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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY. IS, 1918
NO. 99
ETOFCHE
AMERICANS yO"0Ei TH
IN FIRST GREAT OFFENSIVE OF THE
ALLIED HOPS SlOiMMT Mm Mij mm
POiLUS AND VMS HIT HUNS 3?"S FRENCH GAIN U.S.PLANSTO STRATEBVTO AGGRESSIVE
ALONG MILE FRONT EXTENDING fibgji EVERYWHERE IH AID SIBERIA CHECK HUNS fIRSI TIME
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Gains of From 2 to 4 Miles Registered By Noon Thousands of Prisoners
and Many Guns Captured All Objectives Passed and Victorious
Troops Pressing On Soissons Now Under American Guns Hun Rail
roads Threatened anl Great German Offensive Definitely Halted
Huns Theatened With Being Fo reel to Retreat or Being Cut Off.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FftANCE. Julv IS. S D. m. (By the
Associated Press). The entire offen
sive operation 'begun this morning
on the front between the Alsne and
the Marne Is going at this hour for
the most part even better than had
been expected. The enemy so far
has been unable to withstand the
shocks the Americans and their
allies have delivered and are still de
livering. As the whole German left flunk is
menaced the enemy must draw in his
troops from-the Marnd front or risk 1
their being caught where they are.
This means that the finishing blow
possibly has been administered to his
dying offensive.
Huns Taken by Siirpriso
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, July IS. (By the Associ
ated Press). American troops went
over the top with a cheer this morn
ing in the launching of the allied sur
prise attack on the front northwest
of Chateau Thierry.
The enemy was tuken completely
by surprise all along the line.
The American trogps were brought
up In the night together with French
comrades from crack units and lay in
thoir positions until five o'clock this
morning. At that hour the American
and French artillery opened fire.
The Americans advanced behind
the 'barrage of their first objectives
In less than half an hour. While they
were digging in more Americans, in
most cases, passed over the first ob
jectives and then advanced behind
the resumed barrage to the second
objectives which were speedily taken,
especially at the north end of the nt
tuek opposite the Parls-SolsBons road.
Numerous tanks participated in
the offensive.
Without Artillery Alii
The American Infantry went Into
attack without previous artillery pre
paration. In their advance behind
the rolling barrage they captured
many guns, machine guns, prisoners,
equipment and material.
The Germans In most places of
fered feeble resistance but hero and
there they put up a stubborn fight
which the American shock units
quickly overcome'at the point of the
PARIS, July IS. (Havas Agency)
In the pocket which the Germans
created south of the Marne their
losses reached the figure of 6H,floo
In the first two days fighting, the
Matin declares today.
According to the Echo He Paris
forty German divisions have been
fully engaged, while twenty support
divisions were obliged to take more
or less part In the fighting.
Premier Clemenceau returned to
day from a visit to the front, express
ing himself very well satisfied with
the situation.
HUN LOSSES IN -2
DAYS 60,000
'bayonets and at the muzzles of their
weapons.
The town of Soissons Js now well
within the range of the American
guns.
The townB of Tory and GIvry and
the GIvry wood were taken by the
Americans in their advance. The
final objectives In the GIvry and
Torcy sectors were reached In abtat
two hours of hard fighting.
The troops on this part of the
front did equally as well as those on
!the front further north, taking quan
i titles of material and prisoners, who
continue streaming back.
Trops Hu-sli Oil
Hastily organized counter attacks !
ngulnst the Americans developed
hero and there by all were broken up
and our troops continue to advance.
In one town, on the southern part
of the front, the Franco-American
forces captured eighteen guns.
Probably the most stubborn resis
tance to the allied advance developed
in the region west of Cauliun, which
ls i'A miles southwest of Soissons.
Tho Americans and French fighting '
side by side, however, refused to be
chocked. The Amerlcnn machine ,
guns mowed the enemy down and !
then our troops went on.
The fighting still continued In this .
region this afternoon and seems i
likely to become heavier, when the j
German reserves arrive. I
in Sf.issoiw H.urloli
In the region of Soissons where;'1'''? 14 " "le evening 16 tho on
the attack was especially successful ""' made determined but unsiiceess
tho Americans carried everything be- fl" attacks on our positions near
fore them by storm. Early this ' Val,x- Oaring the night .Inly 1 4 to
afternoon they had passed their final 15 llB delivered a heavy bombard
known oblectlve. From tho second "ent which Included the use of much
to the (bird objectives they swept be-
hind a third barrage.
"The second objectives were quick
ly tuken by the troops of the first
units who had dug In at the first ob
jectives.
The resistance to tho south wes
especially violent. At some sections
the American advancing troops were
held up but only temporarily.
