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Medford Mail Tribune
Forty-eighth Tear.
Dlly Ttalrteentu Ytr.
. MEDFORD, OREOOX, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1918
NO. 118
ALLIES CONTINUE VICTORIOUS ADVANCE
i
17,000 HUNS"..
9S! SB
nnm o ruon
Victorious French and British Re
sume Advance, Taking Many Towns
and Advancing a Distance of II
Miles Cavalry and Tanks Outstrip
Infantry Satisfactory Progress
Made All Along Line Enemy Be
ing Pocketed.
LONDON; Aug. 9. (By the AssOf
elated Press.) Mora than 17,000
prisoners had been captured by the
allies in the Sonimo drive up to noon
today, according to advices this after
noon. More thun 200 guns also have
been taken.
The Canadians, the advices state,
have taken a small town two and a
half miles southwest of Rosleres.
The Australians are fighting
farther north, along the Somme.
Small parties of Germans are re
ported to be still In Rosleres, three
and one-half miles west of Chaulnes,
but the British are all around the
town. ,
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The figures of 17,000 prisoners
taken embraces the number that had
been counted. Of these, the French
reported that .tljoy had taken more
than 4,000 while the British total at
noon was more than 13,000. The
French have been doing good work
today on the south of the new drivel
and probably have taken many addi
tional prisoners there.
Canadian horse troopers, co-operating
with French cavalry, cut ore a
large force of the enemy In today's
operations of the Somme front.
Prisoners rounded up by the Brit
ish cavalry continue to come back
p rapidly.
Follow Victory
Airly this morning the combined
Franco-British forces began follow
ing up the victory of yesterday. Re
ports shortly before 1 1 a. m. said
that satisfactory progress was being
made. Keslstance seems to have
been generally overcome except at
the left, where the allied troops were
unable to maintain their footing on
the Chipilly spur, principally because
of the nature of the ground.
The French at the south began
their push forward at the same time
as did the British this morning, and
It Is reported, but not officially, that
they have captured I.e Quentln (Le
Quesnel).
Knemy Pocketed
The enemy In the Montdldier
pocket is now In a more precarious
position. The wide-flung operations
of the British cavalry menaces all the
men and materials the enemy has
there.
The allied air forces continue vig
orous operations and besides blowing
up many of the Somme bridges, ser
f lously hampering the German effort
to remove material.
The prisoners taken by the British
forces In yesterday's fighting totalled
2C0 officers, 11,721 of other ranks.
Cavalry Advances
WITH THE HlilTISII ARMY IN"
FRANCE, All)?. 0. (Reuters.)
Cavalry patrols, accompanied by
Whipet tanks ore retried by airmen
fur out abend of the infantry ad
vance. The infantry at nuiny places
was apparently eheeked only by
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SELL ABOVE PAR
XF.W YORK, Aim. I). Liberty V .
)M-r cent bonds sold at 100.(12 on the
stock exchange today, the rise above
par probably being influenced bv the
favorable war news. This is (be
highest into paid Ibis ve.ir fir this
issue.
British Cavalry .Armored Cars and
Tanks Outstrip Infantry in Pur
suit of Germans Who Are Blow
ing Up Ammunition Dumps for Re
treat Airmen Destroy Bridges.
LONDON, Aug- 9 Seventeen thou
sand prisoners and guns too numer
ous to count have been taken in the
British drive on the front south of
the Somme. says today's war office
report. The cavalry is still pursuing
the enemy. '
From Lihons the line runs south
ward to Meharlcourt, southeast of
Rosleres. This represents a total
maximum advance of 11 miles.
The allied progress Is continuing.
The French have taken Fresnoy-en-Chaussee,
while the British have
reached a point east of Lequesnel
and Calx.
KvneuntlnR Flanders
The Germans are evacuating their
positions In the Lys valley, on the
Flanders front.
On the Lys front the British now
hold Locon, Le Cornet Malo, Quentln,
Le Petit Pacaut, and Lcsart.
' Above the Lys region, on the front
north, of Kemmel, the British carried
out a local operation last night in
which their lino was advanced some
what on a front of more than 1000
yards.
The Germans put up a vigorous re
sistance north of the Somme, the
statement shows and there was heavy
fighting between Chlpelly and Mor
lancourt. Clinulnes Heaclied
LONDON, Aug. 9. Advices from
the battlefront south of the Somme
today report British cavalry, armored
cars and tanks, in advance of the In
fantry, to have reached within a mile
of the Chaulnes railway Junction.
The cavalry, tanks and armored
cars, .It is indicated, have gone ahead
to the line running from Kramervllle
to Lihons.
Tho total of prisoners captured Is
reported to have reached 17,000.
