Grants Pass daily courier., January 24, 1920, Page 6, Image 6

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GKA.Vl'H PASS DAILY <XH KIKK
MATIT.’DXV, JAXI WIY 21. 1020.
il Fotie. and hud completed the cil|e I
litre of the heights of Barrlco-irt. HAS GREAT FAITH IN COCONUT
while the Third corp*. on the right,
Qarman Who Haa Tried It Decla-y*
luld rsptiirvd Alttcrevllle and Ami'
It to Be the Ideal Food for
»anne Our troops h id broken through
Suatenance of Man.
'he enemy's last defense, captured hl*
vrtlller.v positions and Im.I preclpl-
One of the strangest elm racier- In
‘at«s| a retreat of the German forces
th«» world Is August«' Engleliarilt. a
«bout
to
he
Isolates!
In
the
forest
(Continued from last week»
I
young German who Ilves on th«* Island
aorth of Grandpre
of Kahakon, lit the German Now
The following day the advance con
troops encountered elaborate MFtlfi- ffnued toward Sedan with Increti aitili Guinea territory, Ho exists entirely
Immovable Since 1914.
on the coconut. ami sleeps on a bad of
The Meuse-Argonne front had been cations and stubborn resistance, but twlflness.
sand.
by
nightfall
had
reullz«*d
un
advance
Munitions.
practically stabilized In September,
Englehardt Is a singularly linndsmne
Onr entry Into the war fourni tie
1914. and. except for minor tluetitatlona of six kilometers to a line well within
the Bols de Consenvo.ve, and Includ­ with few of the auxiliaries necessa rjr man of about thirty five, possessing
during the German attacks on Verdun
ing the villages of Beaumont and for Its conduct In the modern sense. great wealth and n charming person
In 1916 anti the French couuter offen­
The task of the ordnance department silty. ,ie Is known as the “Apostle of
sive In August, 1917. remained un­ Haumont.
Foe Fought Stubbornly.
n supplying artillery was especially the CtKonut.“ on aeetiunl of the doe-
changed until the American advance In
■Jillii'ult.
In order to meet our require­ trim» lie teaches that the coconut Is
Continuous
fighting
was
maintained
1918. The net result of the four years’
I the original final of man. ami should
struggle on this ground was a German I along our entire battle front, with es- ments as rapidly as possible we ac-
««infinite to !»«» so, a« all oilier food«
I
peefal
success
on
the
extreme
left,
•epted
the
offer
of
the
French
govern
­
defensive system of unusual depth and
are r<'«pon«llile for III«’ bud passion«
where
J
he
capture
of
the
greater
part
ment
to
supply
us
with
the
artillery
strength and a wide tone of utter dev­
In th«» heart and mlml of man.
astation. Itself a serious obstacle to ■d the Argonne forest was completed equipment of 75’s. 155 mint howitzer*«
Th«’ “A|a»stle” claims to have over
«nd
155
G
R.
F.
guns
from
their
own
The
enemy
contested
every
foot
of
offensive operations.
51)0 dlsi-iplea in America, ami now ?I|0
factories
for
30
«11
visions,
The
w-ls-
grouml
on
our
front.
In
order
The strategical importance of this
to make more rapid retirements fur­ loin of this course was fuU.v demon- war 1« over hs Intends to leave bin
portion of the line was second to
ther west and withdraw his forces stinted by the fact that although wo Islam) home nnd com«1 back t«» the old
none on the western front. All sup­
from northern France before the Inter­ «oon began the manufacture of these world nnd proclaim Ills teaching«. lie
plies and evacuations of the German ruption of hts railroad communica­ classes of guns at home there were Is also a “sun w<»rahl|ier," living <»n-
armies In northern France were de tions through Sedan.
oo guns of American manufacturo of tlrel.v In the opmi air. ami adopting the
pendent upon two great railway sys
We were confronted at this time the calibers mentioned on our front at simple dross of the natives, eotislsilng
terns—one In the uorth. passing throng! by an Insufficiency of replacement to the date of the armistice,
tnerely t.f a “bivi« lava," or loin cloth,
Uege. while the other In the south build up exhausted divisions. We still
The only guns of tl)ese types pro- and when In full dress, that In. when
with lines coining from Luxemburg had two divisions with the British and duced at home which reached France he re<«'lv«'s visitors, this attire Is corn-
Thlonville and Metz, had as Its vital two with the French. A review of the before the cessation of hostilities were pleieil by the addition of a wrist watch
section the line Cartgnan-Solan-Mes situation. American and allied, espe­ 109 75 mm. guns.
and it walking stick.
In addition 24 8-lnch howitzers from
feres. No other Important line- were cially as to our own resources In men
available to the enemy, as the nioun for the next two months, convinced the Unite«! States reached our front
Bru «a.
talnous masses of the Ardennes mtidi me that the attack of the First army «nd were In use when the armistice
Briisn. Into which British troop*
was
signed.