E
ENEMY BACK AT
E
- land several large hostile groups at
ON THE FRENCH FRONT IN tempted lo advance. This attempt
FRANCE, Wednesday, July 17. (By a,0 collapsed. Our Infantry fire anil
the Associated I'rcssl. While enemy ja creeping barrage from our batteries
and allied armies generally were a)!aln broke up the assuult ."
marking time, the Italians this even- .
ing carried out a brilliant counter-
attacK near rourcy, norm ui
Marne. They drove the enemy back
Into the valley of the Orde river.
.null! nf thA
river Marne saw many small local;
actions. Most of these minor opera
tions brought about violent encoun
ters between small detachments.
Often both sides had prepared for
an attack at the same time, conse
quently the men met at full tilt mid
way beteen the lines. Numerous hand
to hand encounters resulted.
PiCRetfONDS missvJ
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WASHINGTON, .Inly IX. Qenoral
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Pershing's communique for yesterday move made luls 'ear uv tl,e alllea
eports that In the American sector 1 Tn8 French move this morning up-
reports that In the American sector
on '"0 Marne ,he enem' 1,118 been
entirely driven from the south bank
The dispatch follows:
"Headquarters American Expedi
tionary Forces, July 17.
"Section A. In the Murnc sector
our troops have entirely regained
possession of the south 'bank on the
river. Northwest of Chateau Thierry
the enemy yesterday repeated his at-
'"Ps t the preceding day to pene-
trale our lines near Vuux. Ills attuck
was completely broken up by our In
fantry and artillery flro before reach
ing our lines.
"Yesterday In the region of Thlau
court, a hostile airplane was shot
down by one of our aviators."
Attack n Failure
"Section II. Northwest of Cha
-iouu i merry neiwuen mo evening 01
a8 ""' whl1 developed Into a bar-
rage on the Vllllx area. Under rover
of this a storming parly attacked the
vlllaue. The svsiem of i-rihrniinn hv
groups was used and some of Diose
groups passed one of our advanced
iol""os'8 northeast of Vaux
uur iroops delivered withering
machine gun fire on (he assailants
and counter attacked. At the same
time our artillery dropped a barrage
to cut off the enemy's retreat. The
enemy fled but many were caught by
our barrage and eighteen taken pris
oner. '
"The nttack was a complete fail
ure, the enemy at no time penetrat
ing our lines.
Hoy lliirrago Falls
"On the evening of July 15 the nl-
I tacks In this region were renewed. A
box barrage was placed by the enemy.
GERMANS TRICKED BY
CORN RAISED IN POLAND
STOCKHOLM, July 18.-Warsaw
'. ..' ' "
tin1 Germans arc
'loulilin their rcqiiisitoiis of fnnd-
stulf- in Poland becniie of tlieir fail
ure to obtain L'rain in rkrainia.
I tiordcr lo deceive the German ien.
elp and encourage Die belief tlmi
totes of rkrainian grain are not
fables, the 111111- are packing corn
and fodder eHirld from Polainl in
sacks marked "('krnrrio,"
Foch Has Been Massing Men In For
est Area for Days "Dress Show"
With Every Available Weapon In
1 Play Ends Germans' Efforts at
Rheims Railways Under Guns.
LONDON, July IS. The French
have gulned from two to four miles
everywhere on the 25 mile front 'Of
their offensive today 'between the
Alsne and the Marne, according to
reports reaching London this after
noon. The French have captured several
thousand prisoners and about twenty
guns. '..-..'
Koports received In London show
ed the situutlon iii to noon all along
tho lino of the attack bosun by the
French this morning to be excellent.
IHKKtwt Allied Drive
The attack Is lty.f;igRst offenslvo
peared to have been a surprise to the
Gormnns. The manner in which this
surprise was accomplished may best'udds, were different tliun those made
be Judged from the map which shows
a greut nrca of forest covering the
ground behind the French lines. Un
der cover of lliose forests General
Foch bus been preparing for Bomo
time tor tho present move.
AH the wuy from llelleau to Alsne
the French nttack was launched at intervention in Siberia. No ollicii'l
daybreak today. It was what tho ' confirmation is available.
British call "dress show," with every There is j:reul aclivily in Japanese
development uvulluble weapon In J official circles ami Die newspapers
play. j devote columns In the subject ufin
"This is Die moment Foch has j terventimi. They also say Dial Kin
been looking for." said a military I"'1'"1' Vosliilo lias, postponed his v:i
authority hero toduy, "and if all goes cut inn "" occoiuit of important de
well his splendidly executed counter- v'l"pments.
attack should bring the whole Cur-
Iman orfnnslvn on Ihn lllielm. ,.,lr
to u halt immediately."