Removes Paris Threat
H will be Impossible for the Ger
mans to hold their .Montdldier posi
tions, it Is believed hero. It is also
believed that the advance on the
Plcardy front makes Amiens secure
against an enemy attack and has re
moved tho threat against Paris.
The British have captured Morlan
court on the northern end of the
Somme battlefront und the Infantry
line now runs from that point south
ward to a point southeast of .Moreull.
This represents an Infantry advance
to the maximum depth of seven miles
In the center along the Amicns-Chaulnes-La
Fere railway. '
Along the whole front the average
advance of the Infantry is from five
to six! miles.
MohIiik lp Bridges
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, Aug. 9. The Hermans are
blowing up their ammunition dumps
In the battle urea. This is considered
an indication that they are preparing
to retreat.
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SAILORS KILLED By
E)
WASHINGTON, Ait?. 0. Two men
wero killed and three Injured In a
boiler explosion on the 1. S. S. Nopa
tin in foreign waters, unnnum ed '.o
day by the navy department.
The dead are :
Thos, W. Itenbnin, fireman, Free
port, L. I.; Roger Huekell, fireman,
L'H Academy street, New Haven,
Conn.
The injured: r'rnest K, Adams,
fireman. Westbrook, Mass.: Gottfried
Abrendt. Bayou l.n Hntre, Ala.; Per
cy Cranlnrd, wnlerteiidcr, Annapolis,
Md.
TODAY S ATTACK
VICTORIOUS ON
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French Encounter Severe Resistance,
but it Proves in Vain Strongholds
Delay Progress but Are Taken by
Storm Pollus Push Rapidly on,
Taking Many Prisoners.
. PARIS, Aug. 9. The battle on the
front south of -the Somme was rer
sumed early this morning and the
Franco-British forces made favorable
progress from me start, reaching var
ious selected objectives. Powerful
cavalry forces are In action.
The reports received up to 11:20
o'clock show tho attack developed
victorious on a great scale.
Capture 8000 Prisoners
ON TUB FRENCH FRONT IN
FRANCE, Aug. 9. (Havas Agency.)
French troops on a front of six miles
northwest of Montdldier have ad
vanced to a depth of four miles and
enptured nearly 3,000 prisoners. Im
portant material also was captured.
The advance was carried out with
extremely light losses.
Latest reports from the battlefront
are that the fighting continues fierce
ly along the entire Anglo-French at
tacking front.
The French front runs from the
Avre north to a point Just south of
the Amiens-Roye road where It joins
the British.
Harvesting Grain " '
The attention of the Germans was
fixed on the Vesle attack when the
new offensive opened. There was no
reply to the French artillery prepara
tion. German soldiers were captured
while harvesting grain, so completo
was the surprise. Moreull and Morl
zel were carried by assault. After
taking Braches, the French captured
La iNeuvllle and the hills dominating
Iho plain beyond.
Official Statement
PARIS, Aug. 9. The French war
ministry at 10:30 o'clock today Is
sued the following statement:
"The brilliant operation which wo,
In concert with British troops, exe
cuted yesterday, has been a surprise
Tor the enemy, t As occurred In the
offensive of .Inly IS; the soldiers of
General Debeney have captured many
soldiers engaged in the peaceful pur
suit of harvesting the fields behind
the Germnn lines."
"Our nrtlllery preparation was
short, lasting less than an hour. The
enomy artillery had mado no counter
preparation at the beginning of the
action, merely replying feebly.
"The original front of tho nttack
was only four kilometers, situated
south of the Amlens-Roye road,
where our infantry went over the top
at 5:0.1 o'clock btit gradually the
offensive developed all along the
right bank of the Avre In the region
of Harglcourt."
Advance Delayed
"The Germans succeeded at some
points in temporarily staying our jd
iiince, particularly between Moriel
and Morcuil. Ye took Morie! by
storm. The battle was also stubborn
in Moreuil, but already our troops
bad advanced north of Moreuil to a
(Contlnuod on Page Six.)
El
LONDON, Thursday Aug. 8. Ad
vices received In London are to the
effect that the Italian retirement in
Albania has been stopped and that
the allies are now occupying strong
positions and still holding Herat.
Dacsu, In the Caucasus, Is still oc
cupied by Armenians. The Turks at
tacked the town August 2, but were
repulsed. The Turkish operations In
the Caucasus are said to bo In disre
gard of German wishes.
A GREAT FRON
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Heavy llack lino nenr bottom of
advaiu-o in Tlrardy. Heavy line ImIw
ManderH.
WASIIINDTOS, Aujr. ). In a
slnli'ineiit to iicwsniitiermen, tile seo
rotary haid the order issued yester
day Kiisin'iHlin: all nnr- and navy
enlistments until definite aetinn talirn
on the man power hill does not apilv
to any nerson who already had taken
steps to enlist or to enter a military
trainine emnp.