Eight
14-lnch
naval
guns
and
the
allied
armies
farther
west
the construction of east and west Une*
have enter«*«l without oppoaltlon. wna
should be pushed to the limit. But of American manufacture were set up ’h«> «iipltnl of Bilh.vnia when Trajan
through that region Impracticable.
If the First army was to continue Its on railroad mounts, and most of these api'o'nied Pliny tl «> Younger to gov­
Begin Victorious Advance,
On the night of September 25 rhe aggressive tactics, our divisions then were successfully employed on the ern the province. It wn« from Brusa.
Dine divisions to lead in the attack with the French must be recalle«) and Meuse-Argonne front under the effi­ t|i«*o Prusa. at the foot of Ml Ol.vmpuA
were deployed between the Mens»’ replacements must be obtained by cient direction of Admiral Plunkett of ilia' Pliny wrote th«» letters I«» Trajan
the navy.
river and the western edge of the Ar- breaking up newly arrived divisions.
which tin* among the most Interesting
Aviation.
In discussing the withdrawal of out
gnnne forest. On the right was 'he
of Ills voluminous «-orre'iwindetK-e. it
In aviation we were entirely de­ is snlal that Brusa ow«»s Its existence to
Third corps, Major General Bullard divisions from the French with Mar­
commanding. with the Thirty-third shal Foeh and General Petain on Oc­ pendent upon our allies, and here -unie vi lieine of Hannibal's, but of the
Eightieth apd Fourth divisions In line; tober 10 the former expressed his ap­ aguln the French government came to llonian an«l Blthyninn city hardly any I
next came the Fifth corps. Major Gen preciation of the fact that the First our aid until our own program could trace remains, though Brnsa honsts of
eral Cameron commanding, with the army was striking the pivot of the be set under way. Without going Into very fine old Mohammedan moaqmwi»
Seventy-ninth.
Thirty-seventh
nnd German withdrawal, and also held the « complete discussion of aviation ma­ Tin- city of Asia Minor Is situate In
Ninety-first divisions; on the left was view that the allied attack should terial It will be sufficient to state that lovely «ountry. rb h In fruit trees md
the First corps. Major General Liggett continue. General I’etaln agreed that It was with great difficulty that we ob­ wn'eriil by coiintlt-ss springs, am!
commanding, with the Thirty-fifth. the American divisions with the tained equipment even for training. s'it<l>or|s n manufacture of silk wh'eh
Twenty-eighth and Seventy-seventh di­ French were essential to us If we I As for up-to-date combat planes, the -lu'itld develop mdilnderisl now Hint
vision. Each corps had one division m were to maintain our l>nttle a gains' development at home was slow nnd the lethargy of Turkish rulers no
reserve and the army held tlir e dlvl the German pivot. The French were, we had to rely upon the French, who Io« ger weighs on the city und Its In-
slons as a general reserve.
About however, stralnlqg every nerve to keep provided us with a total of 2.C7B pur­ ha! tiirit«.
2,700 guns, 18» small tanks. 142 op their attacks, and before those di­ suit. observation ami bombing
manned by Americans, and 821 alr- visions with the French had been re­ chines.
It’s Upkeep that Costs.
The first airplnne recel veil frotn
planes. 604 tnnnned by Americans, leased It became neci*sary for us to
and altogether
borne
arrive«!
In
May.
Ex|MTt»
have Ju-t «'ompleted an •-
seDd
the
Thirty-seventh
and
Ninety-
were concentrnt«»<l to support the at­
tack of the infantry. We thus h.nt a first divisions from the First army to we re«?elved 1.379 planes of the De tinine»' for the li'gh cost of mulntaln-
Haviland type. The first American tn«: a rat. lf you have u mt on your
superiority fn guns ami aviation and assist the Sixth French army In Flan
squadron
completely equipped by I»l «'Uttsrs. Iw Is <<i-tlng you $I.S2 a
ders.
the enemy had no tanks.
American production. Including nlr- viutr. aci'or ng to thcM- eX|HTt«. They
Flrat Army of 1.000,000
Following three hours of vhdcnl ar­
At this time the First nrmy w*» plnnes, crossed tb«> German lines on find that one pair of rats Is directly
tillery fire of preparation the Infan­
holding
a front of more than 120 kilo­ August 7. 1918. As to our aviators, r -|M>n <ll»l«' for B50,IM>0 more rats it»
try advanced nt 5:“O a. m. on Septem­
ber 20 ntuxmipanfe«) by tank« Dur­ meters; Its strength exceeded 1.000. many of whom trained with our allies. tnr«*e ye« ■ r-. the n*t l*elng a stroug be
ing the first two days of the ii<»a«-k lay- 000 men; It was engaged In the most It can be said that they ha«l no supe­ n< v> r la th" R ihi - welt theory of large
riors In «taring anil in fighting ability. tninlli«'«. The damage In the l liilist
fore the enemy wn.« able to bring np desperate battle of our history, iinrt
bis reserves, our iro»»p« mail«* steady the burden of commami was too heavy During the battles of St. Mlhlel and Slates In one year <-ntt*ed by these ro-
progress through th«» network of the for n «tingle commander nnd * n T Meuse-Argonne our aviators excelled dent* Is over S10»i.*wu».«wa». over *l-v
defense« Montfaueon w««s held tena­ ¡ tierefore on October 12 th it per o.i all others. They have left n record txattMMt In property loss«-« Is occnniiM»-
of courageous dee«ls that will ever re­ e«l each year from tires started by
ciously by the enemy and wn* n->t cap
•I our front extending ....... Port
main a brilliant page In the annals of ruts guying the «•lectrie wires am!