Monaco Hun Itallromls
The French huve reached a point
menacing the most important Ger
man railway centers which feed the
entire front west of Ithelms. The
French artillery Is now within easy
shelling distance of these railways
1 al"' sllo"l(1 ,l,n a''le n,"lie llr" '18
I nrHlll for l"rao section of the Ger-
man army.
Military men attach great Impor
tance to the lateral railway lines
around Soissons and say that If Gen
eral Foch can get his artillery Into
position to keep theso lines out o(
action ho will make the movement
of the Germun supplies In the whole
sector between Ithelms and Chutc.iu
Thierry impossible.
On the extreme east of the recent
German offensive tho French huve
reoccuplcd their old lines for a dls
tunce of three or four miles.
North of the Marne tho Fronch
have regained the whole of the Itols
wood and tho village of Venteull,
AMSTERDAM. July IS. Emper
or William watched the opening of
Die latest German offensive from an
advanced observation post northwest
of Khclms, his favorite correspondent
Karl Ropner, reports In a dispatch to
the Berlin Kokal Anzelger.
"The emperor," says the corres
pondent, "listened to the terrible or
chestra of our surprise fire attack
and looked upon the unparalleled
picture of Die projectiles raging to
ward the enemy positions."
Japanese Troops to Join American
Forces In Intervention In Russia,
According to Announcement In To
kio Newspapers American Pro
posal Differed From Those Marie
' By France and England. Time Not'
Ripe for Announcement.
TOKIO, July 18. (Ity the Asso
ciated Press.) Japanese newspa
pers today publish the terms of un
American proposal to send American
troops to Siberia, (he newspapers de
clare that (lie Jupnnesu government
lias decided to accept llic sticsiinn
made by the American government
Unit Japan also send troops.
l.OXIION'i July 18. The Jnpanuse
jiovcrninenl lias reached a decision
which was tiie outcome of proposals
from Ihc I'niled Slates, .ays ti di
pnlcli from Tokio to the Times 1,'idcr
dule ol' Julv l.'t. for ioint Alucricun-
' Japanese intervention in Siberia. The
- American proposals, the dispute!!
by (Ireat lirilnin and Franco.
(front Activity Shown
TOKIO, July 1-1.--(lly the Ass'
culled Press.) Japanese ncw-pn-
pers insist t tin t Die I'nilcil States lias
made proposal lo Japan concerniiiu
10MO, Jlllv 1.). (liv llle Asso
I . , , , , , ,. , , ,
h iiiled Press.) lie elder slulesiuen
net loilov mill heard Hie oovern
inent's report eiuiei-rninj; Die dis
inteliiiiM (if troops to Siberia. While
formal deeiion lias not I n reaclicu
il is siiiil that the elder -.tn teamen are
fully supporting Die lite eminent.
Il is Keneiallv fell Dial Japan will
resent niiy form of limitation itneeil
on her movement of troops.
Washington Silent
WASHINGTON', July IM.
eull covenniielil officials di
- Ameri
. lined io
comment in any wuy upon t' e report
from Tokio that Japan lias uc 'cptcd
a proposal of Die t'uiteil Stales that
American and Japanese troops he
sent into Silieria. It is known Dial
important ilexclopnienls in Die Sibe
rian Mtunlion arc iiupendiu': but of
ficials indicated tluit Die tune was
not ripe for an nniiouiieeuicnt.
LONUON, July Ik. South of VII-lers-llictnnneiix,
south of the Somme
the British line has been advanced
on a front of mure Diiin one mile,
says the official statement today
( from their headquarters In France.
The British positions to the cast of
llelititorno also were improved some
what. South of Bucqnoy on tho front I
southeast of Arras, a German raiding!
purty was given off.
Tho German urlillery showed con-!
slderable activity during Die night I
on the Flanders front north of liail
luiil. I
Foch Strikes to Counter German
Blow Further South French
Stopped Germans In Face of Vio
lent Attacks Launchel Between
the Marne and Rheims Huce Sal
ient South of Aisne Entongtred By
Allies' Success.
PARIS, July J8. The French this
morning delivered an uttack along
the line from tho river Aisne as fur
south as the region of Baslleuul, a aggressive on an Important scale, at
front of about 25 miles, and mudo I tacking this morning on a 25 mile
progress at certain points of between ' front between tho Alsne and tho
a mile and a half and two miles, the Jlurne the westerly side of the Qer-
war office announced toduy.
The situutlon on tho Marne and
Champagne fronts is unckunged. '
Early In the morning . prisoners
taken In the advunce began coining
in.
The northern point of the front of
attuck Is the town of Fualenoy, near-
ly a mile south of the river Aisne.
In the fighting on the front of the
Gorman offensive the French lust
, night stopped the Germans In the
face of violent attacks which thc-on-
emy launched southwest of Nnnteull-
La-Fosse, between the .Maine and
Ithelms.
