge down two ladders to the boat
m
Is In the. line near Luneville, and is
operating as a division, complete un
der its own commander."
In answer to questions. . General
March said:
deck, slid down a line to the armor
ed belt, then dropped down four feet
to the bilge keel, and thence to the
dock keeL which at that time was
eight feet above water. . From there
' '. Jhe jumped into the water. The ship
over after she reached 35 degrees
Solssons has fallen. It is under ar
tillery fire. ' Our troops have comli,Ml
np. -to the point where "they are eo Torpedo Xot Seen.
ciose iq tnat tne town met De neav- i No wate of a torpedo was seen.
ny bombarded, but It Is evident the t, fir- thins Cantaln Chrtstr no-
ueraiaas b larowa, into -tne ue- I ttren urna. tM a standlne on tbe
iense or tnat line a large number of wheel house, eight feet above the for
reserves wnicn aiq not, accompany ward bridge, he felt and heard a
them during the' original attack! dull explosion. He immediately
along the Marne, and fighting Is go- I sounded submarine defense quarters
ing on very heavily at that nolnt. I as the general alarm
! Seven Divisions. on Line I "Everything went quietly and ac-
"The American- divisions which cording to drill schedule. Tne
are on the front of the large of fen-1 captain rang full speed ahead and
telve are the first, second third. 1 sent officers to investigate the dam
fourth. 26th and 28th divisions. lage. At the time he thought the
The colored reHmenf- hinnn VTiAlshlo would not sink. Two motor
93rd division. The, other I division I Bailors were ordered rigged out but
now In line is the 42nd. In the lm- not pe iowerea umu xuriner or
mediate -nath nf h narmam ft-V I ders.
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and our own eounter-nff.nlir . I ' At tne suDmanne aerense can me
tho sevon division., t i.. tr.Ai-A men went quietly to tneir station
These divisions are not operating as ana manea ine Kns- ney 8loou
a corps, nut are used wherever it isT j T ? Z r j . ...m Z
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and by the starboard guns until the cMsful lnhardnient3 against the
list of the ship pointed them up Into enemy 'establishments. particularly
the air. north or Lake (khrida. In aerial
VS..? "- Teasel would capsize the order. wax enomy aviators to land."
" wuai " wu given to abandon ship, except the
V , . . port side gun crew which were to Hls iMlfTl.Y xviX'I-:n.
vu give no inrormauon an toi .vi . M m-nt iv i t iu n
tne number of prisoners which were tne gns wo,,i(i bear. Boats were While admitting costly gains by the
captured by French corps in which ordered lowered and two sail boats. British and also the French, the lat-
xxiiicucttn Qivisions Were oner a tin I n tiixrV. nno l.irrv an1 tvn tor In th A ni.irni ha It to nr-
and no disassociatlon was made In punts were iannched. The life rafts I man headauarters today declares
ine report; but, as far as I can judge, were launched and the lumber pile I that the enemy thruMs soutthwwt of
iuey ionowea quite closely in. the on deck was loosel and set adrift. Solssons. in the center of the line
newspaper accounts. Fiftv mesa tables and a hundred ka- and northwest of Chateau Thierry.
Railroads Important pok mattrerses were thrown over-1 were repulsed.
Taking the salient as it stands, board. Abandon shin was completed The German war office adds that
one of the prime reasons for maktne before the vessel beean to caoslze. I the German troops were withdrawn
this advance is the position of the Terfect order was preserved, the men from the south bank of the Marne
railroads. Solssons is connector! fo cheerine. When on the rafts they fiver "wtihout being noticed by the
Chateau-Thierry by railroad, and it sans 'The gtar Snanaled Banner. enemy.'
Is assumed that the Germans rt nrt and Mv Country Tis of Thee.' and The statement reads:
or tnetr supplies from Chateau-Thl- cheered for the captain, tne execu
course, that has an important bear- tive officer arid the shio and cheered
Ing on how long these troops can when the IT. R. ensign-was hoisted
stay there." on the sailboat
In response to a .question as to the
"The activity of the British in
creased In isolated sectors toward
Meteren. They obtained a toot ins
In Meterin, but otherwist their im
pulse left prisoners in our hands.