tured until noon of the secigid day
-k-llle. east of the Moselle. Io I'r. » «fS-
gita pl[H's. The rat also Is accn.««*<) of
The attack rontifiucd wltlmut In en Woevre. southeast or Vertht . W • »» our nrmy.
Tanks Made Fine Record.
sprendlng dlsettse. An Intensive c-.iitt-
terruptlon meeting six new divisions transferre«! to the newly ,-on I I 4le.l
In the matter of tanks We were pulgn to demobilise the rat urmy la
which the enemy threw into first tin*» Se<ond army with Lieut. Gen I! iM»rt
before September 29
lie developed I.. Bullurd In command tnnler «vtio.ii compelled to rely upon both the uow In progress.
a powerful mniltine gun defetiM* stl|e •1 begun preparations for tl.i- « .i n French and the English. Here, how-
Ta«npering With Traffic.
ported by heavy artillery fire, and »•on of >>|H*riitlons to th«* esist I I tie ever, we were less fortunate for th •
“Why are you so silent of lute?”
made frequent counter-attacks with -Itrei tlon of lirley and M-tz ti « »• reason that our allies barely had suf­
ficient tanks to meet their require­
“I’m trying tin economic experi-
fresh troops, particularly <>n the tober 16 the command of the
ments. While our tank corp« hud lim­ iil«mf.” nqilled Mr. Penwiggle, ’’bill
front of tlie Twenty-eighth and Thirty­ « army «in transferred tn l.l ip
ited opportunity. Its fin«' personnel re I’ln afraid It Isn't going 'to work. I
fifth division«. These division- had Hunter Liggett, nnd tnv n lvanri
«ponded gallantly «in every occasion. thought that by limiting the supply
taken Varennes. Chappy. Bnnlny i.nd I quarters was established at lag
an«l shoHol coitrngo of the lilgli«*st or­ >f my extremely valuable thoughts I
Charpentry. and tin- line was within I’airrois from which lhe cotanta
der
might create ii more pressing demand
two kilometers of Apremont. We «ere the group of American anme- ■■
Tile chemical warfare service repre­ for them."
no longer engaged in u maneuver for ercisiat.
sented another entirely now departure
the pinching out of a salient, tint w.-te
Summarizing the material r • *tit
in this war Whether or not gas v.Ill
necessarily committed, general., sr,- ik­
which
liuti
tieen
attained
hy
lb
-
I'i*
be employed In future wars I- a mat­
ing, to a direct frontal attack ag 'Inst
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met an Increasing oumbe.* of t ;«*
by a determined enemy.
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At 5:30 a. tn., October 4. the gen-
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the
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The general health of our armies
to
31
on
October
31
;
the
en«*my
*
*-1
'
CENT 81 v Ml’ FOR I Al VI...... I >
divisions on the front from Fresnes-en-
un«ie| conditions ; frange and ntlverse
Woevre to the Argonne had lncren«e<l ortitclv prepared positions In I i«l
In many ways to onr American experi­
from ten In first line to sixteen, and the Hindenburg line tn on« fr<»-«t Im
ence and mod«' «if life was marvelous­
imp «*« il>
Include«] some of his best divisions. bwn btoken; the i«ltn«:st Ititi«:
ly go<w| Of all deaths In the Ameri­
The fighting was desperate and only Argot,ue fore«« «va» m our hands; a
can expeditionary fprees (to Septem­
small advances were realized, except advance «if 21 kthimeters had b«*en e
ber 1 191!») totaling 81.141 flwre were
feetrsl ; IS.tasi prisoners. 37H rmui’ih
by the first division on the right of
killed In action 35..V4); d‘*-d of v. aool«
I
‘
to»
ttinclilne
guns
«imi
n
i
mass
of
rfli
the First corps.
receive«! In battle. 1.*.i;k)
other
t
rail'vir wounds and Injuries, ft,»>’,!». and died
On the 7th the First corps. with the ferial c:iptnr«'«l : nml th** great
Eighty-second division added, launched .«rfery through Carignan to Sedan wa
of diseases. 24.786.
a strong attack toward Cornay, to now seriously threatened
(>n the morning of November 1
draw attention from the movement-
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east of the 5Ieuse and at the same three army corps were In line between
time outflank the German position In the Meuse river nn«l the Boi- de Bour­
the Argonne. The following day the gogne. Preceded by two hours of vlo
Seventeenth French corps. Major Gen­ lent artillery preparation the Infantr
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