On the front beyond Itholnis, oast
of the Vesle river an attack by (icr-
man guard nulls was completely
pulsed.
Slrulcgle .Move
This morning's attuck represents
what apparently is an Important
strategic move by General Koch to
counter Ibo Gorman blow further
south ulong tho Murnu and on the
lino to RhuluiK.
The sector lu which the attack was
launched Includes part of the front
belli by Americans. Tho American
line extended cast of llullcuii wood
I ' uAtti.ii,-,! cum ui iiciieau wood
,, on norlhwul!twa,.(1 ut ,cuat us
us Ton y, probably some I wo or three
miles within Hie area mentioned,
Tho French-American stroke
seems (o have made Important Initial
progress and Is endangering the en
tire huge salient created south of
tho Alsne.
It Is along the lino now under nt
tack that the notable series of opera
tions which linmedinlely preceded
the start of tho present Germun of
fensive was carried out by the French
and Americans.
Front n lyogicul One
Marked gulns wore mudo by the
French day by day In the region
southwest of Soissons and further
south along the front cluing the for
est of V'lllers-Cotterets. The Amer
icans for their part took possession
of tho entire llelleau woods, captured
the village of Vuux, close to Chateau
Thierry, and advanced their linos to
positions where their guns com
manded Die villages of llouresches,
llelleau and Torcy, along the Cllgnon
river.
This front has been pointed lo as
Die logical one for un offensive slroko
by General Foch, as lis success would
pinch off Die enllio .Marno salient
and If carried thru rapidly would In
evitably result In Hie rapture of large
number of the enemy and quantities j
of his guns and material. !
It cannot be told as yet whether
sucli a broad objective lias been de
termined upon by Die generalissimo.
NASH ASSISTANT TO
AIRCRAFT CHIEF RYAN
WASHINGTON, J,,v is. Join, II.
It vim. director c nil of air-rnll
production, has .elected C. W. Nash,
of Keiio-lia, Wis., lo lie his u-sisiant
in pioiliieliou anil enuineeriii".
YEAR
Allied Blow Lengthens Battle Line to
105 Miles, Widest Front Yet En
gaged Germans Make No Head
way In Marne-Rheims-Champaigne
Offensive, Heavy Attacks Being
Crushed and Will Now Have to
Abandon Efforts. . ,.
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
July 18. General Foch, the allied
commander In chief, lias taken the
I mans' Mama salient.
From various sources come reports
that the battle is progressing favor
ably to the allied forces, which pre
! sumably Include Aiuericun troops,
I Few details of the battle are avull-
able, tho main facts officially stated
bolng that at various points along
this front progress of from two to
'ollr miles has been uiude and that
j prisoners have been taken..
I
J.lko Letter V i
The buttlo Hue when the German
offensive paused at the Marne early
''"no closuly resembled the letter
V with (ho aculo angle blunted.
! filnc0 1,lelr attack on Monday morns
.ln 1,10 Germans huve made progress
re-j"'1'0'1 has changed the form of the
I lino to thut of the letter U the right
leg of which is shorter than the left.
From Fontenoy at the tip of the
loft leg to Rheims, on tho end of the
right Is about 117 miles. The dlstunce
from Die Aisne to tiio present battle
front south of the Marne Is about 25
miles.
It is along the left leg of the U
! tllttt 11,8 alllo,l onslaught began this
morning. Behind the ullled lines Is
tho forest of Villers-Cotlorets, with a
i -
network of strategic wagon roada
anil three railway lines. In front of
them there is an Important railroad
lino running southward from Sols-
ao"s 10 t'h"teau Thierry, presumably
used as a supply artery for a large
proportion of tho enemy troops along
(ho Muriio river. Tibs railway waa
about four miles from tho allied
front when tho attack was startuit
today.
10.1 .Mile Battle Lino
Measuring from the Alsne, around
the Chateau Thierry salient and.
thence to MussignB In the Champagno
the eastern limits of the present
struggle, the length of the battle line
Is about 105 miles, which fs tho wid
est front that has been In active bat
tle on the western front since the
early days of the war.
Official reports show that the Ger
man stroko against the Marno-Rheiius-Cliumpagno
lino hud not
gained further ground overnight. At
(Continued on Page Six.)
BECKER STEEL
SEIZED BY U.S.A
WASHINGTON. July 18. Taking
over by the government of tho
Gcrnian-ownod Becker Steel Com
pany of America, with a plunt at
Charleston, W. Vn., was announced
today by A. Mitchell Palmor, alien
i property custodian. With the com-
puny comes to Amorlcan manufac
turer a secret process for the pro
j durtlon of "high speed" steel, here-
toforn held exclusively by the Germans.