"Between the Af.'ne and the Marne
the battle continues. Again the en
emy started an attack with a view to
a breach on the whole front. -Tanks
penetrated early in the morning Into
parts of our foremost lines. - After
a desperate struggle the first enemy
thriift had tx-en defeated towards
noon on tho heights southwest of So
isons. wen of Ilartennes-SU Neuilly
and northwest of Chateau TbU-rry.
'Between the Al.ne and the Oarrq
an attack broke down under -our
counter-thrusts, and to the south of
the Ourcq mostly by our fir. North
of Hartcnnes we threw back the en
emy beyond the original line; our
troops report the heaviest enemy los
ses. A large number of. tanks were
demolished before our front. '
"South of the larne there was
moderate -firing activity during the
day. Southeast of Mareuil enemy
partial -attacks were repulsed.
"During the night ou'" troops Focth
of the Mar he wene withdrawn im tbe
north Lank oT tW&. river without be
ing noticed by the enemy.
"North wt of Wotvaia Frenrk ad
vances ere sanguinarily repubed.
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him np an 1 n stnrltg h strrniia af
ter everything tle had falliT
lury .Sherman.
Th? r nnn Vinci was ?t snrreisf
in ti little Ikv eae. ls becatif I
contains the very eleftienls he neei
to build up a weakened, run-dav
system, make rkh. reU blooi
create Ftrenejh: Km II A. cijef-
and drugUts everywhere.
HUNS HUNTING HOLES
(Continued from page one)
total number of American troops en
gaged. General March replied:
"If the whole divisions were there
the number of combatant troops aria"
erry, rrom that railroad and of I four tons of projectiles were drop
would be 27,000 In each division- ned durinir the dav and. twentve-izht
and In my talks to you, you can es-1 tons at night on enemy assemblages
umaie tnem at 27,000 per- division. I of troops and communications,
unless I tell you otherwise. Inclu-I Many Fire Started.
ding service of supply troops and I "A violent conflagration broke out
combatant troops a division comes tol0- Vouzieres. and several fires were
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OVER THIRTY THOUGHT
KILLED ON SAN DIEGO
(Continued from page one)
aide of pear Admiral Albert Gleaves.
" Berore leaving Portsmouth, X. H..
officers of the cruisers made dupli
cate lists of allonboard. Onelfstwas
retained and was lost with the ves
sel. The other, was mailed from
Portsmouth' to the bureau of navi
gation at Washington. It. is be
lieved the second Is still In the malls
A member of Admiral Gleaves'
staff stated tonight that no official
announcement as to whether the SV
Diego met her fate by torpedo, mine
or sime other cause would be mad
until a court of inquiry, which held
a preliminary hearing hfe today
completed its Investigation, and the
proceedings were reviewed by the
I secretary of the navy.
IXFOmfATIOX XOT DEFINITE
WASHINGTON. July 20. The
started at Fere-en-Tardenols. and
the station at Fismes. South of this
region explosiors were observed at
the station of Laon. Simulteneously
our Infantry airplanes indicated an
advance of our troops and tanks be
tween the Alsne and the Marne and
reported the arrival of enemy re
serves, and by machine gunning the
battle.
! "Numerous combats were engaged
til by our crews In combination with
the British a:rmen and achieved
good Tesults.
"Twenty-six German airplanes
were brought down or disabled and
four captive balloons were set on
fire. Everywhere the German avla
tion service was able to appreciate
the dash and superiority of the allied
airmen.'
IJne Hold In Kat,
"Eastern theater There was re
ciprocal artillery activity on various
sections. On the eCrna bend the en
emy attempted against the Italian
positions eeveral attacks which were
Lbrilliantly repulsed. The Bulgarians
suffered serious losses.
"Allied aviators carried out sue-
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