Mr, leaker was the finnl witness to
:ipenr in eonneition with the hill.
SAN FHAXrisro, Auk. O.-ln Ihe
hope of p'ltinjr uliead of the official
receipt of orders from Washinylon
stopping army and navy recruiting,
hundreds of men nnnlied for enlist
ment in these bnincheM of the service
here today.
Over a hundred men, 2.i of them
from Stockton, On I., were registered
for service at nnvy depot before the
orders snpemlini; the reeniitinu were
received. As the orders stoimed all
reernitinir after yesterday, the men
were dismissed.
No recruits were tnken by the
army although over a hundred tip
plied. The marine continued to en
list men pending the official notice.
IN ALASKA ENDS
PORTLAND, Aug. 9 Salmon
fishing In Alaska waters is over for
the season und the pack of the ItrlH
tol Hay Tanneries is approximately
the samo as last year, i,r00,ojo
caseR, according to advires received
today by P. M. Warren, president of
the association.
Ire conditions In ISertns sea delay
ed the arrival of t lie cannery fleet
laxt spring and operations started
later than usual. In view of this
fact, Mr. Warren said, the size of the
season's pack was regarded as highly
satisfactory.
The ohsc1s of the salmon fleet are
expected to leave for (be south about
AiiRiist 2.
OFFENSIVE IN PICARDY
may hlinws evtent of l'VaiKO-ltrltish
Vires slums (iciitmn retirement hi
RACE 10 BOTTLE
PAUIS, Auk. ft Marnlial Koch ban
struck the Hermann on a new front
and French opinion, lay and profofl
jdonal, Is lost in admiration of tho
manner In which tho blow has been
carried out.
The present maneuver Is similar to
the counter offensive north of the
Marno In that it is directed toward
squeezing two sides of a snllent,
Ahead of tho front whicb tho allies
already have reached lies the Per-
onne-ltoye highway and they are
galnlnK rapidly toward It.
This rond has the same lmpor-
lancet to tho present bottle as the
Soissons-Chateau Thierry road In tho
battle for Kere-Kn-Turdenols. If
the allies reach It all the German
troops south of a line thru Montdl
dier, LasstKny and Noyon would be
Jaid in as serious a predicament as
those on the .Marno July 16. That
would be tho first and Immediate
consequence.
WITH TIIK AMKH1CAN AH. MY
ON TIIK VKSI.I-:, ThurMlay, Aiur 8.
(Hy the A-iocinted Press.) In
their offensive since July 18 the allies
have rct'iit tied approximately 1,501)
Mputre kilometers. .Mole than 'J 00
villages and towns, including Sois
sons, Clmteau Thierry and Kisme,
ure twain in the hands of the allies
The frout lias been shortened bv 't'A
kilometers (about '.VA mile.)
According to informal inn contained
in an official reiew of the operation-
of the French and Americans, the
(jermaii during the retreat ued four
more divisions I linn (licy had contem
plated. The enemy plans culled for
I A diMsimi to shatter Ihe French and
Ifi iTnss the Maine between lormaus
and ('bateau Thierry,
Adililioiial (iennan reitiforccineiil
now have been liionuht up.
WAR DECLARED
U
E
ENTENTE ALLIES
American Consul Poole at Moscow
Cables Declaration of Russia Bol
shevik! Flee From Archangel
General Otani of Japan to Com
mand Allied Expedition Into Siberia
WASHINGTON. Aug. 0. Ameri
can Consul Poole at Moscow has in
formed the state department that
Lenine, the Bolsheviki premier, re
cently declared before a en the ring of
soviets in Moscow that a slate of war
existed between the liusiaa govern
ment and the entente allies.
In response to questions from the
allied consuls, Tehitcherin, commis
sary of foreign affairs, said the pre
mier's statement need not be consid
ered a declaration of war, but that it
rather was a declaration of a state of.
defense on the part of Hussia simi
lar to the situation that existed nl
one time with Germany.
HovoliitioiitrdH Flee
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. The con
sul's report gavo ihe state depart
ment its first official information
that tho liolshevild were formally
characterizing as nit act of war the
operations of allied forces on- the
Murmansk coast. The attitude of
Lenine may strengthen the under
standing 'jetween the allies and the
new If uKsinu government of the north.
Tchitcherin's explanation wns
made at the request of the allied con
suls. Mr. Poole also reported that
the Polshevilti were obstructing the
departure from Hussia of British and
French military representatives.
Allied aviators dropped propagan
da in Archangel, whereupon the Bol
sheviki evacuated the town before the
allied troops marched in.
The reception to Ihe allied troops
by the native population today's mes
sage said, was so cordial that revo
lutionists lied the city and have caus
ed no further trouble. A new "revo
lution" proclaimed by the Caucasian
soldiers after their flight is not taken
seriously.
loffo's Ktjitcim'iit
LONDON, Aujr. !). "It is not
trup thai up lime actually ilci'ln red
war on (Ircat llriluin, hut our troops
are fifihliu npainsl t lie British in
vaders mid ll dccliiriition of wnr rim
hardly lie avoided," is the statement
aseriheil In M. .lol'fe, the Hol-hcvik
aniliassiolor nl Berlin liv the Ameri
can corrcspomleiil of the 'Ouily Kx
press. Otunl to Command
' WASHINGTON, A lift. 0. nciiernl
Kikuzo Otani, one of Japan's most
distinguished soldiers, lias been chos
en to camniauil the Japanese section
and will be Ihe ranking officer of the
American and allied expedition in Si
beria. As senior general, Otani, in effect
will be commander in chief of the
combined forces, of the various gov
ernments participating. Major Wil
liam II. Oraves, in command of the
American contingent, will sit in the
council of allied commandcrst per
forming the duties of a stuff.
General Otnni, who is li;i years old,
has been n soldier all of his life. He
wnH 11 staff officer during the ('hiuo
Jupauese war mid eornimiudcd an in
fantry brigade in the Kusso-.lupancsc
war. When .lupiin entered the world
war he was assigned to the forces
which enptured the (Icrnuin colony of
(Continued on Page Six.)
I.OMIIIN, Aug. !!.--British divis
ions on Hie Italian front carried out
eight raids against Austrian positions
between Asingo and Cuuove on
Thursday niulil, capturing :i." pris
oners, according to an official state
ment on British operations in 1 1 11 1 v
issued hy the war office lodav.
BY LENIN
E
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Advance Places German Forces at
Montrihlier in Precarious Salient
and Will Force Withdrawal Two
Pockets created Wedge Driven
Into Enemy Territory Across Prin
cipal Railroad Line Huns Retire
in Flankers From West of Lys.
LOXDOX, Aur. 9. The present
advance bna already had an impor
tant effect upon the strategic situa
tion. German forces at Montdldier
are now In a very uncomfortable sal
lent with only one line of railway to
supply them, and that line under
cross fire from allied guns.
It seems likely that a withdrawal
from Montdldier may be necessary
If the Germans cannot force the
French and Drltlsh back from the
ground taken by them during the
past two (lays.
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Aug. 9. German lines on the Plcar
dy front south of the Somme have
been badly broken by the British and
French arnileH.
A wedge him boen driven Into en
emy terrlteey to a depth of eleven
miles along the Amlens-Chaulnes-La
Kere railway ; nnd oarly today tho
British wore only a mllo away from
tho ChnillnoB-Koyo rullway, which
forms the chief artory of supplies for
the Germans In the Montdldier sec
tor. (icnti German Itncnnl
The result of this nttack appears
to have eclipsed those obtained by
(lie Germans on the first day of any
of their terrific offensives of the past
spring nnd summer. So far as re
ports show, Ihe allies are progressing
south of the Sommo almost without
serious opposition. . On the north
bunk of tho stream, tho ; Germans
have held strongly, hut have lost
.Morlnncourt, their stronghold, Tho
French, farther south, have had their
advanco retarded at numerous points
but tho towns officially reported to
have boen reached are evidence that
tho momentum of the allied drive
has not nearly spent Itself.
Hun Itetlro In I'landcrs
liurdly had the Germnn reverse
along tho Somme been reported than
dispatches began to tell of a German
rotlrcmnnt In tho Flanders sector.
Locon. l.o Cornet Mulo, Quentln, Le
Petit Pueuut and Lesart, villages on
the exlremo western tip of the Lys
salient, uro now held by the British.
Tho ground hold by the Germuns In
Flanders Is very low and is dominat
ed by tho allied nrtlllory and a retire
ment thoro has been expected.
A further advance, of the allies In
I'leardy would outflank the whole
German lino ns far as the Olse and
probably cause an Immediate retreat
to positions which can be linked up
with tho Alnno line.
The udvanro Thursday was prob
ably tho greatest In territorial ex
tent by tho allies In ono day since
1916.
Amiens Itcllovr-d
Amiens has been almost entirely
relieved of the German menace.
Tho Important railway running
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SEPTEMBER 5 FOR
tVASlllN(iTOS. An-. !. Prompt
enactment of the draf t extension bill
- that September may he fixed
its resist rut ion day, us suiraestod ly
Provost, Miir-hul' dene en 1 Crowder,
was nrjjed by Mr. Maker tie fore tho
Semite militury commit Ice today.
Without Ihe cxleu ioii, he told the
committee, it would he neee-iMirv to
itivude the defined elates.
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